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Paperback Mastering the Sky: A History of Aviation from Ancient Times to the Present Book

ISBN: 1885119682

ISBN13: 9781885119681

Mastering the Sky: A History of Aviation from Ancient Times to the Present

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Here, James P. Harrison has chronicled mankind's determination to fly, with accounts of various devices and machines throughout the centuries. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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just a very easy read about the history of flying....I am sure everybody will enjoy it.

The Most Up-to-Date History of Aviation

Mastering the Sky tells the exciting story of aviation in historical perspective. The author is a former Air Force pilot who became a published historian. It begins with the take-off of a Boeing 747, asking how one can lift over 400 tons higher than Mt. Everest in a matter of minutes. It gives answers to such questions, as it flashes back to the mythology of flight and comes forward to the 20th century, including space flight. It is current through 2000, three years before the centenary of the Wright Brothers first flights.It is current through 2000.

Mastering the Sky will be published as a paperback in 2000

The author has slightly expanded and updated through 1999 this book for publication in the spring of 2000.
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