Treasures of the National Air and Space Museum

by Martin Harwit and National Air and Space Museum

Since that windy day in 1903 when the Wright brothers became airborne, the world has witnessed amazing advances in aviation and space flight. Among the highlights of this definitive pictorial review... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558598227
• ISBN13: 9781558598225
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Abbeville Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.0" x 4.5"

Customer Reviews

Better than one hundred rolls of film.

"Treasures of the National Air and Space Museum" beautifully capture the best this vibrant museum has to offer. The 300 illustrations are an homage to aviation history: the famous aircraft, experimental vehicles and the obscure vessels. The illustrations include the Spirit of St. Louis, the Wright Flyer, Mercury and Apollo backup spacecraft, representative cutting edge aircraft for their time, and a host of other wonderful photographs. The museum also owns an impressive collection of aviation-related art which this book also includes.You can spend days in the actual museum and not get to see all it offers, but this book will give you a head start and an appreciation for the breadth of the museum's collection.