ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1978.
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani
Oblast: Vojna istorija

London , Velika Britanija 1978. Tvrd povez, zaštitni omot, engleski jezik, bogato ilustrovano, veliki format (30 cm), 320 strana.
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A new figure entered the ranks of adventure heroes during the twentieth century – the aviator. Myths quickly developed around the lone adventurers whose lives so often depended on the efficiency of untested technology. The stories of these men and women are told in this lavishly illustrated book together with a comprehensive account of the machines they flew, ever higher, faster and farther. It traces the development of aircraft from the efforts of two dogged and determined experimenters, the Wright brothers, who, on the lonely sandflats of North Carolina, set in train a sequence of technical and imaginative developments that has led from primitive gliders to supersonic airliners in less than seventy years.

The hundreds of photographs and drawings in this book have been specially selected to show clearly the countless technical innovations that have led to greater and fuller mastery of the air. The ever increasing efficiency of engines, from improvements in propellers to the introduction of jets; advances in the understanding of aerodynamics leading to the grace and beauty of many modern aircraft – these and many other developments are presented by the author in a readily understandable form.