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Aviation: From Our Earliest Attempts at Flight to Tomorrow's Advanced Designs
Aviation This comprehensive, easy-to-use guide tells the fascinating story of one of the greatest technical triumphs of our times--the story of flight. Produced in association with the world-renowned Smithsonian Institution, Aviation is lavishly illustrated with materials from the collection of the National Air and Space Museum. This Smithsonian Guide features:
Detailed text by a Smithsonian expert clearly explaining how world aviation developed
More than 350 full-color photographs and explanatory illustrations of airplanes, equipment, people, and events
Full-color foldout timeline of aviation milestones decade by decade
40-page quick-access A-to-Z glossary, including capsule biographies, special terms, and key concepts
Smithsonian Guides is an illustrated home reference series exploring the worlds of science, nature, technology, and history, produced in unique partnership with the world's most popular museum. Each superbly produced guide stands alone as a compact introduction to its subject. Taken together, Smithsonian Guides form a library on topics timeless in their appeal. Other titles: Spaceflight - Planets - Zoo Animals - Automobiles - Railroads
Detailed text by a Smithsonian expert clearly explaining how world aviation developed
More than 350 full-color photographs and explanatory illustrations of airplanes, equipment, people, and events
Full-color foldout timeline of aviation milestones decade by decade
40-page quick-access A-to-Z glossary, including capsule biographies, special terms, and key concepts
Smithsonian Guides is an illustrated home reference series exploring the worlds of science, nature, technology, and history, produced in unique partnership with the world's most popular museum. Each superbly produced guide stands alone as a compact introduction to its subject. Taken together, Smithsonian Guides form a library on topics timeless in their appeal. Other titles: Spaceflight - Planets - Zoo Animals - Automobiles - Railroads
256 pages, Paperback
First published March 15, 1995
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Donald S. Lopez
18 books1 followerDonald S. Lopez (July 15, 1923 – March 3, 2008) was a former U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force fighter and test pilot and until his death the deputy director of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. In 1948 he married Glindel Barron, sister of Florida State Senator Dempsey Barron.
Father of professor of Buddhist studies at the University of Michigan Donald S. Lopez Jr.
Father of professor of Buddhist studies at the University of Michigan Donald S. Lopez Jr.
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October 26, 2016
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This is a very good book on aviation. I like how it lists the airplanes, showing the cockpits of many well-known aircraft, such as the McDonell F-16, a Boeing 747 jet airliner, and others. My only criticism is that it only has one paragraph about the Spruce Goose. =( (I have been inside of the Spruce Goose.)
This is a very good book on aviation. I like how it lists the airplanes, showing the cockpits of many well-known aircraft, such as the McDonell F-16, a Boeing 747 jet airliner, and others. My only criticism is that it only has one paragraph about the Spruce Goose. =( (I have been inside of the Spruce Goose.)
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