(Download) Mastering The Sky: A History Of Aviation From Ancient Times To Present
| #4472324 in Books | Da Capo Press | 1996-10-21 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.50 x6.25 x1.25l, | File Name: 1885119232 | 338 pages |
||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| The Most Up-to-Date History of Aviation|By james p. harrison|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 que|From Library Journal|Humanity has been defying gravity with powered vehicles for less than a century, and earlier with gliders and balloons with mixed success. Our aviation history is of such complexity and density that it can stagger anyone who studies it clos
First published in 1996, Mastering the Sky received acclaim as one of the best one-volume histories of aviation ever written. Beginning with ancient myths and man's aspiration to soar to the heavens, James Harrison takes us on a kaleidoscopic tour of early history, including tower jumpers, balloonists and barnstormers. After the achievement of the Wright Brothers, the story accelerates, parallel to the development of faster, stronger and more powerful aircraft. By ... [PDF.vx96] Mastering The Sky: A History Of Aviation From Ancient Times To Present Rating: 4.65 (523 Votes)
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