Smithsonian Frontiers of Flight
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1992. Folio, light blue cloth, 256 pp., profusely illustrated with photographs. A near fine copy. The story of aviation is one of technical innovation and visionary genius, of extraordinary courage and dogged determination. This book celebrates the milestones in the history of flight by profiling the aircraft chosen by the curators of the National Air and Space Museum as the most important from their matchless collection. Among the two dozen aircraft featured are the Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer, the first powered airplane to achieve sustained controllable flight; Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis", the "Winnie Mae", flown by Wiley Post in the 1930's on two recorded around the world flights, and the Bell X-1 that Chuck Yeager flew through the sound barrier. Item #3790
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