EARLY FLYING MACHINES 1799-1909 by Charles Gibbs-Smith

EARLY FLYING MACHINES 1799-1909 by Charles Gibbs-Smith
EARLY FLYING MACHINES 1799-1909 by Charles Gibbs-Smith
EARLY FLYING MACHINES 1799-1909 by Charles Gibbs-Smith
EARLY FLYING MACHINES 1799-1909 by Charles Gibbs-Smith
EARLY FLYING MACHINES 1799-1909 by Charles Gibbs-Smith
EARLY FLYING MACHINES 1799-1909 by Charles Gibbs-Smith
EARLY FLYING MACHINES 1799-1909 by Charles Gibbs-Smith
EARLY FLYING MACHINES 1799-1909 by Charles Gibbs-Smith
EARLY FLYING MACHINES 1799-1909 by Charles Gibbs-Smith
EARLY FLYING MACHINES 1799-1909 by Charles Gibbs-Smith
EARLY FLYING MACHINES 1799-1909 by Charles Gibbs-Smith
EARLY FLYING MACHINES 1799-1909 by Charles Gibbs-Smith
EARLY FLYING MACHINES 1799-1909 by Charles Gibbs-Smith
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Title: EARLY FLYING MACHINES 1799-1909 by Charles Gibbs-Smith
Author(s): GIBBS-SMITH, Charles
Category: Aircraft & Aviation
New / Used: Used
Book Type: Medium Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Published: 1976
Published By: Book Club
Edition: 1st edition
Pages: Uncounted
Size (mm): 195 w x 245 h x 15 d

Condition

Excellent original condition, wear on dust jacket, otherwise clean and unmarked. Images depict all need to know detail.

About

An international portrait of flying-machines which started with Sir George Cayley's design of 1799, and went to make up that great stream of endeavour which had its true climax in the Wright brothers' machines of 1903-05; and then went forward triumphantly to 1909 when the first Aviation Meeting at Reims symbolised the arrival in the world of the aeroplane as the latest and most exciting of man's practical vehicles.

Here is a panorama of the growth of the aeroplane from a pipe-dream set down on paper to the seeming miracle of successful flying through the atmosphere by man-carrying machines heavier than the air through which they ride.

Illustrated with monochrome images and line drawings. Decorated end papers.

Remarks

Scarce locally

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