From wax wings to flying drones : a very unreliable history of aviation /
An irreverent romp through time looking back over the history of aviation, from Icarus and his wax wings to everything that happened since.
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| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham :
The History Press,
2022.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- One: The Very Early Pioneers or I Should Have Paid More Attention in Wax-Heating Class
- Two: Ballooning or Are You Sure They Haven't Invented Parachutes Yet?
- Three: Powered Aeroplanes or The Wright Persons for the Job
- Four: Those Magnificent Persons in Their Flying Machines or A Leather Cap Doesn't Offer Much Protection, Does It?
- Five: The First World War or When Are Those Parachutes Arriving?
- Picture Section
- Six: The Golden Age or GPS Would Be a Great Thing Right Now
- Seven: Civil Transportation or I Say, Jeeves, Have You Seen My Boarding Pass?
- Eight: The Second World War or This Is Getting Serious Now
- Nine: The Jet Age or Those Ejector Seats Sound a Good Idea
- Ten: Modern Wars or All You Need Is Live Precision-Guided Munitions
- Eleven: Civilian Aviation or Why Don't We Get Parachutes?
- Twelve: Things We Almost Forgot or Droning On and On
- Acknowledgements and Sources
