Contact!: The Story of the Early AviatorsCourier Corporation, 1. sij 2002. - Broj stranica: 277 This informative account recaptures the thrill of the pioneering days of aviation, back before flying was taken for granted. Among the significant and colorful figures covered are the Wright Brothers, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Henry Farman, Glenn H. Curtiss, and other aviators from around the world. 84 black-and-white illustrations. |
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ONE The Early Birds I | 1 |
Pioneer aeroplanes | 4 |
TWO The Spreading of Wings | 13 |
The Wrights Flyer Kitty Hawk | 14 |
Alexander Graham Bell and experimental | 25 |
THREE Awakening in France | 32 |
Alberto SantosDumont | 36 |
Henry Farman at IssylesMoulineaux | 42 |
French pioneers at Rheims | 84 |
Program for Los Angeles aviation meet | 90 |
Robert Martinet in Henry Farman | 97 |
SEVEN Speed Is King | 140 |
EIGHT Over the Waves | 161 |
Hydroaeroplane being lifted aboard | 174 |
Robert Thelen in Albatros biplane | 184 |
Crombez in standard Deperdussin | 190 |
R E P monoplane | 49 |
Orville Wright at Army trials | 56 |
Blériot Model XI monoplane | 68 |
Hubert Lathams Antoinette at Rheims | 75 |
Charles Frank Niles in Moisant | 199 |
ELEVEN | 219 |
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