Contact!: The Story of the Early Aviators

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Courier 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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