Smithsonian atlas of world aviation, charting the history of flight from the first balloons to today's most advanced aircraft, Dana Bell
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Smithsonian atlas of world aviation, charting the history of flight from the first balloons to today's most advanced aircraft, Dana Bell
Note
Covers the history and development of civilian, military and commercial aviation with over 100 newly commissioned and historic maps and 200 related photographs, navigation charts and historic artefacts. The author explains the key technological advances within an historical and social context with groundbreaking maps and charts including, for example, the location of first flights and the early transatlantic flights, Pan American Airways international mail and passenger routes, air sequences from the Battle of Britain, Battle of the Bulge and Berlin Airlift, modern day flight charts, national aircraft markings and civil aviation codes
Color
multicolored
Edition
1st ed.
Isbn
9780061251443
Lccn
2007047574
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bnb:gba847320
Physical Description
230 p., ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), 31 cm.
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paper
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not applicable
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other
Specific Material Designation
atlas
System control number
(Sirsi) i9780061251443
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not applicable
Cover Art
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
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