Pioneer Aviators : ... and the Planes They Flew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hitchens, Frank.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeronautics.

Pioneers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Luton, Bedfordshire : Andrews UK Ltd., 2023.

Summary:

Pioneer Aviators records the various stages of man's journey into the skies, taking the reader from the earliest years of experimentation, through the early age of ballooning, into heavier-than-air flight, our ventures into space and even all the way back around to modern human-powered vessels. The book introduces the reader to almost three hundred aviation pioneers and the aircraft they flew, and is illustrated throughout with photographs mostly from the author's own collection. Due to the historical importance of these aircraft - and as a tribute to those who flew them - many are now housed in museums across the world. Without the efforts and sacrifices of the pioneers, we would not have the aviation industry of today.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Front Matter

Title Page

Publisher Information

Introduction

Pioneer Aviators

1 - The Early Pioneers

2 - Pioneers of the 20th Century

3 - Pioneers of Rotorcraft Flight

4 - South America

5 - Trans-Atlantic Pioneers

6 - The South Atlantic

7 - Across the Pacific

8 - North to Alaska

9 - Arctic Aviators

10 - Antarctic Pioneers

11 - To the Antipodes

12 - The Circumnavigators

13 - Pioneer 'Aces' of World War One

14 - Age of the Airships

15 - The Air Racing Era

16 - The Record Makers &amp

Breakers

17 - Mail Planes

18 - Aircraft of the Fledgling Airlines

19 - Pioneers of Jet &amp

Rocket Propulsion

20 - Pioneers of Supersonic &amp

Space Flight

21 - Human-powered Flight

Back Matter

Appendices

1: Pioneers of Aerodynamic Discoveries

2: Aeronautical Terms

3: Bibliography

4: About the Author

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ISBN:

1-83791-189-4

1-83791-188-6

OCLC:

1411310316