A Brief History of Flight: From Balloons to Mach 3 and Beyond
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T. A. HEPPENHEIMER is the author of ten books, including Countdown: A History of Space Flight (Wiley) and Turbulent Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation (Wiley), which is under development as a four-part series on PBS. He holds a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan and is an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Aerospace. A freelance writer, Heppenheimer lives in Fountain Valley, California.
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BEGINNINGS.
Beautiful Balloons.
Airplanes of the Mind.
The Problem of Control.
Zeppelins.
The Red Baron.
EXUBERANCE.
Visions of Air Power.
Lindbergh.
Ships in the Sky.
Night and Fog.
Donald Douglas and His Airliners.
WAR.
The Battle of Britain.
Yamamoto Fights at Sea.
"The War Is Over".
General Curtis LeMay.
Germans Invent the Jet.
BLUE SKIES.
Howard Hughes.
Jack Northrop.
Chuck Yeager.
The Quiet Rocket Man.
Clarence "Kelly" Johnson.
MATURITY.
Launching the Commercial Jet Age.
Room at the Bottom.
King Lear.
Voyager.
Keepers of the Flame.
Afterword: A Look Ahead.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
Beautiful Balloons.
Airplanes of the Mind.
The Problem of Control.
Zeppelins.
The Red Baron.
EXUBERANCE.
Visions of Air Power.
Lindbergh.
Ships in the Sky.
Night and Fog.
Donald Douglas and His Airliners.
WAR.
The Battle of Britain.
Yamamoto Fights at Sea.
"The War Is Over".
General Curtis LeMay.
Germans Invent the Jet.
BLUE SKIES.
Howard Hughes.
Jack Northrop.
Chuck Yeager.
The Quiet Rocket Man.
Clarence "Kelly" Johnson.
MATURITY.
Launching the Commercial Jet Age.
Room at the Bottom.
King Lear.
Voyager.
Keepers of the Flame.
Afterword: A Look Ahead.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
