Wings: A History of Aviation from Kites to the Space Age SS_Gift_Guide "Editor's Choice"

"Editor's Choice"

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Wings: A History of Aviation from Kites to the Space Age SS_Gift_Guide "Editor's Choice""A superb history of flying machines . . . the best one volume analysis of the subject." Kirkus Reviews, starred review The invention of the airplane ushered in the modern age a new era of global commerce, revolutionary technologies, and total war. Whatever the practical consequences, the sheer exhilaration of flight captured the imagination. No longer bound to the surface of the earth, humans took the first steps on a journey that would eventually