aeronautics

Photographs and text describe the work of airplane pilots.

Contains chapters entitled: The Lure of the Mighty Atlantic; Revving up for Paris; Tragedy and Triumph; The Long Reach to Australia; Globe-Girdler from Oklahoma.

Contains chapters entitled: In Search of the "Infinite Highway"; The Scientific Visionaries; Learning to Ride the Wind; The Bishop's Inventive Sons; Countdown at Kill Devil Hills.

Contains chapters entitled: Rediscovering the Secrets of Kitty Hawk; The Great Show at Rheims; The High-Risk Pursuit of Gold and Glory; The Wrights vs. the World; Marshaling Aviation for War.

This book examines the science and technology behind flying machines and explores flying's impact for good and bad on everyday life.

An account of the first flight over the Atlantic Ocean, from Canada to England, made in 1919 by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown.

The story of the American inventors who were the first to attain power-driven, heavier-than-air flight.

Includes bibliographical references.