The Epic of flight

A look at flight and aircraft in history.

Contains chapters entitled: A Leap into the Future; America Enters the Jet Age; The Race to Catch Up; a Clash of Titans; The Fastest--and the Biggest.

Text and photographs describe the first war-time aviators, escapades, skirmishes and battles, and depicts types of aircraft used during the first World War.

Details the contributions of Britain's Royal Air Force during World War II.

Text and photographs record the early exploits of aviation stuntmen, early speed races, and describes types of aircraft used to race before World War II.

Chronicles man's attempts to fly from the ancients to Kitty Hawk.