Editore: Crown Publishers, Inc. - A George Hornby Renaissance Edition, New York, 1977
ISBN 10: 0517531577 ISBN 13: 9780517531570
Da: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Hard Back. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 480 Pages with Comprehensive Cross Referenced Index. Maroon simulated leather boards with bottom corners very lightly bumped. scans available. No marks and interior text and photograph pages are flawless. Fully illustrated with over 1,200 pictures in color and black & white including several hundred specially commissioned technical drawings. One of the most ambitious works on aviation ever published, this international encyclopedia opens up the complex world of flight and rocketry. Its unusual approach combines reference data, history and forecasts into one integrated, comprehensive and eminently readable volume. Twenty-eight chapters cover all aspects of aviation including those rarely found in general surveys, such as aerodynamics, air law and aerospace medicine. The traditional elements of the aviation story are also to be found here - the classic achievements of Cayley; Hargrave, Lilienthal and the Wright brothers; the formidable war machines; the civil airlines; and the pioneering, heroic flights of Alcock and Brown, Lindbergh, Earhart and others. Unique to this book is the care taken to explain the technical basis of aviation's achievements. Individual chapters explore engines, airframes and technology The encyclopedia does not stop at the present, but, based on sober assessments of recent developments, looks into the future to a time when B-1 bombers and Cruise Missiles might be the latest deterrents in America's arsenal and Space Shuttles might fly regular missions to space factories. Other important features of this book include biographies of great names in aviation; a chronology of historic dates; a glossary of technical terms; and a guide to aviation museums worldwide. Also Includes: Biographies of the Great names in Aviation, Chronology of Historic Dates, Glossary of Technical Terms, Guide to World's Rockets and Guided Missiles, Table of Manned Spoace Flights, International Guide to Aviation Museums, and Schneider Trophy Race Results. Large heavy book that will likely incur additional costs for Priority Shippikng to most locations.
Editore: Crescent Books, New York, 1988
ISBN 10: 0517661993 ISBN 13: 9780517661994
Da: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. (1988) 480 pp. Original red covers, very bright and clean. Spine ends slightly bumped. DJ has mild edge wear. Illust. w/ more than 1,200 pictures in color and b/w. Contents very nice.