Description

THE WORLD OF MANNED FLIGHT-from its primitive beginnings through the sophisticated present to the science-fiction future makes up the scope of this book. It covers the history of flight, the theory of aerody-namics, propulsion, navigation and air-traffic control, testing, design and other aspects of this world.

The volume consists of alternating text chapters and picture essays. Some essays contain complementary material (for example, Chapter 3 and the accompanying essay deal with aerodynamics); others supple-ment the text chapters (Chapter 6 is a general discussion of navigation; Essay 6 describes one aspect of navigation, air-traffic control).

The Appendix comprises a glossary of airmen's slang and a chrono-logical list of the highlights of manned flight.

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