The Airplane : How Ideas Gave Us Wings
by Jay Spenser
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0061259209
- ISBN 13
- 9780061259203
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Harper, USA, 2009. Medium Trade Paperback. Very Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 340 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Harper, USA, 2009. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: In this entertaining history of the jetliner, Jay Spenser traces aviation's challenges from the outset, and follows the flow of the simple yet powerful ideas that led us to defy gravity. Here are the pioneersinnovators such as Otto Lilienthal, Igor Sikorsky, Louis BlÉriot, Hugo Junkers, and Jack Northropwhose amazing contributions collectively solved the puzzle of flight. Along the way, Spenser demystifies the modern jetliner, examining the airplane from wings to flight controls to fuselages to landing gear, to show how each part came into being and evolved over time. And finally The Airplane addresses the future of aviation, outlining the breathtaking possibilities that await us tomorrow, many miles above the earth. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Aviation; ISBN/EAN: 9780061259203. Inventory No: 21080108.. 9780061259203
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Details
- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21080108
- Title
- The Airplane : How Ideas Gave Us Wings
- Author
- Jay Spenser
- Format/Binding
- Medium Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0061259209
- ISBN 13
- 9780061259203
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Aviation; The Airplane : How Ideas Gave Us Wings
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation;
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