100 Years of Aviation

"This handsome volume guides the reader through the first one hundred years of the life of the airplane, presenting more than 1,000 evocative and detailed illustrations of the history of commercial and military aviation, from the first trans-oceanic flights to the penetration of the Earth's atmosphere, to the breaking of the sound barrier, and beyond. A fascinating and useful appendix gathers all the typologies of winged aircraft developed and built over the course of the 'Century of Flight.'"--Publisher's description.