History of Flight - From the flying machine of Leonardo Da Vinci to the conquest of space

Riccardo Niccoli

White Star

2002

320 páginas

10h 40m

ISBN-13: 9788854402119

From classical myth to renaissance genius, from convertiplanes to ultra-sophisticated warplanes, the history of flight is filled with crucial episodes and anecdotes that will arouse the curiosty and imagination of anyone who has dreamed - at least once - of what it is like to fly. This book recounts the steps along the path to the conquest of the sky, through the attempts, dramatic failures and successes that have made human flight possible