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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10562131591460 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1437 (17) |
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| New / Used: | Used |
Description
EARLY BIRDS: An Informal Account of the Beginnings of Aviation
by John Halpern
DESCRIPTION
ISBN: 0525931341
Format: medium hardcover with dust jacket
Published: E.P. Dutton 1981, 1st edition
Size (mm): 220 w x 285 h x 15 d
Pages: 89
SKU: A4/2604/0675/B937
ABOUT
Explores the ingenuity and daring of individuals who pushed the boundaries of technology to conquer the skies.
A look at the pioneering era of flight, focusing on the personalities, experiments, and improbable breakthroughs that carried aviation from dream to reality. Emphasizing the human side of early aeronautics eccentric inventors, daring showmen, determined engineers, and the small community of enthusiasts who pushed the boundaries of what was thought possible this traces the story from ballooning and gliders through the Wright brothers and their contemporaries, highlighting the mix of ingenuity, rivalry, and sheer persistence that defined the era.
Illustrated throughout with colour images.
CONDITION
Near new with only light shelf wear on dust jacket. Images depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
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