{"product_id":"the-story-of-aircraft-seven-decades-of-powered-flight-by-david-charles-1974","title":"THE STORY OF AIRCRAFT: Seven Decades of Powered Flight by David Charles 1974","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE STORY OF AIRCRAFT: Seven Decades of Powered Flight\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby David Charles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 0706403649\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: medium hardcover with dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: Octopus Books Ltd 1974, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 210 w x 285 h x 15 d\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 127\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A4\/2604\/0675\/B938\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nA history of aviation’s first seventy years, tracing the transformation of powered flight from fragile pioneer machines to the sophisticated aircraft of the postwar era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning with the Wright brothers and early European experimenters, then moving through the rapid pre 1914 advances, the technological acceleration of World War I.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen follows aviation into the age of mass air transport and high performance military aircraft, highlighting the breakthroughs that defined each decade - streamlining, all metal construction, supercharged engines, radar, jets, and pressurized cabins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout with monochrome and colour images including end papers.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nExcellent with wear\/repairs on dust jacket, no stamps or inscriptions, pages reasonably clean with the odd mark. Images depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nSee our other listings on the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55452737569060,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/135218.jpg?v=1783937949","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-story-of-aircraft-seven-decades-of-powered-flight-by-david-charles-1974","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}