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In the 21st century - the age of the budget airline - where quick and reliable air travel is available to a large segment of society, it seems hard to comprehend that it is less than 250 years since the first human took to the skies.
Although the wing of the bird seemed like the most obvious natural mechanism to attempt replicate, it was actually contained hot air, as demonstrated by the Montgolfiers and their balloon, that gave birth to the era of...
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Extrait: "Le voyage entre Paris et New-York est devenu extrêmement simple et rapide. Les paquebots, d'année en année plus grands et plus confortables, sont organisés de telle manière que l'on pourrait se croire dans un htel quelconque. Le passager au coeur marin y oublie facilement qu'il est en mer..."
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Through veteran interviews, this illustrated history explores the contributions, experiences, and legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen from 1941—1946.
What became known as the Tuskegee Experience began in 1931 with a letter from the head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to the War Department asking that blacks be allowed to join the military. The efforts of early African American aviators, the struggle of organizations...
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A rare day-to-day account by a young German squadron leader in Jagdstaffel 35 during the grim last year of World War I.
Originally published in 1933, Wings of War provides minute descriptions of kills, losses, and the Germans' step-by-step retreat in the face of increasingly overwhelming Allied forces in the air.
Brutally honest and vividly written, Rudolf Stark's account of the end-game of the Imperial German Army Air Service provides an intimate,...
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