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The Smithsonian Book of Flight (original 1987; edition 1996)

by Walter J. Boyne

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Chronicles the rapid evolution of aviation technology and focuses on the meaning of flight for the human spirit.
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Title:The Smithsonian Book of Flight
Authors:Walter J. Boyne
Info:Random House Value Publishing (1996), Hardcover, 288 pages
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Beautifully illustrated, this masterfully written volume offers an unprecedented history of flight. The former director of the National Air and Space Museum has joined the Smithsonian Institution to create this extraordinary tribute to eight decades of aircraft and the people who designed, built and flew them.
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AIRSHOW! America's image of aviation has been focused through the airshow since the first gathering of almost surreal shapres in the sky at the fabled Los Angeles meet of 1910.
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This book is separate from The Smithsonian Book of Flight for Young People. Please do not combine these two.
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