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Title Flight : 100 years of aviation / R.G. Grant.

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New York : DK Pub. ; Washington, D.C. : : in association with the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, 2002.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Bristol, Main Library - Reference Material	RE629.13 G767	In-Library Use Only
Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department	629.13 GRA	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department	629.13 GRA	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department	629.13 GRANT	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction	629.13 Q GRANT	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction	629.13009 GRA	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	OVERSIZE 629.13 GRANT	Check Shelf
Portland Public Library - Adult Department	629.1309 GRA	Check Shelf

Edition	First American edition.
Description	440 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Contents	Foreword -- Age of the pioneers -- Prehistory of flight ; Fight to be first ; Flying takes off -- Aircraft go to war -- Working for the generals ; Knights of the air ; Zeppelins and bombers -- Golden age -- Blazing the trail ; Passengers now boarding ; Flying boats and airships ; Shadow of war -- Battle for the skies -- Command of the air ; Battle for Britain ; Air war at sea ; Death from the air -- Cold war, hot war -- Beyond the sound barrier ; Cold war warriors ; Air power in action ; Hi-tech warfare -- Space travel -- Journey to the moon ; Shuttle to space -- Shrinking world -- Jet passenger travel ; Fear of flying ; Small is beautiful.
Note	Includes index.
Subject	Aeronautics -- History.
Added Author	National Air and Space Museum.
ISBN	0789489104 alkaline paper

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