| Description |
x, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Smithsonian books. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-317) and index. |
| Contents |
Conception: the thinker and the dreamer -- Birth: Wilbur, Orville, and the world -- Configuration: shapes and ideas -- Fuselage: of drums and dragonflies -- Wings, part I : from box kites to bridges -- Wings, part II : cloud-cutting cantilevers -- Empennage: whale flukes and arrow feathers -- Flight controls: the chariot's reins -- Flight deck: cockpits for aerial ships -- Aero propulsion: Prometheus is pushing -- Landing gear: shoes, canoes, and carriage wheels -- Passenger cabin: voyaging aloft -- Systems integration: making flying safer -- Today's state of the art: the Boeing 787 Dreamliner -- Postscript: tomorrow's wings: future air travel technologies. |
| Summary |
The inside story of how people invented and refined the airplane. |
| Subject |
Airplanes -- Design and construction -- History.
|
|
Aeronautics -- Research -- History.
|
| ISBN |
9780061259197 |
|
0061259195 |
|
