The Airplane: How Ideas Gave Us Wings

The Airplane by aerospace industry writer Jay Spencer, former assistant curator of the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum and the Museum of Flight in Seattle, is the definitive history of how we invented and refined the amazing flying machines that enabled humankind to defy gravity. A fascinating true account certain to enthrall and delight aviation and technology buffs, The Airplane is lavishly illustrated with more than 100 photographs and is the first book ever to explore the development of the jetliner through a fascinating piece-by-piece analysis of the machinery of flight.

Author: Jay Spenser
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 12/01/2009
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.40w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9780061259203

About the Author
Spenser, Jay: -

Jay Spenser has spent a lifetime studying aviation as a museum curator at the National Air and Space Museum and the Museum of Flight, and as an aerospace industry writer. He is the co-author of 747 and lives in Seattle, Washington.