Book of Flight: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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Contents
Introduction ,.8
The Beginnings of Flight 12
Powered Flight: First Attempts 14
The Wright Brothers 16
Wright Brothers in France 18
Aviation Takes Off 20
i "' World War I: Fighters 22
Flying a Fighter 24
World War Bombers 26
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Barnstorming 28
Racing lor the Skies 30
Douglas World Cruisers 32
Going the Distance 34
Charles Lindbergh 36
Amelia Earhart 38
Airmail to Airlines 40
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Air Transport 42
Airships 44
Flying Boats 46
World War II: Fighters 48
World War II: Battle of Britain 50
World War II: Bombers 52
World War II: War at Sea 54
Enola Gay 56
The Sound Barrier 58
Korea and Vietnam 60
Modern Military Aircraft 62
Modern Fighters 64
Spy in the Sky 66
Jet Transport 68
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Helicopters 70
Working Planes 72
Modern Record Breakers 74
Rockets and the Space Age 76
To the Edge ofSpace 78
Mercury and Gemini 80
Comparative Rockets 82
Apollo to the Moon 84
One Small Step 86
Exploring the Moon 88
A Different World 90
Homeward Bound 92
Skylab 94
Apollo-Soyuz 96
Space Suits 98
The Space Shuttle 100
Keeping Cool 102
The Glass Cockpit 104
Shuttle Orbiter 106
Space Telescope 108
Meeting Mir 110
Living in Space 112
Gliding Home 114
Space Station 116
Building the ISS 118
Research and Design 120
Mission to Mars 122
Milestones of Flight 124
Glossary 126
Index 127
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