Skyward: when Flyers Fly
Cloth
by Munson, Russell
Fine in Fine dust jacket. Cloth. A Fine edition in a mildly shelfworn alike dust-jacket ; In Skyward, Russell Munson tells the story of the great American aerospace industry from its early days to the present day. He describes the daring pilots and engineers who built the planes that carried America to world domination in the twentieth century, and the young engineers and scientists who are forging the aerospace industry into the global powerhouse it is today. Munson provides a fascinating and deeply personal look at the history of flight, from the first man-carrying balloon to the sleek and powerful jets that take us to far-off places.; Photographs; 4to; 208 pages . (Inventory #: 123577)