Men in the Air: The Best Flight Stories of All Time from Greek Mythology to the Space AgeBrandt Aymar A monumental anthology covering the literature of flight, from Greek mythology to the Space Age of today. It covers every major category, including man's early crude attempts to defy grafity, balloons, long-distance pioneer flights, the jet age, and much more. |
Contents
DAEDALUS AND ICARUS | 15 |
Imaginative | 21 |
TO THE PLANET OF THE APES | 29 |
Copyright | |
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