An Hour of Aviation |
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Contents
MAKING USE OF THE ATMOSPHERE | 9 |
AERIAL NAVIGATION | 14 |
THE MEDIUM IN WHICH FLIGHT IS ACHIEVED | 36 |
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Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | An Hour of Aviation The one hour series |
| Author | Norman Macmillan |
| Publisher | J.B. Lippincott, 1930 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Dec 1, 2007 |
| Length | 158 pages |
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