Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first powered flight, these essays show how the Wrights' invention--and all that followed in both air and space--fundamentally reshaped our world. Leading aerospace historians consider four themes: innovation and technology, civil aeronautics and government policy, aerial warfare, and aviation in the American imagination.
Read More
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first powered flight, these essays show how the Wrights' invention--and all that followed in both air and space--fundamentally reshaped our world. Leading aerospace historians consider four themes: innovation and technology, civil aeronautics and government policy, aerial warfare, and aviation in the American imagination.
Read Less
Add this copy of Reconsidering a Century of Flight to cart. $12.15, very good condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by The University of North Carolina.
Add this copy of Reconsidering a Century of Flight to cart. $13.00, very good condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by The University of North Carolina.
Add this copy of Reconsidering a Century of Flight to cart. $15.00, like new condition, Sold by Powell's Books Chicago rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by University of North Carolina Press.
Add this copy of Reconsidering a Century of Flight to cart. $15.00, very good condition, Sold by Powell's Books Chicago rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by University of North Carolina Press.
Add this copy of Reconsidering a Century of Flight to cart. $15.25, new condition, Sold by Powell's Books Chicago rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by University of North Carolina Press.
Add this copy of Reconsidering a Century of Flight to cart. $19.56, very good condition, Sold by Dotcom liquidators / dc1 rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fort Worth, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by University of North Carolina Press.
Add this copy of Reconsidering a Century of Flight to cart. $34.33, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by The University of North Caroli.
Add this copy of Reconsidering a Century of Flight to cart. $42.00, very good condition, Sold by Ground Zero Books, Ltd. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silver Spring, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by The University of North Carolina Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very good. xii, [2], 300, [4] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Selected Annotated Bibliography. Contributors. Index. Roger D. Launius (born May 15, 1954) is an American historian and author of Lithuanian descent, a former chief historian of NASA. He retired in 2016 as Associate Director for Collections and Curatorial Affairs for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Launius is a consulting historian in air and space history. He has written many books on space flight. From 1982 to 1990, Launius held several positions as a civilian historian with the United States Air Force. Between 1990 and 2002, he was the chief historian for NASA. In 2001, he held the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the Smithsonian. From 2002-2006 he was Chair of the Division of Space History at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. From 2006-2013 he was Senior Curator, and from 2013-2016 Launius was Associate Director for Collections and Curatorial Affairs at the same institution Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first flight, these essays chart the central role that aviation played in twentieth-century history and capture the spirit of innovation and adventure that has characterized the history of flight. The contributors consider four broad themes relating to the development of flight technology: innovation and the technology of flight, civil aeronautics and government policy, aerial warfare, and aviation in the American imagination. Through their attention to the political, economic, military, and cultural history of flight, the authors establish that the Wrights' invention--and all that followed in both air and space--was one of the most significant technologies of the twentieth century, fundamentally reshaping our world. The contributors are Janet R. Daly Bednarek, Tami Davis Biddle, Roger E. Bilstein, Hans-Joachim Braun, David T. Courtwright, Anne Collins Goodyear, Roger D. Launius, William M. Leary, David D. Lee, W. David Lewis, John H. Morrow, Dominick A. Pisano, and A. Timothy Warnock.
Add this copy of Reconsidering a Century of Flight to cart. $48.93, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2003 by University of North Carolina Press.
