Written while the Great War was driving aviation forward at astonishing speed, this popular history skips the heavy science and tells the human story of flight. It begins with the Montgolfier brothers and the first balloon ascents in France and England, moves through parachutes and airships, and reaches the Wright brothers, the early aeroplane builders, and the warplanes of the Great War.
A lively period account of aviation’s pioneers, written for curious readers rather than engineers. Download the free EPUB.