Aviation century wings of change /
Wings of change
Ron Dick and Dan Patterson.
- Erin, Ont. : Buffalo, N.Y. : Boston Mills Press ; Distributed in the United States by Firefly Books, 2005.
- 288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Aviation century .
- Aviation century. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments -- Foreword by Fred Smith -- Foreword by Michael Oakey -- Photographer's preface by Dan Patterson -- Introduction by Air Vice-Marshal Ron Dick -- ch. 1. The safest way to travel -- ch. 2. Personal and private -- ch. 3. Lighter than air -- ch. 4. The wings rotate -- ch. 5. At the frontier -- Bibliography -- Index.
Comprehensive resource to aeronautical developments in the 20th century, including: commercial aviation, private flying, sailplanes, lighter-than-air flight (balloons, dirigibles), rotary wings (helicopters), research and development, and test pilots.