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The Airplane: How Ideas Gave Us Wings.
| Title | The Airplane: How Ideas Gave Us Wings. |
| Names | Spenser, Jay P. |
| Book Number | DB070113 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Book |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Annotation | Former curator at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum chronicles the innovations that solved technical challenges from aviation's conception to the development of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Discusses airplane construction: fuselage, wings, controls, propulsion, and landing gear. Portrays pioneers Sir George Cayley, Otto Lilienthal, Hugo Junkers, and others. 2008. |
| Language | English |
| Local Subject | Technology - 600 |
| Science - 500 | |
| Engineering - 620 | |
| Engineering - Aviation & Aerospace - 620AV | |
| Audience Notes | A |
| Publication Info | (Potomac Talking Book Services, recording studio). 2010 (Potomac Talking Book Services, recording studio). |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: New York : HarperCollins, c2008. 9780061259197 |
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