Crouch, Tom D. <br/><br/>
Wings :  a history of aviation from kites to the space age / 
Tom D. Crouch 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum,  2003 
 - ix, 725 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [677]-690) and index 
<br/><br/>Foundation stones -- Taking to the air -- The world takes wing, 1904-1909 -- From experiment to industry, 1909-1914 -- Into the fight, the airplane at war, 1914-1918 -- Laying the foundation, 1919-1927 -- Big business, 1927-1935 -- The roar of the crowd, 1927-1939 -- Revolutions in the sky, 1926-1941 -- Setting the stage, 1929-1939 -- Battles in the sky, 1939-1945 -- Toward new horizons -- From aviation to aerospace, 1945-2003 -- Cold war, hot war -- A world in the air, 1945-2003 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0393057674 (hardcover)  RM109.62 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aeronautics--History