Richard Hallion 14210

Taking flight: Inventing the aerial age from antiquity through the First World War

Oxford University Press, 2003. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 531. The invention of flight represents the culmination of centuries of thought and desire. Kites and rockets sparked our collective imagination. Then the balloon gave humanity its first experience aloft, though at the mercy of the winds. The steerable airship that followed had more practicality, yet a number of insurmountable limitations. But the airplane truly launched the Aerial Age, and its subsequent impact-from the vantage of a century after the Wright Brother's historic flight on December 17, 1903-has been extraordinary. Richard Hallion, a distinguished international authority on aviation, offers a bold new examination of aircraft history, stressing its global roots. The result is an interpretive history of uncommon sweep, complexity, and warmth. Taking care to place each technological advance in the context of its own period as well as that of the evolving era of air travel, this ground-breaking work follows the pre-history of flight, the work of balloon and airship advocates, fruitless early attempts to invent the airplane, the Wright brothers and other pioneers, the impact of air power on the outcome of World War I, and finally the transfer of prophecy into practice as flight came to play an ever-more important role in world affairs, both military and civil. Making extensive use of extracts from the journals, +iaries, and memoirs of the pioneers themselves, and interspersing them with a wide range or rare photographs and drawings, Taking Flight leads readers to the laboratories and airfields where aircraft were conceived and tested. Forcefully yet gracefully written in rich detail and with thorough documentation, this book is certain to be the standard reference for years to come on how humanity came to take to the sky, and what the Aerial Age has meant to the world since da Vinci's first fantastical designs. ISBN: 9780195160352. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Book number: 87784

Catalogue: Geschiedenis

Keywords: 9780195160352

Richard P Hallion. Foreword by Michael Collins

Test Pilots. The Frontiersmen of Flight

Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC, 1988. Revised Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9780874745498 Crisp clean covers, sound binding, clean pages and inside covers. Contains black and white plates. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 0874745497. ISBN/EAN: 9780874745498. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 77019121013. ISBN: 0874745497

Bailgate Books LtdProfessional seller

Book number: 77019121013

Catalogue: Aviation, aircraft

Keywords: BZDB4 Aviation, aircraft; World War I; World History. ISBN: 0874745497 EAN: 9780874745498 Richard P Hallion. Foreword by Michael Collins Test Pilots. The Frontiersmen of Flight World War I World History

RICHARD HALLION

Designers and Test Pilots

Times Life Press. 1983. Hardcover -. Hardcover/ pub.1983/Gd. condition/176 pages- The high cost of learning by trial and error. (D85996). Good.

Mike Long BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 5996

Catalogue: War

Keywords: flying, airplane, airport, design, construction, photographs, pilot, weapon, armed forces, air force, war engineers

Hallion, Richard P.

The Literature of Aeronautics, Astronautics, and Air Power

United States Air Force, 1984, 1984. (ISBN: 0912799145) Center Stapled, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Book, Center Stapled. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 66 pp., wraps worn, center-stapled pamphlet - blue, white - military/air warfare - sh 87. Very Good -.

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Book number: 14012

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: 0912799145 MILITARY

HALLION, RICHARD P.; GORN, MICHAEL H.

On the Frontier: Experimental Flight at Nasa Dryden

Washington & London, Smithsonian Books. 2004, 1st Printing. (ISBN: 1588341348). Boards, 8vo - over 7 " - 9 " tall. Ill.: B&W Photographs. Hardcover, Textblock immaculate and tight; Bumped at the head and foot of the spine, dent to back cover at the top edge, rubbed bottom edge; Unclipped dust jacket, creased corners, usual wear to the edges, slight surface scuffing to the covers. 554p. including appendix and index. Very Good+/Very Good (in mylar).

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Book number: SB16347

Catalogue: Aviation/Space

Keywords: Dryden Flight Research Facility History, NASA Dryden Flight History, Dryden Flight History 1588341348 B&W Photographs

Hallion, Richard P.

Rise of the Fighter Aircraft 1914-1918.

The Nautical & Aviation Publishing, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. A clean tight copy in jacket that shows light shelf and edge wear only. Small tear to top rear panel. Read descriptions carefully. Avoid GLASSFROGBOOKS, ERGODOBOOKS, MORE BOOKS, IRISH BOOKSELLERS, PRO QUO/BAYSIDE BOOKS, BOOKSPLEASE, RIA CHRISTIE, DISCOVER BOOKS, BOOKS2ANYWHERE, BOOKS EXPRESS, CHIRON MEDIA! These "Booksellers" have no books of their own.... they buy honest booksellers' books, upcharge you and have no idea what the book is really like. Support your local and small bookstore owners!. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket.

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Book number: 33580

Catalogue: Aviation - World War 1

Hallion, Richard P.

Rise of the Fighter Aircraft 1914-1918.

The Nautical & Aviation Publishing, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. A clean tight copy in jacket that shows light shelf and edge wear only.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket.

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Book number: 22711

Catalogue: aviation

HALLION, RICHARD P; Editor.

Silver Wings, Golden Valor: The USAF Remembers Korea.

8vo; pp. 131; glossary, index; original stiff illustrated wrapper; a fine copy. Washington, D. C., Air Force History and Museums Program, 2006.

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Book number: 109186

Keywords: gmil Aviation General military history Korea USA United States America War

HALLION RICHARD P.

Strike from the Sky

Smithsonian Institute, Washington. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0874744520) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "Strike from the Sky is the first book to trace the evolution of battlefield air attack and its impact on military operations world wide. Noted aerospace historian Richard P. Hallion probes the context in which air-land operations occurred and how they influenced the outcome of specific battles and campaigns. Using case studies from World War 1 through 1945 to illustrate the evolution of battlefield air attack, Hallion examines sjuch issues as technology choices, doctrine, military strategy, battlefield experience and lessons learned." Includes many b/w photographs to support the text. Almost AS NEW CONDITION. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 007865

Keywords: War, Military, Navy, Ww1, Ww11, Richard P. Hallion, Richard Hallion 0874744520

HALLION, Richard P.

Strike from the sky: the history of battlefield air attack 1911-1945

Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1989. Used - Good. Good hardback in VG dust jacket . 1st UK edition. B&W illustrations. Slight damp affected, with a few light stains, mostly on page fore-edge Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_79906_jpg.jpg. ISBN: 185310020X

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Book number: BOOKS302089I

HALLION, RICHARD P.

Strike from the Sky

Airlife Publishing Ltd. 1989-06-01. (ISBN: 185310020X) hardcover, 9x0x10. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Very Good.

M. Godding Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 269634

Catalogue: War and Military

Keywords: 185310020x

HALLION Richard P

Taking Flight. [Inventing the Aerial Age from Antiquity through the First World War]. AUTHOR'S SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

Oxford University Press, Oxford,, [2003]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and numerous photographs in the text; white boards, pale blue cloth back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO REAR-ADMIRAL RICHARD COBBOLD RN WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 32884

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, flight, aerial warfare, richard hallion, richard cobbold

Hallion, Richard

Taking Flight: Inventing the Aerial Age from Antiquity Through the First World War

New York, Oxford University Press, 2003. First Edition. 0 pp. Hardcover. 0195160355. Fine in near fine dust jacket with the slightest wear. Signed by Hallion on the title-page. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: b22189

Keywords: 0195160355

Hallion, Richard P.

Taking Flight: Inventing the Aerial Age, from Antiquity Through the First World War

Gebonden, hardcover, inclusief stofomslag; 2003; Oxford University Press; 531pp.; Conditie: Goed; Original gilt lettered half cloth, dust jacket, illustrated in b/w, 8vo.; Engels; ISBN10: 0195160355, ISBN13: 9780195160352

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Book number: 325820-XC20

Catalogue: Vervoer/Luchtvaart

Keywords: Vliegtuigen, Luchtvaart

Hallion, Richard P.

Taking Flight: Inventing the Aerial Age, from Antiquity Through the First World War

Gebonden, hardcover, inclusief stofomslag; 2003; Oxford University Press; 531pp.; Conditie: Goed; Original gilt lettered half cloth, dust jacket, illustrated in b/w, 8vo.; Engels; ISBN10: 0195160355, ISBN13: 9780195160352

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Book number: 325856-XC20

Catalogue: Vervoer/Luchtvaart

Keywords: Vliegtuigen, Luchtvaart