Century of Flight
- ISBN-10
- 0783555148
- ISBN-13
- 9780783555140
- Category
- Aeronautics
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Time Life Education
Description
Provides information on the Wright brothers, Chuck Yeager, Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and other pioneers of flight from the last century.
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