The National Air and Space Museum
- ISBN-10
- 0810981262
- ISBN-13
- 9780810981263
- Series
- The National Air and Space Museum
- Category
- Aeronautical museums
- Pages
- 498
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Abradale Press
- Author
- Courtlandt Dixon Barnes Bryan
Description
The marvels of flight and space exploration dazzle the eye and the mind in a panoramic, lavishly illustrated walk through a gallery of the nation's proudest achievements, conducted by an historian of the first order.
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Other editions
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- 1989-03-01
- 63 pages
- Paperback
- Smithsonian Inst Press
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