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Richly illustrated with paintings by noted aviation artists, this informative tribute to one hundred years of aviation ranges from the Wright brothers' first successful flight in 1903 to the present day, capturing the extraordinary innovations in aricraft and aviation technology over the past century.
Presents nearly seventy poems, stories, memoirs, and other writings by such figures as Wilbur Wright, Chuck Yeager, Robert Frost, and Amelia Earhart, along with artworks by Pablo Picasso, Norman Rockwell, Andy Warhol, and many others, collected in a celebration of manned flight's first century.
Introduction: Celebrating a century of conquering the air -- Experimentation takes flight -- Aviation goes to war -- Flight comes of age -- Aviation jets into the future -- Commercial aviation spreads its wings -- Aviation experiences some turbulence -- Aviation reaches for the stars -- Military aviation flies to the forefront -- Flying toward a second century.
On December 17, 1903, on the windswept beaches of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright piloted the world's first powered flight, in one of the most famous moments in history. Within a few short years, airplanes of various designs were lifting into the air over Europe and America. Soon, the entire world was caught up in the fevered advance of flight and airplanes, Zeppelins, autogyros and helicopters were making the world a much smaller place. To celebrate the first full century of powered flight premier aviation historian Christopher Chant and world-famous illustrator John Batchelor have joined forces to showcase an astonishing march of progress. From the early experiments of gliderman Otto Lilienthal to the moon walk of Neil Armstrong, it has indeed been A Century of Triumph. From the golden age of Zeppelins to the extreme design experiments of World War II to the fierce modernism of supersonic fighter jets, A CENTURY OF TRIUMPH demonstrates the full richness of mankind's flying craft. In addition to Batchelor's illustrations, the book features never-before-published vintage watercolour posters of pre-World War I aviation races and a treasure trove of photographs. Chant's text combines full histories of the planes themselves with biographical essays on some of the great figures of the twentieth century: the Barnstormers, Igor Sikorsky, Amelia Earhart, Chuck Yeager, and the Apollo XVII astronauts, among others. A CENTURY OF TRUMPH is a visual and factual feast for anyone who marvels at the majesty of flying.