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The airplane : how ideas gave us wings / Jay Spenser. by Spenser, Jay P. HarperCollins, c2008. Call #: 629.13334 S748a Subjects Airplanes -- Design and construction -- History.   Aeronautics -- Research -- History. ISBN:  9780061259197 (hc.) 0061259195 (hc.) Description:  x, 340 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-317) and index. Contents:  Conception: the thinker and the dreamer -- Birth: Wilbur, Orville, and the world -- Configuration: shapes and ideas -- Fuselage: of drums and dragonflies -- Wings, part I : from box kites to bridges -- Wings, part II : cloud-cutting cantilevers -- Empennage: whale flukes and arrow feathers -- Flight controls: the chariot's reins -- Flight deck: cockpits for aerial ships -- Aero propulsion: prometheus is pushing -- Landing gear: shoes, canoes, and carriage wheels -- Passenger cabin: voyaging aloft -- Systems integration: making flying safer -- Today's state of the art: the Boeing 787 Dreamliner -- Postscript: tomorrow's wings: future air travel technologies. Summary:  The inside story of how people invented and refined the airplane. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 629.13334 S748a Adult books Checked out Aug 10, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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