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Distance flights /

Describes great distance flights from the first successful crossing of the English Channel by Louis Bleriot in 1909 to the circling of the earth without refueling by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager in 1986.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Berliner, Don
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Co., [1990]
Subjects:	Aeronautics > Flights > Juvenile literature. Endurance flights > Juvenile literature. Aeronautics > Flights. Endurance flights.

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