The history of man-powered flight /

The History of Man-Powered Flight provides a comprehensive history of man-powered aircraft. This book discusses the flight in early civilizations; Leonardo da Vinci- a scientist among skeptical philosophers; formation of the Man-Powered Aircraft Committee at Cranfield; Kremer Competition- catalyst f...

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Main Author: Reay, D. A. (David Anthony)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon, ©1977.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The History of Man-Powered Flight provides a comprehensive history of man-powered aircraft. This book discusses the flight in early civilizations; Leonardo da Vinci- a scientist among skeptical philosophers; formation of the Man-Powered Aircraft Committee at Cranfield; Kremer Competition- catalyst for worldwide activity, and the first entrant; and United Kingdom "Miscellany” of the 1960s. The topics on man-powered rotorcraft and the persistence of the "bird-men”; "Toucan” and other machines; and future prospects on man-powered flight are also deliberated in this text. This publication is inten.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 355 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-332) and index.
ISBN:9781483145990
1483145999
9780080217383
0080217389