Flight - A Photographic History of Aviation - T.A. Heppenheimer - HARDBACK, GOOD

BOOK SUMMARY (SELLER)\nThis is a 254 page non-fiction hardback book about the photographic history of aviation by T.A. Heppenheimer that was published in 2009 and is in Good condition overall (see the Condition section above for any specific issues).\nBOOK SUMMARY (PUBLISHER)\n\nOn December 17, 1903, on a chilly and windswept beach in North Carolina, Wilbur and Orville Wright took to the air and - all too quickly - came back down to earth.  However brief, this event heralded the beginning of the age of aviation.  What began as a death-defying spectacle of engineering and technology was to become both the safest mode of transport and a terrifying war machine.\nFollowing in the footsteps of the Wright brothers on July 25, 1909, Louis Bl\u00E9riot grabbed his own slice of aviation history, becoming the first person to cross the English channel in an aircraft - a feat that attracted worldwide interest and made him an overnight celebrity.\nA century on from that ground.