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008    080528t20082008nyua     b   f001 0 eng   
010    2008023423 
020    9780061259197 
020    0061259195 
035    (OCoLC)191932153 
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092    629.13334|bSPE 
100 1  Spenser, Jay P. 
245 14 The airplane :|bhow ideas gave us wings /|cJay Spenser. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bHarperCollins,|c[2008] 
264  4 |c©2008 
300    x, 340 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-317) and 
       index. 
505 0  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. 
520    The inside story of how people invented and refined the 
       airplane. 
650  0 Airplanes|xDesign and construction|xHistory. 
650  0 Aeronautics|xResearch|xHistory.