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Aërial Navigation

Albert Francis Zahm

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How did humanity first leave the ground? Albert Zahm traces the growth of flight from the earliest passive balloons through the long, stubborn dream of aerial navigation, chapter by chapter toward powered ascent. A rich history from the dawn of aviation. Rise with the pioneers who first trusted themselves to the air.

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43 chapters

  1. 1AËRIAL NAVIGATION
  2. 2PREFACE
  3. 3CONTENTS
  4. 4LIST OF PLATES
  5. 5LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT
  6. 6INTRODUCTION
  7. 7INTRODUCTION
  8. 8PART I GROWTH OF AËROSTATION
  9. 9CHAPTER I EARLY HISTORY OF PASSIVE BALLOONS
  10. 10CHAPTER II
  11. 11CHAPTER III
  12. 12CHAPTER IV
  13. 13CHAPTER V
  14. 14CHAPTER VI
  15. 15PART II GROWTH OF AVIATION
  16. 16CHAPTER VII
  17. 17CHAPTER VIII
  18. 18CHAPTER IX

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