The Airplane How Ideas Gave Us Wings
The Airplane How Ideas Gave Us Wings by Jay Spenser, published by HarperCollins on November 24, 2009, offers an engaging history of the jetliner, spanning 352 pages. This book traces the evolution of aviation, highlighting the challenges faced from the beginning and the innovative ideas that allowed humanity to conquer the skies. Spenser introduces readers to key figures in aviation history, such as Otto Lilienthal and Igor Sikorsky, and explores how their contributions collectively advanced the technology of flight.
Readers will discover a detailed examination of the modern jetliner, including its various components like wings, flight controls, and fuselages, while learning how each part developed over time. The narrative also delves into the inspirations behind aviation, drawing connections between nature and technological advancements. Additionally, Spenser discusses the future of aviation, presenting the exciting possibilities that lie ahead in the field of transportation and aviation history.
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In this entertaining history of the jetliner, Jay Spenser traces aviation’s challenges from the outset, and follows the flow of the simple yet powerful ideas that led us to defy gravity. Here are the pioneers—innovators such as Otto Lilienthal, Igor Sikorsky, Louis BlÉriot, Hugo Junkers, and Jack Northrop—whose amazing contributions collectively solved the puzzle of flight. Along the way, Spenser demystifies the modern jetliner, examining the airplane from wings to flight controls to fuselages to landing gear, to show how each part came into being and evolved over time. And finally The Airplane addresses the future of aviation, outlining the breathtaking possibilities that await us tomorrow, many miles above the earth.
- Who were aviation’s dreamers, and where did they get their inspiration?
- How did birds, insects, marine mammals, and fish help us to fly?
- How did the bicycle beget the airplane, and hot water heaters lead to metal fuselages?
- Who figured out how to fly without seeing the ground, enabling airline travel in all weather conditions?
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