Flight and Flying: A Chronology

A minutely-researched chronology of the entire history of powered flight, plus a survey of earlier developments from hot air balloons to late-19th-century dirigibles. This general survey of aviation history draws upon events that have contributed to the development of flight. Coverage includes: the development of aviation technology and innovations; successes and failures; specifications of nearly every major aircraft ever built or designed; balloons, blimps, dirigibles, propeller craft, jets and helicopters; the rise and fall of the great airlines and aircraft makers; the creation of military airforces; and the accomplishments of great aviators, flying aces, designers and entrepreneurs.