Download or read book The Compact Timeline of Aviation History written by A. A. Evans and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2011-05-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book encompasses the entire history of flight, from the days of legends, balloons and gliders to the latest high-tech aircraft. At the core of the book is a chronological timeline of aviation events – aircraft first flights, aviation records, weapons development, wars and more. Accompanying the chronology are illustrations of more than 250 aircraft, with data and history of over 90 of the most significant types. Also included are: the history of aviation from earliest times to the present, aviators, innovators and pioneers – more than 70 of the most important people in the history of flight, aircraft weaponry – guns, missiles, bombs. Completing the book is a list of useful and authoritative aviation books.