Great Aviators and Epic Flights

by Von Hardesty

Covers a century of flight, from the Wright Brothers and Louis BlÂeriot's crossing of the English Channel in 1911 through the high-tech weaponry of the U.S. military and the first around-the-world balloon flight in 1999.

240 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2003

About the author

Von Hardesty is currently a curator in the Division of Aeronautics at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. He has written a number of books, and lives in the metropolitan D.C. area.