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Aircraft, the definitive visual history

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the definitive visual history

Before 1920: Lighter than air -- Pioneers -- Otto Lilienthal -- Successful pioneers -- Profile: Blériot XI -- Engine: Anzani three-cylinder fan -- Military two-seaters -- Great manufacturers: Fokker -- Single-seat fighters -- Profile: Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a -- Racers and record breakers -- Lincoln Beachey -- Great manufacturers: Sopwith -- Multi-engine giants and seaplanes -- Engine: Gnome 100 horsepower -- The 1920s: Mailplanes and barnstormers -- Private flying begins -- Bessie Coleman -- Setting speed records -- Profile: DH60 Gipsy Moth -- Engine: De Havilland Gipsy I -- Outstanding achievements -- Biplanes dominate -- Airliners emerge -- Great manufacturers: De Havilland -- The 1930s: Private aircraft for all -- Profile: Piper J3 cub -- Quest for speed -- Setting records -- Ameilia Earhart -- Great manufacturers: Piper -- Airliners win through -- Profile: Douglas DC-2 -- Flying boats and amphibians -- Rotorcraft emerge -- Engine: Rolls-Royce Type R -- The warplane evolves -- Trainers, parasites, and parasols -- The 1940s: Bombers -- Profile: Boeing B-17 -- Wartime fighters -- Profile: Supermarine spitfire -- Military support aircraft -- Great manufacturers: Douglas -- Civil transport -- Post-war light aircraft -- Engine: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp -- Piston perfection -- Early jets -- Frank Whittle's jet engine -- Early helicopters -- Toward the sound barrier -- Ahead of their time -- Great manufacturers: North American -- The 1950s: Jet fighters -- ProfileL F-86 Sabre -- Bombers, Attack aircraft and trainers -- Rotorcraft mature -- The glamour of air travel -- Piston-engine transport ends -- Profile: Super Constellation -- Civil jets and turboprops -- Engine: General Electric J79 -- Modern classics -- Great manufacturers: Cessna -- Experimental aircraft -- Supersonic fighters -- The 1960s: America dominates -- Great manufacturers: Boeing -- Jet and propeller transport -- Engine: Rolls-Royce Pegasus -- Business, utility, and fire-fighting -- Military developments -- Profile: McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II -- VTOL, STOL, and speed -- Rotary-wing diversity -- Air support -- Great manufacturers: Sikorsky -- The 1970s: US rivals and French classics -- Business and utility aircraft -- Airport design -- Diverse airliners -- Profile: Concorde -- Great manufacturers: Airbus -- Military support -- Frontline aircraft -- Engine: Allison 250/T63 Turboshaft -- Europeans challenge -- Profile: Bell 206 JetRanger -- The 1980s: Great manufacturers: Lockheed -- Military aircraft -- Profile: Mikoyan MiG-29 -- Stealth bomber -- Helicopter developments -- Great manufacturers: Robinson -- A scattering of British types -- Engine: Rotax UL-1V -- Bizjets and turboprop rivals -- Two-crew cockpits -- The 1990s: Business and utility -- Tradition and innovation -- Sports and sailplanes -- Profile: Duo Discus glider -- Europe challenges the US airliners -- Engine: Rolls-Royce Trent 800 -- Upgraded helicopters -- Carrier aircraft -- Military technology -- Great manufacturers: Northrop -- After 2000: Europeans lead -- Engine: Rotax 912ULS -- Ultra-efficient civil transport -- End of the line for manned fighters? -- Profile: Eurofighter Typhoon -- Alternative power -- Great manufacturers: Scaled composites -- More efficient and greener -- WhiteknightTwo and SpaceShipTwo -- How aircraft fly -- Piston engines -- Jet engines -- Landmark engines

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