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Throughout history, the visibility of airborne objects from the ground has made for a spectacle of flight, with sizeable crowds gathering for eighteenth-century balloon launches and early twentieth-century air shows. Taking to the Air tells the history of flight through the eye of the spectator, and later, the passenger.

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    A Hardback by Lily Ford

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      Publisher: British Library Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 13/09/2018
      ISBN13: 9780712352611, 978-0712352611
      ISBN10: 0712352619
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Throughout history, the visibility of airborne objects from the ground has made for a spectacle of flight, with sizeable crowds gathering for eighteenth-century balloon launches and early twentieth-century air shows. Taking to the Air tells the history of flight through the eye of the spectator, and later, the passenger.

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