This book encom­passes the entire his­tory of flight, from the days of leg­ends, bal­loons and glid­ers to the lat­est high-​tech aircraft.

• illus­tra­tions of more than 250 aircraft
• bal­loons, fight­ers, bombers, air­lin­ers, helicopters …
• first flights, spec­i­fi­ca­tions, his­to­ries, pio­neers of flight