Sky High The story of aviation

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Sky High The story of aviation

Издательство: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY

Год: 1930

Язык: английский

Страниц: 425

Формат: PDF

Размер: 23 Mb

Early in the march of civilization man found that he had conquered two elements. The land and the water were his to travel on, but the invisible and mysterious air he could not conquer. His triumph was incomplete.

For this reason the birds annoyed him. They made flight seem so easy and so effortless. They could soar and he could only envy. To cover up this envy he convinced himself that the ability to fly was supernatural. He built up pleasant fables of winged horses, of magic carpets, and of flying gods. After countless years man began dimly to realize that if he really wanted to fly he must do something more than merely speculate; he must try out his ideas in a practical way and see whether any of them worked.