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100	1		_aCrouch, Tom D.
245	1	0	_aWings : _ba history of aviation from kites to the space age / _cTom D. Crouch.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aWashington, D.C. : _bSmithsonian National Air and Space Museum, _c2003.
300			_aix, 725 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [677]-690) and index.
520			_aThis book tells the history of the birth and development of human flight - the technology that defined the 20th century. Tom Crouch weaves the people, machines and ideas of the air age into a narrative and shows how this extraordinary dream was realized.
650		0	_aAeronautics _xHistory.
650		0	_aSpace technology
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