Project Gutenberg 2024-09-03 Public domain in the USA. 353 David, Evan John 1877 1961 19015656 Aircraft : $b its development in war and peace and its commercial future $aNew York :$bCharles Scribner's Sons, $c1919. Fiona Holmes and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Aircraft: Its Development in War and Peace and Its Commercial Future" by Evan John David is a historical account and overview written in the early 20th century, specifically in post-World War I. The book explores the evolution of aviation technology, detailing the advancements made in aircraft design and functionality, as well as their diverse applications in both military and commercial contexts. The opening of the work sets the stage by emphasizing mankind’s age-old desire to fly, tracing back to ancient myths and early experiments. It highlights the significant milestones in aeronautics, beginning with ballooning and moving through to the development of dirigibles and early heavier-than-air machines, including airships and the pioneering flights of figures like the Wright brothers. The narrative provides a foundation for understanding how these early innovations laid the groundwork for the future of aviation, with a focus on the challenges faced by early aviators and inventors in achieving controlled flight. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/aircraftitsdevel00davirich/ 20240308233921david 1919 us Reading ease score: 58.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Airplanes Aeronautics TL Text Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Engineering & Technology 723750 2025-07-29T10:56:48.667677 text/html 700513 2024-09-03T07:40:19 text/html 1432858 2025-07-29T10:57:00.972621 application/epub+zip 1431075 2025-07-29T10:56:50.846655 application/epub+zip 428266 2025-07-29T10:56:49.617650 application/epub+zip 2085457 2025-07-29T10:57:07.063575 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2051854 2025-07-29T10:56:59.730604 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 627349 2025-07-29T10:56:46.829701 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 607452 2024-09-03T07:40:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15604 2025-07-29T10:57:07.263619 application/rdf+xml 14814 2025-07-29T10:56:49.959642 image/jpeg 2407 2025-07-29T10:56:49.762648 image/jpeg 1813710 2025-07-29T10:56:48.773655 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog