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product_id: 58246054
title: "The Airplane: How Ideas Gave Us Wings"
brand: "jay spenser"
price: "$905"
currency: MXN
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reviews_count: 8
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# The Airplane: How Ideas Gave Us Wings

**Brand:** jay spenser
**Price:** $905
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** The Airplane: How Ideas Gave Us Wings by jay spenser
- **How much does it cost?** $905 with free shipping
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The Airplane: How Ideas Gave Us Wings

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## Customer Reviews

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    An insightful look at airplanes -- system by system
  

*by R***K on Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2013*

Spenser takes a different approach to the history of aviation. He treats the history of the different parts of the airplane to build up a coherent picture of the whole. Starting with George Caley, he traces the history of each major component forward. He shows were the pioneers were right, where they went wrong and why airplanes look and work the way they do.In the process Spenser develops some significant insights into aeronautical history. His discussion of control systems is especially interesting. Spencer maintains that the European efforts were held back by mistaken paradigms -- the carriage for one -- and it wasn't until the Wrights, with their background in bicycles and careful experimentation, showed them the way that European efforts took off -- so to speak.There's a lot of very good information here, and some even better insights.

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    Great history of man's desire to fly, and the details of his ultimate success.
  

*by J***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2013*

This is the second copy of this book that I have purchased.  The first, also reviewed here, was bought as a gift for my grandson, but I read it and couldn't part with it, resulting in the purchase of this second copy. It covers mankind's ancient dreams, the pioneering work of Thomas Cayley in the early nineteenth century, through the detailed advances following the Wright Brothers. Some critics have faulted the book for spending too many pages on the Boeing 787 "Dreamliner", but I feel that this was justified.  The Dreamliner is a major step forward in aircraft design, and deserves the attention given to it here.  To anyone interested in the history of human flight, I highly recommend this book.

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    Perfect for college
  

*by B***N on Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2019*

Used it for school. Very informative yet easy to read and understand. I give it a 4/5 just because it is more of a college level book. So if you are an advanced reader looking to learn about flight, there are more detailed books out there

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