ANDREW NAHUM Be an eyewitness to how man first realized his dream of taking flingt and to the remarkable and stunningly different machines that have whisked him up,up, and away.

Flying like a bird

Lighter than air

Gliding aloft

Powered flight

The first aeroplanes

Those magnificent men

Double wings

The evolving plane

Light aircraft

Aero-engines

The propeller

Flying the world

Jetliner

Jet propulsion

Landing gear

Controlling the plane

In the cockpit

On the flight deck

Flying instruments

Rotating wings

Helicopter

Hot-air balloon

Airship

A modern glider

Kites for people

Portable planes

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