The nation's hangar : aircraft treasures of the Smithsonian from the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

The nation's hangar Aircraft treasures of the Smithsonian from the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Book - 2011

"The Nation's Hangar: Aircraft Treasures of the Smithsonian offers a fascinating textual and visual history of civilian, military, and commercial aviation from the earliest balloon flights to today's most advanced aircraft. The Nation's Hangar charts the awe-inspiring history of flight around the world. F. Robert Van Der Linden, a Smithsonian curator and leading expert on aviation history, explains the fascinating stories behind aviation's great technological advances and provides historic and social context that highlights the many ways in which these innovations have changed the course of human history. The Nation's Hangar is also a visual delight. The Smithsonian aircraft collection has never looked so compe...lling and sleek. The Nation's Hangar is a must-have for that fly boy or fly girl in your flight pattern"--

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Subjects
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center > Catalogs.
National Air and Space Museum > Catalogs.
Airplanes > Catalogs.
Airplanes > History.
Published
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books [2011]
Language
English
Corporate Author
National Air and Space Museum
Corporate Author
National Air and Space Museum (-)
Other Authors
F. Robert Van der Linden (-)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
255 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781588343161
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

Van der Linden (curator, Smithsonian Inst. National Air & Space Museum; Best of the National Air & Space Museum) takes the reader on a fascinating journey through 60-odd years of aeronautical history. He reviews the priceless aircraft and artifacts currently housed in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, a mammoth four-hangar repository, and discusses the center's accession criteria, principles of preservation, space, display, and funding challenges. Van der Linden's informative narrative acquaints readers with such period exhibits as international military fighters and bombers, passenger liners, helicopters, seaplanes, recreational and racing craft, utility flyers such as crop dusters, and the world's fastest jet-powered manned plane-the U.S. SR-71 Blackbird. Equally compelling is his treatment of the talented people who bankrolled, designed, maintained, flew, and finally restored these magnificent birds to their pristine glory. His volume is replete with more than 225 full-color illustrations and 75 black-and-white photographs-a visual feast. VERDICT This splendidly crafted pictorial tribute to a national treasure will appeal to the full spectrum of aviation scholars, collectors, and dedicated buffs. Highly recommended.-John Carver Edwards, Univ. of Georgia Libs., Cleveland (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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