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    <title>HISTORY OF FLIGHT</title>
    <subTitle>FROM THE FLYING MACHINE OF LEONARDO DA VINCI TO THE CONQUEST OF THE SPACE</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Niccoli, Riccardo</namePart>
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    <namePart>De Fabianis, Valeria Manferto</namePart>
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    <namePart>Accomazzo, Laura</namePart>
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    <namePart>Cucchi, Maria</namePart>
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    <namePart>Davenport, Neil Frazer</namePart>
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    <namePart>Swainston, Hugh</namePart>
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    <namePart>Venerella, John</namePart>
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    <copyrightDate encoding="marc">2002</copyrightDate>
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    <extent>335 pages : illustrations, photographs (some color) ; 30 cm</extent>
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  <abstract>"From Classical myth to Renaissance genius, from convertiplanes to ultra-sophisticated warplanes, the history of flight is filled with crucial episodes and anecdotes that will arose the curiosity and imagination of anyone who has dreamed of what it is like to fly"--</abstract>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">Text by RICCARDO NICCOLI ; Editorial project VALERIA MANFERTO DE FABIANIS, LAURA ACCOMAZZO ; Project and graphic design MARIA CUCCHI ; Translation NEIL FRAZER DAVENPORT, HUGH SWAINSTON, JOHN VENERELLA</note>
  <note>Previous edition: Book of flight : from the flying machines of Leonardo Da Vinci to the conquest of space / R. Niccoli. ©2002</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (page 330) and index.</note>
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    <topic>Flight</topic>
    <topic>History</topic>
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    <topic>Aeronautics</topic>
    <topic>History</topic>
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  <classification authority="ddc" edition="23">629.1309 </classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9788854415775</identifier>
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