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Winner of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics History Manuscript Award. This new edition has been fully updated by the author.
With contributions by Paul A. Hanle, Robert H. Kargon, and Joseph N. Tatarewicz.
Winner of the Watson Davis Prize, History of Science Society, 1990.
In the Cockpit II: Inside History-Making Aircraft of World War II provides close-up access to the instrument panels, controls, and crew stations of 34 legendary World War II aircraft in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's impressive collection.
Dr. Roger D. Launius, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, is a member of the Radioisotope Power Systems Committee, National Research Council of the National Academies.
A publication worked on by staff of the National Air and Space Museum.
Cambridge Planetary Science series, No. 11
Foreword by Thomas P. Stafford, Introduction by Allan Needell
Discover the entire story of humankind's efforts in space exploration, from the earliest theories of the universe to the captivating successes and advances - as well as the heartbreaking setbacks - of the past fifty years.
Part of a series published by AltaMira Press in partnership with the American Association for State and Local History.
Available from the UK, ISBN 978 1 84011 736 3, £9.99.