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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Heppenheimer, T. A.
A brief history of flight: from balloons to Mach 3 and beyond /
T. A. Heppenheimer.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-471-34637-3 (cloth: alk. paper)
1. Aeronautics—History. I. Title.

TL515.H455 2000
629.13′09—dc21 00–026290

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