Fly Now! : A Colorful Story of Flight from Hot Air Balloon to the 777 Worldliner -the Poster Collection of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

English

ISBN: 1426202903

EAN: 9781426202902

Category: Antiques & Collectibles / Posters/Transportation / Aviation / History/Transportation / Aviation / General/

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Release Date: 06/23/2011

Synopsis: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum draws more visitors than any other museum in the world--90,000 a day in the summertime--and the exhibit of air travel posters featured in this unique companion volume combines arresting, colorful art, rare archival material, and a unique approach to aeronautical history. The posters--most of them never before published--feature barnstormers, gliders, and flying boats, the earliest passenger flights, the first luxury-liners, mail carriers, jets, and much more. Spanning a century and a half, they combine the popular art and the commerce of their eras, with both explored in the entertaining, informative text by a longstanding National Air and Space Museum curator. From 19th-century circus impresarios offering rides in gaudy hot-air balloons to the sleek 21st-century airliners, the posters provide a fascinating illustrated history of flight as it evolved from an exotic realm inhabited only by visionaries and daredevils into our modern world of speedy jets and frequent flyers--no longer extraordinary, perhaps, but still echoing with the exhilarating thrill and glamorous excitement captured here. Countless visitors to the museums traveling poster exhibition and the permanent exhibition America by Air will delight in the gorgeous and wonderful graphics collected in this appealing, affordable book--and so will aviation buffs, armchair travelers, and poster connoisseurs everywhere.

Excerpt: Unknown Property Excerpt

Fly Now! : A Colorful Story of Flight from Hot Air Balloon to the 777 Worldliner -the Poster Collection of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.5 inches

Width: 8.15 inches

Length: 9.8 inches

Weight: 22.43 oz

Pages: 192