Like sex with gods
Singer, Bayla, 1940-
Like sex with gods an unorthodox history of flying / [electronic resource] : Bayla Singer. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2003. - x, 219 p. : ill. - Centennial of flight series ; no. 3 . - Centennial of flight series ; no. 3. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-213) and index.
Dreams and mythology. Deities aloft. Artificial wings and the imitation of god. Travel to extraordinary kingdoms -- Theory and practice. Exuberant speculations. Human-powered flight : ornithopters. Gliders, parachutes, and kites. Balloons and dirigibles : sustained flight. The dream continues.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Aeronautics--History.
Electronic books.
TL516 / .S56 2003eb
629.13/009
Like sex with gods an unorthodox history of flying / [electronic resource] : Bayla Singer. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2003. - x, 219 p. : ill. - Centennial of flight series ; no. 3 . - Centennial of flight series ; no. 3. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-213) and index.
Dreams and mythology. Deities aloft. Artificial wings and the imitation of god. Travel to extraordinary kingdoms -- Theory and practice. Exuberant speculations. Human-powered flight : ornithopters. Gliders, parachutes, and kites. Balloons and dirigibles : sustained flight. The dream continues.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Aeronautics--History.
Electronic books.
TL516 / .S56 2003eb
629.13/009