AIRCRAFT AND MISSILES by Desoutter, D. M. reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

From The Space Library

AIRCRAFT AND MISSILES

by Desoutter, D. M.

New York, 1959: John de Graff, Inc., 220 pages, $7.50

While predominantly an aviation book, it contains useful sections on guided missiles and on research aircraft, including rocket propelled airplanes. An excellent history of human flight is provided, with a listing of important dates from 1783 to 1953.

Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III