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Cod. 2405E
EUR 35,00


Salvatore Amoroso
OGGI SI VOLA!
150 anni di aeronautica
in Sicilia
1861-2011

240 pp. - b/w and colour ill. - softbound - printed 2011
Italian text

ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class C)

TODAY WE FLY!
150 years of Aviation in Sicily
1861-2011
With the cooperation of Regione Sicilia.

A historical excursus relevant to aviation in Sicily, from ascents by balloon to the events connected to "the heaviest in the air", with some reference to the relation between planes and aerophilately.
Richly illustrated with photographs, documents, drawings and postcards.

CONTENTS

* Introduction

* The myth of flight in Sicily
* Aviation and balloons
* The first successes of "the heaviest in the air"
* "Give wings to Italy"
* 1917: the air mail experiment Naples-Palermo-Naples
* Post war. Aviation starts again with difficulty
* Sicily enters in national and international air lines
* Conclusion

* Name index
* Bibliography

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