"For thousands of years, humankind has been fascinated with the ability to fly. Over the years, many adventurers dared to explore the realm of the skies using all kinds of flying contraptions. Then on December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the dream of human flight with a powered, piloted aircraft. From that day on, a long list of flying machines have made their mark in the world of aviation as legends of flight. This remarkable book, produced with the National Aviation Hall of Fame, profiles some of the most legendary aircraft and personalities spanning the incredible century of aviation, from 1900 [through the 1990s]." --Book jacket.