THE STORY OF AIRCRAFT Seven Decades of Powered Flight by David Charles. Over 140 Illustrations in color and Black and White. Octopus Books, 1974. First edition hardback. Fine in Very Good Jacket. Military history of the first order. Never mind the 'I'm a book collector who is down-sizing', I'm guessing most of you know that by now. I'll quit saying it on every post. Anyway, my loss is your gain. This is a great on the development of powered flight. The most surprising things are the unusual and colorful paint schemes on some of the more rare aircraft. Way cool. Modelers and plane buffs should like that. Would make a great gift. Condition of the book would be more or less New. Jacket has one closed tear to the spine, otherwise it is also pretty much flawless. Pickup in Cordova. $4.