History of Aviation The Full Story of Flight Hardcover by John W.R. Taylor and Kenneth Munson. Published by Crown Publishing 1972. The book is approx 10" x 1" x 13" and is in a good, vintage condition with shelf-wear on the dust-jacket and a rather lengthy gift-message on the 1st page. "There have been many histories of human flight, but never one like this. An unrivaled team of international writers, photographers and artists, many of them pilots, aircraft designers and technicians, have recorded every aspect of the most exciting technical achievement of our century in over 500 pages of highly factual narrative and full-color illustration."