Legacy of Flight

A stunning documentary history of aviation and space flight in the last 100 years that highlights the achievements of both the famous and the everyday people involved in the endeavor as well as every major type of aircraft, military and civilian, commercial and civil, and all the professions that make it work: pilot, mechanic, designer, builder, ground and air crew, astronaut and cosmonaut, controller and scientist. Every image tells a story and is accompanied by short, delightful essays.

David Romanowski of Alexandria, VA David Romanowski is a writer-editor in the Exhibits Division of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. He joined the museum in 1987. Romanowski recently wrote the Official Guide to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum published by Smithsonian Institution Press. He has contributed to several other books and worked on countless exhibitions.

Melissa Keiser Melissa A. N. Keiser is the Chief Photo Archivist at National Air and Space Museum Archives Division. She has also photo edited Best of the National Air and Space Museum and contributed to numerous other publications and exhibitions since joining the museum in 1985.