Fly Now!: The Poster Collection of the Smithsonian National

Fly Now!: The Poster Collection of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
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The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum draws more visitors than any other museum in the worldâ€”90,000 a day in the summertimeâ€”and the highlight of summer 2007 at the NASM will be "Fly Now," the exhibit of air travel posters featured in this unique companion volume which combines arresting, colorful art, rare archival material, and a unique approach to aeronautical history.

The postersâ€”most of them never before publishedâ€”feature barnstormers, gliders, and flying boats; the earliest passenger flights, the first luxury-liners, mail carriers, jets, and much more. Spanning a century and a half, they combine the popular art and the commerce of their eras, with both explored in the entertaining, informative text by a longstanding National Air and Space Museum curator. From 19th-century circus impresarios offering rides in gaudy hot-air balloons to the sleek 21st-century airliners, they offer a fascinating illustrated history of flight as it evolved from an exotic realm inhabited only by visionaries and daredevils into our modern world of speedy jets and frequent flyersâ€”no longer extraordinary, perhaps, but still echoing with the exhilarating thrill and glamorous excitement captured here.

Countless visitors to the museumÃ•s traveling poster exhibition and the permanent exhibition "America by Air" will delight in the gorgeous and wonderful graphics collected in this appealing, affordable bookâ€”and so will aviation buffs, armchair travelers, and poster connoisseurs everywhere.
Country USA
Brand National Geographic
Manufacturer National Geographic
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2007-05-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781426200885

Country	USA
Brand	National Geographic
Manufacturer	National Geographic
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2007-05-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781426200885

Fly Now!: The Poster Collection of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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