The book, A Century Of Manned Flight: A Pictorial History of Powered Aircraft, chronicles all the major technological and human achievements of the story of flight from the earliest attempts at flying using feathered wings to the latest supersonic, stealth and space planes.  This book includes an introduction and is organized into the following 10 chapters: 1) First Flight; 2) The Pace quickens; 3) Peace Returns; 4) Spanning The World; 5) More Records Fall; 6) Defense And Attack; 7) The Jet Era Begins; 8) Defending Peace; 9) Advanced Technology and 10) The Final Frontier.  Each chapter includes a brief summary of developments of a specific era and a comprehensive selection of photographs with supporting captions.  Full specifications are provided for key machines while appropriate cut-aways are utilized to illustrate revolutionary aircraft.  The major human and technological achievements of an era are discussed in dedicated feature spreads.  This book includes over 400 color and black and white photographs many scourced from private collections and previously not seen.  This book is 253 pages and is in like new condition.  The author is Richard Townshend Bickers.  Edition published in 1998.