The book, Aviation The First Seventy Years, chronicles the evolution of flight from the day the Wright Brothers made mankind's first controlled powered flight at Kitty Hawk North Carolina in 1903 up through the Apollo and Skylab space programs in the 1970s.  The commentary provides a data packed summary of the significant technical developments during the first seventy years of modern aviation.  This publication also provides a comprehensive reference for identifying the major aircraft be they commercial, military or private produced throughout the world since the inception of controlled flight.  It is quite incredible to think that mankind has moved from the Wright Brother's flight at Kitty Hawk to multiple manned spaceflights in these seventy short years.  The topical sections of this book are as follows: 1) Introduction; 2) The Men of Genius; 3) The Precursors; 4) The Golden Age; 5) The Salad Days; 6) The Dirigibles; 7) The Aeroplane Goes to War; 8) The Professionals; 9) The Explorers; 10) The Lonely Ones; 11) The Trail Blazers; 12) The Men of Commerce; 13) Into the Stratosphere; 14) The Last Big Boats; 15) The Great Races; 16) The Sea Flyers; 17) The Bold and the Beautiful; 18) The Bombers; 19) The Fight for Naval Air; 20) The Men of the North; 21) The Second Round; 22) The Offensive Weapon; 23) The First Jets; 24) The Specialists; 25) The Carrier War; 26) The Big One; 27) The Trainers and Transports; 28) Europe - The Postwar Scene; 29) The new Generation; 30) The Bold Decision; 31) The Jet War; 32) The Tough Ones; 33) The Big Stick; 34) The Spy in the Sky; 35) The Limited Wars; 36) The War No-one Won; 37) The Peaceful Plotters; 38) The Chopper; 39) The Working Classes; 40) The Private Owners; 41) The Airlift; 42) The Great Fighters; 43) The New Royal Air Force; 44) The Commuters; 45) The Air Transport Game; 46) The Guiding Hand; 47) The Boeings of Seattle; 48) The Quiet Americans; 49) The New Ways of War; 50) The Flexible Fighters; 51) The New Geometry; 52) The Outward Urge and 53) Record Tables.  In addition to an informative narrative, "Aviation The First Seventy Years" includes the following: 1) 7 black and white illustrations and 2) Approximately 178 color illustrations.  This book is 144 pages and is in good condition.  The author is John Blake with John Young (illustrations).  Edition published in 1973.