Flight /
Nahum, Andrew,
Flight / Eyewitness flight DK Eyewitness flight written by Andrew Nahum. - Revised edition American edition New edition - 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm. - DK eyewitness books . - DK eyewitness books. .
Includes index. First published in 1990.
Fly like a bird -- Lighter than air -- Gliding aloft -- Powered flight -- The first airplanes -- Flying aces -- Double wings -- The evolving plane -- Light aircraft -- Aero-engines -- The propeller -- Flying the world -- The jet age -- Jet propulsion -- Landing gear -- Controlling the plane -- In the cockpit -- On the flight deck -- Flying instruments -- Rotating wings -- Helicopter -- War in the air -- Hot-air balloon -- Airship -- A modern glider -- Plain sailing -- Did you know? -- Timeline -- Find out more.
Soar into the high-flying world of aircraft with this picture-packed, fact-filled book. Eyewitness Flight is an essential guide to the history and science of humanity's most incredible feat: flying! Young readers will pour over stunning photography, alongside fascinating facts, of aircraft from Leonardo da Vinci's wing machines to jet airliners, as well as helicopters, gliders, zeppelins, monoplanes, biplanes, and even triplanes. Learn how technology made flight possible, which tools pilots use, and how our ability to take to the skies has shaped human history.
9780593842379 0593842375 9780593842362 0593842367
Dk Pub, C/O Penguin Random House 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136, (646)6744059 SAN 201-3975
Aeronautics--Juvenile literature.
Airplanes--Juvenile literature.
Flight--Juvenile literature.
Flying-machines--Juvenile literature.
Transportation--Juvenile literature.
Informational works.
Illustrated works.
Flight / Eyewitness flight DK Eyewitness flight written by Andrew Nahum. - Revised edition American edition New edition - 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm. - DK eyewitness books . - DK eyewitness books. .
Includes index. First published in 1990.
Fly like a bird -- Lighter than air -- Gliding aloft -- Powered flight -- The first airplanes -- Flying aces -- Double wings -- The evolving plane -- Light aircraft -- Aero-engines -- The propeller -- Flying the world -- The jet age -- Jet propulsion -- Landing gear -- Controlling the plane -- In the cockpit -- On the flight deck -- Flying instruments -- Rotating wings -- Helicopter -- War in the air -- Hot-air balloon -- Airship -- A modern glider -- Plain sailing -- Did you know? -- Timeline -- Find out more.
Soar into the high-flying world of aircraft with this picture-packed, fact-filled book. Eyewitness Flight is an essential guide to the history and science of humanity's most incredible feat: flying! Young readers will pour over stunning photography, alongside fascinating facts, of aircraft from Leonardo da Vinci's wing machines to jet airliners, as well as helicopters, gliders, zeppelins, monoplanes, biplanes, and even triplanes. Learn how technology made flight possible, which tools pilots use, and how our ability to take to the skies has shaped human history.
9780593842379 0593842375 9780593842362 0593842367
Dk Pub, C/O Penguin Random House 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136, (646)6744059 SAN 201-3975
Aeronautics--Juvenile literature.
Airplanes--Juvenile literature.
Flight--Juvenile literature.
Flying-machines--Juvenile literature.
Transportation--Juvenile literature.
Informational works.
Illustrated works.