Description |
63 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, portraits ; 28 cm. |
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age Children |
Series |
The world of
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World of.
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Note |
Originally published: as the Best-ever book of flight. 2001. |
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Includes index. |
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Published in association with the Royal Aeronautical Society. |
Summary |
The World of flight is packed full of information about all types of flying machines, including details from how they are built to how air traffic is controlled in our skies. |
Contents |
Civil aviation -- Airliners -- Faster than sound -- Building an airliner -- Spinning blades -- To the ends of the Earth -- Flying for fun -- Aerial sports -- Light aircraft and gliders -- Lighter than air -- Air safety -- Controlling the skies -- Air hazards -- Flight simulators -- Air power -- Air combat -- The black art of stealth -- Dressing for action -- Pushing the limits -- The Wright brothers -- Trailblazers -- Spy in the sky -- Circling the globe -- Beyond the atmosphere -- Flying into the future -- Controlling an aircraft -- Plane facts -- Fying firsts. |
Provenance |
Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo |
Subject |
Aeronautics -- Juvenile literature.
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Aeronautics. |
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Flight -- Juvenile literature.
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Flight. |
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Aeronautics -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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History. |
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Flight -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Genre/Form |
History.
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Juvenile works.
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Added Author |
Graham, Ian, 1947-
Best-ever book of flight.
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Royal Aeronautical Society.
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ISBN |
9780753413456 (paperback) |
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0753413450 (paperback) |
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0753460084 |
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9780753460085 |
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