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Author Graham, Ian, 1947-

Title The world of flight / Ian Graham.

Publication Info. London : Kingfisher, 2006.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection  CH/YA 629.13 Graham Wor 2006        Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo
Description 63 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, portraits ; 28 cm.
age Children
Series The world of
World of.
Note Originally published: as the Best-ever book of flight. 2001.
Includes index.
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.
Aeronautics.
Flight -- Juvenile literature.
Flight.
Aeronautics -- History -- Juvenile literature.
History.
Flight -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Genre/Form History.
Juvenile works.
Added Author Graham, Ian, 1947- Best-ever book of flight.
Royal Aeronautical Society.
ISBN 9780753413456 (paperback)
0753413450 (paperback)
0753460084
9780753460085