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3) Flight
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Language
English
Description
Traces the history and development of aircraft from hot-air balloons to jetliners, and includes information on the principles of flight and the inner workings of various flying machines.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021
Language
Español
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Description
"On a lively street in the lovely city of Paris, a girl named Aída glanced up and was dazzled by the sight of an airship. Oh, how she wished she could soar through the sky like that! The inventor of the airship, Alberto, invited Aída to ride with him, but she didn't want to be a passenger. She wanted to be the pilot. Aída was just a teenager, and no woman or girl had ever flown before. She didn't let that stop her, though. All she needed was courage,...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"This book is being published in association with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The museum will celebrate its 40th anniversary in July 2016. There will be a new Smithsonian exhibition, to be called "Milestones of Flight." This book is NOT a catalog of the exhibition; rather, it is a history of flight told through approximately twenty-five historical milestones"--
Author
Series
Secret Smithsonian adventures volume 1
Publisher
Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Schoolmates Dominique, Eric, Josephine, and Ajay are excited about a field trip to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. When they get there, however, they find a very different museum than the one they were expecting. Not only is it much smaller, it's filled with balloons, blimps, and dirigibles, many of them with the same logo: BARRIS AIRSHIPS. Where's the Spirit of St. Louis? Where's the Apollo 11 command module? Where's the Wright Brothers'...
Author
Publisher
Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Iconic aviation and space artifacts from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, the world's largest and most noteworthy collection"-- Provided by publisher.
Discover a collection of iconic aviation and space artifacts from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. The world's largest and most noteworthy collection of aviation and space artifacts, this book highlights items that tell a story about dreamers reaching for the sky and...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A poetic odyssey through space with the groundbreaking Voyager 2 probe-past Earth, into deep space and beyond. In 1977, a space probe was built to help human beings learn a little more about outer space. Soon, along with its twin, Voyager 2 slipped through the clouds and left Earth behind. The spacecraft traveled for years through the deep, infinite night. At last Voyager 2 reached its first goal: Jupiter. Then it met the spellbinding sight of Saturn....
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Series
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"In an era of dirigibles and hot air balloons, the Wright brothers were among the first innovators of heavier-than-air flight. But in the hotly competitive international race toward flight, Orville and Wilbur were up against a lot more than bad weather. Mechanical failures, lack of information, and even other aviators complicated the Wright brothers' journey. But thanks to their carefully recorded experiments and a healthy dash of bravery, the Wright...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
At least as far back as the ancient myth of Icarus, humans longed to fly- but it wasn't until December 17, 1903, on the windy dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, that the dream finally came true. And it was all thanks to Orville and Wilbur Wright, two former bicycle mechanics who built their first toy plane- a rubber-band powered rotary- when they were just children. Find out how the two brothers, working quietly and persistently, ultimately solved...
Series
Dogfights volume season 2
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Fighter aircraft face off in some of the most intense battles in the history of warfare in this documentary television series. This season features first-hand accounts of the flying aces themselves, combined with rare archival footage and state-of-the-art CGI graphics. Each air battle is recreated in stunning detail, putting viewers in the cockpit, facing the enemy to relive 17 of modern history's greatest battles.
Author
Publisher
Avery
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
"In Jet Age, journalist Sam Howe Verhovek explores the advent of the first generation of jet airliners and the people who designed, built, and flew them. The path to jet travel was triumphal and amazingly rapid-less than fifty years after the Wright Brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk, Great Britain led the world with the first commercial jet plane service. Yet the pioneering British Comet was cursed with a tragic, mysterious flaw, and an upstart...
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