flying-machines

A photo essay tracing the history and development of aircraft from hot-air balloons to jetliners. Includes information on the principles of flight and the inner workings of various flying machines.

Presents an illustrated guide to ten of the most popular flying machines including the SR-71 Blackbird, B-2 Spirit, and the BirdMan Wingsuit.

Describes some of the different devices, including hot air balloons, gliders, airplanes, and jets, used to get people into the air. Includes various projects.

Examines the nature of wind and how it is used by seeds, clouds, birds, insects, and flying machines. Includes experiments and projects throughout.

Explains how birds fly, discusses the operation and exploits of flying machines, both ancient and modern, and speculates about flight technology of the future.

A photographic introduction to airplanes, looking at different types of planes, their parts, and how they are used.

Text and photographs present flying machines throughout history, including hot-air balloons, helicopters, and the space shuttle.

Presents information about a variety of flying machines, from the earliest balloon and airplanes to jets, rocket-powered craft and planes of the future.

In the 1890s on an island off the Irish coast, Conor Broekhart is falsely imprisoned and passes the solitary months by scratching designs of flying machines into the walls, including one for a glider with which he dreams of escape.

A photo essay tracing the history and development of aircraft from hot-air balloons to jetliners. Includes information on the principles of flight and the inner workings of various flying machines.