Profiles fifty influential aircraft from throughout history, including the Wright Brothers' 1905 Flyer, World War II aircraft such as the BF 109 and Spitfire, jets of the Korean and Vietnam Wars, commercial planes, and experimental designs.
the birth of flight = Los hermanos Wright : el comienzo de la aviaci?on
Sproule, Anna
2005
Presents a short biography of the Wright Brothers written in both English and Spanish, and chronicles their lives and work in the development of early aviation and heavier-than-air flight.
An account of how the two inventors were guided by their father, the years leading to the triumph of practical flight, and the death of Orville in 1948.
Presents the autobiography of General James "Jimmy" Doolittle and discusses his life and military career which included his historic raid over Tokyo in April of 1942 with sixteen B-25 bombers flown off the aircraft carrier "Hornet.".
