Explains how firefighters tried to save San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake, looks at early fire-fighting techniques, and examines different types of modern-day fire-fighting machines and methods.
Photographs and simple text offer a brief introduction to the history of flight and explore the many jobs people have making airplanes, and working on airplanes and in airports.
Discusses different types of trucks, from light pickup trucks to the massive crawler-transporters that move space shuttles to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.