airplanes

Describes the education and training it takes to become a fighter pilot, and provides information on aviation history, flight training, and more.

Provides information about the invention of the airplane, looking at the quest to develop a flying machine, examining the lives of Orville and Wilbur Wright, and tracing the history of airplane technology.

In simple text and photographs, describes several different kinds of airplanes, including paper airplanes, biplanes, and jets.

Discusses how planes fly and describes what a jet engine is, the different types of jet liners, and the duties of the ground and flight crews. Also includes instructions for making a paper airplane and an experiment with jet power.

Describes some of the external and internal workings of such craft as an airship, a helicopter, a jumbo jet, and a microlight plane.

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

Describes how engines, wings, and controls of airplanes and helicopters work.

Over forty of the worlds most famous airliners are described and illustrated, with full specifications and a brief history of each.

A girl preparing to visit her seriously ill uncle in the hospital imagines being a skywriter and flying over his bed with a message of love.

A young boy looks at a plane in the sky and imagines flying one all the way to the moon.