aeronautics

Simple text and photographs provide a close-up look at helicopter parts and types.

A complete account of her life and times, this book offers an in-depth look at Amelia Earhart and her legacy.

"Ben Thompson and Erik Slader take readers through the numerous failures that comprised the Space Race, paving the way for humanity's eventual success at reaching the stars"--Publisher.

"Describes the lives of [Orville and Wilbur Wright,] the two American brothers who designed, built, and flew the first heavier-than-air aircraft to fly successfully, detailing the many mishaps and misadventures that preceded it"--OCLC.

Learn about airplanes, blimps, helicopters, paragliders, and more. Enjoy the splendor of Yosemite National Park from a hang glider; exprience the Wright Brothers' first historic flights; and ride along as the young narrator takes his first flying lesson, goes for a hot air balloon ride, and flies his remote control airplane.

"A visual guide to aviation and man's conquest of the skies, covering the earliest pioneers of flight to modern-day space technology."--Publisher.

Simple text and photographs provide a close-up look at airplane parts and different types of planes.

"Today, everyone is familiar with Neil Armstrong's famous words as he first set foot on the moon: 'one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.' He made it look easy, but America's journey to the moon was anything but simple. In 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first satellite, into orbit, America had barely crossed the starting line of the great Space Race. Later that year, our first attempt was such a failure that the media nicknamed it 'Kaputnik.' Still, we didn't give up. With each failure, we gleaned valuable information about what went wrong, and how to avoid it in the future. So we tried again. And again. And each time we failed, we failed a little bit better"--Amazon.com.

Describes the lives of the two American brothers who designed, built, and flew the first heavier-than-air aircraft to fly successfully, detailing the many mishaps and misadventures that preceded it.