aeronautics

Provides a biography of Orville and Wilbur Wright, from their childhood years to their invention of the first successful airplane.

Explores how airplanes, birds, and helicopters create differences in air pressure to develop lift for flying; and contains interactive glossaries, quizzes, and Spanish translation.

Kids can zoom into the world of air travel and go airborne with the Biggest, Baddest Book of Flight. Readers will get the scoop on helicopters, explore the inside of a jet engine, discover the wackiest aircraft out there, from flying saucers to an inflatable plane and more. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing.

Batman often takes to the skies to fight crime in Gotham City. But are the high-flying features in his aircraft real? The answer may surprise you. Explores how the features in the Batplane and Batcopter are rooted in real-world science and engineering.

Discusses famous and lesser-known women in aviation from the earliest aviators who flew in balloons in the eighteenth century to modern flight, including gliders and helicopters.

Tells the story of the Wright brothers, who grew up reading and learning, and never let anything stop them in their pursuit of a successful flying machine.

Presents the history of aviation covering balloon flight, airships, airplanes, helicopters, jets, and airports.

Readers are taken on a journey through the history of aviation, and discover the contributions of luminaries such as the Wright brothers and Howard Hughes.