flight

In 1932, James Banning, along with his co-pilot Thomas Allen, make history by becoming the first African Americans to fly across the United States, relying on the generosity of people they meet in the towns along the way who help keep their "flying jalopy" going.

A look at inventions and feats and who is responsible for them. The inventions examined include the postage stamp, the telephone, the paper clip, and the bicycle. Some of the famous feats looked at are the first woman and cat to go over Niagara Falls.

Jack Johnson finds a book that tells how humans can learn to fly and hopes to use his knowledge to show-up his classmate Wilson Schlame; but when the news gets out that Jack can fly, things start to get out of hand and he questions whether flying is really the way to go.

Features full-color illustrations and science boxes that describe technical information about the Wright Brothers first manned flight in 1903.

Explains the basic science of flight, the problems of getting vehicles into the air, different types of engines, and aircraft design. Includes instructions for making aircraft models.

A bird falls out of his nest while trying to fly and has encounters with several animals before he finds success.

When Cassie turns sixteen, she develops the ability to fly. She goes to great lengths to keep her ability secret and learns to control her superpower. But when a friend is in danger, Cassie must choose between taking action and guarding her secret.

With help from his friend Otto the robot, Pip the mouse tries to fly.

Cressida is surprised to learn that there is an eighth Unicorn Princess named Feather whose magical ruby allows her to fly! Feather is an explorer, and she's back from her latest adventure with exciting news...