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Cleared for takeoff: the ultimate book of flight
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From the Book
Dreams of the birdmen: Icarus and his successors
What goes up: how an airplane flies
Airplane: the anatomy of an aircraft
It's all hot air (part one): the story of ballooning
If at first you don't succeed: strange shapes in the sky (part one)
Heavier than air: the Wright brothers' first powered flight
The red Baron: an introduction to Manfred von Richthofen
Aviation origami: how to make a paper helicopter
On the wing: barnstormers and flying circuses
The spin doctors: twelve aerobatic maneuvers
Across the pond: who was first to fly across the Atlantic?
Who were you?: insignia of yesterday's Air Forces
Romeo and Juliett: an introduction to the phonetic alphabet
War minus the shooting: a history of air racing
Chicken or beef?: the story of airline food
Dead heat: the Zeppelin race
How big?: how the sizes of different aircraft compare
The wind beneath my wings: the story of gliding
Great planes: Douglas DC-3
Eye in the sky: the story of aerial reconnaissance
Project cancelled: Republic XF-12 Rainbow
Animal, vegetable or mineral?: a few things aircraft have been named after
Corsairville: the rise and fall of the flying boat
From CDG to LAX via THR: some of the better airport three-letter identifiers
Great planes: supermarine Spitfire
"Never, in the field of human conflict...": the Second World War in the air
Ducks and drakes and bouncing bombs: how skipping stones inspired the dam busters
Never coming home: RAF losses since 1945
Project cancelled: Vickers Valiant B2 Pathfinder
And then there were four: the disappearance of Britain"s aircraft manufacturers
Paper plane: the perfect paper dart
A dirty distant war: eleven significant air battles
Great planes: North American P-51 Mustang
Eject! eject! eject!: the unsung hero of the ejection seat
Project cancelled: Martin-Baker MB5
The Bermuda triangle: fact or fiction?
Aliens among us?: the peculiar story of the Roswell flying saucer
The right stuff: breaking the sound barrier
F. A. B. Scott: a few island airbases
Freight dogs: the story of air cargo
Pigs in space: flying animals
Putting out fire: the world of aerial firefighting
Project cancelled: BAC TSR2
Great planes: English Electric Canberra
How many?: a few notable production runs
Great planes: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
Flying in a milk bottle: the story of polar aviation
Meatbox, buff and shagbat: 101 aircraft nicknames
A lot less bovver with a hover: the hovercraft story
Rocket man: the story of John Stapp
Don't touch that button!: the aircraft cockpit
In search of Dan Dare: British rocketplanes
"Talk to me, goose": some fictional pilots
Who are you?: insignia of today's Air Forces
"The first time I ever saw a jet I shot it down": fighter combat during the jet age
It seemed like a good idea at the time: a different sort of nuclear bomber
Project cancelled: Martin P6M seamaster
Great planes: Bell UH-1 Uroquois
Whirlybirds: the brief history of helicopters
Chopper: the anatomy of a helicopter
Beating the air into submission: how a helicopter flies
Those magnificent men in their flying machines: fifteen flying films
Great planes: McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
"Indian ocean. present day.": how aircraft carriers work
Batsmen and paddles: the art of the landing deck officer
Project cancelled: Fairey Rotodyne
All around the world: which countries make their own aircraft?
Project cancelled: Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow
Great planes: Boeing 707
I'm leaving on a jet plane: air travel for everyone
A hell of a pick-me-up: the story of the Fulton Skyhook
The art of compromise: four different wing shapes
Project cancelled: North American XB-70 Valkyrie.
It's all hot air (part two): Felix Baumgartner raises the bar
Pukin dogs and Jolly Rogers: US navy fighter squadrons
Flying without wings: the lifting body story
Great planes: North American X-15
Fast, faster, fastest: rise, fall and rise of the rocketplane
You're a record breaker!: the world air-speed record
Don't stop me now: some songs about flying
Great planes: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
High as a kite: how high do things fly?
Of our bombers is missing: the birth of the stealth fighter
Who wanted Concorde?: how the world nearly turned supersonic
Aurora: the secret spyplane. or not
Project cancelled: Northrop YF-23
Great planes: Hawker Siddeley Harrier
The Caspian Sea monster: the rise and fall of the ekranoplan
Tactically sound: the unrealized dream of the airborne aircraft carrier
Turbo dog and critter: a few notable airline callsigns
The runway code: how to park an airliner
Great planes: Boeing 747 jumbo jet
Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough: the world's biggest air forces
The world's favorite airline: who's the biggest?
Anything, anywhere, anytime: a few airlines you may not have heard of
"Get off my plane!": the story of Air Force One
Great planes: Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde
Wheels with wings: the dream of the flying car
There once was an ugly duckling: strange shapes in the sky (part two) .
The Reds: formations of the red arrows
Is it a bird, is it a plane?: a guide to superhero flight
The Gimli glider: when an airliner runs out of gas
The final frontier: how high do spacemen fly?
Great planes: Rockwell international space shuttle orbiter
Project cancelled: Buran
The brilliant bottle rocket: how to make a water rocket
You'll believe a man can fly: how to levitate. Or look like you can. sort of
Bird is the word: some avian superlatives
Word on a wing: a few books about flying
The rise of the machines: a brief introduction to drones.
Subjects
Subjects
Aeronautics
Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science
Aeronautics -- History
Aeronautics -- History -- Juvenile literature
Aeronautics -- History -- Pictorial works
Aviation
Flying-machines
Flying-machines -- History -- Juvenile literature
Flying-machines -- History -- Pictorial works
Flying machines
Flying machines -- History
History
Juvenile Nonfiction
Modern
Technology
Transportation
Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science
Aeronautics -- History
Aeronautics -- History -- Juvenile literature
Aeronautics -- History -- Pictorial works
Aviation
Flying-machines
Flying-machines -- History -- Juvenile literature
Flying-machines -- History -- Pictorial works
Flying machines
Flying machines -- History
History
Juvenile Nonfiction
Modern
Technology
Transportation
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