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Some of the greatest inventions that changed the modern world have been based on nature. In Birds to Aircraft, readers will discover how the invention of the aircraft was inspired by the flight of birds. Book includes table of contents, glossary, index, author biographies, and sidebars. Some of the greatest inventions that changed the modern world have been based on nature. From robots to bullet trains, readers will discover how these inventions were...
4) Aircraft
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Series
Publisher
Derrydale Books
Pub. Date
1992, c1985
Physical Desc
40 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains some of the wonderful developments in the world of aircraft, past and present, in peacetime and in war.
8) Flight
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides an overview of the principal stages in the history of flight, from animal flight and the first attempts to develop human flight to the present, and describes the invention of the various systems on an airplane and notable aircraft.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
v, 185 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1903, the Wright brothers made three brief flights, and no one was there to watch them. Six years later, Wilbur Wright traveled to Europe to evangelicize about aviation and raise money for patents--and the world got aviation fever. That summer, a group of champagne companies organized the first ever international air meet in Rheims, France. They knew they could throw a great party and sell a lot of champagne. They didn't know that this single...
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