A compendium of flight chronicles aviation's most dangerous, exciting, and courageous moments, including such topics as aircraft carriers, songs about flying, airline callsigns, and the space shuttle.

In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety.

"Shows readers how to turn rubber bands, paper clips, straws, plastic bottles, and index cards into amazing, gravity-defying flyers. Each project contains a material list and detailed step-by-step instructions with photos. Mercer also includes explanations of the science behind each flyer, including concepts such as lift, thrust, and drag, the Bernoulli effect, and more"--

Meet our young narrator, Garret, a real-life aviation enthusiast. Ride along as he takes his first flying lesson, goes for a hot-air balloon ride, and flies his remote control airplane. And meet Buddy, an amazing dog that flies in a hang glider.

The friendly fliers use amazing aircrafts to get where they need to go. Jumbo jets, spaceplanes, and more, each fly in their own special way. Do you know what makes each one so unique? Turn the pages to learn what each aircraft does and discover all the places they can go!

See inside some of the world's most enormous vehicles in this amazing lift-the-flap book. Discover eight monster machines, and find out about motors, periscopes, rocket engines, and giant propellers in this fact-packed guide.

Soar into the high-flying world of aircraft with this picture-packed, fact-filled book. Eyewitness Flight is an essential guide to the history and science of humanity's most incredible feat: flying! Young readers will pour over stunning photography, alongside fascinating facts, of aircraft from Leonardo da Vinci's wing machines to jet airliners, as well as helicopters, gliders, zeppelins, monoplanes, biplanes, and even triplanes. Learn how technology...

Explains how birds fly, discusses the operation and exploits of flying machines, both ancient and modern, and speculates about flight technology of the future.

"Rhyming text and bright color photographs introduce preschoolers to many kinds of machines that fly. On each spread, a repeating verse is designed to encourage recitation and prediction, while a concluding line names the featured flying machine and introduces a preposition ("The water bomber swoops through the smoke.") A closing spread provides enrichment activities to further a child's engagement with the book and with language skills."--

Presents a fictional illustrated owner's manual for the Jett-pup, a kid-operated flying, hovering vehicle with time-travel capabilities and such optional accessories as a stuffed animal gun and a unicorn rescue harness.