num_pages: 16
description: Ideal for daring aviators-to-be! An insider's story follows the early days of flight  and features a splendid model of a biplane inside.Step back to the 1930s when an ambitious flying ace vows to claim the prize for the first solo around-the-world fl ight. While readying his aircraft he offers a richly illustrated look at the exploits of aviation pioneers before him  from the Wright brothers' storied Flyer to Charles Lindbergh's cross-Atlantic flight from airplane racing and aerial stunts to William Byrd's long-distance record and Amelia Earhart's breaking of the gender barrier. Filled with diagrams charts vintage photos and maps here is a lavish tribute to the early masters of the sky who turned fl ights of fancy into real powered aircraft and soared straight into history.
language: English
title: Amazing Wonders Collection: The Story of an Aviator
publisher: Candlewick Press