Flight
By: Von Hardesty
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781442432772
Subjects: Aeronautics; Flight; Airplanes; Juvenile literature; History
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.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Understanding flight; title: Aviation ancestors; title: Aviation milestones; title: Aircraft.