The fight for flight
By: Nick Arnold ; illustrated by Tony De Saulles
Contributors: De Saulles, Tony
Series: Horrible science; Horrible science
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781407110271
Copyright date: 2004
Subjects: Aeronautics; Flight; Juvenile literature; History
Work titles: Fearsome fight for flight
Description: This book will send you sky-high. Are you in a flap to discover who put a parachute on a puppy? Why scientists fire dead birds from cannon? What happened to the world's first flying sheep? If you think you can stomach the sick side of Science, then read on as we go plane crazy. Laugh at some seriously silly flying stunts, find out which scientist was blown up in a balloon, and learn how to build a world-beating plane.
Notes: Originally published as: Fearsome fight for flight. London : Scholastic, 2004.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Death-defying flying facts; title: Big-brained bird men and plunging parachutes; title: Barmy ballooms; title: Awesome airships; title: The Wright way to invent the plane; title: Plane-crazy planes; title: Potty pioneer pilots; title: Jumping jets.