Pioneers of the air
By: by Molly Burkett
Series: Great explorers
Publisher: Ticktock
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Tonbridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
ISBN-13: 9781860070785
Subjects: Flight; Air pilots; Juvenile literature; Aeronautics
Description: Follows the story of flight from hot-air balloons to the supersonic planes of today and highlights the pioneering men and women who made it happen.
Table of contents: title: Dream of flight; title: Up, up and away; title: Early aircraft; title: Wright brothers; title: those magnificent men & their flying machines; title: Race for the skies; title: First World War; title: Record breakers; title: Commercial flight; title: Second World War; title: Aeroplane comes of age; title: Vertical lift; title: Today's skies; title: Pioneering spirit; title: Did you know?