A dream of pilots
By: by Philip Handleman ; illustrated by Craig Kodera.
Publisher: Pelican Pub. Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Gretna, La
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781589805705
Subjects: Aeronautics -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Air pilots -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Aeronautics -- History -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Biography; Juvenile literature
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Philsie goes for an airplane ride; title: Wilbur and Orville Wright : inventors of the airplane; title: Alberto Santos-Dumont : aerial experimenter; title: Billy Bishop: fearless flyer; title: Eddie Rickenbacker : American ace of aces; title: Bessie Coleman : aviation pioneer and stunt pilot; title: Charles Lindbergh : lone eagle; title: Robert Goddard : rocket scientist; title: Richard Byrd : polar explorer; title: Wiley Post : round-the-world pathfinder and high-altitude researcher; title: Amelia Earhart : trailblazer in the air; title: Donald Douglas : aircraft designer and industrialist; title: Roscoe Turner : air racer and showman; title: Douglas Bader : gallant warrior; title: Claire Chennault : Flying Tigers commander; title: Jimmy Doolittle : daredevil and military leader; title: Benjamin Davis, Jr. : fighter for freedom; title: Igor Sikorsky : plane maker and developer of the helicopter; title: Chuck Yeager : test pilot; title: Jacqueline Cochran : record-breaker; title: Alan Shepard, Jr. : space explorer; title: Philsie looks skyward.