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Flight / written by Andrew Nahum.

DK Eyewitness flight (cover title)
Eyewitness flight (other title)
Nahum, Andrew, (author.).

Summary:

Soar into the high-flying world of aircraft with this picture-packed, fact-filled book. Eyewitness Flight is an essential guide to the history and science of humanity's most incredible feat: flying! Young readers will pour over stunning photography, alongside fascinating facts, of aircraft from Leonardo da Vinci's wing machines to jet airliners, as well as helicopters, gliders, zeppelins, monoplanes, biplanes, and even triplanes. Learn how technology made flight possible, which tools pilots use, and how our ability to take to the skies has shaped human history.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593842379
  • ISBN: 0593842375
  • ISBN: 9780593842362
  • ISBN: 0593842367
  • ISBN: 9798890336996
  • Physical Description: 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
  • Edition: Revised edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2024.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
First published in 1990.
Formatted Contents Note:
Fly like a bird -- Lighter than air -- Gliding aloft -- Powered flight -- The first airplanes -- Flying aces -- Double wings -- The evolving plane -- Light aircraft -- Aero-engines -- The propeller -- Flying the world -- The jet age -- Jet propulsion -- Landing gear -- Controlling the plane -- In the cockpit -- On the flight deck -- Flying instruments -- Rotating wings -- Helicopter -- War in the air -- Hot-air balloon -- Airship -- A modern glider -- Plain sailing -- Did you know? -- Timeline -- Find out more.
Subject: Aeronautics > Juvenile literature.
Airplanes > Juvenile literature.
Flight > Juvenile literature.
Flying-machines > Juvenile literature.
Transportation > Juvenile literature.
Genre: Informational works.
Illustrated works.

Available copies

  • 30 of 42 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Harnett County Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 42 total copies.
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Benhaven Public Library J 629.1309 Nah (Text) 33630005380683 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -

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24510. ‡aFlight / ‡cwritten by Andrew Nahum.
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250 . ‡aRevised edition.
250 . ‡aAmerican edition.
250 . ‡aNew edition.
264 1. ‡aNew York, NY : ‡bDK Publishing, ‡c2024.
264 4. ‡c©2024
300 . ‡a72 pages : ‡billustrations (chiefly color) ; ‡c29 cm.
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500 . ‡aIncludes index.
500 . ‡aFirst published in 1990.
5050 . ‡aFly like a bird -- Lighter than air -- Gliding aloft -- Powered flight -- The first airplanes -- Flying aces -- Double wings -- The evolving plane -- Light aircraft -- Aero-engines -- The propeller -- Flying the world -- The jet age -- Jet propulsion -- Landing gear -- Controlling the plane -- In the cockpit -- On the flight deck -- Flying instruments -- Rotating wings -- Helicopter -- War in the air -- Hot-air balloon -- Airship -- A modern glider -- Plain sailing -- Did you know? -- Timeline -- Find out more.
520 . ‡aSoar into the high-flying world of aircraft with this picture-packed, fact-filled book. Eyewitness Flight is an essential guide to the history and science of humanity's most incredible feat: flying! Young readers will pour over stunning photography, alongside fascinating facts, of aircraft from Leonardo da Vinci's wing machines to jet airliners, as well as helicopters, gliders, zeppelins, monoplanes, biplanes, and even triplanes. Learn how technology made flight possible, which tools pilots use, and how our ability to take to the skies has shaped human history.
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650 0. ‡aFlying-machines ‡vJuvenile literature.
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830 0. ‡aDK eyewitness books. ‡0(CARDINAL)316012
902 . ‡aMARCIVE 202406
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