ID | 027185 |
Call Number | 629.1309/MEL |
Title Proper | All about aircraft and flight |
Other Title Information | The amazing story of aviation, past, present and future |
Language | ENG |
Author | Mellet, Peter ; Rostron, John |
Publication | London, Southwater, 2013. |
Description | 64p White spine |
Note | How does a jumbo jet stay in the air? How does a hummingbird hover over a flower with pin point precision? Decode the mysteries and discover the scientific facts about natural flight and human aviation, and learn about the history of flying and the techniques of nature's most skilled flyers. |
Note | What is flight? Wings and lift Curve and lift Air resistance Shaped by design Gliding and soaring Kites and sails Let's go fly a kite Lighter than air Hot air rising What's in a wing? Taking flight Model planes Propellers Propel yourself Jet engines Zoom through the air Faster than sound Going up Strange aircraft Speeding through water Flying through space Birds in flight How birds fly Amazing flying animals Prehistoric flyers History of flight Fly into the future |
Standard Number | 9781842158920 |
Price. Qualification | £4.99(Pb) |
Classification Number | 629.1309 |
Key Words | Flight ; Airplanes ; Aeronautics ; UOI - Science |