Airplanes

by Kristin Petrie

This book introduces the history of the invention of airplanes, including Leonardo da Vinci's ornithopter, Joseph-Michel and Jacque- tienne Montgolfier's hot air balloons, Sir George Cayley and Otto Lilienthal's work with gliders, Orville and Wilbur Wright's first flight, Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart's flights across the Atlantic, and the work of modern record breakers Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager. Other chapters delve into airplane parts,...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604530820
• ISBN13: 9781604530827
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Checkerboard Library
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6