Jenny: The Airplane That Taugh America to Fly

by David Weitzman

Book Overview

The Curtiss Jenny was the Model T of airplanes: it was the first aircraft to be mass produced, and the one in which nearly every famous early aviator - from Charles Lindbergh to Amelia Earhart -... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761325654
• ISBN13: 9780761325659
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.6" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

An early pilot explains the experience of flying the Jenny

Kids in grades 3-5 will find Jenny: The Airplane That Taught America To Fly to be an easily accessible picturebook story of the 'Jenny' - the first airplane to be mass produced. An early pilot explains the experience of flying the Jenny and the challenges which existed in bringing the plane into mainstream American life, in this involving story.