The Golden Knights: The U.S. Army Parachute Team

by Ellen Hopkins

Describes the U.S Army Golden Knights, their history, mission, maneuvers, and team members.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0736807756
• ISBN13: 9780736807753
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Capstone Press
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 8 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 9

Customer Reviews

Using Gravity for Flight

This fascinating book is packed with exciting text and brilliant color photos. You will discover the Army Parachute Team: The Golden Knights, what they do and how they do it. This book provides a history of the Team and of parachuting, describes their mission and maneuvers and then looks to the future. Web site URLs are provided for more information. The Golden Knights, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, have both demonstration teams that perform at air shows and competition teams that win championships. Ellen Hopkins also wrote The Thunderbirds: The U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron. As a skydiver (1,200 jumps, D-454), pilot (SEL & gliders, hang gliders and paragliders),author and publisher of seven books on parachutes and skydiving, I recommend this book to young readers interested in aviation....

Skydive!

This fascinating book is packed with exciting text and brilliant color photos. You will discover the Army Parachute Team: The Golden Knights, what they do and how they do it. This book provides a history of the Team and of parachuting, describes their mission and maneuvers and then looks to the future. Web site URLs are provided for more information. The Golden Knights, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, have both demonstration teams that perform at air shows and competition teams that win championships. Ellen Hopkins also wrote The Thunderbirds: The U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron. As a skydiver (1,200 jumps, D-454), pilot (SEL & gliders, hang gliders and paragliders),author and publisher of seven books on parachutes and skydiving, I recommend this book to young readers interested in avaiation...