| Description |
105 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 38 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
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"Originally published in 2022 under the title Ale odlot! Rysunkowa historia lotnictwa by Wydawnictwo Dwie Siostry, Warsaw"--Title page verso. |
| Contents |
Whirlybirds and spinning seeds : plants' airborne adventures -- Animals in the air : flying and gliding creatures -- Born to fly : the world of birds -- Flying fantasies : famous fliers from myth and legend -- Steam pigeons and borrowed wings : early attempts at flying -- Lighter than air : the Montgolfier brothers' balloons -- Silk birds and flying boxes : Lawrence Hargrave's box kites -- Getting off the ground : the pioneers of aviation -- A hop, a skip and a jump : the Lilienthal brothers and other glider pilots -- Two trailblazers : the Wright brothers and the first plane -- The art of piloting : how to control a plane, then and now -- Monoplane, biplane, triplane : the planes of the First World War -- Aerial tennis and wing walks : aerobatics and flying circuses -- The Tin Goose : the Ford Trimotor and early passenger planes -- Great Transatlantic expeditions : four top aviators and their kit (John Alcock & Arthur Brown, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Stanislaw Skarżyński) -- Flying windmills : Juan de la Cierva's gyroplane -- Clocks and dials : the De Havilland Tiger Moth and basic flight instruments -- Water racers : The Supermarine S.6 and flying races -- Sky giants : The LZ 129 Hindenburg and the golden age of airships -- Ships with wings : the Boeing 314 Clipper and flying boats -- Whirling blades : the origins of the helicopter -- On your marks, jet set, go! : the first jet aircraft -- Deadly planes : bombers of the Second World War -- Speedier than sound : the Bell X-1 -- Tailsitters : the Snecma C.450 Coléoptère and other experimental aircraft -- Rotor revolutions : alternative helicopter designs -- Titanium blackbird : the Lockheed SR-71 and pressure suits -- The mechanical hawk : the Hawker Siddeley Harrier and aircraft carriers -- Plane and simple : general aviation and the Cessna 172 -- Do it yourself : homebuilt kit planes -- A breath of hot air : modern hot air balloons -- Flying jellyfish : hang gliders, parafoils and paragliders -- A plane with a hump : the Boeing 747 jumbo jet -- A truck with wings : the Boeing 747 cargo -- Supersonic harmony : Concorde -- Pedal power : the Gossamer Albatross and human-powered aircraft -- Falling with style : gliders and thermal columns -- Head-spinningly fast : the MIG-29 and air force pilot training -- How do you design a plane? : the Rutan Voyager -- Learning to fly : flight simulators and the Airbus A320 cockpit -- Safety on board : why there's no need to be afraid of flying -- Invisible aircraft : the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit and stealth technology -- Plane or helicopter? : the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey -- Choose your chopper : modern helicopters -- The multitasker : the Lockheed C-130 Hercules -- Water bombers and hurricane hunters : specialist planes -- Further, faster, cheaper : the Boeing 787 Dreamliner -- Busy bees : unmanned aerial vehicles, better known as drones -- The sun-seeker : the Solar Impulse 2 and its around-the-world-tour. |
| Summary |
This history of aviation covers every contraption that flies in one comic album about our conquest of the skies. |
| Language |
In English, translated from the Polish. |
| Subject |
Aeronautics -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Flight -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Aeronautics -- History.
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Flight.
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Aeronautics (OCoLC)fst00798293
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| Genre/Form |
History (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Juvenile works (OCoLC)fst01411637
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| Added Author |
Krasodomska-Jones, Zosia, translator.
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| Spine Title |
Sky high! |
| Added Title |
Soaring history of aviation |
| ISBN |
9780500653418 (hardcover) |
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0500653410 (hardcover) |
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