Description
Book SynopsisTake to the skies with this fun, visual miscellany for children who love anything aircraft related! Each double-page spread features a different group of aircraft to explore, such as helpful helicopters, record-breaking planes and soaring spacecraft. Discover some of the more surprising things to have flown – including flying cars and jet packs. Readers can also learn how planes fly, and pretend to be a pilot as they look at a cockpit from a pilot's eye view.
Filled with hundreds of different planes, balloons, rockets and other aircraft from around the world, even the most avid young flying fanatic will discover new machines they haven't seen before!
Table of ContentsMiscellany spreads include: airliners and cargo planes; the first flyers; astonishing aircraft; jobs to do; military aircraft; helpful helicopters; up into space • Scenes include: at the airshow; how a plane flies; a balloon festival; at the airport; helicopter rescue; anything but planes!; at the gliding club; a rocket launch; flying machine challenge • Cutaway pictures include: inside an airliner; inside a rescue helicopter.
