Planes, rockets, and other flying machines / written by Ian Graham ; illustrated by Nick Hewetson ; created and designed by David Salariya.
| Author/creator | Graham, Ian, 1953- |
| Other author | Hewetson, N. J., illustrator. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | A Franklin Watts library ed. |
| Publication Info | Danbury, CT : Franklin Watts, ©2000. |
| Description | 32 pages : color illustrations ; cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Fast forward Fast forward (Danbury, Conn.) ^A694202 |
| Contents | Dreams of flight: Man's first attempts to defy gravity and fly like the birds -- Trailblazers: Pilots and plane-makers who made the first flights and set records -- Planes for war: Fighters, bombers, and stealth planes -- Balloons and airships: How lighter-than-air craft fly by using hydrogen, helium, and hot air -- Special planes: Transporters, fire-fighters, gliders, private jets, and flying boat -- Helicopters: Most versatile aircraft, helicopters, at war and in peacetime -- Airliners and airports: Growth in civil aviation and the arrival of the jet airliner -- Spacecraft: Space age, the first space flights, the Apollo moon missions, and the space shuttle -- Glossary: Planes and rockets facts - Chronology - Index. |
| Abstract | Traces the development of flight including designs and technology of hot air balloons, gliders, helicopters, and rockets. Since the world's first controlled, powered flight was made in 1903, people have conquered the skies in hot-air balloons and helicopters, gliders and rockets. Follow the development of designs and technology, and discover the flying machines taking us into the 21st century. |
| General note | "With special split pages"--Cover. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 99054112 |
| ISBN | 0531118789 |
| ISBN | 0531164446 (pbk.) |