Book
Flight / written by Andrew Nahum.
Soar into the high-flying world of aircraft with this picture-packed, fact-filled book. Eyewitness Flight is an essential guide to the history and science of humanity's most incredible feat: flying! Young readers will pour over stunning photography, alongside fascinating facts, of aircraft from Leonardo da Vinci's wing machines to jet airliners, as well as helicopters, gliders, zeppelins, monoplanes, biplanes, and even triplanes. Learn how technology made flight possible, which tools pilots use, and how our ability to take to the skies has shaped human history
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593842379
- ISBN: 0593842375
- Physical Description: 72 pages : illustrations (color) ; 29 cm
- Edition: New edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2024.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Fly like a bird -- Lighter than air -- Gliding aloft -- Powered flight -- The first airplanes -- Flying aces -- Double wings -- The evolving plane -- Light aircraft -- Aero-engines -- The propeller -- Flying the world -- The jet age -- Jet propulsion -- Landing gear -- Controlling the plane -- In the cockpit -- On the flight deck -- Flying instruments -- Rotating wings -- Helicopter -- War in the air -- Hot-air balloon -- Airship -- A modern glider -- Plain sailing -- Did you know? -- Timeline -- Find out more. |
| Target Audience Note: | 008-012. |
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| Subject: | Transportation > Juvenile literature. Aeronautics > Juvenile literature. Airplanes > Juvenile literature. Flight > Juvenile literature. Flying-machines > Juvenile literature. |
| Genre: | Informational works. Illustrated works. |
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Available copies
- 9 of 14 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 2 of 4 copies available at Cass County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County Library-Drexel | J 629.13 NAH 2024 (Text) | 0002205934348 | New Juvenile Books | Checked out | 10/08/2024 |
| Cass County Library-Harrisonville | J 629.13 NAH 2024 (Text) | 0002205934330 | New Juvenile Books | Available | - |
| Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | J 629.13 NAH 2024 (Text) | 0002205934314 | New Juvenile Books | Reshelving | - |
| Cass County Library-Pleasant Hill | J 629.13 NAH 2024 (Text) | 0002205934322 | New Juvenile Books | Checked out | 09/28/2024 |
