Secrets of flight /
Solway, Andrew.
Secrets of flight / Andrew Solway. - New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c2011. - 32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. - Science secrets .
Includes index.
Would you like to fly? -- What keeps us on the ground? -- What were the first flyers? -- How are birds adapted to flight? -- How do balloons float? -- Who was the first person to fly? -- How does a wing work? -- Why do aircraft have to fly quickly? -- How do aircraft engines work? -- How does a helicopter fly without wings? -- What makes a good fighter plane? -- Why don't rockets use jet engines? -- What will aircraft be like in the future?.
9781608701360
2009050539
Aeronautics--Juvenile literature.
Flight--Juvenile literature.
TL547 / .S695 2011
629.13
Secrets of flight / Andrew Solway. - New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c2011. - 32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. - Science secrets .
Includes index.
Would you like to fly? -- What keeps us on the ground? -- What were the first flyers? -- How are birds adapted to flight? -- How do balloons float? -- Who was the first person to fly? -- How does a wing work? -- Why do aircraft have to fly quickly? -- How do aircraft engines work? -- How does a helicopter fly without wings? -- What makes a good fighter plane? -- Why don't rockets use jet engines? -- What will aircraft be like in the future?.
9781608701360
2009050539
Aeronautics--Juvenile literature.
Flight--Juvenile literature.
TL547 / .S695 2011
629.13