Get the answers to these questions and more! What are aircraft? What do aircraft look like? What are aircraft made of? How did aircraft look long ago? What is an airplane? What is a jet? What is a helicopter? What is a glider?
Brief text and labeled illustrations describe different types of aircraft, including long-range airliners, jump jets, supersonic fighter planes, and gliders.
Explains how airplanes fly, examines the tasks of a pilot, and supplements a survey of different types of aircraft with a list of important dates in aviation history