Jet into the world of flight and discover early design problems that stopped pilots being able to see out of the plane, and the first person to break the sound barrier. Did you know that early aeroplanes landed on wheels that were borrowed from cars and motorcycles?
Book: Flight From the moment man first looked up and saw birds flying through the air he wanted to fly as well.By way of balloons and gliders airships and autogiroshe found some strange answers to his problem.FLIGHT by Geoffrey Hoyle is the story of how man took to the air and all the developments along the way which led to the latest technology involved in space flights and the exploration of the solar system.51pgs/paperback/color photography BOOKS.
Offers the historic and dramatic story of Charles Lindbergh and his flight across the ocean, the first solo Atlantic crossing ever, which brought him from the United States to Paris with only two compasses and the stars as his guides. Reprint. H. K. AB. PW.