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Age 6-8
Grade K-2

Michelle Carriere

Planes Mega Machines

Paperback (Blue Bike Oct. 1, 2017)
Jet planes, fighter planes, passenger jets, cargo planes: they do amazing work for us everyday. Super Explorers explain how they work! The Super Explorers want to show you the planes of the world, from biplanes and passenger jets to stealth aircraft and drones. • The Wright Flyer was the first powered aircraft to fly• The Spirit of St. Louis was the first plane to fly nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean• The Gossamer Albatross is powered by a person pedaling a bike• Some water bombers can scoop up water from big lakes to put out fires• The Harrier Jump Jet can take off and land vertically so it does not need a runway• The Concorde supersonic passenger jet could fly more than twice the speed of sound• SpaceShipOne was a rocket-powered plane that could fly in space above the Earth’s atmosphere.
Series
Super Explorers
ISBN
1926700740 / 9781926700748
Pages
64
Weight
4.8 oz.
Dimensions
5.5 x 0.2 in.

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