Book of Flight: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
by Judith Rinard Author
(From Amazon): The dream of flight is as old as human history. Based on the outstanding collection of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, Book of Flight traces the remarkable story of the pioneers, inventors, scientists and pilots who turned this dream into reality. An exciting journey through time, the book includes such remarkable achievements as: The development of ballooning The earliest human gliders The Wright Brothers' first sustained flights Charles Lindbergh's solo trip across the Atlantic Amelia Earhart's courageous flights The tragic explosion of the airship Hindenburg The dogfights of the first and second world wars Chuck Yeager's historic blast through the sound barrier The Apollo astronauts' first steps on the moon The development of the Space Shuttle and the Hubble Space Telescope The building of the International Space Station. New and updated for this edition: Mission to Mars Latest information on the Space Shuttle program, the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station. Packed with fascinating illustrations and photographs, Book of Flight is ideal for enthusiasts of all ages.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1554072751
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 57
- Pages
- 128
- Suggested Grades
- 2nd - 12th
- Publisher
- Firefly Books
- Edition
- 2nd
- Copyright
- 2007
Chapters
- 1 The Beginnings of Flight
- 2 Powered Flight: First Attempts
- 3 The Wright Brothers
- 4 Wright Brothers in France
- 5 Aviation Takes Off
- 6 World War I: Fighters
- 7 Flying a Fighter
- 8 World War I: Bombers
- 9 Barnstorming
- 10 Racing for the Skies
- 11 Douglas World Cruisers
- 12 Going the Distance
- 13 Charles Lindbergh
- 14 Amelia Earhart
- 15 Airmail to Airlines
- 16 Air Transport
- 17 Airships
- 18 Flying Boats
- 19 World War II: Fighters
- 20 World War II: Battle of Britain
- 21 World War II: Bombers
- 22 World War II: War at Sea
- 23 Enola Gay
- 24 The Sound Barrier
- 25 Korea and Vietnam
- 26 Modern Military Aircraft
- 27 Modern Fighters
- 28 Spy in the Sky
- 29 Jet Transport
- 30 Helicopters
- 31 Working Planes
- 32 Modern Record Breakers
- 33 Rockets and the Space Age
- 34 To the Edge of Space
- 35 Mercury and Gemini
- 36 Comparative Rockets
- 37 Apollo on the Moon
- 38 One Small Step
- 39 Exploring the Moon
- 40 A Different World
- 41 Homeward Bound
- 42 Skylab
- 43 Apollo-Soyuz
- 44 Space Suits
- 45 The Space Shuttle
- 46 Keeping Safe
- 47 The Glass Cockpit
- 48 Shuttle Orbiter
- 49 Space Telescope
- 50 Meeting Mir
- 51 Living in Space
- 52 Gliding H ome
- 53 Space Station
- 54 Building the ISS
- 55 New Horizons
- 56 Missions to Mars
- 57 Milestones of Flight
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