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Flight

£9.99

Soar into the high-flying world of aircraft with this picture-packed, fact-filled book. Eyewitness ‘Flight’ is an essential guide to the history and science of humanity’s most incredible feat: flying! Young readers will pore over stunning photography and fascinating facts, featuring aircraft from Leonardo da Vinci’s wing machines to jet airliners, as well as helicopters, gliders, zeppelins, monoplanes, biplanes, and even triplanes.

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Description

Become an eyewitness to the high-flying world of aircraft and the history of flight.

This picture-led guide will take you on a visual tour of incredible flying machines. Children can learn all about the history and science of humanity’s most incredible feat: flying! Find out about how technology made flight possible, which tools pilots use, and how taking to the skies has shaped human history.

Throughout the pages of this children’s guide to aviation, you can expect to find:

– A fresh new look; new photographs, updated information, and a new “eyewitness” feature.
– A visual tour through the topic combined with bite-sized text.
– Brand new eyewitness accounts from experts in the field.

Eyewitness Flight gives a detailed overview of all things aircraft for kids aged 9+, including helicopters, gliders, zeppelins, monoplanes, biplanes, and even triplanes. Using full-colour photographs of different types of aviation, including an aircraft from Leonardo da Vinci’s wing machines to jet airliners, children can immerse themselves in the world of flight and this incredible human feat.

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Read a sample here

Additional information

Weight 0.62 kg
Dimensions 28.9 × 22.3 × 1.2 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

72

Language

English

Edition

Revised edition

Dewey

629.1309 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J