Fossil

New Look! Relaunched with new jackets and 8 pages of new text!Here is a spectacular and informative guide to the fascinating world of aircraft. Superb color photographs offer a unique eyewitness exploration of the history of flight, as well as provide a close-up view of the many different kinds of aircraft in use today, from helicopters to hot-air balloons. See a Victorian steam-powered airplane, a World War I biplane, a jetliner in cross section, what the first pilots wore, how wings provide lift, and what`s inside a black box. Learn how a jet engine works, why early wings needed doping , how to keep an airplane flying straight and level, and why modern airliners need pressurized cabins. Discover how wooden planes are constructed, what it was like to fly a biplane, how a plane lands and takes off, how a glider works, which plane could be carried on a car, how a helicopter flies, and much, much more. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.