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3) Airplanes
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Pub
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The new Boeing Superliner looks much different than the plane the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk. Have you ever wondered how new planes are developed? This "Innovation in Transportation" book, Planes, takes a look at the people and creative ideas that have changed the way we think about flying.
Author
Publisher
History Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Stepping Stones to the Stars is the story of manned spaceflight from its inception to the era of the Space Shuttle. It begins with a short history of the evolution of the rocket, before describing the first manned rocket flights by both the Americans and the Russians. There is also the little-known story of what is thought to be the earliest manned rocket flight, said to have taken place in 1933 on the island of Rgen in the Baltic under the control...