Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Cleared for takeoff, the ultimate book of flight, by Rowland White

eng

illustrations

no index present

1240, Lexile

10-12

4-6

non fiction

Cleared for takeoff

959826591

by Rowland White

the ultimate book of flight

A compendium of flight chronicles aviation's most dangerous, exciting, and courageous moments, including such topics as aircraft carriers, songs about flying, airline callsigns, and the space shuttle

It's all hot air (part two): Felix Baumgartner raises the bar -- Pukin dogs and Jolly Rogers: US navy fighter squadrons -- Flying without wings: the lifting body story -- Great planes: North American X-15 -- Fast, faster, fastest: rise, fall and rise of the rocketplane -- You're a record breaker!: the world air-speed record -- Don't stop me now: some songs about flying -- Great planes: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird -- High as a kite: how high do things fly? -- Of our bombers is missing: the birth of the stealth fighter -- Who wanted Concorde?: how the world nearly turned supersonic -- Aurora: the secret spyplane. or not -- Project cancelled: Northrop YF-23 -- Great planes: Hawker Siddeley Harrier -- The Caspian Sea monster: the rise and fall of the ekranoplan -- Tactically sound: the unrealized dream of the airborne aircraft carrier -- Turbo dog and critter: a few notable airline callsigns -- The runway code: how to park an airliner -- Great planes: Boeing 747 jumbo jet -- Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough: the world's biggest air forces -- The world's favorite airline: who's the biggest? -- Anything, anywhere, anytime: a few airlines you may not have heard of -- "Get off my plane!": the story of Air Force One -- Great planes: Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde -- Wheels with wings: the dream of the flying car -- There once was an ugly duckling: strange shapes in the sky (part two) . -- The Reds: formations of the red arrows -- Is it a bird, is it a plane?: a guide to superhero flight -- The Gimli glider: when an airliner runs out of gas -- The final frontier: how high do spacemen fly? -- Great planes: Rockwell international space shuttle orbiter -- Project cancelled: Buran -- The brilliant bottle rocket: how to make a water rocket -- You'll believe a man can fly: how to levitate. Or look like you can. sort of -- Bird is the word: some avian superlatives -- Word on a wing: a few books about flying -- The rise of the machines: a brief introduction to drones

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