Description |
48 pages : illustrations, (color) ; 25 cm. |
Series |
Iconic designs.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
From Concept to Icon: Wright Flyer -- Sopwith Camel -- Graf Zeppelin -- China Clipper -- Spitfire -- Designer in Focus: Reginald Mitchell -- Flying Fortress -- Messerschmitt Me 262 -- Sikorsky S-55 -- Harrier Jump Jet -- From Concept to Icon: Learjet -- Jumbo Jet -- Designer in Focus: Joe Sutter -- Concorde -- Space Shuttle Orbiter -- B-2 Stealth Bomber -- The Future of Aircraft Design. |
Summary |
Explores some of the most amazing aircraft designs since 1900, looking at the needs that prompted the designs, the designers responsible for breaking boundaries, and the technology that made them possible. |
Audience |
1030L Lexile |
Note |
1030L Lexile |
Subject |
Airplanes -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Aircraft industry -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Added Title |
Great aircraft designs nineteen hundred-today |
ISBN |
9781484626160 (hb) |
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1484626168 (hb) |
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9781484626214 (pb) |
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1484626214 (pb) |
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