Cleared for takeoff : the ultimate book of flight

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White, Rowland

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Chronicle Books

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[2016]

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English

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Dreams of the birdmen: Icarus and his successors

What goes up: how an airplane flies

Airplane: the anatomy of an aircraft

It's all hot air (part one): the story of ballooning

If at first you don't succeed: strange shapes in the sky (part one)

Heavier than air: the Wright brothers' first powered flight

The red Baron: an introduction to Manfred von Richthofen

Aviation origami: how to make a paper helicopter

On the wing: barnstormers and flying circuses

The spin doctors: twelve aerobatic maneuvers

Across the pond: who was first to fly across the Atlantic?

Who were you?: insignia of yesterday's Air Forces

Romeo and Juliett: an introduction to the phonetic alphabet

War minus the shooting: a history of air racing

Chicken or beef?: the story of airline food

Dead heat: the Zeppelin race

How big?: how the sizes of different aircraft compare

The wind beneath my wings: the story of gliding

Great planes: Douglas DC-3

Eye in the sky: the story of aerial reconnaissance

Project cancelled: Republic XF-12 Rainbow

Animal, vegetable or mineral?: a few things aircraft have been named after

Corsairville: the rise and fall of the flying boat

From CDG to LAX via THR: some of the better airport three-letter identifiers

Great planes: supermarine Spitfire

"Never, in the field of human conflict...": the Second World War in the air

Ducks and drakes and bouncing bombs: how skipping stones inspired the dam busters

Never coming home: RAF losses since 1945

Project cancelled: Vickers Valiant B2 Pathfinder

And then there were four: the disappearance of Britain"s aircraft manufacturers

Paper plane: the perfect paper dart

A dirty distant war: eleven significant air battles

Great planes: North American P-51 Mustang

Eject! eject! eject!: the unsung hero of the ejection seat

Project cancelled: Martin-Baker MB5

The Bermuda triangle: fact or fiction?

Aliens among us?: the peculiar story of the Roswell flying saucer

The right stuff: breaking the sound barrier

F. A. B. Scott: a few island airbases

Freight dogs: the story of air cargo

Pigs in space: flying animals

Putting out fire: the world of aerial firefighting

Project cancelled: BAC TSR2

Great planes: English Electric Canberra

How many?: a few notable production runs

Great planes: Lockheed C-130 Hercules

Flying in a milk bottle: the story of polar aviation

Meatbox, buff and shagbat: 101 aircraft nicknames

A lot less bovver with a hover: the hovercraft story

Rocket man: the story of John Stapp

Don't touch that button!: the aircraft cockpit

In search of Dan Dare: British rocketplanes

"Talk to me, goose": some fictional pilots

Who are you?: insignia of today's Air Forces

"The first time I ever saw a jet I shot it down": fighter combat during the jet age

It seemed like a good idea at the time: a different sort of nuclear bomber

Project cancelled: Martin P6M seamaster

Great planes: Bell UH-1 Uroquois

Whirlybirds: the brief history of helicopters

Chopper: the anatomy of a helicopter

Beating the air into submission: how a helicopter flies

Those magnificent men in their flying machines: fifteen flying films

Great planes: McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

"Indian ocean. present day.": how aircraft carriers work

Batsmen and paddles: the art of the landing deck officer

Project cancelled: Fairey Rotodyne

All around the world: which countries make their own aircraft?

Project cancelled: Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow

Great planes: Boeing 707

I'm leaving on a jet plane: air travel for everyone

A hell of a pick-me-up: the story of the Fulton Skyhook

The art of compromise: four different wing shapes

Project cancelled: North American XB-70 Valkyrie.

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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