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Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The twenty-first century has relegated airplane flight--a once remarkable feat of human ingenuity--to the realm of the mundane. When most people today think of flying, they imagine tedious routines that involve security checkpoints, exorbitant baggage fees, shrinking legroom, and frustrating delays. Mark Vanhoenacker, a 747 pilot who gave up careers in academia and the business world to pursue his childhood dream of flight, asks us to re-imagine...
5) I'm here
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
In a crowded park, a boy makes an airplane out of a piece of paper carried to him by a gentle breeze, sends it on its way, and watches a new friend bring it back to him.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"A claustrophobic thriller set over twenty hours on one airplane flight, with the heart-stopping tension of The Last Flight and the wrenching emotional intensity of Room, Hostage takes us on board the inaugural nonstop flight from London to Sydney. Mina is trying to focus on her job as a flight attendant, not the problems of her five-year-old daughter back home, or the fissures in her marriage. But the plane has barely taken off when Mina receives...
14) Planes fly!
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read rhyming text celebrate different kinds of planes, their instruments, what they carry, and what it is like to go for a flight.
15) Aircraft
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Instructions and illustrations demonstrate how to draw eleven different airplanes and one helicopter.
17) Stunt planes
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone High-Interest Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Describes the sport of stunt flying, including its history, the most popular stunt planes, basic stunts, and stunt flying contests.
20) The airport book
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"An exploratory journey through the airport."--
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