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Author
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"From NPR correspondent Keith O' Brien comes this thrilling Young Readers' edition of the untold story about pioneering women, including Amelia Earhart, who fought to compete against men in the high-stakes national air races of the 1920s and 1930s--and won"--
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists, the "Bomber Mafia", asked:...
5) Skyhook
Author
Series
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
A scientist and a pilot’s daughter investigate a top-secret computer program that can control any plane in the sky in this spine-tingling thriller from New York Times–bestselling author John J. Nance
For eighteen months, Dr. Ben Cole has worked to develop Skyhook, a highly advanced autopilot that can direct aircraft from the ground. On the first test run, something goes wrong over the Gulf of Alaska plunging Cole’s...
For eighteen months, Dr. Ben Cole has worked to develop Skyhook, a highly advanced autopilot that can direct aircraft from the ground. On the first test run, something goes wrong over the Gulf of Alaska plunging Cole’s...
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Humans have been obsessed with conquering the skies for millennia. This book documents that journey from the earliest days of projectiles to modern-day rockets. Armed with this crucial background information, students will then be directed through a step-by-step project to make their own rocket. Additional high-tech projects will keep their hands busy and their imaginations soaring.
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"As he did so brilliantly in THE GREAT BRIDGE and THE PATH BETWEEN THE SEAS, David McCullough once again tells a dramatic story of people and technology, this time about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly, Wilbur and Orville Wright"--Provided by publisher.
9) Blimps
Author
Language
English
Description
A blimp, a huge helium-filled balloon-like airship, begins as an immense polyester bag. As it is filled with helium, it begins to rise, eventually floating 1000 to 3000 feet above the ground. But a lot happens between the time a blimp is first inflated and when it begins its first flight. Munro, the author/illustrator of The Inside-Outside Book of New York City and other titles , has filled this book with facts and information. She explains, in a...
10) Aircraft
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Information accompanies step-by-step instructions on how to draw aircraft.
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Korean
Description
The passengers and crew on an international flight become involved in a mid-flight emergency after authorities discover that a suspect involved with a terroristic threat boarded the plane and a healthy passenger suddenly becomes severely ill and dies.
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This is the story of the first women naval aviators and their struggles and triumphs as they earned their Wings of Gold, learned to fly increasingly sophisticated jet fighters and helicopters, mastered aircraft carrier landings, served at sea, and reached heights of command that would have been unthinkable less than a generation before. It is also the story of the legacy they left behind"--
Author
Publisher
Black Rabbit Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The true stories of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron), Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Chuck Yeager, and Steve Fossett, who all broke records in flight"--Provided by publisher.
16) Alive
Author
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
1975, c1974
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Records the struggles and sufferings of the young Uruguayans during the ten weeks following an airplane crash in the Andes
18) The aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Written by gifted storyteller Winston Groom (author of Forrest Gump), The Aviators tells the saga of three extraordinary aviators--Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle--and how they redefine heroism through their genius, daring, and uncommon courage. From Winston Groom, the best-selling author of Forrest Gump, Shiloh 1862, and Vicksburg 1863, comes the fascinating story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during...
Author
Series
Astrid the astronaut volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Aladdin paperback edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Astrid and her fellow Shooting Stars build a rocket, Astrid is hoping to impress guest helper, Leah, to score a tour of Space-E headquarters, but when she and her classmates discover Leah does not know much about rockets, Astrid is unsure if she should speak up.
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