Progress in Flying Machines

Progress in Flying Machines
Author: Octave Chanute
Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1899
Genre: Airplanes
ISBN:

Beskriver gennerelle principper for at flyve og fortæller om de første forsøg på at bygge en egentlig flyvemaskine før det lykkedes at gennemføre en bemandet, motordrevet flyvning

Birds

Birds
Author: Caroline Arnold
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781570915161

An introduction to the science that explains how birds fly.

Wonderful Flying Machines

Wonderful Flying Machines
Author: Barrett Thomas Beard
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN:

This book clearly demonstrates the problems encountered by the personalities involved and their strengths in developing the helicopter for Coast Guard use. It shows how Erickson and his friend and mentor, Coast Guard captain William Kossler, undaunted by their lack of support, fought with single-minded intensity to establish the helicopter as a vital rescue tool in the service. Kossler died while the project was still in its infancy.

Flying Machine

Flying Machine
Author: Andrew Nahum
Publisher: DK Children
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Aeronautics
ISBN: 9780756606800

A photo essay tracing the history and development of aircraft from hot-air balloons to jetliners. Includes information on the principles of flight and the inner workings of various flying machines.

The Flying Machine

The Flying Machine
Author: Ray Bradbury
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1953
Genre:
ISBN: 9781583424520

Magnificent Women and Flying Machines

Magnificent Women and Flying Machines
Author: Sally Smith
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2021-11-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0750999195

'Lively history of British women aviators.' Daily Mail 'Compelling stories of female pioneers whose soaring ambition achieved firsts in the field of aviation.' Britain Magazine 'This lovely book offers a welcome and enjoyable read and provides a timely testament for these unsung pioneers of aviation.' Maggie Appleton MBE, Chief Executive Officer, RAF Museum 'A real celebration of the women who defied tradition and followed their dreams into the sky. Readable and entertaining, this book is a worthy tribute to Britain's woman aviation pioneers.' Sharon Nicholson FRAeS, Chairwoman of the British Women Pilots' Association Just eighteen months after two Frenchmen made the world's first ever flight, a fearless British woman hopped into a flimsy balloon and flew across the London sky for nearly an hour. Since then, many other remarkable British women have decided to defy traditional society and follow their dreams to get into the sky. For the first time, Magnificent Women and Flying Machines tells the stories of the pioneers who achieved real firsts in various forms of aviation: in ballooning, parachuting, gliding, airships and fixed-wing flight – right up to a trip to the International Space Station! Full of entertaining adventure, here at last is a proper record of Britain's wonderful women of the air.

Captain Arsenio: Inventions and (Mis)adventures in Flight

Captain Arsenio: Inventions and (Mis)adventures in Flight
Author: Pablo Bernasconi
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 43
Release: 2005-05-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547562063

Captain Arsenio was a curious man who liked, more than anything, to tinker and explore. One day in 1782, he decided that he would put his unusual skills to work in a most ambitious way: he would build a flying machine. Despite a hodgepodge of materials (and a total unawareness of the laws of physics), Captain Arsenio aimed to get his feet off the ground and his head in the clouds—temporarily, at least. But would any of his crazy inventions ever achieve flight? In this hilarious fictional account, Pablo Bernasconi imagines a legend in the making—a retired cheesemaker and scuba diver turned inventor who sets off to fly with the birds, in spite of himself.

A History of Early Aviation

A History of Early Aviation
Author: Wilbur Wright
Publisher:
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN:

The pioneers of aviation. The firsthand account by the Wright Brothers of their early experiments with gliders and the first powered flight, and William J Claxton's account of early balloon flight and aircraft development to World War One.