Author: Richard Scarry
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
ISBN: 9780007432868
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An amazing new Richard Scarry collection filled with hilarious stories about jet planes, rockets, spacecraft and other things that fly!
Planes!
Author: Bryony Davies
Publisher: Welbeck Children's Books
ISBN: 1783128070
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Take to the skies with this fun, visual miscellany for younger children who love anything related to airplanes and flying! Each double-page spread features a different group of fascinating aircraft to pore over, such as airplanes, rescue helicopters, hot-air balloons, gliders, jetpacks, space rockets, and more. Filled with hundreds of different flying machines from around the world, even the most avid young transportion fanatic will discover surprising new machines they haven't seen before! Readers can also learn how planes fly and pretend to be a pilot as they look at a cockpit from a pilot's eye view. Perfect for introducing young plane enthusiasts to a huge variety of exciting aircraft from around the world! Includes large, cut-away images, busy scenes with lots to explore, 'flying fun facts' and a search-and-find feature. Spreads include: airliners and cargo planes; the first flyers; amazing aircraft; jobs to do; military aircraft; helpful helicopters; up into space. Scenes include: at the airshow; a balloon festival; at the airport; formation flying; a rescue helicopter; anything but planes!; at the gliding club; a rocket launch. Cut-away pictures include: how a plane flies; inside an airliner; inside the cockpit; inside a rescue helicopter.
Publisher: Welbeck Children's Books
ISBN: 1783128070
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Take to the skies with this fun, visual miscellany for younger children who love anything related to airplanes and flying! Each double-page spread features a different group of fascinating aircraft to pore over, such as airplanes, rescue helicopters, hot-air balloons, gliders, jetpacks, space rockets, and more. Filled with hundreds of different flying machines from around the world, even the most avid young transportion fanatic will discover surprising new machines they haven't seen before! Readers can also learn how planes fly and pretend to be a pilot as they look at a cockpit from a pilot's eye view. Perfect for introducing young plane enthusiasts to a huge variety of exciting aircraft from around the world! Includes large, cut-away images, busy scenes with lots to explore, 'flying fun facts' and a search-and-find feature. Spreads include: airliners and cargo planes; the first flyers; amazing aircraft; jobs to do; military aircraft; helpful helicopters; up into space. Scenes include: at the airshow; a balloon festival; at the airport; formation flying; a rescue helicopter; anything but planes!; at the gliding club; a rocket launch. Cut-away pictures include: how a plane flies; inside an airliner; inside the cockpit; inside a rescue helicopter.
Amazing Airplanes
Author: Tony Mitton
Publisher: Kingfisher
ISBN: 075344366X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Buckle up to learn all about flying! Amazing Airplanes follows the animal crew, as they become pilots, baggage handlers, and air stewards. Each page is filled with details that machine-mad kids love, such as the cockpit, landing gear, and much more. This book is perfect for budding pilots or happy vacationers! From airplanes to fire engines, the internationally bestselling Amazing Machines series is the perfect way for children to learn about all sorts of vehicles! Each book introduces a new vehicle and the jobs it can do. Bright, engaging artwork and simple, rhyming text combine to make these fantastic books for young children. Kids will love getting to know the friendly, animal characters who feature throughout the series and reading about their fast-paced adventures!
Publisher: Kingfisher
ISBN: 075344366X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Buckle up to learn all about flying! Amazing Airplanes follows the animal crew, as they become pilots, baggage handlers, and air stewards. Each page is filled with details that machine-mad kids love, such as the cockpit, landing gear, and much more. This book is perfect for budding pilots or happy vacationers! From airplanes to fire engines, the internationally bestselling Amazing Machines series is the perfect way for children to learn about all sorts of vehicles! Each book introduces a new vehicle and the jobs it can do. Bright, engaging artwork and simple, rhyming text combine to make these fantastic books for young children. Kids will love getting to know the friendly, animal characters who feature throughout the series and reading about their fast-paced adventures!
Richard Scarry's Boats
Author: Richard Scarry
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 0385392699
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Hit the high seas with this board book featuring Richard Scarry's fast and fun boats! From motorboats and sailboats, to submarines and kayaks, little sailors will be eager to cruise through these adventurous pages! Be sure and look for these other Richard Scarry vehicle board books: Cars (available 1/6/15) Trucks (available 1/6/15) Boats (available 7/14/15)
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 0385392699
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Hit the high seas with this board book featuring Richard Scarry's fast and fun boats! From motorboats and sailboats, to submarines and kayaks, little sailors will be eager to cruise through these adventurous pages! Be sure and look for these other Richard Scarry vehicle board books: Cars (available 1/6/15) Trucks (available 1/6/15) Boats (available 7/14/15)
100 More Paper Planes to Fold & Fly
Author:
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9781409549772
Category : Paper aeroplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Following on the success of 100 paper planes, this title features new planes based on four different layouts, each decorated with its own unique colours, motifs and patterns - ranging from Aztec prints to fighting tigers to sci fi. It features clear and concise instructions on how to fold and throw the planes.
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9781409549772
Category : Paper aeroplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Following on the success of 100 paper planes, this title features new planes based on four different layouts, each decorated with its own unique colours, motifs and patterns - ranging from Aztec prints to fighting tigers to sci fi. It features clear and concise instructions on how to fold and throw the planes.
The Kerbal Player's Guide
Author: Jon Manning
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 1491913495
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Kerbal Space Program (KSP) is a critically acclaimed, bestselling space flight simulator game. It’s making waves everywhere from mainstream media to the actual space flight industry, but it has a bit of a learning curve. In this book, five KSP nerds—including an astrophysicist—teach you everything you need to know to get a nation of tiny green people into space. KSP is incredibly realistic. When running your space program, you’ll have to consider delta-V budgets, orbital mechanics, Hohmann transfers, and more. This book is perfect for video game players, simulation game players, Minecrafters, and amateur astronomers. Design, launch, and fly interplanetary rockets Capture an asteroid and fly it into a parking orbit Travel to distant planets and plant a flag Build a moon rover, and jump off a crater ridge Rescue a crew-mate trapped in deep space
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 1491913495
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Kerbal Space Program (KSP) is a critically acclaimed, bestselling space flight simulator game. It’s making waves everywhere from mainstream media to the actual space flight industry, but it has a bit of a learning curve. In this book, five KSP nerds—including an astrophysicist—teach you everything you need to know to get a nation of tiny green people into space. KSP is incredibly realistic. When running your space program, you’ll have to consider delta-V budgets, orbital mechanics, Hohmann transfers, and more. This book is perfect for video game players, simulation game players, Minecrafters, and amateur astronomers. Design, launch, and fly interplanetary rockets Capture an asteroid and fly it into a parking orbit Travel to distant planets and plant a flag Build a moon rover, and jump off a crater ridge Rescue a crew-mate trapped in deep space
Planes, Gliders and Paper Rockets
Author: Rick Schertle
Publisher: Maker Media, Inc.
ISBN: 1457187655
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Do helicopters need more or less energy to stay in the sky than an airplane? What pushes a rocket to leave the atmosphere? Why can airplanes have smaller motors than helicopters? Help your students learn the answers to these and other questions! Written for educators, homeschoolers, parents--and kids!--this fully illustrated book provides a fun mix of projects, discussion materials, instructions, and subjects for deeper investigation around the basics of homemade flying objects. With the projects in this book, you can spend more time learning and experimenting, and less time planning and preparing. Complete with download links to PDF templates that expand your teaching, this is your one-stop manual for learning about, interacting with, and being curious about airflow, gravity, torque, power, ballistics, pressure, and force. In Make: Planes, Gliders, and Paper Rockets, you'll make and experiment with: Paper catapult helicopter--add an LED light for night launches! Pull-string stick helicopter Rubber band airplane Simple sled kite 25-cent quick-build kite Air rockets with a parachute or a glider Foam air rocket Rocket stands Bounce rocket Low- and high-pressure rocket launchers
Publisher: Maker Media, Inc.
ISBN: 1457187655
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Do helicopters need more or less energy to stay in the sky than an airplane? What pushes a rocket to leave the atmosphere? Why can airplanes have smaller motors than helicopters? Help your students learn the answers to these and other questions! Written for educators, homeschoolers, parents--and kids!--this fully illustrated book provides a fun mix of projects, discussion materials, instructions, and subjects for deeper investigation around the basics of homemade flying objects. With the projects in this book, you can spend more time learning and experimenting, and less time planning and preparing. Complete with download links to PDF templates that expand your teaching, this is your one-stop manual for learning about, interacting with, and being curious about airflow, gravity, torque, power, ballistics, pressure, and force. In Make: Planes, Gliders, and Paper Rockets, you'll make and experiment with: Paper catapult helicopter--add an LED light for night launches! Pull-string stick helicopter Rubber band airplane Simple sled kite 25-cent quick-build kite Air rockets with a parachute or a glider Foam air rocket Rocket stands Bounce rocket Low- and high-pressure rocket launchers
Introduction to Aircraft Flight Mechanics
Author: Thomas R. Yechout
Publisher: AIAA
ISBN: 9781600860782
Category : Aerodynamics
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Based on a 15-year successful approach to teaching aircraft flight mechanics at the US Air Force Academy, this text explains the concepts and derivations of equations for aircraft flight mechanics. It covers aircraft performance, static stability, aircraft dynamics stability and feedback control.
Publisher: AIAA
ISBN: 9781600860782
Category : Aerodynamics
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Based on a 15-year successful approach to teaching aircraft flight mechanics at the US Air Force Academy, this text explains the concepts and derivations of equations for aircraft flight mechanics. It covers aircraft performance, static stability, aircraft dynamics stability and feedback control.
How to Make Paper Planes and Other Flying Objects
Author: Mari Ono
Publisher: CICO Books
ISBN: 9781908862532
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Take to the skies and make your paper fly! Swoop, dive, glide, float, and hover with these 35 brilliant flying objects and animals that can be made in minutes. Mari and Roshin Ono bring you How to Make Paper Planes and Other Flying Objects, which comes with all the paper you will need to make the projects—so grab a piece and prepare for take off! With four great chapters looking at different types of flying object, you will find a whole host of new ways to make your paper fly. The first chapter looks at the classic aeroplane design that we all know and love, and then develops it to produce more exciting planes that are sure to win any flying contest, going longer and faster than you have ever seen before. If kites are your thing, then the projects based on traditional Japanese designs will no doubt appeal. Next up, you’ll find flying animals and great ideas for insect lovers, so you’ll soon catch the origami bug and want to make the dragonfly or crane. Lastly, budding pilots will love the rockets, space shuttles, and other flying objects.
Publisher: CICO Books
ISBN: 9781908862532
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Take to the skies and make your paper fly! Swoop, dive, glide, float, and hover with these 35 brilliant flying objects and animals that can be made in minutes. Mari and Roshin Ono bring you How to Make Paper Planes and Other Flying Objects, which comes with all the paper you will need to make the projects—so grab a piece and prepare for take off! With four great chapters looking at different types of flying object, you will find a whole host of new ways to make your paper fly. The first chapter looks at the classic aeroplane design that we all know and love, and then develops it to produce more exciting planes that are sure to win any flying contest, going longer and faster than you have ever seen before. If kites are your thing, then the projects based on traditional Japanese designs will no doubt appeal. Next up, you’ll find flying animals and great ideas for insect lovers, so you’ll soon catch the origami bug and want to make the dragonfly or crane. Lastly, budding pilots will love the rockets, space shuttles, and other flying objects.