01643cam a2200385 i 4500 623811190 TxAuBib 20080221120000.0 041021s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2004558976 9780756606800 $15.99 0756606802 $15.99 (OCoLC)56138866 DLC eng rda DLC NjBwBT TxAuBib rda Nahum, Andrew. Flying machine / written by Andrew Nahum ; [special photography Dave King, Peter Chadwick, and Mike Dunning]. Revised edition. New York : DK Pub., 2004. 72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier DK eyewitness books Eyewitness books At head of title: Eyewitness. Includes index. See a Victorian steam-powered airplane, a World War I biplane, a jetliner in cross section, what the first pilots wore, how wings provide lift, and what's inside a "black box." Learn how a jet engine works, why modern airliners need pressurized cabins, how wooden planes are constructed, what it was like to fly a biplane, how a plane lands and takes off, how a helicopter flies, and much, much more. Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.9 1 48949. 20080221. Airplanes. Aeronautics, Commercial History. DK eyewitness books. Eyewitness books. TXKPL