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Aeronautics Biography Aeronautics History Airplanes Design and construction History Airplanes History Airplanes History Juvenile literature Airplanes, Military United States History 1969- United States Politics and government 1969- Wright, Orville 1871-1948 Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912Hutchison, Patricia
Summary: Gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the invention of the airplane. Additional features include a table of contents, a Fast Facts spread, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2017
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 609 HUTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J609 MOMSummary: Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects: the car, the airplane, the smartphone, the rocket, the robot, and the telescope.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD BRECopies Available at Woodmere
3 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BREAngelucci, Enzo.
Summary: An intriguing addition to The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, this volume describes airplanes best known for their relationship to civil and peace-time aviation. Text includes a thorough analysis of relevant historical events which shaped the era each model was conceived, as well as synoptic tables, cutaways, graphs, plates, historic photos and a comprehensive index.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chartwell Books 2001
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Summary: "Of all people who might have solved the problem of human flight, few would have suspected Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, a fusty, old-school member of the Wurrtemburg nobility, recently ousted from the German military and convinced that a flying machine will be his ticket back to military glory. Instead, by the dawn of the twentieth century, he creates something much bigger: a system of flight...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.7092 ROSGriffith, Victoria.
Summary: Profiles Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, who made great strides in the invention of flight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.13 GRIColby, Jennifer
Contents: Up in the air -- Early flying inventions -- First in flight -- Investigating nature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Invent ColbyGunston, Bill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Longmeadow Press 1990
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 1969
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.1333 MILShulman, Seth.
Summary: Tells the story of Glenn Hammond Curtiss and his quest to construct a reliable and stable airplane, discussing his collaboration with engineers around the world, and the opposition he received from Orville and Wilbur Wright who sued in an attempt to keep Curtiss out of the market.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629 SHURolfe, Douglas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1978
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.133 ROLYenne, Bill
Summary: "Area 51's most important military aviation developments are profiled in an illustrated format. When most of us think of Area 51, we think of aliens, UFOs, and controversial government cover-ups. It's easy to forget that, since the mid-1950s, the United States' famed extension of Edwards Air Force Base has served as a top-secret CIA testing ground for many of the most groundbreaking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Motorbooks Intl 2014
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Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1982
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Summary: Congress debates over which company, Boeing or Lockheed, will build new military transport planes. (part 2)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1982
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Summary: From the start of World War II, in 1939, to its conclusion six years later, military aircraft developed from prewar biplanes such as the Gloster Gladiator, to classic aircraft—the Messerschmitt Me 109 and the P-51 Mustang—and on to the age of jet warplanes—the Arado Ar 234 and the Gloster Meteor. 600 color and archival photographs perfectly showcase the length and design of each entry....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 2004
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 940.544 AIRAngelucci, Enzo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chartwell Books 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 623.746 ANGBowman, Martin W.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithmark 1992
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 940.544 BOWLarson, Kirsten W.
Summary: "Emma Lilian Todd's mind was always soaring--she loved to solve problems. Lilian tinkered and fiddled with all sorts of objects, turning dreams into useful inventions. As a child, she took apart and reassembled clocks to figure out how they worked. As an adult, typing up patents at the U.S. Patent Office, Lilian built the inventions in her mind, including many designs for flying machines....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TODWilgus, Alison
Summary: "In an era of dirigibles and hot air balloons, the Wright brothers were among the first innovators of heavier-than-air flight. But in the hotly competitive international race toward flight, Orville and Wilbur were up against a lot more than bad weather. Mechanical failures, lack of information, and even other aviators complicated the Wright brothers' journey. But thanks to their carefully...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WILSummary: "Rare and fascinating films preserved in the museum's archives. Many have never been released to the public before and are presented here, complete and uncut, for the very first time. ... [These 24 training and public information films cover a] range of subjects from ditching procedures for Halifax bomber crews ... to the best way to rescue crashed fighter pilots from their cockpits. There are...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Vision 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ROYHeppenheimer, T. A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.13 HEPSpenser, Jay P.
Summary: The inside story of how people invented and refined the airplane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2008