Summary: A small passenger plane makes a forced landing in the Sahara. The challenge: survival. The tiny band from the plane fights off thirst, Arabs, treachery, declining morale and despair. Incredibly, the plane, like the legendary phoenix that rises from its own ashes, flies again.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2003

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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE FLI

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Flight 2003

Summary: Cutaway aircraft of World War Two is a collection of magnificent cutaway drawings of a variery of famous World War Two aircraft, both fighters and bombers. Each aircraft is on a two-page spread which, as well as the finely-detailed drawings, contains a comprehensive annotated guide to the assembly and the working parts.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Argus Books 1989

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.743 CUT

Summary: Electric cars seem increasingly likely to replace gas-guzzling vehicles. Could a new generation of emission-free electric planes do the same to the polluting airliners in the skies - a major step in the fight against climate change?

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GRE

Summary: Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the world's most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2014

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2 available in Anime, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ANIME WIN

Summary: Building an airplane: A jet airplane is one of the fastest machines on the planet. But have you ever seen one being made? It all goes together like a jigsaw puzzle! Once it's assembled, a test pilot takes the jet out for a flight. Will it pass the test? Soon the jet is ready to get to work flying people all over the world; Ride the mountain rails!: Work train is busy keeping the tracks in good...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by NCircle Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MIG

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MIG

Lacey, Saskia

Summary: Details how a plane works, how it is constructed, and labels the different parts of a plane.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Walter Foster Jr., an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc. 2015

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629 LAC

Provensen, Alice.

Summary: A biography of the man whose fascination with flying machines produced the Bleriot XI, which in 1909 became the first heavier-than-air machine to fly the English Channel.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 1987

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BLE

Provensen, Alice.

Summary: A biography of the man whose fascination with flying machines produced the Bleriot XI, which crossed the English Channel in thirty-seven minutes in the early 1900's.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Press 1983

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 629.13 PRO

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BLE