Book Description
for Flying Machine by Andrew Nahum
From the Publisher
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.
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