Catalog Search Results
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From the first airplane, commercial aircraft, and spacecraft to take an American into orbit, Smithsonian Channel takes you on a personal tour of the collections of the National Air and Space Museum, chronicling the first century of flight.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two unknown brothers from Ohio changed history. But it would take the world some time to believe what had happened: the age of flight had begun, with the first heavier-than-air, powered machine carrying a pilot. Who were these men and how was it that they achieved what they did? Far more than a couple of unschooled Dayton bicycle mechanics who happened to hit on success, they were men...
Author
Series
Physical Desc
103 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Presents the lives and accomplishments of the Wright brothers, high school dropouts from Dayton, Ohio, who started out repairing bicycles and went on to build and fly the first successful airplane.
Presenta la vida y los logros de los hermanos Wright, abandonan la escuela secundaria de Dayton, Ohio, que comenzó a cabo la reparación de bicicletas y pasó a construir y volar el primer avión con éxito.
Author
Physical Desc
xxi, 426 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The mostly-unknown tale of Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb--two accomplished aviatrixes, one generation apart, who each dreamed of being the first woman in space, but along the way battled their egos, their expectations, and ultimately the patriarchal society that stood between them and the stars"--
Jackie Cochran had led the Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots during the Second World War, was the first woman to break the sound barrier. She was more...
Looking for an older book we don’t have?
Printed books not owned by Santa Fe Public Library that were released more than 6 months ago can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup. Limit: 3 per calendar month.
Looking for a newer item we don’t have?
Suggest the library purchase a new book, DVD, audiobook, or music CD through your account. Limit: 30 active requests at a time. Submit Purchase Suggestion