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Presents a brief biography of Chuck Yeager, the man who broke the sound barrier, in simple text with illustrations including information his career as a air craft mechanic and test pilot, to becoming an expert on military aircraft and pioneering modern aviation.
2) The airplane
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80 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
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Provides information about the invention of the airplane, looking at the quest to develop a flying machine, examining the lives of Orville and Wilbur Wright, and tracing the history of airplane technology.
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Scholastic science super giants volume 1
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48 pages : illustrations (part color) ; 23 cm.
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In Can You Fly High, Wright Brothers? you will find answers to twenty questions about Orville and Wilbur Wright. Facts you'll discover include: What were their favorite hobbies growing up? How did the get interested in flying? Why did the pick Kitty Hawk, North Carolina? Which brother was the first to fly? You'll also learn about flight-from kites to gliders to jet planes.
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All of aviation's dangerous, exciting, and most courageous moments are featured within this compendium on flight. Packed with stories of heroic and innovative pioneers, profiles of remarkable planes from Spitfires to space shuttles, and how-to instructions for making everything from origami helicopters to bottle rockets -- all accompanied by sensational photographs, illustrations, and diagrams.
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