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Flying machine / by Nahum, Andrew.;
Subjects: Aeronautics; Flying-machines; Aeronautics; Flying-machines.;
© 2004., DK Publishing,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The flying machine book : build and launch 35 rockets, gliders, helicopters, boomerangs, and more / by Mercer, Bobby,1961-;
Shows readers how to turn rubber bands, paper clips, straws, plastic bottles, and index cards into amazing, gravity-defying flyers. Each project contains a material list and detailed step-by-step instructions with photos. Mercer also includes explanations of the science behind each flyer, including concepts such as lift, thrust, and drag, the Bernoulli effect, and more.LSC
Subjects: Paper airplanes; Flying-machines;
© c2012., Chicago Review Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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His Majesty's airship : the life and tragic death of the world's largest flying machine / by Gwynne, S. C.(Samuel C.),1953-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The tragic story of the British airship R101--which went down in a spectacular hydrogen-fueled fireball in 1930, killing more people than died in the Hindenburg disaster seven years later--has been largely forgotten. In His Majesty's Airship, historian S.C. Gwynne resurrects it in vivid detail, telling the epic story of great ambition gone terribly wrong. Airships, those airborne leviathans that occupied center stage in the world in the first half of the twentieth century, were a symbol of the future. R101 was not just the largest aircraft ever to have flown and the product of the world's most advanced engineering--she was also the lynchpin of an imperial British scheme to link by air the far-flung areas of its empire from Australia to India, South Africa, Canada, Egypt, and Singapore. No one had ever conceived of anything like this. R101 captivated the world. There was just one problem: beyond the hype and technological wonders, these big, steel-framed, hydrogen-filled airships were a dangerously bad idea. Gwynne's chronicle features a cast of remarkable--and often tragically flawed--characters, including Lord Christopher Thomson, the man who dreamed up the Imperial Airship Scheme and then relentlessly pushed R101 to her destruction; Princess Marthe Bibesco, the celebrated writer and glamorous socialite with whom he had a long affair; and Herbert Scott, a national hero who had made the first double crossing of the Atlantic in any aircraft in 1919--eight years before Lindbergh's famous flight--but who devolved into drink and ruin. These historical figures--and the ship they built, flew, and crashed--come together in a grand tale that details the rocky road to commercial aviation written by one of the best popular historians writing today"--
Subjects: Thomson, Christopher Birdwood, Baron, 1875-1930.; R101 (Airship); Air travel; Aircraft accidents; Airships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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His Majesty's airship [sound recording] : the life and tragic death of the world's largest flying machine / by Gwynne, S. C.(Samuel C.),1953-author.; Boulton, Nicholas,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Nicholas Boulton."The tragic story of the British airship R101--which went down in a spectacular hydrogen-fueled fireball in 1930, killing more people than died in the Hindenburg disaster seven years later--has been largely forgotten. In His Majesty's Airship, historian S.C. Gwynne resurrects it in vivid detail, telling the epic story of great ambition gone terribly wrong. Airships, those airborne leviathans that occupied center stage in the world in the first half of the twentieth century, were a symbol of the future. R101 was not just the largest aircraft ever to have flown and the product of the world's most advanced engineering--she was also the lynchpin of an imperial British scheme to link by air the far-flung areas of its empire from Australia to India, South Africa, Canada, Egypt, and Singapore. No one had ever conceived of anything like this. R101 captivated the world. There was just one problem: beyond the hype and technological wonders, these big, steel-framed, hydrogen-filled airships were a dangerously bad idea. Gwynne's chronicle features a cast of remarkable--and often tragically flawed--characters, including Lord Christopher Thomson, the man who dreamed up the Imperial Airship Scheme and then relentlessly pushed R101 to her destruction; Princess Marthe Bibesco, the celebrated writer and glamorous socialite with whom he had a long affair; and Herbert Scott, a national hero who had made the first double crossing of the Atlantic in any aircraft in 1919--eight years before Lindbergh's famous flight--but who devolved into drink and ruin. These historical figures--and the ship they built, flew, and crashed--come together in a grand tale that details the rocky road to commercial aviation written by one of the best popular historians writing today"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Thomson, Christopher Birdwood, Baron, 1875-1930.; R101 (Airship); Air travel; Aircraft accidents; Airships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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George and Martha / by Marshall, James,1942-1992.;
Split pea soup -- The flying machine.Iconic best hippo friends George and Martha discover that, among other things, pouring split pea soup into your loafers to spare the chef's feelings is not the best-laid plan.
Subjects: Animal fiction.; Readers (Publications); George (Fictitious character : Marshall); Martha (Fictitious character : Marshall); Hippopotamus; Friendship; Soups; Hot air balloons;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Aircraft : the definite visual history / by Hodgson, Nicola.; Hamilton, Jill.; Smithsonian Institution.;
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Subjects: Flying-machines; Flight; Aeronautics;
© 2013., DK Pub.,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Sabrina Sue loves the sky / by Burris, Priscilla.;
Sabrina Sue wants to fly like all the other birds she sees in the sky. Will her flying machine invention be what she needs, or will she find another way to soar?
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Chickens; Sky;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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In the air / by Parker, Steve,1952-;
"Covers a wide selection of machines that fly, from airliners to hot air balloons, outlining how they work and their uses"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Aeronautics; Airplanes;
© 2010., Smart Apple Media,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The aerosmurf / by Peyo.;
In "The Aerosmurf," the Flying Smurf must use his new flying machine to rescue Smurfette from Gargamel. In "The Masked Smurf," when Smurfs start getting hit in the face with cream pies, every Smurf wants to solve the mystery of the masked Smurf. In "The Firesmurfs," there's a heat wave and a fire breaks out in Smurf Village--call in the Firesmurfs! In "Gluttony and the Smurfs," has Gargamel finally found the one thing Smurfs cannot resist? In "The Smurf and His Dragon," when lonely Timid Smurf befriends Grumpf the Dragon, has he unknownly placed all the Smurfs in danger? Finally in "Jokey Smurf's Pranks," how long can the Smurfs put up with Jokey's pranks, and what happens when Jokey discovers he can't quit pranking?
Subjects: Smurfs (Fictitious characters); Fantasy comic books, strips, etc., French; Graphic novels;
© c2013., Papercutz,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Flight / by Nahum, Andrew.;
Traces the history and development of aircraft from hot-air balloons to jetliners, and includes information on the principles of flight and the inner workings of various flying machines.
Subjects: Airplanes; Aeronautics;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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