Epic Adventure: Epic Flights

by Von Hardesty

The first people to fly did so in hot-air balloons. Some 120 years later, theWright brothers' heavier-than-air flying machine made powered, controlled flight possible. Ever since, aviators have aspired to fly faster, farther, and higher. Charles Lindbergh set the world alight with his nonstop flight across the Atlantic. Amy Johnson won hearts and acclaim flying solo from England to Australia in a small biplane. With advances in rocketry, a new era...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0753466694
• ISBN13: 9780753466698
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Kingfisher
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.2" x 11.7"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9