Stickmen's guide to aircraft, by John Farndon ; illustrated by John Paul de Quay

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Label

Stickmen's guide to aircraft, by John Farndon ; illustrated by John Paul de Quay

Statement of responsibility

by John Farndon ; illustrated by John Paul de Quay

Instantiates

• Stickmen's guide to aircraft

Publication

• Minneapolis, MN, Hungry Tomato, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., 2016

Copyright

• ©2015

Note

• "Original edition copyright 2015 by Hungry Tomato Ltd."--Title page verso
• Includes index

Carrier category

volume

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

• text
• still image

Content type MARC source

• rdacontent
• rdacontent

Contents

Aircraft -- History of aircraft -- Modern airliners: an aircraft's basic components seen from the inside -- Wings: how they provide lift and control -- Flight controls: with the pilot inside the cockpit -- Jet engines: turboprop and turbofan engines -- Alternative power: solar-, electric-, and pedal-powered aircraft -- Vertical takeoff: jet aircraft that rise up and hover -- Helicopters: how rotors provide lift, direction, and pitch -- Balloons and airships: how they stay aloft and on course -- Drones: military robot aircraft and quadcopters -- Rockets: how they are built and launched -- Strange inventions

Control code

2015032759

Dimensions

24 cm.

Extent

32 pages

Isbn

9781467795920

Lccn

2015032759

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Other physical details

illustrations (chiefly color)

Record ID

u1099732

System control number

(OCoLC)936421009