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A young boy imagines himself as a falcon, soaring in flight over sea and city in faraway places.

Caramba's troublesome little brother Henry learns to fly and breaks free from the string Caramba has tied around his waist, and it is dark when Caramba and his friend Portia finally find the little boy, clinging to a tree branch and very relieved to be rescued.

Caramba is very depressed because all the other cats can fly except him, so his cousins decide to help him to learn.

Suggested activities illustrate the properties of air and how air can be used to make things fly.

Ostrich fulfills a dream with a little help from his bird friends.

A boy finds a magic ring that enables him to float above New York City and have adventures.

Mary, her cat Lilyleaf, and her guinea pig Mr. Keylock are astounded to discover that Mary's little brother Billy can fly whenever the moon is full.

In 1903, a group of children on the beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, dream of flying and witness the first flight of the Wright brothers.

Drago the little dragon surprises his family when he enters a stunts flying competition with them, after taking flying lessons from a bird.

When Turtle tells Squirrel he'd like to fly, Squirrel finds a way to help him--much to Turtle's dismay!.

Text and illustrations present many types of aircraft, especially those designed or built before 1909.

Harry Houdini Marco, an inept boy whose friends are all moving to the suburbs, is looking forward to a long, dreary summer when Mr.

Briefly describes how the forces of lift and thrust are used to overcome gravity and resistance to enable airplanes to fly.

Provides answers to such flight-related questions as "How do airplane wings work?" "What is thrust?" and "How do helicopters fly?".

A color-illustrated overview of airplanes that covers the history of flight, including pioneer aviators and the Flyer, and describes air races and competitions, light aircraft, jet engines, early and modern airliners, airports, sea planes and flying boats, and the Concorde.