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"When her kite lifts her above the ground, a child takes a 'funny ride' as she views what is on the ground and in the air.

Surveys the history of aviation, from the first attempts to modern supersonic planes.

An airplane takes off, flies, and lands after having passed over cities, country areas, lakes, and more.

Georgie's fondest hope, to be able to fly, is fleetingly fulfilled when she is befriended by a Canada goose.

Ellie and her brother Gill are excited about flying to the air show with their dad in his own plane.

A photo essay tracing the history and development of aircraft from hot-air balloons to jetliners.

A farm boy meets his hero, Colonel Charles Lindbergh, when he lands his bi-plane in a field near Canton, Mississippi, in 1929.

Penguin and his other flightless bird friends invent a flying machine, but they fly right into a thunderstorm.

Even though the penguin and the boy are close friends and do many things together, the penguin decides that he wants to fly and he wants to do it on his own.

An illustrated study of flight, exploring the physical principles of flight; discussing the ways in which insects could have evolved wings to become the first creatures to fly; tracing the evolution of the anatomy and physiology of birds in relation to their flight; and exploring the technical achievement that has allowed man to fly.

In Mayda, a post-apocalyptic city off the coast of Portugal, a brilliant young engineer and a mysterious recluse race to build a flying machine, unaware that powerful enemies will kill to possess--or destroy--their new technology.

As the time for her solo flight on the sixteenth birthday approaches, Georgia begins to question the course of her life and her relationships with the other women in her unusual family.

Milestones in the development of flight illustrated from the collection of the National Air and Space Museum.

Photos, illustrations, and text describe a wide variety of aircraft and the pilots who have flown them.

Describes seventeen twentieth-century historic flights and their pilots, from the Wright brothers to those of the space shuttles.