Planes - Jan van der Veken
Planes - Jan van der Veken Budding aviation fans will pore over every page of this fascinating encyclopedic guide to the history and mechanics of flight, from the Wright Brothers to the Concorde.How…
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Planes - Jan van der Veken
Budding aviation fans will pore over every page of this fascinating encyclopedic guide to the history and mechanics of flight, from the Wright Brothers to the Concorde.How does a plane move through the air? What do those lines on the runways mean? What is turbulence?
The book opens with a basic introduction to plane anatomy and shows how aircrafts have developed over the ages. All these questions and many more are answered in this gorgeously illustrated history of planes and flight. Readers will then learn about aerodynamics, the mechanics of wing shape and lift, and how ailerons, propellers, and flaps work.
There's even a section on communications systems, runway design, and GPS. Profiles of famous historic planes illustrate basic principles throughout the book. Readers will find out about record-breaking flights across continents and oceans; how "flying wings" evolved into