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TECHNOLOGY
Jackson, Tom, Editor

Air and Space

64 pp. | Brown Bear | August, 2012 | Library ISBN 978-1-936333-40-0 $35.65
(4) YA Facts at Your Fingertips: Invention and Technology series. This book chronicles the story of human flight from the earliest attempts to modern space travel. Brief sections dryly cover balloons and airships, propeller-driven planes, jets, supersonic aircraft, rockets, artificial satellites, spaceships, space stations, and space exploration. Aircraft enthusiasts will appreciate the many photographs and images. Additional information is provided in numerous inserts that contribute to crowded pages. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg

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