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48 pages, colour illustrations
Discover the biggest, fastest, and best flying machines. (Cover) Original edition written and edited by Lorrie Mack Contents: The first aeroplane -- Gee Bee -- Experimental planes -- Jumbo jet -- Biplane -- Agricultural aeroplane -- Kit aeroplane -- Stunt planes -- Flying laboratory -- Spitfire -- Microlight -- Concorde -- Blackbird -- Jump jet -- Solar Impulse -- Chinook helicopter -- Flying at sea -- F-16 -- Seaplane -- Stealth fighter -- Space flight -- Record breakers
Summary: The big book of planes is a colourful compendium of spectacular flying machines that will entertain and inform. Find out how big a jumbo jet is, how fast a fighter plane can go, and much more.