Flight: From a balloon to the moon – and beyond!
David Long. illustrated by Terri Po
- True stories of human achievements
- Traces fascinating history of aviation
- Beautifully designed and illustrated large-format book
FLIGHT traces the astonishing story of advances in aviation, beginning with the English monk who tried to fly with a pair of home-made wings ten centuries ago right up to the latest launch of SpaceShipOne carrying tourists into space.
This stylish large-format book is written by David Long, a previous winner of the Blue Peter Best Book With Facts Award, and beautifully illustrated by Terri Po. It celebrates not just the remarkable machines that have been designed and developed to help achieve the human dream of flight, but also the courage and resourcefulness of the many pioneers who worked tirelessly to create these breathtaking advances in the story of flight.
FLIGHT includes stories about the pioneering Wright Brothers and other well-known aviators such as Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart, as well as space travellers such as Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space. It also features lesser-known figures such as Bessie Coleman, the first black woman pilot, and the Russian female fighter pilots of World War II nicknamed the “Night Witches”. This book also explores the remarkable engineering triumphs that helped to produce huge airships, giant passenger-carrying flying boats, supersonic airliners, rockets to land on the Moon and many more astonishing technological innovations..
This is a very readable and inspiring book, which is also highly recommended as a gift purchase. The text throughout FLIGHT is printed with double line spacing using a font that has been specially chosen to support reading.
Suitable for Primary
Published by Faber & Faber, 2024 (190 pages)
