Provides simple information about jet airplanes, including the equipment and the mechanics of flight.

The series, "Mighty Machines" examines the most interesting big machines people use to carry out larger-than-life tasks. Readers of this book will learn about the mechanisms and uses of these big machines. The book if filled with vivid photos and fascinating facts, this series is sure to engage young readers.

Introduces young readers to the mechanical science of jet planes that recreates an airplane ride while explaining how powerful engines, specially designed wings, and cockpit controls work together to enable a jet's flight.

It is 1943, and thirteen-year-old Michael O'Shaunessey, son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany in Berlin, is also a spy for the British Secret Service, so he has joined the Hitler Youth, and pretending that he agrees with their violence and book-burning is hard enough--but when he is asked to find out more about "Projekt 1065" both his and his parents' lives get a lot more dangerous.

Jets are sleek and powerful. They travel very fast. But how do these heavy planes fly? And how do pilots land them? Read this book to find out!

"In October 1958, Pan American World Airways began making regularly scheduled flights between New York and Paris, courtesy of its newly minted wonder jet, the Boeing 707. Almost overnight, the moneyed celebrities of the era made Europe their playground. At the same time, the dream of international travel came true for thousands of ordinary Americans who longed to emulate the "jet set" lifestyle. Bestselling author and Vanity Fair contributor William...

Brief text and photographs examine a wide range of machines used at the airport, including airplanes, staircases on wheels, scanners, conveyor belts, and radar.

"A quick-paced, colorful description of the physical characteristics, purposes, early history, and high-speed capabilities of jets--the fastest passenger and fighter aircraft in the world"--Provided by publisher.

The story of the secret weapons with which Adolf Hitler hoped to turn the tide of World War II, told both from the perspectives of the American fighter pilots and from that of the German scientists, engineers and pilots who created and used these cutting-edge airplanes.

Vance Shannon and his aviation family find their skill and courage tested as they help invent jet transport and interact with the geniuses of the aviation age.