W. Ross Macdonald School Library

How airplanes fly

Shepherd, Walter.

How airplanes fly [contracted braille] / by Walter Shepherd. - Louisville, KY : American Printing House for the Blind, 1975. - 1 v. of contracted braille.

Contracted braille.

Flying a Kite--
Airfoils--
First Models--
Controls--
Air Resistance--
Helicopters--
Jet Engines--
Unusual Designs--
Speed--
How to Make a Model Glider--
Difficult Word List.

Explains the basic principles and gives a brief history of airplane flight. Also includes descriptions of various types of airplanes.


Reproduced from: New York : John Day, c1971. (Finding out about science).

BR2548


Airplanes--Juvenile literature.
Airplanes.
Flight--Juvenile literature.
Flight.

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