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685) Silver wings
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Taking a quick day trip to Baja in your motor glider turns from glamorous to dangerous when your friends' glider makes an emergency landing.
686) Army night stalkers
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"Engaging images accompany information about the Army Night Stalkers. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
688) Por avión
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Español
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Recounts the development of the airplane, describes commercial aviation, and surveys other special types of aircraft.
689) Flight
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Provides an overview of the principal stages in the history of flight, from animal flight and the first attempts to develop human flight to the present, and describes the invention of the various systems on an airplane and notable aircraft.
699) ¡Despegando!
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Mr Tanner the farmer pollutes his farm and mistreats his animals, leading them to stage a rebellion. They build an intergalactic space rocket to take them up into the clean, clear skies, far away from those who are polluting the planet. First a chicken, then a clever rabbit, and lastly a calm sheep, are chosen for test flights. But each time something goes wrong and the rocket returns to Earth. The animals don't know what to do. But then Farmer Tanner...
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"Here is the little-known history of Otto Lilienthal, a daring man whose more than 2,000 successful flights inspired the Wright Brothers and other aviation pioneers. In 1862, balloons were the only way to reach the sky. But 14-year-old Otto Lilienthal didn't want to fly in balloons. He wanted to soar like a bird. Scientists, teachers, and news reporters everywhere said flying was impossible. Otto and his brother Gustav desperately wanted to prove...