Superwheels & thrill sports
8 total works
Introduces airplane racing with a discussion of its history, the types of airplanes used, and the current racing classes.
Discusses the history, design, construction, and testing of amateur-built airplanes.
Discusses stunt flying, including a history of the sport, pilots, and their specially designed airplanes.
Describes the categories and kinds of scale-model airplanes and their history. Includes information on model airplanes building and complications.
Traces the development of trains from steam engines to diesel locomotives and recreates an overnight trip on a Pullman sleeper during the 1930's.
Describes a variety of airplanes invented through the years with unusual shapes and wing arrangements and run with human or solar power.
Discusses the history and technology of small airplanes, the qualifications needed for piloting them, and their practical and recreational uses.
Traces the history of helicopters and discusses the many models and uses of this versatile flying machine which can take off and land vertically, hover in mid-air, and fly backwards and sideways.