Planes

Planes book cover — Contents Biplane 4 Flying Boat 6 Concorde 8 Airliner 10 Transport Aircraft 12 Water Bomber 14 Air Racer 16 Bomber 18 Fighter 20 Spy Plane 22 Glossary and Index 24

Planes — page 1 — Biplane Many of the earliest planes had double wings called biplanes Most World War I fighter planes were biplanes They began as scouts like this B E 2 but Soon were fitted with guns Mechanic Mike says The first plane to fly was a biplane It was t invented by the Wright brothers and it first flew on December 17

Planes — page 2 — 0 0 0 Apart from the These early B E Did you know that The B E 2 This biplane had an engine these planes planes could only fly some fighters during carried a pilot air cooled Renault were made of a slowly at 72 mph WWI had three sets of and an observer V 8 engine wooden frame with km h wings They were canvas stretched called triplanes over

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