Thanks to the creative team Senior Editor Alice Peebles Designer Lauren Woods and collaborate agency Original edition copyright 2015 by Hungry Tomato Ltd Copyright 2016 by Lerner Publishing Group Inc Hungry Tomato is a trademark of Lerner Publishing Group Inc All rights reserved International copyright secured No part of this book may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group Inc except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review Hungry Tomato A division of Lerner Publishing Group Inc 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 USA For reading levels and more information look up this title at www lernerbooks com Main body text set in Century Gothic Typeface provided by Monotype Typography Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names Oxlade Chris author Pyke Jerry illustrator Title Stickmen’s guide to aircraft by Chris Oxlade illustrated by Jerry Pyke Other titles Guide to gigantic machines Description Minneapolis Hungry Tomato 2016 Series Stickmen’s guides to how everything works Audience 8 12 Audience 4 6 Includes bibliographical references and index Identifi ers LCCN 2015032759 ISBN 9781467793599 lb alk paper ISBN 9781467795913 pb alk paper ISBN 9781467795920 eb pdf alk paper Subjects LCSH Flying-machines Juvenile literature Airplanes Juvenile literature Technology Juvenile literature Classifi cation LCC TL547 O956 2016 DDC 629 133 dc23 LC record available at http lccn loc gov 2015032759 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 VP 12 31 15
STICKMEN’S GUIDE TO AIRCRAFT by John Farndon Illustrated by John Paul de Quay
The Chinese made an early helicopter in about 400 BCE it was a bamboo toy
Contents Aircraft History of Aircraft Modern Airliners An aircraft’s basic components seen from the inside Wings How they provide lift and control Flight Controls With the pilot inside the cockpit Jet Engines Turboprop and turbofan engines Alternative Power Solar electric and pedal-powered aircraft Vertical Takeoff Jet aircraft that rise up and hover Helicopters How rotors provide lift direction and pitch Balloons and Airships How they stay aloft and on course Drones Military robot aircraft and quadcopters Rockets How they are built and launched Strange Inventions Glossary Index 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 31 32
