The flying book : everything you've ever wondered about flying on airlines /

Blatner, David.

The flying book : everything you've ever wondered about flying on airlines / David Blatner. - London : Penguin, 2004. - 208 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 20 cm.

Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2003.

Includes bibliography and index.

Some very interesting facts about flying are revealed including: how aeroplanes actually work, air traffic control, the bumps and noises of a typical flight, flight statistics, behind the scenes at the airline, how aeroplanes are built, the history of flight, other flying machines, and the future of flying.

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Aeronautics.
Airplanes--History.
Air travel.

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