Flying

• About this book
• AirplaneAirplanes still amaze me.
• Balsa-wood plane crashMy balsa-wood plane flew on one glorious flight.
• BallooningA spider can travel in a breeze on a thread of silk.
• Bamboo-copterTwirl it to make it rise.
• Bottle rocketIt might lead to rocket science.
• BumblebeeIt buzzes about our ceanothus.
• DragonDragons fly in our fantasies.
• DragonflyThree thousand species live all over the world.
• Drones of warDrones are changing warfare.
• Early attemptsEarly attempts broke many bones.
• Feeding crowsOur neighbor used to feed crows.
• FlyA housefly amuses our cat.
• FrisbeeI used to be good at it.
• Great Blue HeronsThey are wonderful when they fly.
• Gossamer CondorThe first successful human-powered aircraft.
• Gossamer AlbatrossThe same pilot flew across the English Channel under his own power.
• Juvenile condorEven the juvenile has enormous wings.
• KiteIt flies for many reasons.
• Model airplanesModel airplanes never fly.
• Montgolfier brothersThe first one was made of paper.
• No-see-umsYou might not see them, but they bite.
• OrnithopterPeople tried to make an aircraft like a bird.
• Otto LilienthalLilienthal became famous for his successful gliders.
• Paper planeA folded piece of paper can fly.
• PterosaurIt seems improbable but they flew.
• RecognizingYou can recognize bird by the way it flies.
• Rubber bandsA wound-up rubber band can power a toy plane.
• SeagullsI see them gliding in the sky.