100 FACTS Flight

100 Facts Flight is a non-fiction book for students about planes, students will learn everything they need to know about flying machines both past and present. Essential topics covered in 100 Facts Flight: • The scientific concepts of being lighter than air and flying faster than the speed of sound • The world-altering design for the aeroplane and how to operate one • Other flying machines such as helicopters, space rockets and war planes Examples of ‘I don’t believe it’ fascinating facts: • Before letting people fly in their balloon, the Montgolfier brothers tried it out with a duck, a sheep and a chicken! • A 747 Jumbo Jet has 18 wheels in total; a set of two wheels under the nose and four sets of four wheels under the body and wings. • The first plane to go supersonic was the Bell XI, which had a rocket engine. On 14 October 1947 its pilot, Chuck Yeager, became the first person to fly faster than sound travels. • Students learn more easily with bite-sized information • Photographs and artworks aid children who learn through visual prompts • Activities allow children to put what they have learned into practice