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62) Little Smokey
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A small firefighting airplane saves the day from disaster using her courage and a little help from her friends.
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This is a story from a bygone age recalling the most successful flying-boat airliner ever built. Designed to a specification for Imperial Airways, then Britains national airline, it carried passengers and, more importantly, mail throughout the British Empire. The airliner offered luxurious travel for the privileged few, every journey being an adventure shared by passengers and crew.
Short Brothers built 42 Empires at their factory in Rochester during...
65) On the plane
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"What can we spot at the airport today? Shine a light behind the page and see... From the airport staff who X-ray the baggage and check passports, to the pilots who fly the planes, each page will take you behind the scenes of an exciting plane trip"--Cover.
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An anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube with hundreds of strangers. All the ways a trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some never thought of before. Featuring brand new stories by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic tales and one poem from the likes of Richard Matheson,...
71) Air show!
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Ellie and her brother Gill go to an air show with their father.
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"The Horten Ho 229 was meant to change the outcome of World War II and pave the way for German bombs to fall on America. The radical plane never worked as planned, but it's still a fascinating and important part of history. Only one Horten still survives. A few years ago, it was in very bad shape. Discover how Smithsonian conservators saved the plane from rust, rot, and ruin. The hands-on STEAM challenge is ideal for makerspace activities, and guides...
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Agent Flynn is escorting a witness on a plane that is bound for Los Angeles. The problem is that an assassin is bent on killing the witness. The assassin releases a crate containing about 450 deadly snakes onto the same plane. Flynn finds out and determined to do his job sets out to get the snakes back where they belong -- on land. If the snakes won't cooperate, he'll just have to send the snakes on to snake heaven.
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Nick Flynn novels volume 1
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"After a CIA covert mission goes badly awry, U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Nicholas Flynn is exiled to guard a remote radar post along Alaska's Arctic frontier. This dead-end assignment is designed to put his career permanently on ice, but Flynn's not the type to fade quietly into obscurity ... As winter storms pound Alaska and northern Canada, Russian aircraft begin penetrating deep into friendly airspace. Are these rehearsals for a possible...
79) Born to fly
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In 1942, an eleven-year-old girl who longs to be a pilot and her family try to manage their lives in Rhode Island when the father goes to fight in World War II.
80) Airplanes
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"This photo-illustrated book for early readers describes different types of airplanes and the jobs they do. Includes photo glossary and matching game"--
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