Discusses the two decades between World War I and II that pushed aviation to the limits and profiles some of the pilots that took the risks.
Horrible Science: Frightful Flight is stuffed with hair-raising heights, dizzying drops and mind-blowing facts about flying! Readers will be amazed to learn how to see the earth's shadow, how to build a flying saucer, and how, after centuries of fearsome flight flops, people have finally taken to the skies. Redesigned in a bold, funky new look and illustrated throughout by Tony De Saulles for t…