Wings of Adventure

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-11-01
Publisher(s): Periplus Editions
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Summary

Wings of Adventure takes paper airplanes to a thrilling new level. These lifelike, three-dimensional aircraft have everything from wings to authentic fuselages. Using the simplest of tools, you can make airplanes that mirror the originals, and let them fly on a breeze or launch them with a rubber band.Wings of Adventure presents some of the most thrilling tales in the annals of aviation, featuring such fearless pilots as Charles Lindbergh and Chuck Yeager, and a host of storied aircraft including the Spirit of Saint Louis and the space shuttle.

Table of Contents

Part One: Amazing Adventures
Why Do People Adventure?
4(1)
Join the Adventure of Flight
5(1)
Aerobatics and Barnstorming
6(1)
A Plane of One's Own
7(1)
De Havilland's Tiger Moth
8(2)
Air Racing in the Golden Age
10(1)
To the Cape and Back: Alex Henshaw and His Mew Gull
11(1)
The Gee Bee Story
12(1)
What Goes Up Must Come Down!
13(1)
Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis
14(2)
Pushing the Limits of Man and Machine
16(1)
Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Gentleman Pilot and Poet
17(1)
A Literary Life in the Air
18(2)
A Desert Crash and Its Rewards
20(1)
Saint-Exupery at War
21(1)
Jean Mermoz and the Arc-en-Ciel
22(2)
The Koken Long Distance Plane: Japan's Quest for a Record
24(1)
Setting a Record
25(1)
The Record-Breaking Flight of the Kamikaze: Making the World Take Notice
26(2)
Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1: Breaking the Sound Barrier
28(2)
Burt Rutan and the Voyager's Round-the-World Nonstop Flight
30(2)
Resting on Their Laurels
32(2)
Part Two: Assembly Instructions
Building and Flying 12 Paper Airplanes
34(2)
General Instructions and Flying Tips
36(6)
Piper Cherokee
42(2)
De Havilland DH 94 Moth Minor
44(2)
Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis
46(2)
Koken
48(1)
Percival Mew Gull
49(1)
De Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth
50(2)
Kamikaze
52(2)
Gee Bee R-2
54(2)
Caudron Simoun
56(2)
Couzinet 70 Arc-en-ciel
58(2)
Bell X-1
60(2)
Rutan Voyager
62(2)
Fly Your Planes!
64(1)
Part Three: 12 Airplane Kits
Piper Cherokee
65(2)
De Havilland DH 94 Moth Minor
67(2)
Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis
69(2)
Koken
71(2)
Percival Mew Gull
73(2)
De Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth
75(4)
Kamikaze
79(4)
Gee Bee R-2
83(4)
Caudron Simoun
87(2)
Couzinet 70 Arc-en-ciel
89(4)
Bell X-1
93(2)
Rutan Voyager
95

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