Soar into the high-flying world of aircraft with this picture-packed, fact-filled book. This book is an essential guide to the history and science of humanity's most incredible feat: flying! Young readers will pore over stunning photography and fascinating facts, featuring aircraft from Leonardo da Vinci's wing machines to jet airliners, as well as helicopters, gliders, zeppelins, monoplanes, biplanes, and even triplanes. Learn how technology made flight possible, which tools pilots use, and how taking to the skies has shaped human history. This popular title has been reinvigorated with a fresh new look, new photographs, updated information, and a new "eyewitness" feature - fascinating accounts of leading figures in the field. This book is the perfect guide for history or science homework help or for those who simply want to further their knowledge of this incredible human feat.