Flying cars : the true story / by Andrew Glass.

Author/creator Glass, Andrew, 1949- author.
Format Book
PublicationBoston : Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015]
Copyright Date©2015
Description118 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Subjects

Contents First, the dream -- Gustave Whitehead's condor -- Trajan Vuia's aeroplane-automobile -- Glenn Curtiss's autoplane -- Felix Longobardi's combination vehicle -- Henry Ford's flying flivver -- Waldo Waterman's arrowbile -- Harold Pitcairn's autogyro -- Joseph Gwinn's aircar -- R. Buckminster Fuller's dymaxion omnidirectional human transport -- William Bushnell Stout's skycar -- Theodore P. hall's convaircar -- Robert fulton's airphibian -- Daniel zuck's plane-mobile -- Moulton b. taylor's aerocar -- Into the future.
Abstract "Flying cars are real! This book for young readers combines history, biography, technology, and humor in a breezy survey of hybrid vehicles and the dream of flight that kept inventors at work despite many failures and the dictates of common sense"-- Provided by publisher.
Local noteLittle-472137--305131067320V
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (page 104) and index.
Audience 1340 Lexile
LCCN 2014027740
ISBN9780618984824 (hardcover)
ISBN0618984828 (hardcover)

Availability

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Joyner TRC Nonfiction 629.04 G4632F ✔ Available Place Hold