Horrible Science: Frightful Flight (New Edition)
 
Humans aren’t designed to fly. That’s why the first people to try it came to a very sticky end! (And that’s why this is a Horrible Science book!) But after centuries of death-defying stunts, blood-curdling blunders and fearsome flops, people have finally taken to the skies!
 
Read on to discover:
how to see the earth’s shadow
how to build a flying saucer
how brave bird-men flew on feather wings (and died!)
how the zeppelin Hindenburg burned to a crisp in just 34 seconds
how some brave pilots flew faster than sound. Boom!
which woman’s perilous plane was held together with piano wire
what happened to the world’s first flying sheep
 
A book stuffed with hair-raising heights, dizzying drops, terror, tears, triumphs – and squishy bits. It’s fearsome fun! Just don’t forget your parachute!