Feathers, flaps & flops : fabulous early fliers /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Zaunders, Bo
Other Authors:	Munro, Roxie (Illustrator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Dutton Children's Books, [2001]
Subjects:	Aeronautics > History > Juvenile literature. Air pilots. Aeronautics > History.

Table of Contents:

The Montgolfier brothers: Joseph-Michel, 1740-1810 and Jacques-Etienne, 1745-1799 (inventors of the hot-air balloon)
Alberto Santos-Dumont, 1873-1932 (master of the dirigible)
Cal Rodgers, 1879-1912 (the first to fly across America)
Bessie Coleman, 1892-1926 (the first black female pilot)
Jimmy Doolittle, 1896-1993 (daredevil aviator and pilot)
Beryl Markham, 1902-1986 (the first to cross the Atlantic, east to west)
"Wrong Way" Corrigan, 1907-1995 (prankster aviator).