flights

Describes how Charles Lindbergh achieved the remarkable feat of flying nonstop and solo from New York to Paris in 1927.

Color illustrations, diagrams, and text tell the stories of individual pilots. Has a "Spotter's Guide" that shows aircraft drawn to scale.

Features two famous "first" flights: one in 1903 that was the first powered flight in an airplane and one in 1977 in which a man flew under his own power.