Building an Airplane

by Danielle S. Hammelef

From huge passenger jets to speedy fighter planes, airplanes bring us to new heights. How are these amazing machines built? Get ready to find out!

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Hilary]

Young readers with an interest in flight, big machines, or airplanes will enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at the process of building airplanes. Hammelef describes how hundreds of people, from engineers to factory workers to pilots are involved in the process of crafting, perfecting, and assembling the thousands, even millions, of parts necessary to create an airplane. Readers enjoy a private tour that takes them from the engineers’ design and concept process, to labs that test the models undergo tests in wind tunnels, to the factory floor, where materials used to make airplane parts are described, through assembly, decor, and delivery to the tarmac. The full-color photographs and illustrations complement the text, and sidebars offer interesting details to round out the volume. If your collection contains dated reference, it may be time to weed and replace outdated material with this book, which showcases modern airplanes.

[Reyansh]

In the book, we get to know about the parts of aeroplane and how parts are built.