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My son has told me his favorite subject on earth is airplanes--yes, a few days AFTER we were just in the states buying all the books to bring back!  I've ordered some books that will come with a guest sometime in October or maybe Christmas, and he'll just have to hold tight, but as long as I was ordering, I wondered if anyone knew of any can't miss books? I believe he was originally inspired by reading "Falcons of France", which he has read 3x. He is especially interested in WARTIME aviation.
What we have is:
Great Fighters: A Complete Encyclopedia of every Warplane made
Aviation, the first 100 years
Fighting the Flying Circus, by Eddie Rickenbacker
A couple of Landmark books (Battle of Britain and Great American Pilots of WW2)
Planes, Gliders, how they work--Kingfisher
Well--that could be plenty--I just wondered if anyone, or anyone's son, for example, knew of any absolutely can't miss books, especially if they are narrative . . .
Thanks for checking!
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Seymour Simon has a fabulous book on paper airplanes. It explains step-by-step how and why a plane flies while using paper airplanes as experimental models. It is really great for building an understanding of the fundamentals of aerodynamics.
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hereinantwerp wrote:
He is especially interested in WARTIME aviation.
Well--that could be plenty--I just wondered if anyone, or anyone's son, for example, knew of any absolutely can't miss books, especially if they are narrative . . .
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Something about boys and war books.....My sons at that age really enjoyed Frank Bonham's Ghost Front (Battle of the Bulge -some air battles, some land) and Stephen Meader's Sabre Pilot.
This look intriguing though I haven't seen them myself - R.A.F. series
A picture book for the younger set (though olders enjoy it even if they won't admit it!) is Peter Spier's Bored, Nothing to do. It is a very funny book.
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MichelleW wrote:
Seymour Simon has a fabulous book on paper airplanes. It explains step-by-step how and why a plane flies while using paper airplanes as experimental models. It is really great for building an understanding of the fundamentals of aerodynamics.
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I love Seymour Simon books, thanks for the idea.
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Something about boys and war books.....My sons at that age really enjoyed Frank Bonham's Ghost Front (Battle of the Bulge -some air battles, some land) and Stephen Meader's Sabre Pilot. This look intriguing though I haven't seen them myself - R.A.F. series
This sounds like just the kind of thing I'm looking for--thanks, I'll check these out!
The R.A.F. series link did not work for me--?
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The Wright Brothers by Quentin Reynolds was one of our favourites for aviation.
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hereinantwerp wrote:
The R.A.F. series link did not work for me--? |
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Sorry about that - I fixed it above and also here.
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MaryM wrote:
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Sorry about that - I fixed it above and also here. |
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Thank you--
They look great! 
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We're visiting Wright Patterson Museum today and found this list of suggested readings - opens to a pdf file.
And there's PROJECT SOAR: A Curriculum Guide for Kindergarten through 8th Grade
(SOAR: Science in Ohio through Aerospace Resources) -- wow, lots of neat stuff here!
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