This title explores the history of The National Championship Air Races. Readers will meet important people in Reno Air Races history such as Bill Stead. Readers will learn the seven classes of planes and the rules for each course, from qualifying heats to flying through the course pylons. Famous pilots and planes such as Rod Lewis and the Champion Seafury #232, Chuck Greenhill and the Super Seafury "Furias", and Jimmy Leeward and the Galloping Ghost are covered. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. A&D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Format:Library Binding
Language:English
ISBN:1617836966
ISBN13:9781617836961
Release Date:January 2013
Publisher:A&d Xtreme
Length:32 Pages
Weight:0.58 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 7.6" x 8.1"
Age Range:8 to 14 years
Grade Range:Grades 3 to 9
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