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Author:

Cooke, Tim, 1961- author.

Title:

A timeline of fighter jets and bomber planes / by Tim Cooke.

Publisher:

Edge Books/Capstone Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Fighter planes--Juvenile literature.
Fighter planes--History--Juvenile literature.
Bombers--Juvenile literature.
Bombers--History--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- First war planes -- The first bombers -- The air aces -- Blitzkrieg -- World War II fighters -- Heavy bombers -- Jet warfare -- The atomic bomb -- Breaking the sound barrier -- Fighter-bombers -- Stealth bombers -- New generation -- Index.

Summary:

Warplanes have only been around for about 100 years. How have they changed from biplanes and triplanes to jets that fly faster than the speed of sound? Learn about fighter planes that are invisible to radar and bombers that can destroy whole cities.

Series:

Military technology timelines

ISBN:

1515791947 (library binding)
9781515791942 (library binding)

LCCN:

2017017948

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SPPE104 -- Independence Public Library (Independence)

ESPD725 -- Sibley Public Library (Sibley)

CIPB482 -- Victor Public Library (Victor)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)