"This title spotlights aircraft building projects for the next century and beyond, highlighting the need for sustainable, safe construction--and the indispensable element of engineering mastery and skill. Anchored in the growing STEM field, this volume will contrast the feats of the past and the present--including the materials, builders, and creative problem-solvers behind them--to champion engineering masterpieces being built today and planned for...

This complete guide to folding ten paper airplanes features step-by-step illustrations, along with trimming and tweaking tips that present basic principles of flight. Includes forty sheets of flight-tested, ready-to-fold paper, printed on both sides in avariety of twenty colorful patterns.

Provides step-by-step instructions on drawing different types of aircraft, both military and civilian, from the World War I era Fokker Dreidecker triplane to SpaceShipOne, the first privately funded vehicle to make a space flight.