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Physics Basic Flight and Aerodynamics for Kids: How Planes, Birds, Rockets and Future Aircraft Fly - Lift, Drag, Thrust, Bernoulli's Principle and Sup

Physics Basic Flight and Aerodynamics for Kids: How Planes, Birds, Rockets and Future Aircraft Fly - Lift, Drag, Thrust, Bernoulli's Principle and Sup

Laudry, Khasan

Paperback

Series: Physics Kids Books, Book 8

Science & Nature

ISBN10: 3690830761
ISBN13: 9783690830768
Publisher: Khasan Laudry
Published: Mar 22 2026
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.25 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
What keeps a 500-ton airplane in the sky - and how do rockets fly where there is no air at all?

From the moment a paper airplane leaves your hand to the thunderclap of a sonic boom, the science of flight is everywhere. This chapter-based guide breaks down real aerospace physics into clear, exciting explanations that kids ages 8-12 can actually understand and remember.

  • The four forces of flight - discover how lift, drag, thrust, and weight work together to keep aircraft airborne
  • Wing design and Bernoulli's principle - learn exactly why a curved airfoil generates lift using air pressure differences
  • Drag and streamlining - find out why shape and speed matter, and how engineers design planes, cars, and even athlete suits to cut through air
  • Thrust and propulsion - explore how propellers, jet engines, and rockets each generate forward force in completely different ways
  • Bird flight and evolution - see how feathers, hollow bones, and millions of years of adaptation turned birds into nature's ultimate flying machines
  • Helicopters and spinning rotors - understand how rotating blades create lift without a fixed wing
  • Gliders, thermals, and soaring - discover unpowered flight and how sailplanes ride invisible columns of rising warm air
  • Supersonic flight and sonic booms - unpack shock waves, the sound barrier, and what happens when aircraft exceed the speed of sound
  • Rockets and space flight - learn how thrust, escape velocity, and orbital mechanics work in the vacuum of space
  • The future of flight - peek ahead at drones, electric aircraft, flying cars, and hypersonic travel

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