Illustrated by Tom Connell
This book shows how modern aircraft are built for speed, from the drawing board through computer testing to the finished plane. Learn how supersonic planes are steamlined to slice through the air like a dart and see how powerful engines blast fighter planes across the sky at unstoppable speeds. Read about computerised fighters and speedy helicopters, spacecraft and spy planes, jets and rockets. Find out record-breaking facts and figures and take a look at the amazing aircraft of the future.
