Megafast Planes

Megafast Planes — page 1 — Thanks to the creative team Senior Editor Alice Peebles Designer Lauren Woods and collaborate agency Original edition copyright 2015 by Hungry Tomato Ltd Copyright 2016 by Lerner Publishing Group Inc Hungry Tomato is a trademark of Lerner Publishing Group Inc All rights reserved International copyright secured No part of this book may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group Inc except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review Hungry Tomato A division of Lerner Publishing Group Inc 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 USA For reading levels and more information look up this title at www lernerbooks com Main body text set in Economica Bold Typeface provided by Tipotype Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Names Farndon John author Edwards Mat 1966 illustrator Pyke Jeremy illustrator Title Megafast planes by John Farndon illustrated by Mat Edwards and Jeremy Pyke Description Minneapolis Hungry Tomato 2016 Series Megafast Each spread of this high energy book profiles a different plane and delves into records it has broken stunts it has performed and other amazing feats related to its speed Provided by publisher Audience 8 12 Audience 4 to 6 Includes bibliographical references and index Identifiers LCCN 2015032774 ISBN 9781467793650 lb alk paper ISBN 9781467795852 pb alk paper ISBN 9781467795869 eb pdf alk paper Subjects LCSH Airplanes Juvenile literature Hypersonic planes Juvenile literature Airplanes Military Juvenile literature High speed aeronautics Juvenile literature Classification LCC TL547 F3725 2016 DDC 629 133 34 dc23 LC record available at http lccn loc gov 2015032774 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 VP 12 31 15

Megafast Planes — page 2 — MEGAFAST PLANES by John Farndon Illustrated by Mat Edwards and Jeremy Pyke

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Megafast Planes — page 4 — Contents Megafast Planes That Was How Fast Space Streaker Darpa Falcon HTV-2 Glider Black Lightning NASA’s X-43A Rocket Speed X-15 Rocket Plane Whistling Through the Skies Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Fox on the Run MiG-25 Foxbat Faster than Sound Bell X-1 Supersonic Luxury Concorde and the TU-144 Whirling Propellers F8F Bearcat and World War II Fighter Planes Sky Racers Air Racing Super Chopper Eurocopter X3 Want to Know More Glossary 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32

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