How Do Hang Gliders Work?

by Jennifer Boothroyd

Overview

Would you want to swoop through the air like a bird? Riding a hang glider is a fun way to fly. But a hang glider has no motor. How does the pilot take off? How does the hang glider stay in the air? Learn the answers in this book!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781541505933
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/01/2017
Series:	Lightning Bolt Books ® - How Flight Works
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	25 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years

About the Author

Jennifer Boothroyd taught elementary school for many years. She currently helps visitors explore the outdoors at a local nature center. Jennifer enjoys spending time with her family, taking pictures, and traveling. She is a huge Disney geek and loves planning trips to Walt Disney World for her friends and family.

Table of Contents

What Is a Hang Glider? 4

Getting off the Ground 12

Keep Soaring 18

A Smooth Landing 25

Parts of a Hang Glider 28

Fun Facts 29

Glossary 30

Further Reading 31

Index 32

Editorial Reviews

"Though narrow of topic, these introductions combine plenty of big, bright color photos with explanatory texts that, for all their brevity, will give new readers healthy doses of specific information. Hang Gliders, for instance, offers not only a tally of the required gear but also covers techniques for steering, changing speeds, and landing safely. Both the narratives and images feature men and women in roughly equal numbers—and, even more laudably, Space Vehicles highlights a Russian Soyuz and its launch vehicle rather than now-obsolete American spacecraft, though the Hubble Space Telescope does make a cameo. Each volume ends with a labeled diagram, a page of 'Fun Facts,' and a list of print and Web resources." —School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

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