Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.592
EAN num: 9781895569230
ISBN number: 1895569230
Label: Sterling
Manufacturer: Sterling
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 96
Printing Date: June 30, 1999
Publishing house: Sterling
Age index: Ages 9-12
Sale Popularity Level: 1126274
Studio: Sterling
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They'll fly through the air with the greatest of ease! Using paper and craft supplies, create 16 miniature paper aircraft--with almost every model based on an actual glider. Dozens of photos, and fun glider facts and figures! Nothing gets cut from the book--just photocopy the patterns and use them again and again. 'Readers...will definitely want to see this book. Besides providing patterns for 16 gliders...Schmidt...instructs readers in the basic principles of aerodynamics, and describes how to test and launch the paper gliders. Pattern pieces...and the detailed step-by-step instructions leave little room for error.'--Booklist. 'Serious paper airplane crafters will welcome the...gliders diagrammed here. However, the book is at least as valuable for its detailed account of the history of motorless planes from the early 19th century...to the new, high-tech PW-5 Smyk that will be used when soaring becomes an Olympic sport in 2000....Describes the use of gliders in wartime, the development of gliding as a competitive sport, and the continuing refinements in design and materials....Schmidt makes the construction as easy as possible with plenty of tips about safety and technique.'--SLJ. 96 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 10.
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Rated by buyers 
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This book was a godsend for those who love whitewings, but don't want to shell out money to have more than one plane. The planes take about 20 minutes to cut out each, and another 20 minutes to assemble. The smaller planes seem to be a little heavy so choose your cardstock carefully. The bigger planes fly the best.
I have built two of them from cardstock, printed on a laser printer, and can't wait to build another one. This is a fun book filled with facts about flying and airplanes. Each page has facts about the gliders, as well as physics principles behind them.
If you want more planes, there's a companion book that offers jet planes, written by the same author.
I bought my book new at Atlantic Books for $3.98
Happy Flying!
Rated by buyers 
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This book is an OK book. It has gliders for beginners to Intermediate makers. I recommend that you get the kit or else you will have to get unusual sized index cards and would also need to copy the pages. You should not cut the pages out incase you need to refer to them or if you lost a piece so you could redo them. The instructions are somewhat confusing but you could understand them. The book has an interesting section about gliders, about them and tips for your glider such as makeing them fly better by adding something at the end... and tips to make it look nice. Overall I give the book an OK, three stars.
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