What are all those knobs, gizmos and gauges in the cockpit?
How do you fly a biplane?
In Flying: Just Plane Fun a pilot answers these and other questions about flying in this lively memoir written to his grandson after their firs flight together in his home-built biplane.
After reading this 24 page full-color book, you too will want to holler "Clear prop! We're cleared for take-off!"
Flying: Just Plane Fun is a delightful story of pilot and grandson soaring the skies over Wisconsin that uses airborne photographs and bright sketches to detail the 'hows' and 'whys' of how flight works.
The technical diagrams and descriptions are written for young exploring minds who may want to some day become pilots themselves.
Author/illustrator Julie Grist has been getting tickle-tummies from flying with her father since she was a young girl. When her own son grew tall enough to take his first ride in her father’s biplane, Grist grabbed her camera and started shooting pictures. She envisioned a book written for kids that would explain the basics of flight.
The stars of the book are her adventurous father, Jim Grist, who built his own biplane, and her inquisitive son, Sean Holahan.
Grist shot the air-to-ground photos from her favorite place in the copilot’s seat. She also rigged a camera under the top wing to shoot photos of her son and father as they soared through the Wisconsin skies. Grist completed the watercolor illustrations from her studio in Los Angeles.
She always looks skyward when she hears the buzz of a small plane, wondering if it could be her favorite yellow and white biplane.
What are all those knobs, gizmos and gauges in the cockpit?
How do you fly a biplane?
In Flying: Just Plane Fun a pilot answers these and other questions about flying in this lively memoir written to his grandson after their firs flight together in his home-built biplane.
After reading this 24 page full-color book, you too will want to holler "Clear prop! We're cleared for take-off!"
Flying: Just Plane Fun is a delightful story of pilot and grandson soaring the skies over Wisconsin that uses airborne photographs and bright sketches to detail the 'hows' and 'whys' of how flight works.
The technical diagrams and descriptions are written for young exploring minds who may want to some day become pilots themselves.
Author/illustrator Julie Grist has been getting tickle-tummies from flying with her father since she was a young girl. When her own son grew tall enough to take his first ride in her father’s biplane, Grist grabbed her camera and started shooting pictures. She envisioned a book written for kids that would explain the basics of flight.
The stars of the book are her adventurous father, Jim Grist, who built his own biplane, and her inquisitive son, Sean Holahan.
Grist shot the air-to-ground photos from her favorite place in the copilot’s seat. She also rigged a camera under the top wing to shoot photos of her son and father as they soared through the Wisconsin skies. Grist completed the watercolor illustrations from her studio in Los Angeles.
She always looks skyward when she hears the buzz of a small plane, wondering if it could be her favorite yellow and white biplane.