The Fearsome Fight for Flight

Horrible Science

by Nick Arnold

Science with the squishy bits left in| The Fearsome Fight for Flight will send you sky-high| Are you in a flap to * who put a parachute on a puppy? * why scientists fire dead birds from cannon? * what happened to the world's first flying sheep? If you think you can stomach the sick side of Science, then read on as we go plane crazy. Laugh at some seriously silly flying stunts, find out which scientist was blown up in a balloon, and learn how to build a world-beating plane. With fantastic fact files, quirky quizzes and crazy cartoons The Fearsome Fight for Flight is a real high-flier| Science has never been so horrible|

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Childrens, Collections, Science Nature, Humor

144 pages, Paperback

First published November 19, 2004

About the author

Nick Arnold is the author of the award winning series, Horrible Science and Wild Lives. Arnold's first published works appeared as a result of a project he was working on at the University of North London, when he was trying to teach young children. A positive review was written about him, and he started to write the "Horrible Science" books. His books are illustrated by Tony De Saulles.

Reviews

[Luke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Are you ready to discover who put a parachute on a puppy? why scientists fire dead birds from cannon? what happened to the world's first flying sheep? If you think you can stomach the sick side of Science, then read on as we go plane crazy. Laugh at some seriously silly flying stunts, find out which scientist was blown up in a balloon, and learn how to build a world-beating plane.

"Those magnificent men in there flying machines" 🎵🎼

These gentlemen were pioneers! They all had the dream to fly and some soared high and others got a face full of ground, as Douglas Adams would say, "the trick to flying is throwing yourself at the ground and miss" and trust me there was a lot of hits, funny enough they tried to invent the parachute before the plane, quite a bit of foresight if you ask me. Now unless your like me and have a huge love for aviation history and plane's, you might not find full 100% enjoyment here, but the science is fun and the laughs are real, as you get to read about the true looneys of early manned flight, the ones that threw themselves at the ground and sadly didn't miss, but kept trying until they died or they died literally there men would keep going until it killed them, and then some looney would pick up where they left off and improve the design and eventually miss the ground! And we laugh and make fun of them now, but if it wasn't for these looneys we probably wouldn't be flying around the world as we do today, and mentioning that isn't it crazy to think that the modern idea of flight was in 1903 with the wright brothers, and the first passenger jet flight in 1949, we haven't really been flying for that long, but look how much we have achieved, hint hint we went to the moon, now if that don't make you proud to be human, I don't know what will.

4.5/5 Stars GoodReads ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

92/100 hot-air balloons 🎈

[Erin Parker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟!

[Mohammad Hosein · Rating 5 out of 5]

هو
دوم یا سوم راهنمایی بودم که تصمیم گرفتم هوا و فضا شریف بخونم! خب پنج شش سال که گذشت فضای علوم انسانی برام جذاب تر بود... هرچند تا همین چند سال پیش من آینده ای غیر از هوا و فضا برای خودم متصور نبودم...
اما این کتاب چقدر دوستش دارم، هنوزم پیشمه

[Sophie Crane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really love this book - just packed with facts both historical and scientific in an easy to digest form - just take 2 x 10 minute teaspoons nightly and by the end of the week you'll have an expert experimenting with paper planes and parachutes. Suitable for children aged 7-11.

[Ng Man Lok Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think that this book is great for people who have a liking and have some basic knowledge about aviation, it is also perfect for people interested in physics as they will learn the logics of an aeroplane, for example, how the aeroplane works and how it flies, they can also learn what forces acts on the aeroplane when it is in the air. It also contain facts about the air cabinand some controls which makes it full of knowledge, thus can be read by people who wants to be a pilot.

[Megha Kumar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Have you ever dreamt of a book which explains the phenomenon you love in the most amusing way?
The Horrible Science series is truly for everyone, children and adults, science lovers and non-science lovers.
Its a fun way to remember and connect historic events which led to the machines we use now, along with the science stuff!
Looking forward to more of this series.

[Green Jazz Blues · Rating 3 out of 5]

Compared to other titles in this series, I found this book rather disappointing. I'm not sure if this is because it's to do with man-made machinery science rather than natural science but most times, no matter what title in the series, I usually find them very interesting whereas this seemed boring to me.

[Leo Margetts · Rating 5 out of 5]

This highly entertaining book was all about how people took to the sky. And then crashed many times one after the other after the other. I learnt from this book the importance of aerofoil when you fly a plane.

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 4 out of 5]

189 - 2019

[★·.·⍣·.·★.· 𝔐𝔞𝔩𝔦 𝔄𝔫𝔫 ★·.·⍣·.·★.· · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel sorry for those who read 730 pages books and it took them nearly a year to finish when it took me the same amount of time to read a 156 paged book about planes.

[Rainier · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about flight. And I also learned that leaving class with a special sort of plane is one km per hour faster than the speed of sound. That means that by the time you've counted to one, you'll just be at your house. Quick! Albert Einstein truly invented the airplane. I leaned that Amelia Earhart dropped oranges on a passing airplane captain. Now you can know how to write book reports with one quick invention. You will need a rubber band and a table with openers that look like a mouth. See I told you everyone invents something. I recommend this book to airplane pilots and inventors and Albert Einstein because he invented the airplane.

[Santhosh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Have you ever read a book which teaches you how plane flies?Have u ever read a book which tells crazy biographies of a inventor( a true biography? Have u ever read a book which teaches you something about science and history, but also has a story? Well, the read this book tells a lot of thing i bet you don't know. I like this book because I like science. It is a science book with a little history added.

[Maxm · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is funny and you actually learn stuff.
LoL

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 3 out of 5]

817 - 2016

[Mahika Kotecha · Rating 4 out of 5]

the otherwise boring and dull facts presented in the most unusual and fabulous way .....humorously true !!
P.S.: Nick Arnold should start writing School textbooks😋....no child shall get bored of history and science if he does so