Henri Giffard has devoted all his free time and money to making a balloon with a steam engine so it can be flown anywhere, not just drift on the wind. In 1852 he sets off for Paris with just an urchin girl to help him. Tens of thousands gather to see if his marvellous machine will work. The amazing story of the first man to achieve powered flight.
| ISBN: | 9781408154083 |
| Publication date: | 2nd February 2012 |
| Author: | Terry Deary, Helen Flook |
| Publisher: | A. & C. Black Publishers an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 57 pages |
| Series: | Terry Deary's Victorian Tales |
| Genres: |
Historical Fiction Children’s / Teenage general interest: Lives of children in the past Transport Adventure Stories |