Washoe County Library System

Here they come again screaming across the sky bringing you more of the incredible aviation action we are famous for! You will see planes of every shape and size with lots of high-flying, gravity-defying, close-up aviation action like you have never seen before! There's the Airplane Counting Song, float planes, and awesome aircraft carrier action you won't want to miss!

Examines the history of the world's largest and fastest commercial jet, the Boeing 747-400, including some of the challenges faced in design and construction and how its builders tested the limits of technology.

It's the height of World War II. Michael O'Shaunessey, son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany, lives with his family in Berlinches But Michael, like his parents, is a spy. He joins the Hitler Youth, taking part in their horrific games and book-burning, despising everything they stand for but using his insider knowledge to bring important information back to his parents and the British Secret Service. When Michael is tasked to find out more about...

When it comes to machines, the bigger the better! This set contains two hours of real big equipment, from front-end loaders to ladder engines, ocean liners and jumbo jets.

Super special three-episode DVD! Join former Disney illustrator Mark Marderosian as he takes viewers to visit with a real pilot, journey to the fire station and pay a visit to the auto museum. Then, return back to the drawing studio to learn how to draw such wonderful things as a jet plane, a helicopter, an antique car, a fire truck and more.

Learn about the history of jet flight and the astonishing technology that makes it possible. Detailed cutaways simplify the information while fascinating facts are peppered throughout the narrative through fact boxes and sidebars.