Lighter than air : Sophie Blanchard, the first woman pilot by Smith, Matthew Clark 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2017)

BTSB #: 827268 Available

Dewey: 629.132/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 4.4 LG RC: 5.2 3-5 Lexile: 790 F&P: P

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Subjects: Blanchard, Marie-Madeleine-Sophie Armand,|d1778-1819 Women balloonists - France - Biography Balloonists

Summary: The story of Sophie Blanchard, an extraordinary woman who was the very first female pilot in history.

Up & down : the adventures of John Jeffries, first American to fly by Brown, Don 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2018)

BTSB #: 158253 Available

Dewey: 629.1309/BAges: 6-9   
AR: 5.3 LG RC: 5.6 3-5 Lexile: 860

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Subjects: Jeffries, John,|d1745-1819 Balloonists Ballooning - History Meteorology - Research - History Physicians - Massachusetts - Boston - History

Summary: Chronicles the ballooning misadventures of John Jeffries, scientist and aviation pioneer.