Supersize Cross Sections: Inside Engines

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Get ready for a journey like no other as you explore 15 of the most awesome supersize vehicle cross sections!Blast into space on the Saturn V Rocket Launcher and learn all about how this amazing machine made it to the moon. Delve to the bottom of the ocean on a nuclear-powered submarine and explore the watertight compartments. Relax in style as you rumble across Europe in the luxurious Orient Express. With bite-size captions and cutaway diagrams, each spread features a different and exciting machine, showing and telling its inside story. Discover what life on board these amazing vessels is like:Adventure Galley, a giant sailing ship captained by the famous pirate William KiddThe Orient Express, the luxury train that traveled all the way across Europe to the OrientRMS Titanic, the great passenger line that famously sank on its maiden voyageLZ 129 Hindenburg Zeppelin, the airship that was destroyed in a disastrous fireM4A4 Sherman tank, the American armored fighting vehicle used in WWIISaturn V rocket launcher, which transported satellites, probes, and astronauts into spaceR.V. Calypso, the world-famous research vesselInternational Space Station, the giant space laboratoryFishing trawler, an enormous industrial fishing vesselNuclear-powered attack submarine, a special military vesselFire engine, with all the necessary equipment to get a fire under controlHouseboat, a floating homeAirbus A380, the longest, widest, and heaviest airplane ever madeCircus convoy, transporting everything from equipment to artists, from elephants to popcornTunnel boring machine, used to excavate tunnelsFasten your seat belts and bon voyage!