Extreme Machines

By David Armentrout, Patricia Armentrout

On ice and snow

By Patricia Armentrout

Describes special machines such as snowmobiles, snow plows, ice breakers, and tundra buggies which are used to remove or travel on ice and snow.

Extreme machines on land

By Patricia Armentrout

Briefly describes some unusual land vehicles, such as all-terrain vehicles, Indy cars, jet cars, dragsters, tanks, and solar cars.

On water

By David Armentrout, Patricia Armentrout

Describes various water vehicles and their uses, including an aircraft carrier, hydrofoil, and airboat.

Under the sea

By Patricia Armentrout

Describes different kinds of submersibles, ships that can go underwater, including submarines, bathyscaphes, and the ABE or Autonomous Benthic Explorer.

In space

By Patricia Armentrout

Describes various machines that have been used in outer space, including the space shuttle, Skylab space station, satellites, and unmanned space probes.

In the air

By Patricia Armentrout

Briefly describes some of the machines that fly in the air, including the Wright brothers' flying machine, helicopters, ultralights, dirigibles, hurricane hunting planes, supersonic airplanes, and...

Hockey

By David Armentrout, Patricia Armentrout

People Who Made a Difference

By David Armentrout, Patricia Armentrout

Florence Nightingale Armentrout David People Who Made a Difference.

By David Armentrout, Patricia Armentrout