Ever since the Greek hero Icarus flew too near the sun, brilliant minds have been at work on the challenge of flight. Scots have played their part in the search for ways to take to the skies, from early ballooning experiments to the world-class engineers in Scotland's aerospace industry today. As for the future - who knows? Hypersonic flight? Space hotels? The sky's the limit!

In Flight in Scotland find out:

• about the man who tried to fly off the wall at Stirling Castle, and about Percy Pilcher and his fragile 'Bat' glider
• about Vincenzo Lunardi and his balloon flight in 1785 from Edinburgh to Fife
• who made the first powered flights in Scotland in 1909
• how aircraft are used during times of war - from the experimental airships and planes of the First World War to the deadly V-bombers of the Cold War
•  about the UFOs in the 'Falkirk Triangle', and the fate of the short-lived Rocket Post
• how supersonic flight was developed and how you can visit Concorde G-BOAA at the National Museum of Flight in East Lothian

Flight in Scotland is part of the new-look Scotties which are a series of exciting, full-colour information books containing a wealth of interesting facts, illustrations and photographs, stimulating activities, places of interest, and selected websites