air travel

Discusses the origins, history, and development of air travel, and offers advice on pursuing a career in air travel. Includes color photographs, career statistics, a glossary, an interview with a professional in the field, and further resources.

On her fifteenth birthday, April Manning, whose family members all work for an airline and who has been hiding by taking one flight after another, relates the events leading up to her making a bomb threat on a jet.

Offers examples of different types of planes and explains why people enjoy traveling on them.

Katie is flying to Florida to visit her grandmother, but she has never been on an airplane before.

The crew of Transocean Flight 33 must find a way to return the plane, and their passengers, safely home when a nasty tailwind sends them wildly off course and slipping back in time.

Follows a young traveler through a first airplane ride, from takeoff to touchdown.

Photographs and simple text describe Daniel Cook's experience on an airplane.

Describes different kinds of airplanes and the duties of pilots and air traffic controllers, and includes color pictures.

An overview of a child's first airplane ride in a question and answer format.