aeronautics

Recounts the story of Wilbur and Orville Wright, from their childhood, tinkering and building their own printing press, to owning the Wright Cycle Company, to inventing the world's first powered, controlled airplane. The self-trained engineers worked side by side to solve the most complicated problems in the history of flight.

Presents unsolved mysteries of modern flight, including ghostly appearances, unexplained crashes, and aircraft disappearances.

The Wright brothers solve some of the problems of flight which the Wrong brothers are unable to solve.

A biography of the mechanically-inclined Wright brothers, tracing their determined efforts to build the first self-propelled flying machine.

Presents a brief biography of Orville and Wilbur Wright, the bicycle makers who built--and flew--the world's first successful piloted aircraft powered by an engine, describing their childhood, education, achievements, and legacy.

Examines factors that contributed to the successful, emergency landing of a U.S. Airways Airbus A320 on January 15, 2009, discussing the design of the aircraft and bird strikes throughout aviation history, along with the financial problems of the airlines, the competition between Airbus and Boeing, and more.

The authors state that commercial air traffic is growing increasingly dangerous and that little is being done by the airlines or the Federal Aviation Administration to minimize the danger. They reveal the risks invovled and present solutions and steps that the passengers can take to restore safety and reliability.

Presents an overview of the developments in commercial aviation through the end of the twentieth century, chronicling the evolution from fragile biplanes to huge jumbo jets.