aeronautics

Offers a brief overview of the aircraft used to make the very first, the fastest, the farthest, and the highest flights in world history.

An introduction to the history of flight and to specific airplanes of the past, present, and future.

Explores the history of flight and looks at airports, types of aircraft, and the future of air travel.

Discusses mysteries still surrounding three well-publicized cases: the case of Jack the Ripper, the Lindbergh kidnapping, and the disappearance of Flight 967.

Lavishly illustrated with photographs, the text records the story of flight.

Describes the exploits of the first pilots to fly around the world.

Describes the voyage of the first airplane to fly around the world without refueling, and the people who built and flew it.

Describes the ordeal faced by the sole survivor of a 1971 airplane crash in the Peruvian jungle.

Chronicles the history of aviation from before 1500 through the year 2000, presenting photos and brief newspaper-style articles on the technologically and historically significant flight events of each year.