flights

Text and photographs present a biography of the pioneering aviator, trained by the Wright brothers, who completed the first flight across the United States in 1911.

Attempts to reconstruct the events that led up to and followed the disappearance of Amelia Earhart.

Attempts to reconstruct the events that led up to and followed the disappearance of Amelia Earhart.

Memoirs of Beryl Markham, who grew up in East Africa, became a bush pilot in Africa, and in 1936 made the first solo flight east to west across the Atlantic.

Discusses various aspects of a jet plane flight across the Atlantic, including checking in as a passenger, getting ready for takeoff, navigational activities of the crew, dealing with the weather, and landing.

Includes, among others, such historical flights across the Atlantic as the very first flight, the first non-stop flight, and the first mass crossing.

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 how Charles Lindbergh achieved the remarkable feat of flying nonstop and solo from New York to Paris in 1927.

Presents the unusual and outstanding facts and feats of heavier-than-air flight, and also covers lighter-than-air craft and space flight.