Provides an easy-to-read overview of the history of aircraft.

This is the story of the Young family from Three Willows Village, Kwangtung province, China, and their lives in the Land of the Golden Mountain, America. In the early twentieth century a young Chinese boy joins his father in San Francisco, California and helps him realize his dream of making a flying machine.

"A claustrophobic thriller set over twenty hours on one airplane flight, with the heart-stopping tension of The Last Flight and the wrenching emotional intensity of Room, Hostage takes us on board the inaugural nonstop flight from London to Sydney. Mina is trying to focus on her job as a flight attendant, not the problems of her five-year-old daughter back home, or the fissures in her marriage. But the plane has barely taken off when Mina receives...

Friends Fred and Ted fly their planes to the beach and enjoy spending the day together, even though they do things very differently all along the way.

After visiting the Hall of Flight at the Bearsonian Institution, the Bear cubs decide to invent their own airplanes. Includes information about the history of flight and instructions for making various balloon-powered aircraft.

"Join Dusty, a crop duster with sky-high dreams and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to take on the world's fastest flyers in the greatest air race ever. Dusty has a huge heart, but two big problems--he's not exactly built for speed, plus he's afraid of heights. His courage is put to the ultimate test as this unlikely hero aims higher than he ever imagined. With a little help from his friends, Dusty finds the courage to be more than he was built for--and...