How skill and rigorous training helped pilots endure when ditching was the only option. David Kindy Today's aircraft can safely and routinely fly over large bodies of water, including the Atlantic ...

Flailing in the dark: aeronautics before the 19th century -- Starts and stops: aeronautical progress in the 19th century -- The real beginning: the Wright Flyer -- Seat-of- the-pants design: the era ...

Explains the basic principles and gives a brief history of airplane flight. Also includes descriptions of various types of airplanes https://siris-libraries.si.edu ...

The fighter aircraft was never more important than it was during the global calamity that began in ...