Aerocar
Aerodrome
Aerodynamics
Africa
Ailerons
Air
in airplane
attacking
expanding
as liquid
pushing down
seeing
sticky
viscosity
what it is
Air Canada Flight
Air conditioning
Air fares
regulated
Air Florida
Air Force One
Air molecules
Air packs
Air–pocket fallacy
Air pressure
inside airplane
loss of
Air rage
Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC; Center)
Air sickness
Air superiority
Air taxis
Air temperature probes
Air traffic control (ATC)
altitude restrictions
backup
errors by
gate to gate
go–arounds
“hand offs,”
monitoring pilots
old/new systems
and routes
Air traffic control laws
Air traffic control systems
Air travel
see also Safety
Air–travel questions
Airbus Industries
Airbus A320
Airbus aircraft
Airbus 340
Airbus 380
Aircar
Aircraft
maintenance
safest
two–engine
unpowered
weight of
see also Airplanes
Airfoils
Airline Deregulation Act
Airline employees and security
Airline industry
air traffic controllers backbone of
changes in
government–subsidized
media scrutiny and
Airline manufacturing industry
Airline offices, pilots’ communications with
Airliner, first modern
Airlines
behind the scenes at
out of business/merged
see also Commercial airlines
Airmail
Airplane components, testing
Airplane design
Airplane manufacturers
Airplane(s)
building
building: finishing touches
doors
exteriors
fastest
first
first public demonstration of
how they fly
invention of
keeping distance between
number flying
old
painting
parts of
windows
Airport security
changes in
Airports
antennae
arrive early at
busiest
closing
control tower
largest
maps of
refueling stations
small
and weather conditions
Airscrew
Airships
Airspace, control of
Airspeed
instrument indicating
jet stream and
Alaska Airlines
Flight 261
Alcock, John
Alcohol
rules for pilots
Alerts
Allen, Bryan
Aloha Airlines
Altimeters
Altitude
Altocumulus clouds
Altostratus clouds
Aluminum
America First
American continent, first flight across
American Airlines
American–Marietta Corporation
Angle of attack
propellers
Angle of attack vanes
Announcements
Antennae
Anti–icing controls
Anxiety
Approach (the)
Artificial horizon
Atlanta
Attitude
Australia
Autopilot
Auxiliary Power Unit (APU)
Aviation
Aviation industry
improving safety
Aviation pioneers
Aviation research
B Check
B-176
Bach, Richard
Backup systems
Bacon, Roger
Balance
in helicopter flight
Ball lightning
Balloons
Banked turn
Barnett, Arnold
Barrel roll
Barrie, Sir James Matthew
Barry, Dave
Bats
Bell, Alexander Graham
Bell/Boeing Osprey
Bell X-1
Bellonte, Maurice
Bells
Benchley, Robert
Bernoulli, Daniel
Bernoulli effect
Bings and bongs
Bird flight
Birds
altitude record
bodies
danger from
distances flown
Black boxes
Blake, William
Blended winglets
Blimps
Block to block
Blumer, Bob
Bodies
sensitive to change in acceleration
trusting sensations from
Boeing, William
Boeing (co.)
lavatories
manufacturing plant
painting aircraft
Sonic Cruiser aircraft
Boeing Air Transport
Boeing
Boeing 307
Boeing 307 Stratoliner
Boeing 314 (“Clipper”)
Boeing 707
Boeing 717
Boeing 727
Boeing 737
fuel
making
toilets
Boeing 747
cruise speed
engineers
fuel
making
pilots
president/vice president planes
statistics on
Boeing 747–400
Boeing 757
Boeing 767
Boeing 777
engines
fuel
tail assembly
windshield
Bombardier Aerospace (co.)
Brakes
Braniff Airlines
British Airways Flight 872
Brooks, Mel
Brown, Arthur
Bryant, Milton J.
Bumps
Business jets
Business travelers
Byrd, Richard
Cabin boys
Cabin lights, turned off
Caffeine
Canadair
Canards
Canoe farings
Cap cloud (wave cloud)
Captain(s)
medical exams
Car crashes deaths in
Car travel relative safety of
Cargo
Cargo hubs
CargoLifter (co.)
Carlin, George
Carry–on baggage
Cars, flying
Carter, Jimmy
Catering companies
Cat’s back airfoil
Cayley, Sir George
Celestial navigation
Cell phones
Cessna Skylane
Chanute, Octave
Chicago
Childs, David
Chimes
China
Chop
Church, Ellen
Circuit breaker switches
Cirro
cumulus clouds
Cirrostratus clouds
Cirrus clouds
Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB)
Claustrophobia
Clear air turbulence (CAT)
Clouds
types of
Coanda effect
Cockpit
visiting
Cockpit doors
Cockpit instruments
twins
what is used
why use
Cockpit review
Colds, catching
Commercial aircraft
boarded from left
landing without landing gear
maintenance
routes
security
and sound barrier
speed
Commercial airlines
number of flights
Commercial flight
future of
Commuter airplanes
maintenance
Compass heading, instrument indication
Composites
Computed tomography (CT) scanners
Computer software
yield management
Computers
in fly–by–wire–systems
flying airplanes
luggage–moving systems
monitoring pilots
and security
x–raying
Concorde
Contingencies
Contraband
Contrails
Control, lack of
Control columns
Control systems
Control tower, windows in
Control wheel
Controlled flight
Controlled flight into terrain
Costes, Dieudonni
Crabtree, Norm
Crashes
causes of
deaths in
media coverage
in movies
odds of
odds of dying in
surviving
Crew
Cruise altitude
optimal
Culture of Fear, The (Glassner)
Cumulonimbus clouds
Cumulus clouds
Curbside checking
Currency
Curtis Autoplane
Curtiss, Glenn
Curtiss Jenny (JN–4D)
Curtiss NC–4
Ddaedalus
Daimler Airways
Dallas/Fort Worth
Danger
Dasell Cabin Interior
DC-3
DC-10
de Havilland (co.)
de Havilland Comet
Dead–heading
Dead reckoning
Death spirals
Deaths
d’Ecquevilly multiplane
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
Dehydration
Deicing
Delft University of Technology
Delta Airlines
Delta wings
Denver International Airport
Deregulation
and ticket prices
Destination–coded vehicle (DCV)
Dickinson, Michael
Dirigible
Disasters
deaths in
factors in
media and
training to handle
see also
Crashes
Ditching
Dobbs (co.)
Doha runway
Domestic flight
Domicile
Doppler radar
Dornier Do X
Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas DC–8
Douglas DWC World Cruisers
Downdraft
Drag
Drugs
Dumont, Alberto Santos
Dynamic scaling
Ear pressure
Earhart, Amelia
Earth
Eastern (co.)
Eating
Economy class
Economy class syndrome
Edwards Air Force Base
Einstein, Albert
El Al airline
Electromagnetic radiation
Electronic instruments
Elevators
Ellington, Charles
Embraer (co.)
Emergency(ies)
preparation for
what to do in
Emergency landing
Emergency safety card
Empennage
Empire State Building
Engine design, testing
Engine indicators
Engine noise
Engines
loss of power
English language
ETOPS (Extended Twin–engine Operations)
Europe to North America flights
European nations
Eustachian tubes
Evacuations, emergency
Everett, Washington
Exercises
Exits
Explosives, scanning luggage for
Extreme turbulence
Fallows, James
Fay, Mike
Fear factor
Fear of flying
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
and security
upgrading systems
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal Express
Ferrying
Fickel, Jacob
Fire(s)
Firearms
First officer(s)
medical exams
Fitzmaurice, James
Fixed–wing aircraft
Flag(s)
Flaps
Flight
birds
first at night
first controlled, powered
first moments of
history of
mystery of
secret of
Flight around the world, first
Flight attendants
in emergencies
role of
rules regarding
Flight delays/cancellations
Flight engineer
Flight level
Flight plan
Flight preparations
Flight schedules, disrupted
Flight simulator
Flight statistics
Flights
longest
in nautical miles
number of
rerouted/cancelled
shortest
Flush toilets
Fly–by–wire technology
Flying
affordable
attitudes about
future of
through history
joy of
“Flying by the seat of your pants,”
Flying exhibitions
Flying machines
Flying Tigers Cargo
Flying time
Focke–Achgelis Fa61
Fog
Fonck, René
Food, airplane
bringing your own
saving money on
weight of
Ford, Henry
Ford Trimotor (“Tin Goose”)
Forecasts
Foss, Rene
Fourth Amendment
Free–fall, longest
Free Flight (Fallows)
Frequent fliers
Fuel
airships
amount of
calculating amount needed
cost of
Fuel consumption
Fuel efficiency
optimum
Fuel load
Fuselage
Gander Ocean Control
Gate agents
Gates
General aviation
Germany
Get Shorty (film)
Get up and move around
Gillham, Oliver
Gimli Glider
Glassner, Barry
Glenn L. Martin Company
Glide ratio
Glid
er(s)
Gliding
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Glory(ies)
Go–around
Gods
Golf ball, dimples on
Gore, Albert
Great circle(s)
Ground control
Ground crew
Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS)
Ground radar
Ground speed
Grumman F8F2 Bear Cat
Gulfstream III
Gun fired from airplane, first
Haldane, Lord
Hamilton, Charles W.
Hang gliders
Hartsfield International
Havens, Beckwith “Becky,”
Headwind
Health in airplanes
Heart, pumping blood
Heavier-than-air machines
Helicopters
blades
first successful
speed
Henson, William
Herndon, Hugh, Jr.
High–bypass jet engines
High clouds
High winds, and turbulence
Hijackings
Hindenburg
Hinton, Walter
History, flying through
Hong Kong
Hoover, Herbert
Horizontal stabilizers
Horsepower
Hot–air balloon
Hub–and–spoke system
Hubs
Huenefeld, Guenther von
Hughes, Howard
Human error
Hummingbird
Hurricanes
Hydraulic and electrical system gauges
Hydraulic systems
Ice
ILS (Instrument Landing System) antenna
Imperial Airways
Inertial navigation
Infants
Infrastructure
Insects, flight
International flights
food
odds of dying on
routes on
Inventors
Items not to carry on board
Jamco (co.)
Jannus, Anthony
Jet age
Jet aircraft
angle of attack
cruise altitude
fuel burned
and ice
out of fuel
safety
weight of jumbo
wide-bodied
Jet engine
Boeing 777
exhaust
power of
starting
Jet fuel
Jet propulsion
Jet stream
Joystick
Jump–seating
June Bug
“Just in time” inventory system
Kelleher, Herb
Kelly, Oakley
Kill Devil Hill
King Khalid International Airport
Kingsford–Smith, Charles
Kittinger, Joseph
Knot
Koehl, Hermann
Landing(s)
emergency
interval between
without landing gear
minimum allowable visibility
pilots during
timing of
and wind shear
Landing gear
Landmarks
Langewiesche, Wolfgang
Langley, Samuel
Lavatories
Learjet
Legal restrictions on routes
Life vests
Lift
angle of attack in
generating
increasing
insects
Light turbulence
Lighting patterns, runways
Lightning
Lights
Lilienthal, Otto
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
Lindbergh, Charles A.
personal characteristics
as pilot
promoting air travel
Line checks
Lloyd’s of London
Lockheed Constellation (“the Connie”)
Lockheed Corporation
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