Presents a short history and outline of the basic principles of flight, along with diagrams of some of the unusual contraptions that people used in their attempts to fly before the Wright brothers finally succeeded in 1903.

Showcases bird's-eye views of flights of various birds across six continents.

Max, the young son of superheroes, is a late bloomer when it comes to flying, until he is inspired by the plight of a falling baby bird.

"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 a chilling note from an anonymous passenger, someone intent on ensuring the plane never reaches its destination. Someone who needs Mina's assistance and who knows exactly how to make her comply. It's twenty hours to landing. A lot can happen in twenty...

Before Stella's father comes in to tell her a bedtime story, Stella takes a little trip in a spaceship.

The sky is a challenging place to live, but extraordinary animals do something we only dream of 6 take to the air. Some spend their lives airborne, others only visit, but they all have one thing in common: they only survive by taking to the skies. This three-part series reveals the incredible adaptations that explain how these animals have mastered the sky and why they all need it to survive.

A young girl wants to fly like a witch on a broom, and one special night, through enormous effort and with the help of her brother, her black cat, and an owl, she fulfills her dream.

Invites the reader to imagine what it would be like to build and use a jetpack at home, at school, and even on a long voyage or two.

Combining the best of galley gossip with the author's own experiences, this insider's look at the life of a flight attendant takes readers behind the scenes.

Offers an introduction to flight, covering such topics as wings, lift, air resistance, and gliding, with instructions for eighteen experiments that demonstrate how mechanical and animal flight works.