Aircraft

An aircraft is a machine that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines. Common examples of aircraft include airplanes, helicopters, airships (including blimps), gliders, and hot air balloons.

Many books with this tag will be non-fiction about aircraft types and their history. Besides nonfiction books related to crafts and hobbies, there will also be fiction where the main setting is on an aircraft.

Airframe
Sole Survivor
The Encyclopedia of Aircraft of WWII
Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
American Aircraft of World War II
Yeager: An Autobiography
Total Control
The Complete Book of Fighters: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Every Fighter Aircraft Built and Flown
Sled Driver: Flying the World's Fastest Jet
The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1)
Wings of the Luftwaffe: Flying German Aircraft of the Second World War
Flight: The Complete History
Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War
Mustang at War
The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahMarch by John             LewisEinstein by Walter Isaacson
Non-Fiction read in 2017
482 books — 88 voters
Ferry Pilot by Kerry McCauleyWind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCross Winds by Steven  MyersThe Hunters by James SalterThe Heathrow Affair by Lance Morcan
Best Aviation Literature
16 books — 14 voters

Ferry Pilot by Kerry McCauleyCross Winds by Steven  MyersThe Heathrow Affair by Lance MorcanGustave Whitehead by Susan BrinchmanUne Autre Histoire de l'Aviation by Toni Giacoia
Aerospace
11 books — 9 voters
In the Likely Event by Rebecca YarrosOn a Flight to Sydney by J.A.  FordeSuch a Rush by Jennifer EcholsFly Bye by C.W. Farnsworth
Hot Pilots
4 books — 2 voters

Ferry Pilot by Kerry McCauleyCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLost Horizon by James HiltonLEARN TO FLY AND BECOME A PILOT! by Vesa Turpeinen
Aircraft And Air Travel In Books
86 books — 22 voters
Alive by Piers Paul ReadMiracle in the Andes by Nando ParradoFlight 232 by Laurence GonzalesThe Mystery of Flight 427 by Bill AdairLost in Shangri-la by Mitchell Zuckoff
Planes - accidents
82 books — 33 voters


Craig D. Lounsbrough
If you want to fly under the radar, mediocrity is the aircraft of choice.
Craig D. Lounsbrough

Steven Magee
Go up in a big airplane. Go high enough, and you will see the radiation rainbow interference ring around the shadow of the airplane on the clouds below.
Steven Magee

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