Aeroplanes

An airplane or aeroplane (informally plane) is a powered, fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine or propeller. Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations. The broad spectrum of uses for airplanes includes recreation, transportation of goods and people, military, and research. Commercial aviation is a massive industry involving the flying of tens of thousands of passengers daily on airliners. Most airplanes are flown by a pilot on board the aircraft, but some are designed to be remotely or computer-controlled.

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My First Travel Book
The Airport Book
The Boy and the Airplane
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
The Wright Brothers
Airframe
Planes Fly!
The Pilot and the Little Prince: The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Falling
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
In the Unlikely Event
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909 (Picture Puffin Books)
Fearless Flyer: Ruth Law and Her Flying Machine
Where Do Jet Planes Sleep at Night? (Where Do...Series)
Seven Wonders Of The World
Cars, Coffee, and a Badass Ninja Toilet by K.C. HiltonArt of the Le Mans Race Car by Stuart CodlingTexas by Jack KnoxBugspray by Christina EngelaAs You Do by Richard  Hammond
books about cars and airplanes
11 books — 6 voters
Journey to the West by Biao  WangDark Skies by David HaldaneBuses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonThe Lord God Made Them All by James HerriotWild Swans by Jung Chang
Memoirs I've Loved Too
352 books — 50 voters

The Science Behind Batman's Flying Machines by Tammy EnzThe Science Behind Batman's Tools by Agnieszka BiskupRatman and Robin by K.A. BoltonThe Science Behind Batman's Uniform by Tammy EnzThe Science Behind Batman's Ground Vehicles by Tammy Enz
The Science Behind Superheroes
9 books — 3 voters
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinNothing But Sky by Amy TruebloodBlack Dove White Raven by Elizabeth WeinFlygirl by Sherri L. SmithNight Witches by Kathryn Lasky
Aviation in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
65 books — 29 voters

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachCoffee, Tea or Me? The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Ste... by Trudy BakerThe Flying Book by David BlatnerWhen I Fell From the Sky by Juliane KoepckeAirplane Reading by Christopher Schaberg
Flight Books
16 books — 10 voters
The Forager Chefs Club by Rita Mace WalstonAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Five Star Fiction-In My Opinion
431 books — 37 voters


Anne Carson
[Short Talk on the Sensation of Airplane Takeoff] Well you know I wonder, it could be love running toward my life with its arms up yelling let’s buy it what a bargain!
Anne Carson, Short Talks

Ross Macdonald
A few languid clouds moved inland over our heads. A little high plane was gamboling among them like a terrier in a henyard.
Ross Macdonald, The Archer Files, The Complete Short Stories of Lew Archer, Private Investigator Including Newly Discovered Case Notes

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