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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.

Aircraft Books

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
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Lists

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Lost City of Z by David GrannSavage Harvest by Carl HoffmanIf I Can't Have You by Gregg OlsenFinding Everett Ruess by David Roberts
What happened to them?
59 books — 50 voters
Ferry Pilot by Kerry McCauleyWind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Hunters by James SalterThe Heathrow Affair by Lance MorcanMedevac by Declan Daly
Best Aviation Literature
15 books — 13 voters

Harley in the Sky by Akemi Dawn BowmanHornet Flight by Ken FollettCode Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinLeviathan by Scott WesterfeldAirs Above the Ground by Mary Stewart
Reach for the sky
442 books — 45 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 McCauleyGustave Whitehead by Susan BrinchmanThe Heathrow Affair by Lance MorcanCross Winds by Steven MyersUne Autre Histoire de l'Aviation by Toni Giacoia
Aerospace
11 books — 9 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn KeeneA Separate Peace by John KnowlesThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Ride by Kostya Kennedy
Authors With A Last Name Starting With "K"
702 books — 60 voters


Related Genres

Aviation
Flying
Transport
Airships
Helicopters
Aeroplanes
Hot Air Balloons
Gliders

Quotes Tagged “Aircraft”

“ During the 1950s, Grandfather Ray’s volunteerism led him to make one of the greatest achievements of his life—his leadership as an air rescue pilot and commander of the Civil Air Patrol. ”
― Zita Steele, Makers of America: A Personal Family History
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Craig Ferguson
“ I do love America. And LA is a very short commute to America its like half an hour on the plane. ”
― craig ferguson
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Videos Tagged “Aircraft”

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