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Aviation is the practical aspect or art of aeronautics, being the design, development, production, operation and use of aircraft, especially heavier than air aircraft. The word aviation was coined by French writer and former naval officer Gabriel La Landelle in 1863, from the verb avier (synonymous flying), itself derived from the Latin word avis ("bird") and the suffix -ation.

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The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

Spitfires: The American Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger During World War II

Realm of Ice and Sky: Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue

Come Fly The World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am

Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing

The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams

Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space

Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942 – A Definitive WWII History of the Royal Navy Convoy and Mediterranean Siege

Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival

Harrier 809: The Epic Story of How a Small Band of Heroes Won Victory in the Air Against Impossible Odds

The Crew: The Story of a Lancaster Bomber Crew

Last Mission to Tokyo: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raiders and Their Final Fight for Justice

The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet

His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine

The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II

Test Gods: Virgin Galactic and the Making of a Modern Astronaut

Into Unknown Skies: An Unlikely Team, a Daring Race, and the First Flight Around the World

Race of Aces: WWII's Elite Airmen and the Epic Battle to Become the Masters of the Sky

Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission

Going Downtown: The US Air Force over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, 1961–75

The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945

Inferno: The True Story of a B-17 Gunner's Heroism and the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History

Empires of the Sky: Zeppelins, Airplanes, and Two Men's Epic Duel to Rule the World

Above and Beyond: Secrets of a Private Flight Attendant

The Red Arrows: The Story of Britain’s Iconic Display Team

Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb

The Great Air Race: Glory, Tragedy, and the Dawn of American Aviation

The Disappearing Act: The Impossible Case of MH370

Warplane: How the Military Reformers Birthed the A-10 Warthog

Merlin: The Story of the Engine That Won the Battle of Britain and WWII

UFO: The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life Here―and Out There

Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution

Operation Vengeance: The Astonishing Aerial Ambush That Changed World War II

Stealth: The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft

The Silver Waterfall: How America Won the War in the Pacific at Midway

Dare to Fly: Simple Lessons in Never Giving Up

Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission

Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin: The Glider Pilots of World War II

Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia

Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight

Dead Reckoning: The Story of How Johnny Mitchell and His Fighter Pilots Took on Admiral Yamamoto and Avenged Pearl Harbor

The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA's Challenger Disaster

Damn Lucky: One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History

Flying Free: My Victory over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the US Aerobatic Team

Above the Reich: Deadly Dogfights, Blistering Bombing Raids, and Other War Stories from the Greatest American Air Heroes of World War II, in Their Own Words

Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States

Flying Free: How Bessie Coleman's Dreams Took Flight (A Sweet Blackberry Book)

An Officer, Not a Gentleman: The Inspirational Journey of a Pioneering Female Fighter Pilot

Flying in the Face of Fear: A Fighter Pilot's Lessons on Leading with Courage

The Saigon Guns: A True Story of Aerial Combat in the Fall of 1972

Jayhawk: Love, Loss, Liberation and Terror Over the Pacific

Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane

Cinderella Boys: The Forgotten RAF Force that Won the Battle of the Atlantic

Open Skies: My Life as Afghanistan's First Female Pilot

The Hijacking of American Flight 119: How D.B. Cooper Inspired a Skyjacking Craze and the FBI's Battle to Stop It

Beyond Valor: A World War II Story of Extraordinary Heroism, Sacrificial Love, and a Race against Time

N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia

Imagine a City: A Pilot's Journey Across the Urban World

The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club: Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War

Black Tulip: The Life and Myth of Erich Hartmann, the World's Top Fighter Ace

Shatter the Sky: What Going to the Stratosphere Taught Me About Self-worth, Sacrifice, and Discipline

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