Kategoria BISAC: Transportation >> Aviation - History

The introduction of the Boeing 747 was a momentous event in commercial aviation history-and indeed in modern world history. While the challenges faced by the engineers at Boeing and engine manufacturer Pratt and Whitney, who created the world's first jumbo jet, are well known, the story of the plane's early development doesn't end there.

"The 747: A Tumultuous Beginning Flying Through Turbulence" tells the next riveting chapter in the storied plane's early history, revealing details of serious in-flight incidents and extraordinarily poor engine reliability and aircraft maintenance...

The silver bird straightened up and sank lower, lower, until it met the sea with a sleek spray that rushed past the windows in its fuselage. M'beriali - the imperial mail bird, as it became known in Swahili - had arrived

Imperial Airways' man at Lindi, East Africa, was Geoffrey Pett, then just 22 years old. Selected as a Commercial Trainee aged eighteen, he was posted to the middle of Africa to look after the ground arrangements for the new 'Empire' Flying Boat Service between London and Cape...

Do you like to fly? Are you into aviation? Might you want to teach as a flight instructor? How about reading articles about aviation? Have an interest in aviation history? If so, you may find this book interesting. It is, after all, about the art and joy of flying.

I started my blog in August 2010 after watching the movie Julie & Julia. The movie actually made me feel guilty for not having done what I was supposed to do a long time ago-namely-write about airplanes, flying, teaching aviation techniques, and basically having fun in the sky.

There is only one reason...

Hang on and Fly. A Post-War Story of Plane Crash Tragedies, Heroism, and Survival

Passenger planes are crashing three and four times a month in 1951 just as Americans are beginning to fly. Then a loaded plane disappears in the night and can't be found. Panic and frustration reach all the way to the White House.

Twenty-six are killed in the most spectacular crash that no one heard on a mountain frosted with snow and fog. Fourteen survivors are the largest group of plane crash victims to be lost and stranded in North America. The stewardess holds a baby in her arms...

"Good Night, Malaysian 370" Katastrophenflug MH 370: Die Fakten

Am 8. Marz 2014 um 1:21 Ortszeit verschwindet eine Boeing 777 der Malaysia Airlines mit 239 Menschen an Bord. Erst 16 Monate spater wird ein einzelnes Trummerteil mehr als 5000 km vom Startflughafen entfernt gefunden - trotz der teuersten Suchaktion nach einem Verkehrsflugzeug aller Zeiten.
MH 370 gilt seither als verschollen und eines der grossten Ratsel der Luftfahrtgeschichte. Um das Verschwinden und den Absturz ranken sich die verschiedensten Theorien und Vermutungen, von plausiblen Erklarungen wie etwa einem Brand...