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"TWA Flight 800 crashed into the Atlantic shortly after takeoff from JFK airport on July 17, 1996, killing all 230 passengers on board. Although initial reports suggested a terrorist attack, FBI and NTSB investigators blamed a fuel tank explosion. But skeptics have long questioned the official story, and new evidence has surfaced that suggests a widespread conspiracy ... In TWA 800, historian Jack Cashill introduces new documents and testimonies that...
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"Collision Course: Unraveling The Tenerife Airport Disaster" delves into the tragic events of one of aviation's deadliest accidents. Investigate the collision between KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, the air traffic control communication breakdown, and the human factors that contributed to this catastrophic incident. Explore the investigation findings, the impact on aviation safety, and the lessons learned. This meticulously researched account...
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What does a lesser-known member of the Kennedy clan have in common with a Sri-Lankan businessman? Or with Albert Loewenstein, one of the richest men in the world in 1928, who mysteriously fell from his plane into the English Channel? Or with two aircraft that went missing and were never found, one disappearing over Scotland in 1975 and the other in 1953 over Lake Superior? In this gripping new book, Keith McCloskey, who has previously written about...
4) Dans le ciel
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This book introduces early readers to things that go in the sky. Simple text, sight words, and vibrant images help engage children while they practice their reading skills. This book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension.
5) En el cielo
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This book introduces early readers to things that go in the sky. Simple text, sight words, and vibrant images help engage children while they practice their reading skills. This book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension.
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The history of flying is packed with incredible feats of bravery and endurance, human ingenuity and recklessness, mystery, romance and tragedy. From the first hot air balloons of the 18th century to the supersonic jet flights of today, magnificent men (and women) have taken their incredible flying machines ever higher, further and faster. This collection of wonderfully engaging tales of madness, bravery, inventiveness, disaster and triumph will take...
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Women run wind tunnel experiments, direct air traffic, and fabricate airplanes. American women have been involved with flight from the beginning. But until 1940, most people believed women could not fly, that Amelia Earhart was an exception to the rule. World War II changed everything. "It is on the record that women can fly as well as men," stated General Henry H. Arnold, commanding general of the Army Air Forces. Then the question became "Should...
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An innovation in aviation development, Concorde was the subject of political rivalry, deceit and treachery from its very inception. After their failure to be the first nation to develop a jet airliner for transatlantic flight or to send spacecraft into space, the US Government was adamant that they would beat other nations to the goal of supersonic flight and so development of the SST began. However, with McNamara and Shurcliff's negative attitudes...
9) In the sky
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"This book introduces early readers to things that go in the sky. Simple text, sight words, and vibrant images help engage children while they practice their reading skills. This book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension."--
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How a few women fought to board planes, then fly them, and finally to break through earth's atmosphere into space. The story of how women in Canada, from Newfoundland to British Columbia, struggled to win a place in the world of air travel, first as passengers, then as flight attendants and pilots, and, finally, as astronauts. Anecdotes, sometimes humourous and always amazing, trace these women's challenges and successes, their slow march over 100...
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NOT THEORY-FACT!
A MISSLE SHOT DOWN FLIGHT 800!
On July 17, 1996, minutes after take-off, TWA Flight 800 was blown out of the sky, killing all 230 people on board.
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It took federal investigators nearly a year and millions of tax dollars to point to a fuel tank explosion. But the investigation was riddled with questionable procedures. Was the government hiding a huge military embarrassment? Was the plane shot down by a missile?...
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'The affair was weird when seen from afar, but seen in close-up, it was Kafkaesque: it was not possible in 2014 for a Boeing 777 to have simply disappeared...' A remarkable piece of investigative journalism into one of the most pervasive and troubling mysteries of recent memory. 01:20am, 8 March 2014. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying 239 passengers, disappeared into the night, never to be seen or heard from again. The incident was inexplicable....
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On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry before the nation's eyes, and all seven astronauts aboard were lost. Author Mike Leinbach, Launch Director of the space shuttle program at NASA&'s John F. Kennedy Space Center was a key leader in the search and recovery effort as NASA, FEMA, the FBI, the US Forest Service, and dozens more federal, state, and local agencies combed rural east Texas for every piece of the shuttle they could find....
14) Flight Squads
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A group of fighter jets flies at lightning fast speed. The planes move in tight formations, performing daring moves. Some even fly upside-down. Crowds watch in awe as pilots push the limits of what planes can do. These are the U.S. military flight demonstration squadrons. Take a look inside White Lightning Nonfiction, a hi-lo nonfiction series for students in the middle grades. Mature, high-interest topics pull in readers and engage them with interesting...
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A mass of European and American tourists descend on an idyllic tropical island for the holiday of a lifetime. Within hours, hundreds are dead.
What happened? This is the true story of one of history's most tragic and shocking disasters, in which aviation, terrorism, a sudden change in weather and plain old bad luck made for a ruinous mix.
Discover the mind-boggling facts of this catastrophe in this compelling, action-packed and haunting tale of...
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The women pilots profiled in this book have flown from British Columbia to Newfoundland and in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Right from the beginning of her interviews and research, the author found herself constantly amazed by the achievements of the women involved. Within the book are the stories of early Canadian women bush pilots from the late 1940s onwards. Their stories are exciting, occasionally funny, and always absorbing. Ranging...
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Discover Airplanes with this Nonfiction Leveled Reader Learn all about airplanes in this beginning reader. Perfect for aircraft fans and children who want to learn about different kinds of Airplanes, Discover Airplanes is an educational reader with crisp and clear photographs. Here is an example of the text level: This is a low wing propeller plane. It has one long wing. The wing is below the pilot. Discover Reading books from Xist Publishing are...
19) Drones in action
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"Explore the seas and skies with drones, some of the US military's most innovative machines ... Discover the types of missions drones undertake and how they help soldiers stay one step ahead on the battlefield"--
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