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A Check
A300-600ST Super Transporter (“Beluga”) Acrophobia
Adams, Douglas Aerial archaeology Aerial refueling, first Aerial Transit Company Aerocar
Aerodrome Aerodynamics Africa
Ailerons Air
in airplane attacking expanding as liquid
pushing down seeing
sticky viscosity
what it is
Air Canada Flight Air conditioning Air fares
regulated Air Florida Air Force One Air molecules Air packs
Air–pocket fallacy Air pressure
inside airplane loss of
Air rage
Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC; Center) Air sickness
Air superiority Air taxis
Air temperature probes Air traffic control (ATC)
altitude restrictions backup
errors by gate to gate go–arounds
“hand offs,”
monitoring pilots old/new systems and routes
Air traffic control laws Air traffic control systems Air travel
see also Safety Air–travel questions Airbus Industries Airbus A320 Airbus aircraft Airbus 340 Airbus 380 Aircar
Aircraft
maintenance safest
two–engine unpowered weight of
see also Airplanes Airfoils
Airline Deregulation Act
Airline employees and security Airline industry
air traffic controllers backbone of changes in
government–subsidized media scrutiny and
Airline manufacturing industry
Airline offices, pilots’ communications with Airliner, first modern
Airlines
behind the scenes at out of business/merged
see also Commercial airlines Airmail
Airplane components, testing Airplane design
Airplane manufacturers Airplane(s)
building
building: finishing touches doors
exteriors fastest first
first public demonstration of how they fly
invention of
keeping distance between number flying
old painting parts of
windows
Airport security changes in Airports antennae arrive early at busiest
closing
control tower largest
maps of
refueling stations small
and weather conditions Airscrew
Airships
Airspace, control of Airspeed
instrument indicating jet stream and
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Alcock, John Alcohol
rules for pilots Alerts
Allen, Bryan Aloha Airlines Altimeters Altitude
Altocumulus clouds Altostratus clouds Aluminum
America First
American continent, first flight across American Airlines
American–Marietta Corporation Angle of attack
propellers
Angle of attack vanes Announcements
Antennae
Anti–icing controls Anxiety
Approach (the) Artificial horizon Atlanta
Attitude Australia Autopilot
Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) Aviation
Aviation industry improving safety Aviation pioneers Aviation research B Check
B-176
Bach, Richard Backup systems Bacon, Roger
Balance
in helicopter flight Ball lightning Balloons Banked turn Barnett, Arnold Barrel roll
Barrie, Sir James Matthew Barry, Dave
Bats
Bell, Alexander Graham Bell/Boeing Osprey Bell X-1
Bellonte, Maurice Bells
Benchley, Robert Bernoulli, Daniel Bernoulli effect Bings and bongs Bird flight
Birds
altitude record bodies
danger from distances flown Black boxes Blake, William Blended winglets Blimps
Block to block Blumer, Bob Bodies
sensitive to change in acceleration trusting sensations from
Boeing, William Boeing (co.) lavatories
manufacturing plant painting aircraft Sonic Cruiser aircraft Boeing Air Transport
Boeing Boeing 307
Boeing 307 Stratoliner Boeing 314 (“Clipper”) Boeing 707
Boeing 717 Boeing 727 Boeing 737 fuel
making toilets Boeing 747 cruise speed engineers fuel
making pilots
president/vice president planes statistics on
Boeing 747–400
Boeing 757 Boeing 767 Boeing 777 engines fuel
tail assembly windshield
Bombardier Aerospace (co.) Brakes
Braniff Airlines
British Airways Flight 872 Brooks, Mel
Brown, Arthur Bryant, Milton J.
Bumps
Business jets Business travelers Byrd, Richard Cabin boys
Cabin lights, turned off
Caffeine Canadair Canards
Canoe farings
Cap cloud (wave cloud) Captain(s)
medical exams
Car crashes deaths in
Car travel relative safety of Cargo
Cargo hubs CargoLifter (co.) Carlin, George Carry–on baggage Cars, flying
Carter, Jimmy
Catering companies Cat’s back airfoil Cayley, Sir George Celestial navigation Cell phones
Cessna Skylane Chanute, Octave Chicago
Childs, David Chimes
China Chop
Church, Ellen
Circuit breaker switches Cirrocumulus clouds Cirrostratus clouds Cirrus clouds
Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) Claustrophobia
Clear air turbulence (CAT) Clouds
types of
Coanda effect Cockpit
visiting
Cockpit doors
Cockpit instruments twins
what is used why use
Cockpit review Colds, catching Commercial aircraft boarded from left
landing without landing gear maintenance
routes security
and sound barrier speed
Commercial airlines number of flights Commercial flight future of
Commuter airplanes
maintenance
Compass heading, instrument indication Composites
Computed tomography (CT) scanners Computer software
yield management Computers
in fly–by–wire–systems flying airplanes
luggage–moving systems monitoring pilots
and security x–raying Concorde Contingencies Contraband Contrails
Control, lack of Control columns Control systems
Control tower, windows in
Control wheel Controlled flight
Controlled flight into terrain Costes, Dieudonni
Crabtree, Norm Crashes
causes of deaths in
media coverage in movies
odds of
odds of dying in surviving
Crew
Cruise altitude optimal
Culture of Fear, The (Glassner) Cumulonimbus clouds
Cumulus clouds Curbside checking
Currency
Curtis Autoplane Curtiss, Glenn
Curtiss Jenny (JN–4D) Curtiss NC–4
Ddaedalus
Daimler Airways Dallas/Fort Worth Danger
Dasell Cabin Interior DC-3
DC-10
de Havilland (co.) de Havilland Comet Dead–heading Dead reckoning Death spirals Deaths
d’Ecquevilly multiplane
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
Dehydration Deicing
Delft University of Technology Delta Airlines
Delta wings
Denver International Airport Deregulation
and ticket prices
Destination–coded vehicle (DCV) Dickinson, Michael
Dirigible Disasters deaths in factors in media and
training to handle see also
Crashes Ditching Dobbs (co.) Doha runway
Domestic flight Domicile
Doppler radar Dornier Do X
Douglas Aircraft Company Douglas DC–8
Douglas DWC World Cruisers Downdraft
Drag Drugs
Dumont, Alberto Santos Dynamic scaling
Ear pressure Earhart, Amelia Earth
Eastern (co.) Eating
Economy class
Economy class syndrome Edwards Air Force Base
Einstein, Albert El Al airline
Electromagnetic radiation Electronic instruments Elevators
Ellington, Charles Embraer (co.) Emergency(ies) preparation for what to do in
Emergency landing Emergency safety card Empennage
Empire State Building Engine design, testing Engine indicators Engine noise Engines
loss of power English language
ETOPS (Extended Twin–engine Operations) Europe to North America flights
European nations Eustachian tubes
Evacuations, emergency Everett, Washington Exercises
Exits
Explosives, scanning luggage for Extreme turbulence
Fallows, James Fay, Mike
Fear factor Fear of flying
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and security
upgrading systems
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Federal Express
Ferrying Fickel, Jacob
Fire(s) Firearms First officer(s) medical exams Fitzmaurice, James Fixed–wing aircraft Flag(s)
Flaps Flight birds
first at night
first controlled, powered first moments of
history of mystery of secret of
Flight around the world, first Flight attendants
in emergencies role of
rules regarding
Flight delays/cancellations Flight engineer
Flight level Flight plan
Flight preparations
Flight schedules, disrupted Flight simulator
Flight statistics Flights
longest
in nautical miles number of
rerouted/cancelled shortest
Flush toilets
Fly–by–wire technology Flying
affordable attitudes about
future of
through history joy of
“Flying by the seat of your pants,”
Flying exhibitions Flying machines Flying Tigers Cargo Flying time
Focke–Achgelis Fa61 Fog
Fonck, René Food, airplane bringing your own saving money on weight of
Ford, Henry
Ford Trimotor (“Tin Goose”) Forecasts
Foss, Rene
Fourth Amendment Free–fall, longest
Free Flight (Fallows) Frequent fliers
Fuel airships amount of
calculating amount needed cost of
Fuel consumption Fuel efficiency optimum Fuel load Fuselage
Gander Ocean Control Gate agents
Gates
General aviation Germany
Get Shorty (film)
Get up and move around Gillham, Oliver