Rhyming text introduces air travel, from the airport to the flight deck, with information about how planes fly, safety rules, in-flight entertainment, and air traffic control.

"The Tuskegee Airmen heroically fought for the right to be officers of the US military so that they might participate in World War II by flying overseas to help defeat fascism. However, after winning that battle, they faced their next great challenge at Freeman Field, Iowa, where racist white officers barred them from entering the prestigious Officers' Club that their rank promised them. The Freeman Field Mutiny, as it became known, would eventually...

"When asked about the death toll from the September 11th attacks, New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani stated simply and eloquently that the number would likely be ""more than any of us can bear."" He was right, of course. Yet often obscured in that inconceivable number is the fact that among those who died, as well as those who lived and continue to live, were many thousands of aviation professionals with names, families, lives, and individual experiences...

Get ready to take off in an airplane! Ground crew, flight attendants, pilots, and tower control are all here to help you journey across the sky --

Jump seat is Angell's memoir about her fun and rewarding almost thirteen years with Northwest. Appearance was everything; the career span of a stewardess was short; Homeland Security didn't exist; and smoking on a plane was allowed. Despite some of the discriminatory rules--like one that prohibited marriage--for Angell, the benefits outweighed the drawbacks. And she would do it all again.

Describes the job of a flight attendant on a journey from London to Los Angeles and examines the work done by a variety of other people responsible for the aircraft and its passengers.

When Nazi fire damages a British bomber, its crew bails out and seeks help from the Dutch.

"In all of the stories about aviation and its history, the stories of the first African American stewardesses have been left untold and unknown. We first took to the skies when flying was glamorous and exclusive, when little girls dreamt of being stewardesses, models, or movie stars. We rubbed elbows with the elite and traveled the world when few others could. We flew as pioneers in a global society long before the times of the Internet and globalizaiton....

"Both intimate and historical, Miss Fortune's Last Mission is as much about the brave men who fought and died as it is about the survivors who honor their sacrifices. The authors' search to understand the reverberations of the crash of a B-24 Liberator during World War II reveals the lasting effect of loss and the healing power of sharing our stories"--Provided by publisher. "When you were growing up, did you ever wonder why your father was the way...