This episode of The Aviators includes the following segments: AOPA Summit (the annual event of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association); LAPD (inside the aerial unit of the Los Angeles Police Department to see how the world's largest police fleet helps to catch bad guys); and Red Bull Air Racing (Jeff talks to Red Bull Air Racer Pete McLeod about life as a high-adrenalin, competitive flyer).

This episode of The Aviators includes the following segments: AirVenture, America's Largest Aviation Celebration; The U.S. Air Force's C5M Supergalaxy; The Tiger Moth Biplane; Miracle on the Hudson Hero Jeff Skiles; and Flat Spin Survivor.

Presents the life of the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, who mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.

"As a girl, Amelia Earhart aspired to a future that would take her beyond the family and medical problems of her younger years, as well as the restrictions imposed on her because she was female. Widely celebrated for her long-distance flights, she also set records for altitude and speed, and helped develop passenger airline service. As a writer and magazine editor, Earhart also further advanced the cause of flight and of women in aviation. Her disappearance...

From the beginning, air flight in Canada presented dizzying possibilities. It would link citizens across the country and make it possible to exploit Canada's immense natural resources. But there were formidable hurdles to overcome. Follow the story of the Beaver, Canada's solution to flying back-country; of native communities taking command of their destiny by owning their own airline; of fighting forest fires the Canadian way; and of the "Aurora...

The groundbreaking female pilot featured in the hit Broadway musical Come from Away tells her story in this high-flying and inspiring picture-book autobiography!

Separated from his favorite toy pilot action figure, young Jack envisions his lost friend's brave journey back home across the ocean, in a story complemented by a glossary of pilot terms.

Describes the life and accomplishments of Bessie Coleman, who overcame racism and poverty to become the first African American woman pilot.

This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller's masterpiece with a new introduction; critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos; and much more. Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American literature and one of the funniest-and most celebrated-books of all time. In recent years it has been named to "best novels" lists by Time,...