"A claustrophobic thriller set over twenty hours on one airplane flight, with the heart-stopping tension of The Last Flight and the wrenching emotional intensity of Room, Hostage takes us on board the inaugural nonstop flight from London to Sydney. Mina is trying to focus on her job as a flight attendant, not the problems of her five-year-old daughter back home, or the fissures in her marriage. But the plane has barely taken off when Mina receives...

An accident lands Eric, Granny Flywheel, and Mr. Flywheel in a cave, where they discover some very hungry little lost planes which they attempt to rescue.

Maisy is off on a journey to see her friend Ella, but Ella lives such a long way away. Maisy must go by plane and what an exciting trip it is! As she makes her way through security and steps on board, Maisy peeks in at the captain: what a lot of lights and buttons it takes to make a plane go! Maisy soon makes friends with Mr Percy and Betsy; and after drinks, magazines and a tricky toilet stop, the journey is over in no time!

"This photo-illustrated book for early readers describes different types of airplanes and the jobs they do. Includes photo glossary and matching game"--

Answers questions like: How do planes work? Can a plane fly around the world without stopping? What might future aircraft look like?

Carrying a passenger infected with a deadly supervirus, a 747's pilot searches desperately for a place to land in this suspenseful tour de force from New York Times–bestselling author John J. Nance On a snowy road in a German forest, Prof. Ernest Helms sees a man trying to break into his car. After a scuffle, Helms escapes with his vehicle, unharmed except for a cut on his hand. Hours later, he collapses aboard a flight from Frankfurt to New York....

WHAT'S IN STICK AND RUDDER: • The invisible secret of all heavier-than-air flight: the Angle of Attack. What it is, and why it can't be seen. How lift is made, and what the pilot has to do with it. • Why airplanes stall How do you know you're about to stall? • The landing approach. How the pilot's eye functions in judging the approach. • The visual clues by which an experienced pilot unconsciously judges: how you can quickly learn to use...