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Aviation is the practical aspect or art of aeronautics, being the design, development, production, operation and use of aircraft, especially heavier than air aircraft. The word aviation was coined by French writer and former naval officer Gabriel La Landelle in 1863, from the verb avier (synonymous flying), itself derived from the Latin word avis ("bird") and the suffix -ation.

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Most Read This Week Tagged "Aviation"

Worst Case Scenario
Drowning
Falling
The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
The Flight Girls
Her Last Flight
The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2)
Girls of Flight City
The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West
Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space
Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing
Fly Girl: A Memoir
Come Fly The World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am
The Spitfire Girls
A Pair of Wings
The Last Letter from Juliet
Thin Air
Topgun: An American Story
UFO: The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life Here―and Out There
The Eagle's Claw
All Blood Runs Red: The Legendary Life of Eugene Bullard-Boxer, Pilot, Soldier, Spy
The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II
Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival
Stateless
His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine
Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942
When Heroes Flew (When Heroes Flew #1)
Limitless: The Autobiography
The Amelia Six
Stealth: The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft
Mosquito: The RAF's Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission
Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight
Damn Lucky: One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History
The Swallows' Flight
Empires of the Sky: Zeppelins, Airplanes, and Two Men's Epic Duel to Rule the World
Nerves of Steel: How I Followed My Dreams, Earned My Wings, and Faced My Greatest Challenge
Harrier 809: The Epic Story of How a Small Band of Heroes Won Victory in the Air Against Impossible Odds
Dead Reckoning: The Story of How Johnny Mitchell and His Fighter Pilots Took on Admiral Yamamoto and Avenged Pearl Harbor
What the Taliban Told Me
A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II
Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb
An Officer, Not a Gentleman: The Inspirational Journey of a Pioneering Female Fighter Pilot
One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon
Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission
Above and Beyond: Secrets of a Private Flight Attendant
The Space Race
Race of Aces: WWII's Elite Airmen and the Epic Battle to Become the Masters of the Sky
The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet
The Falling Woman
The Stringbags
The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945
Going Downtown: The US Air Force over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, 1961–75
Operation Vengeance: The Astonishing Aerial Ambush That Changed World War II
MiG Alley: The US Air Force in Korea, 1950–53
The Crew: The Story of a Lancaster Bomber Crew
Holding the Line: The Naval Air Campaign In Korea
Dogfight over Tokyo: The Final Air Battle of the Pacific and the Last Four Men to Die in World War II
N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia
The Moth and the Mountain
The Great Air Race: Glory, Tragedy, and the Dawn of American Aviation
We Own the Sky
Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943
Shatter the Sky: What Going to the Stratosphere Taught Me About Self-worth, Sacrifice, and Discipline
To Save An Army: The Stalingrad Airlift
The Night Witches
Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America
Merlin: The Story of the Engine That Won the Battle of Britain and WWII
The Silver Waterfall: How America Won the War in the Pacific at Midway
Dare to Fly: Simple Lessons in Never Giving Up
Me and the Sky: Captain Beverley Bass, Pioneering Pilot
Last Mission to Tokyo: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raiders and Their Final Fight for Justice
Jayhawk: Love, Loss, Liberation and Terror Over the Pacific
The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee
Jet Girl: My Life in War, Peace, and the Cockpit of the Navy's Most Lethal Aircraft
Test Gods: Virgin Galactic and the Making of a Modern Astronaut
Inferno: The True Story of a B-17 Gunner's Heroism and the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History
Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front: American Airmen behind the Soviet Lines and the Collapse of the Grand Alliance
The Red Arrows: The Story of Britain’s Iconic Display Team
Open Skies: My Life as Afghanistan's First Female Pilot
The Hijacking of American Flight 119: How D.B. Cooper Inspired a Skyjacking Craze and the FBI's Battle to Stop It
Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia
Flying Free: My Victory over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the US Aerobatic Team
A Sister’s Courage (The Victory Sisters, #1)
Flying in the Face of Fear: A Fighter Pilot's Lessons on Leading with Courage
Above the Reich: Deadly Dogfights, Blistering Bombing Raids, and Other War Stories from the Greatest American Air Heroes of World War II, in Their Own Words
Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane
RAAF Black Cats: The Secret History of the Covert Catalina Mine-Laying Operations to Cripple Japan's War Machine
White Eagles
Cinderella Boys: The Forgotten RAF Force that Won the Battle of the Atlantic
Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States
Flying Free: How Bessie Coleman's Dreams Took Flight (A Sweet Blackberry Book)
Bear (Top Flight #2)
Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747
Black Tulip: The Life and Myth of Erich Hartmann, the World's Top Fighter Ace
Wingwalkers
Beyond Valor: A World War II Story of Extraordinary Heroism, Sacrificial Love, and a Race against Time
Soaring in Style
Antarctica's Lost Aviator: The Epic Adventure to Explore the Last Frontier on Earth
Silent Warriors, Incredible Courage: The Declassified Stories of Cold War Reconnaissance Flights and the Men Who Flew Them
Imagine a City: A Pilot's Journey Across the Urban World

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Videos Tagged “Aviation”

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Groups Tagged "Aviation"

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The Air and Space Book Club We launched this club to dig deeper into books about aviation and space and discuss them with ot…more
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Aviation and Spaceflight A group that is dedicated to Aviation and Spaceflight. From learning more about the actual techn…more
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Michigan 99s Chapter Bookclub Welcome to the Michigan 99s Chapter bookclub! Here we read and discuss books related to women in…more
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