Carl Fredericksen is a 78- year-old curmudgeon. He used to enjoy his modest life as a balloon seller when his adventure-loving wife Ellie was still alive. When she died, Carl was left with his memories and the awareness that they never made their dream journey to Paradise Falls in South America. When well-meaning officials consign Carl to Shady Oaks Retirement Home, he rigs thousands of helium balloons to his house and floats away. He discovers that...

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Lt. Grayson Masters tries to focus on passing his Apache helicopter course, but is distracted by his gorgeous new roommate who is hiding secrets.

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"So You Want to Be A Commercial Airline Pilot puts you inside the cockpit of a modern-day airliner for an insider's look at one of the most glamorized, yet deadly professions in the world. What makes an airline captain, and how did they end up flying your plane? What makes air travel dangerous, and what makes it safe? Do you have what it takes to command a jet costing over one hundred million dollars, and, more importantly, can you accept the life-long...

"Prepare for takeoff! Being a pilot means having to stay calm under pressure and make critical decisions thousands of feet above the ground. Filled with engaging text and colorful pictures, this title takes children behind the scenes of air travel to learn about the people in control. Additional features include a table of contents, informational captions and sidebars, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, a Think-About-It section,...

Would you want to swoop through the air like a bird? Riding a hang glider is a fun way to fly. But a hang glider has no motor. How does the pilot take off? How does the hang glider stay in the air? Learn the answers in this book!

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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...

"In this easy-to-follow guide, Mark Vanhoenacker covers every step in the process of flying a plane -- from approach to touchdown, through the control panel and cockpit -- to demystify the magic of flight"--Provided by publisher.