{ "item_title" : "The Aviator's Compendium", "item_author" : [" Markus Bailey "], "item_description" : "For the person who can name an aircraft by silhouette, pauses beneath a contrail, or still looks up at every engine note, this is a year of aviation wonder in one volume.The Aviator's Compendium brings together 365 concise, sourced stories from the first dreams of flight to the technologies shaping its next century. Each entry delivers a satisfying short read while revealing the decisions, failures, breakthroughs, and people behind aviation.Inside, readers will discover:How balloons, gliders, and pioneering aircraft turned impossible ideas into controlled flightWhy wings, engines, instruments, weather, and human factors shape every journeyThe stories behind legendary pilots, unusual aircraft, record attempts, safety lessons, and commercial aviationA structured 16-chapter journey with 80 illustrations and a 269-entry source directory for deeper explorationAccess to a 109-page educational reader companion with 30 guided missions, reusable logs, engineering experiments, and research toolsMade for pilots, plane spotters, engineers, history readers, students, travelers, museum visitors, and curious minds, this is a volume to revisit throughout the year and share across generations.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/819/118/9798191180182_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "13.99", "online_price" : "13.99", "our_price" : "13.99", "club_price" : "13.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

Overview

Customers Also Bought

Details