How do airplanes work?: How airplanes fly
Things that go bump in the flight: Bumps and noises of a typical flight
Staying healthy in the air
Behind cockpit doors: What are those pilots up to?
Fear factor: Flight statistics
Why airplanes sometimes crash
Be prepared: What you can do to survive an emergency
Media's fascination with airline disasters
Behind the scenes at the airline: Scheduled departures
Fill 'er up: Airplane fuel
Deregulation and ticket prices
Building airplanes: Making airplanes
Flying through history: Brief history of flight
Other flying machines: Airships and helicopters
Aircar and other oddities
Epilogue: Future of flying
Appendix: Identifying airplanes