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Air travel is one of the safest methods of transportation, but when a disaster happens, it captures the public's imagination. Learn about how airplanes are built, how researchers investigate a crash, how engineers are making planes safer, and more.

Fly away with Bill and Edward as they follow a flock of swifts into the unknown and beyond. Bill returns with a sense of wonder, before realizing that swifts are even more mysterious than he first thought!

Ever since he was a boy, Mr. Putter has always loved planes. And he still loves playing with toys - even though he is pretty old. While visiting the toy store with his fine cat, Tabby, he decides to buy a brand new, red and white, remote-controlled biplane! Remembering when he was young, how he stayed awake at night wishing for such a toy, Mr. Putter thinks about the boy he met earlier that day. The boy was a little shy, clumsy and forgetful - just like Mr. Putter was when he was that age!

There’s never been a sports story like The Infield Flies Rule! Set in a world of magical reality, the story takes place at Twin Falls, a summer sports camp for boy flies and other male winged insects in Vermont. The campers from all over North America play a version of softball called Flyball, using French Fries as bats and leftover Dippin' Dots as the ball. The story centers on the experiences of the young housefly, Duncan Wingo, whose unforgettable summer at his father's camp is a coming-of-age story complete with a summer romance and a moral dilemma.