Alamosa Public Library

Three passengers are dead. Fifty-six are injured. The interior cabin virtually destroyed. But the pilot manages to land the plane... At a moment when the issue of safety and death in the skies is paramount in the public mind, a lethal mid-air disaster aboard a commercial twin-jet airliner bound from Hong Kong to Denver triggers a pressured and frantic investigation. Airframe is a nonstop reading: the extraordinary mixture of super suspense and authentic...

"From New York Times bestselling author Clare Mackintosh comes a claustrophobic thriller set over 20 hours on-board the inaugural nonstop flight from London to Sydney. Mina is trying to focus on her job as a flight attendant, not the problems with her five-year-old daughter back home, or the fissures in her marriage. But the plane has barely taken off when Mina receives a chilling note from an anonymous passenger, someone intent on ensuring the plane...

The research questions were to what extent is the response to a disaster in a small town/rural area involving responders from multiple emergency response jurisdictional entities such as that of the downed United Flight 93 enhanced by: 1) serious exercising of existing emergency response plans and 2) personal knowledge of and trust in fellow emergency responders, especially those in charge.

Story of Americans who thwarted the terrorists by taking control of Flight 93, sacrificing their lives so that others might live.

In this remarkable WWII story by New York Times bestselling author John R. Bruning, a renegade American pilot fights against all odds to rescue his family — imprisoned by the Japanese—and revolutionizes modern warfare along the way.
From the knife fights and smuggling runs of his youth to his fiery days as a pioneering naval aviator, Paul Irving "Pappy" Gunn played by his own set of rules and always survived on his wits and fists....

A commercial pilot describes her investigation into the events of September 11 after feeling skeptical about the 9/11 Commission report, relating how she learned that thousands of fellow pilots had improvised a defense plan that included suicide missions.

Captures the unforgettable and oh-so-familiar realities of flying. At the same time, the behind-the-scenes views of America's fourth largest carrier, Southwest Airlines, brings a new appreciation for ever landing at your correct destination.

Let's Roll! reveals what really happened on that ill-fated flight, as well as poignant glimpses of a genuine American hero. It's Todd and Lisa's story--a message of character, courage, and faith in the face of horrifying tragedy

Traces the history of early passenger air carriers and the role technology has played on the airplanes of today.