Peter Pigott is Canada’s foremost aviation author. Among his accomplishments are the histories of Air Canada, Trans-Canada Airlines, and Canadian Airlines. He is the author of From Far and Wide, Sailing Seven Seas, Canada in Sudan, and many more books. He lives in Ottawa.

What a cool book.

• Introduction 1 Flying Too Close to the Sun 2 Knights of the Air and the Great War 3 Barnstormers, Flaming Coffins, and Death Mockers 4 Lindbergh, Leo the Lion, and Air Mail Aces 5 Celebrity Deaths and the Rise of Commercial Passenger Flight 6 Lancasters, LORAN, and the Second World War 7 Make Way for Tomorrow: The Comet Crashes 8 A False Start for the Black Box 9 Kicking Tin and Coping with Disaster 10 No Longer Deaf and Mute: FDRs and CVRs Become Law 11 Douglas Death Cruisers and Mourning Becomes Electra 12 Terror in Tenerife, Pilot Error, and Air Traffic Chaos 13 Deregulation and Fighting Fire with Decrees 14 Aviation’s Annus Horribilis 15 Regional Air Tragedy: The Kegworth and Dryden Perfect Storms 16 Watchdogs of Air Travel and Accidents 17 Nationair and ValuJet: Folly upon Folly 18 Swissair One-Eleven Heavy 19 Complex Systems Failing in Complex Ways Notes Acknowledgements Index

Peter Pigott is Canada’s foremost aviation author. Among his accomplishments are the histories of Air Canada, Trans-Canada Airlines, and Canadian Airlines. He is the author of From Far and Wide, Sailing Seven Seas, Canada in Sudan, and many more books. He lives in Ottawa.

What a cool book.

• Introduction 1 Flying Too Close to the Sun 2 Knights of the Air and the Great War 3 Barnstormers, Flaming Coffins, and Death Mockers 4 Lindbergh, Leo the Lion, and Air Mail Aces 5 Celebrity Deaths and the Rise of Commercial Passenger Flight 6 Lancasters, LORAN, and the Second World War 7 Make Way for Tomorrow: The Comet Crashes 8 A False Start for the Black Box 9 Kicking Tin and Coping with Disaster 10 No Longer Deaf and Mute: FDRs and CVRs Become Law 11 Douglas Death Cruisers and Mourning Becomes Electra 12 Terror in Tenerife, Pilot Error, and Air Traffic Chaos 13 Deregulation and Fighting Fire with Decrees 14 Aviation’s Annus Horribilis 15 Regional Air Tragedy: The Kegworth and Dryden Perfect Storms 16 Watchdogs of Air Travel and Accidents 17 Nationair and ValuJet: Folly upon Folly 18 Swissair One-Eleven Heavy 19 Complex Systems Failing in Complex Ways Notes Acknowledgements Index

Peter Pigott is Canada’s foremost aviation author. Among his accomplishments are the histories of Air Canada, Trans-Canada Airlines, and Canadian Airlines. He is the author of From Far and Wide, Sailing Seven Seas, Canada in Sudan, and many more books. He lives in Ottawa.

What a cool book.

• Introduction 1 Flying Too Close to the Sun 2 Knights of the Air and the Great War 3 Barnstormers, Flaming Coffins, and Death Mockers 4 Lindbergh, Leo the Lion, and Air Mail Aces 5 Celebrity Deaths and the Rise of Commercial Passenger Flight 6 Lancasters, LORAN, and the Second World War 7 Make Way for Tomorrow: The Comet Crashes 8 A False Start for the Black Box 9 Kicking Tin and Coping with Disaster 10 No Longer Deaf and Mute: FDRs and CVRs Become Law 11 Douglas Death Cruisers and Mourning Becomes Electra 12 Terror in Tenerife, Pilot Error, and Air Traffic Chaos 13 Deregulation and Fighting Fire with Decrees 14 Aviation’s Annus Horribilis 15 Regional Air Tragedy: The Kegworth and Dryden Perfect Storms 16 Watchdogs of Air Travel and Accidents 17 Nationair and ValuJet: Folly upon Folly 18 Swissair One-Eleven Heavy 19 Complex Systems Failing in Complex Ways Notes Acknowledgements Index