Books like Night flight by Gerald Hausman

Airframe, Michael Crichton's 1996 novel, follows quality‑assurance VP Casey Singleton as she probes a fatal in‑flight crash on a Norton‑manufactured airliner, uncovering corporate cover‑ups and the hidden dangers of modern aviation.

Phillip's Blind and Timothy's Compass: The Cay

Mollie grapples with her Jewish identity amid the 1960s Canadian backdrop, confronting ignorance, emerging Holocaust knowledge, and shifting friendships as she seeks belonging and understanding.

A young Jewish girl chronicles her life in pre‑war Vienna, detailing the friendship that keeps her alive as persecution rises.

Rebecca: A story of family, loss, and rebuilding in the wake of a devastating fire, set against the backdrop of the changing times in Canada, where a young girl's journey between her old world and the modern world leads her to learn the true meaning of bravery, loyalty, and friendship. Her family's struggle to find a place in a big city and the bridge between tradition and the opportunities of the modern world are the heart of this poignant tale of resilience and the importance of family bonds in the face of adversity.

In an Arkansas town hosting German POWs during World War II, 12‑year‑old Patty Bergen befriends the escaped prisoner Anton, learning that humanity can transcend prejudice and fear.

When Israel-born Daniel discovers he is half Jewish, his friendship with Armin and their life in 1933 Hamburg are challenged by Hitler’s rise and rising anti‑Semitism, culminating in a powerful reunion in 1945.

Best friends Daniel and Armin in Hamburg look up to Hitler in 1933, until anti‑Jewish laws threaten Daniel’s German-Jewish heritage, testing they friendship amid the rise of Nazism.

Erich Levi fights prejudice as Nazi power grows in Germany, facing unfair school treatment and social exclusion, while loyal friends and family stand by him. He clings to hope and his faith amid growing danger.

Traces the evolution of the airplane from man's first flying machine to today's supersonic jets.

A fictionalized account of Amelia Earhart's dangerous 1932 flight across the Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland to Ireland, in which she survived bad weather and a malfunctioning airplane. Includes a brief biography of the aviator.

"The twenty-first century has relegated airplane flight--a once remarkable feat of human ingenuity--to the realm of the mundane. When most people today think of flying, they imagine tedious routines that involve security checkpoints, exorbitant baggage fees, shrinking legroom, and frustrating delays. Mark Vanhoenacker, a 747 pilot who gave up careers in academia and the business world to pursue his childhood dream of flight, asks us to re-imagine what we--both as pilots and as passengers--are actually doing when we enter the world between departure and discovery. In a seamless fusion of history, politics, geography, meteorology, ecology, family, and physics, the author vaults across geographical and cultural boundaries, above mountains, oceans, and deserts, through snow, wind, and rain, limning a simultaneously humbling and almost superhuman activity which can afford us unparalleled perspectives on the planet we inhabit and the communities we form"--