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West with the Night
by Beryl Markham  
Publisher Comments "Did you read Beryl Markham's book, West with the Night? I knew her fairly well in Africa and never would have suspected that she could and would put pen to paper except to write in her flyer's log book. As it is, she has written so well, and marvelously...
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Come Fly with Us!: A Global History of the Airline Hostess
by Johanna Omelia Publisher Comments When the first commercial flights took off in the 1930s, stewardesses were registered nurses whose duties included swatting flies and helping passengers read railroad timetables in the event of forced landings. In the 1950s, stewardesses were viewed as...
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The Lockheed Constellation
by Ken Wixey Publisher Comments A history of the development and use of the Constellation in both military and commercial use....
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Hell Hawks!: The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht
by Robert F. Dorr Publisher Comments Hell Hawks! is the story of a band of young American pilots and their gritty, close-quarters fight against Hitler’s vaunted military. The Hell Hawks were the 365th Fighter Group, three squadrons of fighter-bomber pilots. Beginning just prior to D...
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Around the World in a Bad Mood!: Confessions of a Flight Attendant
by Rene Foss Publisher Comments A hilarious slant on the culture of airline travel -- by a flight attendant who's logged more in-flight hours than Federal Express. Around the World in a Bad Mood is a center seat on an oversold flight to laughter. And there's no one better qualified...
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The Fun of It: Random Records of My Own Flying and of Women in Aviation
by Amelia Earhart Publisher Comments In 1937, she embarked with navigator Fred Noonan on a round-the-world flight that ended when their plane disappeared in the South Pacific. As one of the best-known figures in twentieth-century America, Amelia Earhart-and her fate-remain an object of...
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The Immortal Beaver
by Sean Rossiter Publisher Comments Developed soon after World War II, the de Havilland Beaver has become one of the most successful and long-lived designs in aviation history. The Beaver was conceived as a "half-ton flying pickup truck" capable of setting down on land, water, and snow...
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Aviation Century the Early Years (Aviation Century)
by Ron Dick Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-235) and indexes....
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Wild Blue: Stories of Survival from Air and Space (Adrenaline Classics)
by David Fisher Publisher Comments Wild Blue collects the most gripping accounts of what some would call the greatest achievement of the century: controlled flight. Charles Lindbergh takes readers wing-walking in a barnstorming biplane; Ernest K. Gann describes how the nocturnal spell of...
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20 Hours, 40 Min: Our Flight in the Friendship (National Geographic Adventure Classics)
by Amelia Earhart Publisher Comments Commemorating the 75th anniversary of her first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, 20 Hrs., 40 Min. reintroduces Amelia Earhart--one of the most fascinating figures of the 20th century--to a new generation of readers. Through her candid voice and fresh...
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Contact! the Story of the Early Aviators
by Henry Villard Publisher Comments Among the significant and colorful figures covered are the Wright Brothers, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Henry Farman, Glenn H. Curtiss, and other aviators from around the world. 84 black-and-white illustrations....
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The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright
by Tom D Crouch Publisher Comments "Crouch (A Dream of Wings) interweaves family drama with the history of aviation in a riveting saga of ingenuity, competing claims, public adulation and technical innovation".--Publishers Weekly. Photographs....
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In the Cockpit: Inside 50 History-Making Aircraft
by National Air and Space Museum
Publisher Comments The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum holds the country's premier collection of historic aircrafts, but visitors must view these impressive structures at a distance. In the Cockpit captures the feeling of helming these historic craft with big,...
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Jane's Airline Recognition Guide
by Gunter Endres Publisher Comments More than 700 airlinesFully illustratedCompany histories and current fleet detailsExplanations of brand logosAircraft setup and engine configurationTechnical...
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Luxury Airline Design (Luxury Books)
by Peter Delius Publisher Comments This compendium chronicles the pleasures of flying in style with copious illustrations and evocative text. Far from the check-in lines of regular air travel, we get a peek at expansive airport lounges with every comfort and convenience. There is...
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A Europe of the Air?: The Airline Industry and European Integration
by Martin Staniland Synopsis This definitive book offers the first full study of the development of the European Union's air-transport policy. Crucial to both globalization and regional integration, commercial aviation, along with other transport industries, provides the logistics...
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Airport Planning & Management
by Alexander T. Wells Publisher Comments "Excellent and comprehensive." —Bookends "A must-read for students and anyone wanting to learn more about the how and why of airports." —Airliners Extensively revised and updated to reflect post-9/11 changes in the industry, this new edition...
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Coffee, Tea, or Me?: The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Stewardesses
by Trudy Baker and Rachel Jones and Donald Bain Publisher Comments Remember when flying was glamorous and sexy, even fun? When airline food was gourmet, everyone dressed up for a flight, and stewardesses catered to our every need-at least in our imaginations? This classic memoir by two audaciously outspoken young ladies,...
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Flight of Passage
by Rinker Buck Publisher Comments Rinker Buck's beautiful memoir of fathers, sons, and adventure in the skies won abundant praise from critics and readers across the country. Now available in trade paperback, Flight of Passage is set to become the new favorite of the audience of millions...
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America from the Air: A Guide to the Landscape Along Your Route with CDROM
by Daniel Mathews Publisher Comments An illustrated guide, in both book and CD-ROM, of landscapes seen from commercial airplane windows across the United States. This is a guide to what an airline passenger sees from his seat while flying over the United States. Through its ingenious...
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