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Flight: 100 Years of Aviation by R G Grant Publisher Comments Describing the feats of the brave men and women who piloted the early flying machines, to the pioneers of long-distance flight and the test pilots who ushered in the jet age, Flight is a gripping narrative of humankind's quest to conquer the skies and... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $15.00 Used - Hardcover 
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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... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters by Chesle Sullenberger Publisher Comments The inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of the decade, Capt. 'Sully' Sullenbergerwith his thoughts on leadership, responsibility, and service.... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe Publisher Comments When the future began... <BR>The men had it. Yeager. Conrad. Grissom. Glenn. Heroes ... the first Americans in space ... battling the Russians for control of the heavens ... putting their lives on the line. <BR>The women had it. While Mr... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Wager with the Wind: The Don Sheldon Story by James Greiner Publisher Comments Don Sheldon has been called 'Alaska's bush pilot among bush pilots', but he was also just one man in a fragile airplane who, in the end, was solely responsible for each mission he flew, be it a high-risk landing to the rescue of others from certain death... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Howard Hughes: The Secret Life by Charles Higham Publisher Comments His wealth was legendary. His passions were bizarre. Now, the truth about the money, the madness, and the man behind the enigma. Howard Hughes is one of the best known and least understood men of our times--famed for his wealth, his daring, and his... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Unlocking the Sky by Seth Shulman Publisher Comments Unlocking the Sky tells the extraordinary tale of the race to design, refine, and manufacture a manned flying machine, a race that took place in the air, on the ground, and in the courtrooms of America. While the Wright brothers threw a veil of secrecy... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Boeing Versus Airbus: The Inside Story of the Greatest International Competition in Business by John Newhouse Publisher Comments Incorporating interviews he conducted throughout the industry with everyone from company leaders, past and present, and Wall Street analysts to design engineers and factory workers, Newhouse takes readers inside these two firms to understand their... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary (Cambridge Aerospace Series) by Bill Gunston Publisher Comments A new edition of the previous "Jane's Aerospace Dictionary" is now available with more than 15,000 new terms. Thoroughly updated and revised, the comprehensive reference will be indispensable for anyone working with the technical aspects of the aerospace... (read more) List Price $79.00 Your price: $20.00 Used - Hardcover
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Testing Death: Hughes Aircraft Test Pilots and Cold War Weaponry by George Marrett Publisher Comments In 1969, after his return from Vietnam, George Marrett took a job as a test pilot at Hughes Aircraft. For twenty years, he tested the most sophisticated airborne radar and missiles ever designed for advanced Navy and Air Force aircraft. Marrett's... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Airman's Odyssey (84 Edition) by Antoine De Saint-exupery Publisher Comments Three classic adventure stories, reminders of both the romance and the reality of the pioneer era of aviation: Night Flight; Wind, Sand and Stars; and Flight to Arras. Introduction by Richard Bach. Translated by Lewis Galantière and Stuart Gilbert.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight by James Tobin Publisher Comments Award-winning author James Tobin has at last penned the definitive account of the inspiring and impassioned race across ten years and two continents to conquer the air. For years, Wilbur Wright and his younger brother, Orville, experimented in obscurity,... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $4.00 Used - Trade Paper
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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... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Turbulent Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation (Sloan Technology) by T A Heppenheimer Publisher Comments a gripping, in-depth look at how America's $200 billion aviation industry took flight "To understand the industry, this is necessary reading." --The Miami Herald "With the precision of a scientist, a good reporter's marshaling of disparate facts, and the... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $8.40 Used - Hardcover 
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Worlds Greatest Aircraft by Christopher Chant Publisher Comments Our landscape format Encyclopedia series in the 12 x 9 1/4 trim size have been so popular that we have created a more portable format for those who are interested in a smaller paperback edition. Beautifully illustrated throughout in full color. A great... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dawn Over Kitty Hawk by Walter J Boyne Publisher Comments Walter J. Boyne, the world's foremost historian on aviation and the former director of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, presents this fascinating, historically accurate, fictional account of all the cutthroat personalities who strived to be the... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Mass Market
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Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledg 4TH Edition by Paul E Illman Publisher Comments -- Here is a source of unmatched, thorough preparation for any pilot studying for the private pilot tests or upgrading to a commercial license<BR>-- Encompasses terminology, navigation, airport operations, radio communications, emergency procedures,... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $20.00 Used - Hardcover
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Aviations Most Wanted by Steven Ruffin Publisher Comments Ever since the caveman gazed longingly at the winged creatures above him, mankind has been enamored with the idea of flight-of just taking off and soaring away. Steven A. Ruffin celebrates that spirit, that sense of wonder, with Aviation's Most WantedTM:... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Zero Three Bravo: Solo Across America in a Small Plane by Mariana Gosnell Publisher Comments With former Newsweek reporter Mariana Gosnell as the pilot, every takeoff is an adventure and every anecdote brings readers closer to falling in love with flying. Fromcount is "a literary work of straightforward affection . . ". (Newsweek).... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Flight: A Celebration of 100 Years in Art and Literature by Anne Collins Goodyear Publisher Comments Published in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Flight: A Celebration of 100 Years in Art and Literature is a creative testament to the inspiration which first drove man to reach for the sky and ultimately... (read more) List Price $39.99 Your price: $7.38 Used - Hardcover
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