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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: $2.24 Used - Trade Paper 
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Fate Is the Hunter (61 Edition) by Ernest K. Gann Review Cornelius Ryanauthor of A Bridge Too Far and The Longest DayFate Is the Hunter is partly autobiographical, partly a chronicle of some of the most memorable and courageous pilots the reader will ever encounter in print; and always this book is about the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Avoiding Common Pilot Errors (Tab Practical Flying Series) by John Stewart Publisher Comments This important book brings an air traffic controller's perspective to the mistakes pilots commonly make in controlled airspace. Veteran controller John Stewart has spent years observing pilots display their lack of education, lack of flight preparation... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $11.95 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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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: $35.00 Used - Hardcover
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Howard Hughes the Untold Story by Peter Harry Brown Publisher Comments Just in time for the November release of Miramax's "The Aviator," starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese, this fascinating biography tells the full story of one of the most daring, enigmatic, and reclusive power brokers America has... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $5.25 Used - Trade Paper
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Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved by Elgen M Long Synopsis Earhart's last days are recreated in gripping detail, based on the authors' expert knowledge and a recently discovered report of the final leg of her fateful around-the-world flight. 40 photos. Maps.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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North Star Over My Shoulder: A Flying Life by Bob Buck Publisher Comments Captain Robert N. Buck retired from TWA after having flown well over two thousand Atlantic crossings and thirty-seven years of service as chief pilot and director of thunderstorm research. During World War II he was engaged in weather research for the U... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Centennial of Flight Series #4: Dreams of Flight: General Aviation in the United States by Janet R Bednarek Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-168) and index.... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price: $9.25 Used - Hardcover
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Theory of Wing Sections: Including a Summary of Airfoil Data (Dover Books on Physics) by I H Abbott Publisher Comments Concise compilation of subsonic aerodynamic characteristics of NACA wing sections, plus description of theory. 350 pages of tables.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Understanding Flight by David F Anderson Publisher Comments The simplest, most intuitive book on the toughest lessons of flight--addresses the science of flying in terms, explanations, and illustrations that make sense to those who most need to understand: those who fly. Debunks long-rooted misconceptions and... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $24.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Miracle on the Hudson: The Survivors of Flight 1549 Tell Their Extraordinary Stories of Courage, Faith, and Determination by Laura Parker Publisher Comments In this heart-stopping, page-turning tale of fear, heroism, and redemption, the passengers of the Hudson River crash landing tell their remarkable stories. Millions watched the aftermath on television, while others witnessed the event actually happening... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Killing Zone: How & Why Pilots Die by Paul A Craig Publisher Comments You can fly through the zone. Or you can die in it. Most pilots earn their private certificate with 40 to 70 flight hours. Then they leave their instructors behind and enter the killing zone. Grimly embracing the period from 50 to 350 flight hours--a... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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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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How to Become a Pilot: The Step-By-Step Guide to Flying by Faa Publisher Comments Updated after 15 years, here is the essential information needed to pass FAA exams for pilot license and advanced certification. "All the knowledge the beginner or intermediate pilot needs."--Aeronautical Journal.270 pages, 10 1/4 x 7 3/4.... (read more) List Price $14.95 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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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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