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Flight: 100 Years of Aviation
by R G Grant
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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)
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Fate Is the Hunter
by Ernest K Gann
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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)
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West with the Night
by Beryl Markham
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"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)
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Air Babylon
by Imoge Edwards Jones
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A mile-high journey through the best kept secrets of the airline industry, of births, deaths, drunken brawls, sexual antics, and the debauchery behind the scenes of the ultimate service industry.... ( read more)
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How to Become a Pilot: The Step-By-Step Guide to Flying
by Faa
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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)
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Avoiding Common Pilot Errors (Tab Practical Flying Series)
by John Stewart
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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)
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On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight
by Fred Culick
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On the eve of the hundredth anniversary of the historic events at Kitty Hawk comes a splendidly illustrated account of the legendary twelve-second flight that changed the world forever. On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright took to the air for... ( read more)
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Howard Hughes: The Secret Life
by Charles Higham
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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)
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Howard Hughes the Untold Story
by Peter Harry Brown
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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)
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Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved
by Elgen M Long
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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)
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North Star Over My Shoulder: A Flying Life
by Bob Buck
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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)
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Inside the Sky: A Meditation on Flight
by William Langewiesche
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William Langewiesche's life has been deeply intertwined with the idea and act of flying. Fifty years ago his father, a test pilot, wrote Stick and Rudder, a text still considered by many to be the bible of aerial navigation. Langewiesche himself learned... ( read more)
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Centennial of Flight Series #4: Dreams of Flight: General Aviation in the United States
by Janet R Bednarek
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-168) and index.... ( read more)
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Theory of Wing Sections: Including a Summary of Airfoil Data (Dover Books on Physics)
by I H Abbott
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Concise compilation of subsonic aerodynamic characteristics of NACA wing sections, plus description of theory. 350 pages of tables.... ( read more)
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The Killing Zone: How & Why Pilots Die
by Paul A Craig
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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)
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Wild Blue: Stories of Survival from Air and Space (Adrenaline Classics)
by David Fisher
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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)
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Turbulent Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation (Sloan Technology)
by T A Heppenheimer
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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)
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Worlds Greatest Aircraft
by Christopher Chant
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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)
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Aviations Most Wanted
by Steven Ruffin
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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)
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Zero Three Bravo: Solo Across America in a Small Plane
by Mariana Gosnell
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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)
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