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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: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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West with the Night by Beryl Markham Publisher Comments West with the Night is the story of Beryl Markham--aviator, racehorse trainer, beauty--and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and '30s. Beryl Markham is also the author of The Splendid Outcast: The African Stories of Beryl Markham. Growing up in East... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness by Donald L Barlett Publisher Comments Howard Hughes has always fascinated the public with his mixture of secrecy, dashing lifestyle, and reclusiveness. This is the book that breaks through the image to get at the man. 80 photographs. Originally published under the title Empire: The Life... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Under a Wing: A Memoir by Reeve Lindbergh Publisher Comments "We Lindberghs still know ourselves best as a tribe: close-knit, self-enclosed, and self-defining, always prepared to be besieged by invisible forces upwelling from the past...." The world knew Charles Lindbergh as a daring aviator, Pulitzer... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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747: Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation by Joe Sutter and Jay Spenser Publisher Comments 747 is the thrilling story behind "the Queen of the Skies"—the Boeing 747—as told by Joe Sutter, one of the most celebrated engineers of the twentieth century, who spearheaded its design and construction. Sutter's vivid narrative takes us back... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Flight of Passage by Rinker Buck Publisher Comments Writer Rinker Buck looks back more than 30 years to a summer when he and his brother, at ages 15 and 17 respectively, became the youngest duo to fly across America, from New Jersey to California. Having grown up in an aviation family, the two boys bought... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Fly by Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson by William Langewiesche Publisher Comments In Fly by Wire, one of Americas greatest journalists takes us on a "fascinating" (The New York Times) and sometimes humorous journey into the rapidly changing aviation industry. Langewiesche concisely and artfully renders forty years of history in... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Bush Pilots of Alaska by Kim Heacox Publisher Comments Take a deep breath, buckle your seat belt, and turn the pages of "Bush Pilots of Alaska." Each page is a vicarious thrill, each photograph a window onto the way Alaskans get around to live, work, and play.... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: An Autobiography by Michael Neufeld Publisher Comments Designed to convey the awe of a visitor first walking into the world's largest showplace of aviation history, this Autobiography headlines the incredible collections, both on view and behind the scenes, of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $29.00 Used - Hardcover
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Down Around Midnight (10 Edition) by Robert Sabbag Publisher Comments A bestselling author's terrifying and inspiring story of survival In this extraordinary book, the author of such bestsellers as Snowblind and Smokescreen uses his journalistic gift to portray his own heartstopping brush with death. Around midnight on... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 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: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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How to Become a Pilot: The Step-By-Step Guide to Flying by Federal Aviation Administration 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: $7.95 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 $30.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Blunt Trauma: After the Fall of Flight111 by Ivy Bannister Publisher Comments On September 2, 1998, a fire in the cockpit sent Swissair Flight 111 plunging into the sea off Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 men, women and children on board perished, including Ivy Bannister’s sister, Patty. Set in Dublin, New York and the... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Flying the Private Pilot Flight Test: A Manual by Ron Fowler Publisher Comments Everything a pilot or student pilot needs to know and practice for the private pilot certificate flight test is covered logically and in detail in Flying the Private Pilot Flight Test. This thorough, clearly written manual explains exactly what will be... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $12.95 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: $2.50 Used - Mass Market
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First To Fly: the Unlikely Triumph of Wilbur and Orville Wright by James Tobin Synopsis The story of how the brilliant and determined Wilbur Wright and his brother Orville beat often unscrupulous rivals to become the first to fly. James Tobin recounts a time when flight seemed crazy and tantalizing and describes the Wrights' twisting path... (read more) Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Tiny Broadwick: The First Lady of Parachuting by Elizabeth Roberson Publisher Comments Georgia Thompson Brownis life follows the history of aviation.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $6.95 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: $7.25 Used - Hardcover
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The Vital Guide to Commercial Aircraft by Robert Hewson Synopsis An indispensable, up-to-date reference work detailing well over 100 of the world's most significant airlines. Each entry details the history, current status, and future plans of the major passenger and freight carriers worldwide. The Vital Guide to Major... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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