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  • North Star over My Shoulder

    A Flying Life

    de Bob Buck ...
    It is rare to find one person whose life embodies the history of an industry the way Bob Buck's life encompasses the history of commercial aviation in America. Buck first flew in the 1920s, inspired by the exploits of Charles Lindbergh. In 1930, at age sixteen, he flew solo from coast to coast, breaking the junior transcontinental speed record. In 1936 he flew nonstop from Burbank, California, to ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

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  • William Edward Boeing: Sky King

    de Daniel Alef ...
    On Jan. 2, 1910, leading aviators from around the globe converged on Dominguez Hills near Los Angeles for the Los Angeles Air Meet. During the 10-day event, 226,000 spectators saw a dazzling display of airplanes and flight. Many world records were shattered; one pilot soared to 4,164 feet, while Glenn Curtiss hit a blistering 55 mph with a passenger on board. The planes so fascinated one onlooker, ... Leer más

    $1.99 USD

  • Vipers in the Storm: Diary of a Gulf War Fighter Pilot

    de Keith Rosenkranz ...
    During Operation Desert Storm, Captain Keith Rosenkranz piloted his F-16 "Viper" in 30 combat missions. Here he recounts these experiences in searing, "you-are-there" detail, giving readers one of the most riveting depictions ever written of man and machine at war. ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • The Bush Pilots

    A Pictorial History of a North American Phenomena

    de Tony Foster ...
    North America's vast land mass, sparse population, and deserted north were perfectly suited for aircraft operations on skis and pontoons. The bush pilots opened the North, exploring to its farthest reaches, establishing communication between isolated settlements, delivering supplies, medicines, medical assistance and the mail. They were superb pilots and mechanics, dare devils, barnstormers, ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • The Crash Detectives

    Investigating the World's Most Mysterious Air Disasters

    de Christine Negroni ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Negroni is a talented aviation journalist who clearly understands the critically important part the human factor plays in aviation safety.”** —Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, pilot of US Airways 1549, the Miracle on the HudsonA fascinating exploration of how humans and machines fail—leading to air disasters from Amelia Earhart to MH370—and how the lessons learned ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

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  • Stealth Fighter

    A Year in the Life of an F-117 Pilot

    de William B. O'Connor ...
    An engaging look into the culture of those who fly high-tech fighters and bombers and one pilot's personal account of his career in the cockpit.The F-117 Stealth Nighthawk was a truly groundbreaking aircraft when introduced in the early 1980s. The strange shape of the jet, all flat panels and angles, rendered the aircraft nearly invisible to radar. This highly classified program wasn't ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Mystery of Flight 427

    Inside a Crash Investigation

    de Bill Adair ...
    The immediate human toll of the 1994 Flight 427 disaster was staggering: all 132 people aboard died on a Pennsylvania hillside. The subsequent investigation was a maze of politics, bizarre theories, and shrouded answers. Bill Adair, an award-winning journalist, was granted special access to the five-year inquiry by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) while its investigators tried to ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • British Aircraft Corporation

    A History

    de Stephen Skinner ...
    The British Aircraft Corporation was formed from The Bristol Aeroplane Company, English Electric, Vickers-Armstrong and Hunting in 1960. In its short, seventeen-year, life, the British Aircraft Corporation built some of the most important aircraft and missiles of the 1960s, 1970s and beyond: its best-known products included the Jaguar and Tornado warplanes, Rapier missile and One-Eleven airliner. ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Air Disaster Canberra

    The Plane Crash That Destroyed a Government

    de Andrew Tink ...
    In August 1940 Australia had been at war for almost a year when a Hudson bomber – the A16-97 – carrying ten people, including three cabinet ministers, crashed into a ridge near Canberra. In the ghastly inferno that followed the crash, the nation lost its key war leaders. Over the next twelve months, it became clear that the passing of Geoffrey Street, Sir Henry Gullett and James Fairbairn had ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Sky's the Limit

    Canadian Women Bush Pilots

    de Joyce Spring ...
    The women pilots profiled in this book have flown from British Columbia to Newfoundland and in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Right from the beginning of her interviews and research, the author found herself constantly amazed by the achievements of the women involved. Within the book are the stories of early Canadian women bush pilots from the late 1940s onwards. Their stories are exciting ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Air Power

    The Men, Machines, and Ideas That Revolutionized War, from Kitty Hawk to Iraq

    de Stephen Budiansky ...
    No single human invention has transformed war more than the airplane—not even the atomic bomb. Even before the Wright Brothers’ first flight, predictions abounded of the devastating and terrible consequences this new invention would have as an engine of war. Soaring over the battlefield, the airplane became an unstoppable force that left no spot on earth safe from attack. Drawing on combat memoirs ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Cessna 172

    A Pocket History

    de Ron Smith ...
    The Cessna 172 is unquestionably the world's most successful light aircraft. More than 43,000 have been built since 1956, and the type is in service all over the world. For many, it defines the experience of cross-country flying with family and friends. This small volume traces the origins of the Cessna 172 and highlights the features that have made it so successful. Comprehensively illustrated, ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD