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The Great Airship of 1897
A Provocative Look at the Most Mysterious Aviation Event in History
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
In November of 1896 residents of California watched a mysterious bright light-often described as being suspended beneath a "cigar shaped" craft of considerable size-pass slowly over their cities on several occasions, sparking a media frenzy. A few months later, what appeared to be the same craft was...
The Flight
Charles Lindbergh's Daring and Immortal 1927 Transatlantic Crossing
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
"GRIPPING. ... AN HOUR-BY-HOUR ACCOUNT.****" — WALL STREET JOURNAL • From one of the most decorated pilots in Air Force history comes a masterful account of Lindbergh’s death-defying nonstop transatlantic flight in Spirit of St. Louis
On the rainy morning of May 20, 1927, a little-known...
The Cannibal Queen: A Flight Into the Heart of America
A Flight Into the Heart of America
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
The compelling real-life adventure from New York Times bestselling author Stephen Coonts—now available as an ebook
Bestselling author Stephen Coonts’s stirring ode to aviation: a revealing account of his three months spent exploring small-town America from the skies
Stephen Coonts...
Pan Am at War
How the Airline Secretly Helped America Fight World War II
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2019
Pan Am at War chronicles the airline?s historic role in advancing aviation and serving America?s national interest before and during World War II. From its inception, Pan American Airways operated as the ?wings of democracy,? spanning six continents and placing the country at the leading edge of international...
Flying on Instinct: Canada's Bush Pilot Pioneers
Canada's Bush Pilot Pioneers
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
They were nicknamed Snow Eagle, Flying Knight, Bush Angel, Punch, Doc and Wop. They worked in open cockpits and flew through cold, snow and fog without the benefit of radios, maps or weather reports. They flew over the Barrens, frozen lakes, boreal forests and mountain ranges by dead reckoning and...
Mosquito Mayhem
de Havilland's Wooden Wonder in Action in WWII
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2010
“The flak started about four or five minutes before the target and immediately it was apparent that it was intense and extremely accurate. Oboe entailed the pilot flying dead straight and level for ten minutes on the attack run. Suddenly a tremendous flash lit up the sky about 50 yards ahead of...
by Bill Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2014
‘A Lifetime in Longhaul — The Bigger Picture’ is an opportunity to look into the fascinating world of longhaul aviation. In this latest book, ‘A Lifetime in Longhaul — The Bigger Picture’ Bill Anderson includes the stories from seven senior Qantas Captains and four long serving senior ground...
by Mark Gerchick
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2013
"Sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight," our pilots still intone. But who are they kidding?
In Full Upright and Locked Position, former FAA chief counsel and senior aviation policy official Mark Gerchick unravels the unseen forces and little-known facts that have reshaped our air travel experience...
Dangerous Lessons And Guardian Angels
An Airline Pilot's Story
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2012
DANGEROUS LESSONS AND GUARDIAN ANGELS is an action packed true adventure book that spans thirty-five years of airline flying. Stories about transporting guns to Biafra, flying cargo up and down the Berlin corridor during the cold war, and flying sensitive missions, deep into Russia.Fasten your seatbelt...
by Ray Ronan
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
As with the Air France Flight 447 tragedy, much of the time air crashes are a confluence of events; a cascade of bad luck, bad decisions, inappropriate airline company policy, the failure of aviation regulators, and sometimes insufficient training, or various combinations of all five.
But why?
Seconds...
Hurricane Tim
The Story Of Sir Tim Wallis
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
The gripping biography of one of New Zealand's most distinguished farmers, entreprenuers and aviation heroes. When Sir Tim Wallis's Spitfire crashed at Wanaka airfield in 1996, his accident was reported around the world. This lion-hearted Central Otago man, a legendary figure in the aviation, deer...
The Dream Machine
The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
WHEN THE MARINES decided to buy a helicopter-airplane hybrid “tiltrotor” called the V-22 Osprey, they saw it as their dream machine. The tiltrotor was the aviation equivalent of finding the Northwest Passage: an aircraft able to take off, land, and hover with the agility of a helicopter yet fly...
Brace for Impact
Air Crashes and Aviation Safety
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2016
Why do planes disappear or fall out of the sky? Brace for Impact traces the evolution of accident investigation and explains why flying is the safest form of travel.
The history of air accidents is a harrowing one. Yet today flying is the safest mode of transportation, thanks in no small part...
History of Airplanes
The Nation's Most Distinguished Book On Aircraft, The History Of The Airplane, Aviation History, History Of Flightgear, History Of Flight Poster and More
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
If you're looking for a great eBook on the history of flight, read this guide to aircraft, the history of the airplane, aviation history, history of flightgear, history of flight poster and more.