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Flight of Passage Flight of Passage
by Rinker Buck

Publisher Comments
Rinker Buck's beautiful memoir of fathers, sons, and adventure in the skies won abundant praise from critics and readers across the country. Now available in trade paperback, Flight of Passage is set to become the new favorite of the audience of millions... (read more)

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Used - Trade Paper

Amelia: A Life of the Aviation Legend Amelia: A Life of the Aviation Legend
by Donald M Goldstein

Publisher Comments
"Earhart's story soars again." ???"Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"... (read more)

List Price $16.95
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Used - Trade Paper

The Color Encyclopedia of Incredible Airplanes The Color Encyclopedia of Incredible Airplanes
by Philip Jarrett

Publisher Comments
Ranging from the earliest flying machines to today's high-tech planes, an informative reference combines more than 750 photographs and illustrations with detailed specifications, information, and histories to provide a complete rundown on the world's... (read more)

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Used - Hardcover

Bush Pilots: Legends of the Old and Bold Bush Pilots: Legends of the Old and Bold
by Bob Cary

Publisher Comments
- Learn that even unparalleled piloting skills can sometimes use a bit of good luck<BR>- Meet legendary pilots such as Pat Magie, Dan Houle, Rob Howden, Dusty Rhodes and Wiley Gregg<BR>- Share the pilot's seat in flights in complete darkness... (read more)

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Used - Trade Paper

Famous First Flights That Changed History: Sixteen Dramatic Adventures (Explorers Club Classics) Famous First Flights That Changed History: Sixteen Dramatic Adventures (Explorers Club Classics)
by Lowell Thomas

Publisher Comments
Sixteen dramatic and historic adventures that opened aviation frontiers. Here are Bleriot, Byrd, Doolittle, Alcock and Brown, and the others; plus the 1965 round-the-world flight over both poles!... (read more)

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Used - Trade Paper

Understanding Flight 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)

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"We": The Daring Flyer's Remarkable Life Story and His Account of the Transatlantic Flight That Shook the World "We": The Daring Flyer's Remarkable Life Story and His Account of the Transatlantic Flight That Shook the World
by Charles A Lindbergh

Publisher Comments
The original, firsthand account of the greatest flight in history. (SEE QUOTE.)... (read more)

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Advanced Aircraft Systems (Practical Flying) Advanced Aircraft Systems (Practical Flying)
by David A Lombardo

Publisher Comments
This book explains the theory, components, and practical applications of systems in turboprop, turojet, and turbofan aircraft. The author clearly examines electrical, turbine engine, lubrication and coooling , and other systems.... (read more)

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Wild Blue: Stories of Survival from Air and Space (Adrenaline Classics) 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)

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Turbulent Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation (Sloan Technology) 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)

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Worlds Greatest Aircraft 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)

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Dawn Over Kitty Hawk 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)

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Women with Wings: Female Flyers in Fact and Fiction Women with Wings: Female Flyers in Fact and Fiction
by Mary Cadogan

Publisher Comments
"Women with Wings" -- now in paperback -- is a perceptive and highly entertaining celebration of the achievements of female flyers from eighteenth-century balloonists to today's astronauts.<P>For decades female aviators had to defy social... (read more)

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World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers 2ND Edition World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers 2ND Edition
by Bill Gunston

Publisher Comments
Here, within one book, is a comprehensive and authoritative survey of man's attempts to design, develop and mass-produce aeroplanes and rotorcraft since 1852. More than 3,000 entries, illustrated with some 1,000 photographs, feature oddball contraptions... (read more)

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On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight 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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The Wrong Stuff?: Attempts at Flight Before (& After) the Wright Brothers The Wrong Stuff?: Attempts at Flight Before (& After) the Wright Brothers
by Phil Scott

Publisher Comments
The first book-length pictorial review of aviation history told through its most creative disasters, The Wrong Stuff? is published in association with the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. It is published to coincide with the 100th anniversary... (read more)

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The Flying Book The Flying Book
by David Blatner

Publisher Comments
Whether you fear, thrill at, or, like many, have never bothered to stop and think about the wonder of commercial flight, The Flying Book will inform, surprise, reassure, and entertain. David Blatner takes readers from the cockpit to the runway, the... (read more)

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Supersonic Flow & Shock Waves Supersonic Flow & Shock Waves
by Richard Courant

Publisher Comments
The Springer edition of this book is an unchanged reprint of Courant and Friedrich's classical treatise which was first published in 1948. The basic research for it took place during World War II, but there are many aspects which still make the book... (read more)

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International Air Transport Association Handbook International Air Transport Association Handbook
by International Busine

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INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION: strategy, programs... (read more)

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Speaking of Flying: Personal Tales of Heroism, Humor, Talent and Terror from 44 Unique Aviators Speaking of Flying: Personal Tales of Heroism, Humor, Talent and Terror from 44 Unique Aviators
by Diane Titterington

Publisher Comments
448 page: hardback book with 230 photos, published by The Aviation Speakers Bureau Personal tales of heroism, humor, talent and terror from 44 unique aviators -- barnstorming, flying aerial combat in WW II and Vietnam, test piloting, performing air... (read more)

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Used - Hardcover

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