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“john tye”

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  • Life of a Concorde Pilot

    From The Orphanage to The Edge of Space

    by John Tye ...
    John Tye's job at British Airways was supposed to be only temporary, a way for him to pass the summer before starting university. Instead, it would kickstart a forty-six-year career in aviation and take him all over the world.Told in an irrepressible and infectious style, Life of a Concorde Pilot is the story of how, despite a somewhat turbulent start to life in a Middlesex orphanage, John would ... Read more

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  • Life of a Concorde Pilot

    From The Orphanage to The Edge of Space

    by John Tye ...
    John Tye's job at British Airways was supposed to be only temporary, a way for him to pass the summer before starting university. Instead, it would kickstart a forty-six-year career in aviation and take him all over the world.Told in an irrepressible and infectious style, Life of a Concorde Pilot is the story of how, despite a somewhat turbulent start to life in a Middlesex orphanage, John would ... Read more

    $19.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Concorde

    The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner

    by Mike Bannister ...
    The definitive account of the rise and fall of the iconic Concorde plane from British Airways' former Chief Concorde Pilot'A remarkable story' DAILY EXPRESS'A stonking good read' FLYER_________What's it like to fly faster than a bullet?Could you really glimpse the edge of space?Why will we never see Concorde's like again?Mike Bannister was British Airways' Chief Concorde... ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

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  • Limitless: The Autobiography

    The bestselling story of Britain’s inspirational astronaut

    by Tim Peake ...
    The inspirational autobiography of Britain’s beloved astronaut Tim Peake, the #1 bestselling author of Hello, is this Planet Earth? and Ask an AstronautAs heard on BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs__________________'What surprised me was how entirely serene I felt. I was weightless, no forces exerting themselves on my body. To my left was the Space Station. Below me, gradually going into shadow, was ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

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  • Emergency (2nd Edition)

    Crisis On The Flight Deck

    by Stanley Stewart ...
    Emergency is a collection of true stories about events where disaster seems imminent. Yet each situation is concluded without loss of life thanks to the skill of the pilots and their crews, whose bravery and resourcefulness have earned them well-deserved commendations. Written by a British Airways First Officer, Stanley Stewart, who has spoken at first hand with the pilots and crews involved in ... Read more

    $11.49 USD

  • Aviation at the Edge

    42 Years of Comradeship, Tragedy and Adrenaline Fuelled Life in the Clouds

    by John Flexman ...
    Three thousand feet above the Zambian bush, the DHC2 Beaver had only ten minutes' fuel remaining. Night was drawing in; ground features were indiscernible. I could not raise anyone on the radio. Would this be the end? John Flexman knew he wanted to be a pilot from moment he saw an RAF flypast as a boy of eight. At sixteen he joined the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy, getting his 'wings' in 1961 ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Forty-Seven Years Aloft

    From Cold War Fighters & Flying the PM to Commercial Jets

    by Brian Burdett ...
    "A journey through 47 years of aviation history through the memories of one pilot. From . . . 'antics' in jet fighters, and civil aviation to retirement." — Vintage AirfixIt all began for London-born Brian Burdett, as it has for so many, with the Air Cadets, flying Tiger Moths at the age of just fourteen. He obtained his civil license at the age of seventeen, and six months later he was accepted ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Secret Life of Flying

    What really happens when you travel by air

    by Jeremy Burfoot ...
    How does a plane stay up in the air?Does the Mile-High Club actually exist?When you flush the toilet, where does it all go?Buckle up for some turbulence because nothing flies under the radar for Captain Jeremy Burfoot.With more than 35 years of airline experience, the former Qantas pilot presents an Airbus-load of stories about unruly passengers and cockpit clashes, and expertly navigates the ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

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  • Skytrucker

    Incidents, Accidents and Romantic Attachments Gathered over Forty Years in Aviation

    by Allen Murray ...
    Air travel is an almost essential part of everyday life. A significant proportion of travelers are curious about what is actually happening on the flight deck. This book, based on forty years of personal experiences, takes the reader into the cockpit.Written in a humorous style, it relates incidents, accidents and some romantic attachments. The narrative includes the transport of a complete circus ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Born To Fly

    by Ryan Campbell ...
    “I will never forget my first flight, the feeling of being pushed back in the seat, the rumbling that suddenly turned into silence. It fascinated me then, it does now.”When Ryan Campbell was six, he fell in love with aeroplanes. Inspired by his first flight, and his uncle and grandfather who were both aviators, flying was a passion that dominated his childhood. It was no surprise to his family and ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

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  • Touching the Sky: The extraordinary story of an Australian trailblazer who became the longest flying female airline pilot in the world

    by Deborah Lawrie ...
    Deborah Lawrie didn't just break the glass ceiling - she flew right through it.They told her women couldn't fly commercial airliners.They told her women weren't welcome in the cockpit.They told her women couldn't work and have a family.She told them she'd see them in court.In an era when flight attendants were dismissed as 'trolley dollies' and smoking on aeroplanes was practically mandatory, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Flight Testing to Win

    An autobiograpghy of a test pilot

    by Tony Blackman ...
    No aircraft is absolutely safe. This book is about Aviation, from learning to fly, becoming a test pilot, flight testing, demonstrating on some of the third world's worst airfields, then specializing in Avionics and finally joining the Board of the UK Civil Aviation Authority, helping to formulate the regulations that the author had spent so many years living by. Many stories are told, including ... Read more

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