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  • The C-5 Galaxy History

    Crushing Setbacks, Decisive Achievements

    de Roger Launius, B.J. Dvorscak ...
    The C-5 Galaxy is truly an effective military aircraft. It remains an essential, successful component of the U.S. military airlife capability. This book reveals the events that led to the C-5 requirement; and the controversies of its early operational existence. Details of testing, flight characteristics, operational accomplishments and world flight records are presented. Interviews from senior ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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  • Into the Abyss

    An Extraordinary True Story

    de Carol Shaben ...
    Read the "gripping and emotionally affecting" book where four men survived the plane crash. The pilot. A politician. A cop... and the criminal he was shackled to (Washington Post).On an icy night in October 1984, a commuter plane carrying nine passengers crashed in the remote wilderness of northern Alberta, killing six people. Four survived: the rookie pilot, a prominent politician, a cop, and the ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

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  • Fighter Wing

    A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing

    de Tom Clancy, John Gresham ...
    Series Libro 3 - Tom Clancy's Military Referenc
    Now, for the first time, an insider's look at an Air Force combat wing -- the planes, the technology, and the people . . . with Tom Clancy as your guide.Tom Clancy's previous explorations of America's armed forces, Submarine and Armored Cav, revealed exclusive, never-before-seen information an the people and technology that protect our nation. Now, the acclaimed author of Clear and Present Danger ... Leer más

    $15.99 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

  • Juan Terry Trippe: King Of Commercial Aviation

    de Daniel Alef ...
    In 2008 U.S. domestic airlines carried nearly 750 million passengers domestically and internationally. The growth of commercial air transportation and the number of passengers flying today can be laid at the feet of one of the great aviation pioneers, Juan Trippe, who began a crusade to create an air network that would link America to the world. The Yale graduate was absorbed by flight and ... Leer más

    $1.99 USD

  • The Bishop's Boys

    A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright

    de Tom D. Crouch ...
    The reissue of this definitive biography heralds the one-hundredth anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight.Brilliant, self-trained engineers, the Wright brothers had a unique blend of native talent, character, and family experience that perfectly suited them to the task of invention but left them ill-prepared to face a world of skeptics, rivals, and officials. Using a treasure trove of ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • The Hindenburg

    a ship of dreams

    de John Provan ...
    75 years ago, the explosion at Lakehurst marked a dramatic end to the Golden Days of Lighter-than-Air. The crash of LZ-129 “Hindenburg” was the first disaster to be documented in pictures (one photographer even had Kodak color slide film, which had been developed one year prior), filmed by several national camera teams and recorded on records with the famous words of reporter Herb Morrison.For it ... Leer más

    $8.10 USD

  • The Mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

    de Sylvia Wrigley ...
    Malaysia Airlines flight 370 departed from Kuala Lumpur airport shortly after midnight, full of passengers flying to Beijing. Half an hour later, the greatest mystery in aviation history had begun.Though most of us will board an aircraft at some point in our lives, we know little about how they work and the procedures surrounding their operation. It is that mystery that makes the loss of MH370 so ... Leer más

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  • Growling Over The Oceans

    The Royal Air Force Avro Shackleton, the Men, the Missions 1951-1991

    de Deborah Lake ...
    The Avro Shackleton was a formidable machine with its Griffon engines producing the characteristic grumble that gave the aircraft one of its nicknames, the Growler. This book contains stories from the men for whom the aircraft became a way of life. Combining memories and anecdotes from crew members with archive material (including rare and previously unseen photographs) Growling over the Oceans is ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Flying Canucks II

    Pioneers of Canadian Aviation

    de Peter Pigott ...
    Among the many technological advances of this century that have shrunk our country, few have had as great an impact as aviation. Technologies evolve and national priorities change, but the qualities necessary to design aircraft, fly them in war and peace, and manage airlines remain constant. In this, his second book about pioneers of Canadian aviation, Peter Pigott brings a richness and ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Testing Tornado

    Cold War Naval Fighter Pilot to BAe Chief Test Pilot

    de J. David Eagles ...
    It was early Cold War days when 17-year-old David Eagles applied to the Fleet Air Arm hoping to be a fighter pilot for his national service. He little imagined the career that would follow. After flying training with the US Navy and Australian Fleet Air Arm, he settled into Fleet Air Arm fighter pilot life. He progressed through Naval Test Pilot duties – where he was forced to eject from a ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • 1927: A Brilliant Year in Aviation

    de Dick DuRose ...
    Aviation exploded in 1927. First, there was Charles Lindbergh. Immediately after his solo flight to Paris in May, pilots from around the world attempted record breaking flights. In this book, the reader will become acquainted with a myriad of brave and ambitious adventurers. They include: Charles Nungesser, the WWI flying ace who painted a coffin on his plane and called himself the “Knight of ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD