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  • Amazing Aviation Stories, Volume 1

    My Adventures

    by Gerhard Gruber ...
    Series Book 1 - Amazing Aviation Stories
    In a series of entertaining stories, Gerhard Gruber shares insights from his 55 years in aviation. Not only are they filled with humor, but they're also informative and written in a way that's easy to understand, even for readers with no background in aviation. Some stories are almost too unbelievable, if it weren't for the photos to prove them true. Whether it's the odd tale of a lost control ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Amazing Aviation Stories, Volume 2

    My Adventures

    by Gerhard Gruber ...
    Series Book 2 - Amazing Aviation Stories
    55 Years of Aviation - Told with Humor, Thrill, and Up-Close Detail In this second volume, Gerhard Gruber shares a wealth of entertaining and sometimes unbelievable stories from his decades in the aviation world. With a sharp sense of humor and a behind-the-scenes perspective, he recounts episodes that will fascinate not only aviation professionals but are also easily accessible for readers ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Story of Spaceflight before NASA

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    The incredible story of spaceflight before the establishment of NASA.NASA's history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with Neil Armstrong taking his small step on the Moon in 1969. But America's space agency wasn't created in a vacuum. It was assembled from pre-existing parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-Soviet world had to offer.In the 1930s, rockets were all the ... Read more

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  • The Wrong Stuff

    How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned

    by John Strausbaugh ...
    A witty, deeply researched history of the surprisingly ramshackle Soviet space program, and how its success was more spin than science.In the wake of World War II, with America ascendant and the Soviet Union devastated by the conflict, the Space Race should have been over before it started. But the underdog Soviets scored a series of victories—starting with the 1957 launch of Sputnik and ... Read more

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  • Pilot Error

    Pilot Error, #1

    by Sylvia Wrigley ...
    Series Book 1 - Pilot Error
    Buckle up for an exhilarating ride through the world of aviation mishaps in Pilot Error! Aviation expert Sylvia Wrigley provides an eye-opening exposé of mistakes made in the cockpit, ranging from comical blunders to catastrophic consequences.Discover the man who crashed a vintage plane for YouTube views, the helicopter pilot who tried to defend receiving a blow-job in the cockpit, and the man who ... Read more

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  • Dangerous Lessons And Guardian Angels

    An Airline Pilot's Story

    by Capt. PJ Spivack ...
    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 and get ready for exciting,sometimes funny,and ocassionally death defying true aviation stories. ... Read more

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    Superjumbo of the 21st Century

    by Guy Norris,Mark Wagner ...
    Poised for takeoff on that hot morning in April 2005, the Airbus A380 had the purposeful, powerful presence of a giant predatory bird. With its enormous gulled wings, imperiously tall tail, and broad, domed forepeak, it looked ready to take on the world. And along the way, it has had plenty of supporters-and critics. No civil airliner since the supersonic Concorde has aroused such emotion, such ... Read more

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  • The Airplane

    How Ideas Gave Us Wings

    by Jay Spenser ...
    The Airplane by aerospace industry writer Jay Spencer, former assistant curator of the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum and the Museum of Flight in Seattle, is the definitive history of how we invented and refined the amazing flying machines that enabled humankind to defy gravity. A fascinating true account certain to enthrall and delight aviation and technology buffs, The Airplane is ... Read more

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  • The First Jet Pilot

    The Story of German Test Pilot Erich Warsitz

    by Lutz Warsitz, Geoffrey Brooks ...
    The pilot's son delivers "a fascinating read and an invaluable insight in to the workings of pre- and wartime test flying under the Third Reich" ( Military Aircraft Monthly).On 27 August 1939, Flugkapitan Erich Warsitz became the first man to fly a jet aircraft, the Heinkel He 178, and in June of the same year he flew the first liquid-fuel rocket aircraft, the Heinkel He 176. His legendary flying ... Read more

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    by Kenneth Green ...
    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. ... Read more

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    The Original Jumbo Jet

    by Lance Cole ...
    A celebration of the life and times of the iconic jet known as the "Queen of the Skies".Boeing's 747 'heavy' has achieved a fifty-year reign of the airways, but now airlines are retiring their fleets as a different type of long-haul airliner emerges. Yet the ultimate development of the 747, the -800 model, will ply the airways for many years to come.Even as twin-engine airliners increasingly ... Read more

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  • The God Machine

    From Boomerangs to Black Hawks: The Story of the Helicopter

    by James R. Chiles ...
    From transforming the ways of war to offering godlike views of inaccessible spots, revolutionizing rescues worldwide, and providing some of our most-watched TV moments—including the cloud of newscopters that trailed O. J. Simpson’s Bronco—the helicopter is far more capable than early inventors expected. Now James Chiles profiles the many helicoptrians who contributed to the development of this ... Read more

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