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  • Thirty Seconds to Impact

    When Peter took charge of the flight deck of the 777 and took off from Beijing airport, there was nothing to suggest that this trip would be anything other than a routine flight of the sort he had made so many times before. It was not until moments before landing that anything went wrong. Coming in to Heathrow Airport, the plane suffered inexplicable loss of power to both engines, and it was ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Emergency (2nd Edition)

    Crisis On The Flight Deck

    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

    $11.99 USD

  • The Alaska Bush Pilot Chronicles: More Adventures and Misadventures from the Big Empty

    More Adventures and Misadventures from the Big Empty

    by Mort D. Mason ...
    Readers of Flying the Alaska Wild marveled at Mort Mason's true tales of braving the elements at the extremes in a Piper Super Cub. But the bush pilot, adventurer, and raconteur was just beginning, and in this book he revisits his most memorable moments of flying by the seat of his pants through blizzards and white-outs, on assignments at times hazardous and sometimes simply whacky, always with a ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Flying the Boeing 787

    by Gib Vogel ...
    Since its first flight on 15 December 2009, the Boeing 787 'Dreamliner' has been the most sophisticated airliner in the world. It uses many advanced new technologies to offer unprecedented levels of performance with minimal impact on the environment. Flying the Boeing 787 gives a pilot's eye view of what it is like to fly this remarkable machine. It takes the reader on a trip from Tokyo to Los ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Miles M.52

    Gateway to Supersonic Flight

    In December 1943, a top secret contract (E.24/43) was awarded to Miles Aircraft. The contract was to build the world's first supersonic jet capable of 1000mph. The only reliable source of data on supersonic objects came from the Armament Research Dept and their wind tunnel tests on ammunition. From this, Miles developed an exceptionally thin-winged, bullet-shaped aircraft. the research was ... Read more

    $19.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Learning to Fly Helicopters, Second Edition

    A comprehensive guide to helicopter flying and flight training for aspiring private or professional helicopter pilots--updated for the first time in 20 years!Extensively revised to cover the latest industry advances, Learning to Fly Helicopters, Second Edition, provides details on the technical and practical aspects of rotarywing flight, guiding you from preflight preparation through postflight ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • Shamrock 22

    “An Aviator's Story”

    This Air Force Colonels Memoir is a collection of stories about people whom he has known, worked with and flew with during his span of 80 plus years. Growing up was an on airport experience among airport people, none of whom are ordinary. He enlisted in the Army during WWII at 18 and entered the Army Flying Training System. He relives with the reader numerous experiences in his early flying and ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Turning Final, a Life Complete

    by Jim Reed ...
    Jim Reed has had a life of diverse adventure. From sending U-2s to the North Pole, retrieving Missiles in the open ocean and a flying career that spanned the world, he has done just about everything that you could pack into one lifetime. Turning Final captures those adventures and shares it with all of us who dream of meeting exciting challenges. This story is about a real life pilot/sailor who ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • One on the Ground: The Story of One Family Before, During, and After Flight 3407 Crashed into their Home

    February 12, 2009 was an ordinary evening at home for the Wielinski family. Karen said good night to her husband Doug as he left their family room. Their daughter was reading in an upstairs room. Minutes later their world and their home collapsed into flaming wreckage around them.The crash of Continental Flight 3407 in Clarence Center, New York resulted in the loss of everyone aboard the plane and ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • American Airman in the Belgian Resistance

    Gerald E. Sorensen and the Transatlantic Alliance

    In May of 1944, American airman Gerald E. Sorensen was shot down over Nazi occupied Belgium. The Belgian Resistance recovered Sorensen and sheltered him in the home of the Abeels family. Friendship between Sorensen and the Abeels blossomed and they came to consider each other as family. The Abeels were active in the Resistance and Sorensen ultimately volunteered to join his Belgian brother Roger ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • The Early History of the Airplane

    A historical book on how Wright Brothers invented aeroplanes. An intersting book by the famous Wright Brothers themselves. Wright Brothers are known as the pioneers of Aeronautical history of the world. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Aviation Information Management

    From Documents to Data

    Operational information management is at a crossroads as it sheds the remaining vestiges of its paper-based processes and moves through the uncharted domain of electronic data processes. The final outcome is not yet in full focus, but real progress has been made in the transition to electronic documents providing the aviation industry with a clear direction. This book looks at a combination of ... Read more

    $77.99 USD