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  • An Aeronautical Engineer’s View….. The Vought F4U Corsair And its Contemporaries

    An Aeronautical Engineer's View.....The Vought F4U Corsair and its Contemporaries (6th Edition), by Tom Brinkman, is a well researched, factual and historical description of five legendary United States fighter aircraft of WW II - the Vought F4U Corsair, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, North American P-51 Mustang, Grumman F6F Hellcat, and Lockheed P-38 Lightning. This book presents a clear description ... Read more

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  • Hitler's Forgotten Secret Weapon

    by Leonard James ...
    The last great untold story of World War II, the career of Hitler's "Super Fighter" intended to destroy the RAF in the Battle of Britain and why it never succeeded.The super-secret Heinkel He113 fighter was designed to be a high-speed, high-altitude fighter that could outperform, outgun and outfight any other aircraft in the world when it entered service with the Luftwaffe in 1940. ... Read more

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  • Mosquito Mayhem

    de Havilland's Wooden Wonder in Action in WWII

    "This is the book that puts the flesh on the bones of its reputation as one of the best aircraft of the Second World War." — Pennant MagazineThe flak started about four or five minutes before the target and immediately it was apparent that it was intense and extremely accurate. Oboe entailed the pilot flying dead straight and level for ten minutes on the attack run. Suddenly a tremendous flash ... Read more

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  • Storms of Controversy

    The Secret Avro Arrow Files Revealed

    The development of the Avro Arrow was a remarkable Canadian achievement. Its mysterious cancellation in February 1959 prompted questions that have long gone unanswered. What role did the Central Intelligence Agency play in the scrapping of the project? Who in Canada's government was involved in that decision? What, if anything, did Canada get in return? Who ordered the blowtorching of all the ... Read more

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  • The Eagle and the Osprey

    WWII 1944 The Pacific War Zone In the Pacific Fleet Replacement Pilot Pool at Pearl Harbor, Ensign Bruce Weber receives training in the new Grumman Hellcat fighter planes. He is then assigned to a fighter squadron aboard a carrier. Bruce demonstrates exceptional airmanship skills, shooting down several enemy aircraft. After he has accounted for more than a dozen enemy planes, squadron enlisted ... Read more

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  • 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

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  • Falling Through Clouds

    A Story of Survival, Love, and Liability

    by Damian Fowler ...
    "Mommy burned up."On a cloudy day in August 2003, Grace and Lily Pearson, 4 and 3, were flying in their uncle's plane along with their mother on their way to their grandpa's birthday party near Lake Superior, when Lily noticed the trees out the window were growing close; so close she could almost touch them. Before the trees tore into the cabin, Grace had the strange sensation of falling through ... Read more

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  • Fly Without Fear

    Do you have a deep-rooted fear of flying, or would you simply like to be more relaxed when you get on a plane? In this informative and accessible guide, veteran airline pilot Captain Keith Godfrey and psychologist Dr Alison Smith welcome you aboard and take you through everything from take-off to touchdown, helping you to feel more confident and at ease when journeying by air. Many of the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Learning to Fly in 21 Days

    by Phil Stone ...
    There is nothing better than piloting your own aircraft on a bright sunny day. Learning to fly can be a real rollercoaster of emotions - exhilarating, terrifying, stressful, joyous – and nothing beats the ability to fly to numerous different locations even if it's just there and back for lunch (the proverbial "$100 hamburger"). If you have the desire to gain your own Private Pilot's Licence (PPL) ... Read more

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  • The Outer Whorl - Essays of an Airline Pilot

    by Neal Schier ...
    Ever since man has taken to the air, flight has exerted a strong, almost irresistible, appeal to follow a life of flying--not only to allow it to be a hobby, but to make it one's avocation. Many who have followed this call have written of this journey and how they pursued the various forms of flying - their first flight, their first job flying for hire, and a look back at their career.In The Outer ... Read more

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  • Human Factors

    The purpose of this book is, that readers might get interested in every day psychology, Human Factors, their own functions and how these can be used to improve their own well being, like stress management, in order to function better. It is a book for management, for staff members, teachers, parents, health-care professions, flight deck crew, cabin crew, engineers, flight controllers, maritime ... Read more

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  • Behind the Smile During the Glamour Years of Aviation

    It was a more innocent and glamorous time of travel, when passengers dressed formally, smoking was permitted, and the captain allowed in-flight visits to the cockpit. But there was another side to the flight attendant's profession. It was also hard, sometimes unglamorous, and often dangerous work. Stories are set in such exotic locales as Vietnam, Japan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, France, Germany ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus