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  • Early U.S. Navy Carrier Raids, February-April 1942

    Five Operations That Tested a New Dimension of American Air Power

    de David Lee Russell ...
     After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, America's fast carrier task forces, with their aircraft squadrons and powerful support warships, went on the offensive. Under orders from Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, the newly appointed Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, as the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, took the fight to the Japanese, using island raids to slow their advance in the Pacific ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • David McCampbell

    Top Ace of U.S. Naval Aviation in World War II

    de David Lee Russell ...
    David McCampbell was the leader of the most successful naval air group in combat in World War II. An unequalled naval aviator, McCampbell shot down a total of 34 Japanese aircraft across numerous battles. Eventually awarded the Medal of Honor, he first served in the Atlantic as a carrier Landing Safety Officer, then as an air group leader in the Pacific theater.McCampbell's 31-year career reveals ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • USS Bogue

    The Most Successful Anti-Submarine Warfare Carrier in World War II

    de David Lee Russell ...
    Designed to locate and sink German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic, the escort carrier USS Bogue (CVE-9) became the most successful Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) carrier of World War II. This book covers the construction and commissioning of the Bogue, as well as the deployment of Naval Aviation composite squadrons that launched missions from the flight deck. Day-to-day operations are ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Eastern Air Lines

    A History, 1926-1991

    de David Lee Russell ...
    Eastern Air Lines began in 1926 when aviation pioneer Harold Pitcairn started the first carrier air mail route from New York to Atlanta under his company, Pitcairn Aviation. Clement Keys of National Air Transport bought the company in 1929, changed the name to Eastern Air Transport and began passenger service the next year on daily round trips between New York and Richmond. The growing airline was ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

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  • Confessions of a Qantas Flight Attendant

    True Tales and Gossip from the Galley

    de Owen Beddall, Libby Harkness ...
    Want to know what really goes on on an aeroplane? Let's go behind the scenes and fly high with these tall tales and gossip from the galley!Everyone wants to be a flight attendant, or at least they want to know about the cushy lifestyle they lead – flying to exotic destinations, swanning about in five-star hotels, daytime lazing around the pool and night-time tabletop dancing with Bollywood stars. ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • The Ice Pilots

    Flying with the Mavericks of the Great White North

    de Michael Vlessides ...
    As seen on TV!The Ice Pilots follows renegade Arctic airline Buffalo Airways, and pilots who defy the cold and the competition by using WWII era propeller planes likes the DC-3 to haul vital fuel, supplies, and passengers to remote outposts across the world’s last great wilderness. From rookie pilots trying to earn their wings in sometimes hellish conditions to vintage planes that flew over ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Aviation Maintenance Management, Second Edition

    de Tariq Siddiqui, Harry A. Kinnison ...
    THE COMPLETE, UP-TO-DATE GUIDE TO MANAGING AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE PROGRAMSThoroughly revised for the latest aviation industry changes and FAA regulations, this comprehensive reference explains how to establish and run an effi cient, reliable, and cost-effective aircraft maintenance program. Co-written by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University instructors, Aviation Maintenance Management, Second ... Leer más

    $54.99 USD

  • The Outer Whorl - Essays of an Airline Pilot

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $2.50 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Follow Me Through

    The Ups and Downs of a RAF Flying Instructor

    de Wing Commander Mike Brooke AFC RAF ...
    Catch a rare glimpse into the training of the nation's defence personnel, as pilot turned flying instructor Mike Brooke shares with us some of his amusing firsthand flying stories. After his success as a Cold War Canberra pilot, Mike was dispatched to become a flying instructor at the Central Flying School in the 1970s. 'Follow him through' – as he would instruct his trainees – as he experiences ... Leer más

    $14.09 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Flight of The Mew Gull

    Record-breaking flying in the 1930s

    de Alex Henshaw ...
    Alex Henshaw had the luck to grow up in the '20s and '30s during the golden age of flying. The Blue Riband of flying in the British Isles between the two World Wars was the King's Cup: Henshaw set his heart on it, developing a technique of racing which extracted the very maximum from his aircraft: first the Comper Swift and then the DH Leopard Moth. Parallel with his search for speed was an ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • Flying The Big Jets (4th Edition)

    de Stanley Stewart ...
    Flying the Big Jets presents the facts that people want to know about the world of the big jets. How does a large aircraft fly? How long is the take-off run at maximum weight? How much fuel is carried on a transatlantic flight? How do the radios work? What aircraft maintenance is required? How often are the tyres changed? What is the life style of a pilot? The answers to these and a thousand other ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • Behind the Smile During the Glamour Years of Aviation

    de Bobbi Phelps Wolverton ...
    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 ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus