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  • Birth of a Legend

    The Bomber Mafia and the Y1b-17

    Competition for Army acquisition funding in the betrween wars depression years was fierce. The opposing camps of Fighter Supremacy versus Strategic Bombing played out at the Air Corps Tactical School (ACTS), at GHQ, before Congress and in the media. Military exercises pitted the Navy and the Air Corps in operations with real cloak and dagger background gambits, each trying to gain the upper hand. ... Leer más

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  • Flying the Airbus A380

    de Gib Vogel ...
    Since its first flight on 27 April 2005, the Airbus A380 has been the largest passenger airliner in the world. Instantly recognizable with its full-length upper deck, it represents the pinnacle of modern airliner design. ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Amazing Airmen

    Canadian Flyers in the Second World War

    de Ian Darling ...
    Canadian and British airmen engaged in fierce and deadly battles in the skies over Europe during the Second World War. Those who survived often had to overcome incredible obstacles to do so -- dodging bullets and German troops, escaping from burning planes and enduring forced marches if they became prisoners.In one story, a tail gunner from Montreal survived despite being unconscious when blown ... Leer más

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  • Concorde Conspiracy

    The Battle for American Skies 1962-77

    An innovation in aviation development, Concorde was the subject of political rivalry, deceit and treachery from its very inception. After their failure to be the first nation to develop a jet airliner for transatlantic flight or to send spacecraft into space, the US Government was adamant that they would beat other nations to the goal of supersonic flight and so development of the SST began. ... Leer más

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  • Fall of an Arrow

    de Murray Peden ...
    On February 20, 1959, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker announced to the House of Commons the cancellation of the CF-105 Arrow. Its development costs to that time were $340 million. The Arrow was to be the world’s unsurpassed interceptor aircraft. Yet within two months of the Prime Minister’s announcement, six completed aircraft were dismantled and all papers and documents associated with the ... Leer más

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  • Flying Was My Destiny

    The True Flying Adventures of Hans Vandervlugt

    de Marion Reamy ...
    Hans Vandervlugt was a flying marvel from day one, when as a youth he began flying in Holland. Driven by his passion to fly, a learning ability beyond the norm took him through the Dutch Aeronautical College. He was then inducted into the Royal Dutch Military for pilot training, where he became an officer. This biography gives us an understanding of this extraordinary pilot, Hans Vandervlugt, and ... Leer más

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  • Cessna 172

    A Pocket History

    de Ron Smith ...
    The Cessna 172 is unquestionably the world's most successful light aircraft. More than 43,000 have been built since 1956, and the type is in service all over the world. For many, it defines the experience of cross-country flying with family and friends. This small volume traces the origins of the Cessna 172 and highlights the features that have made it so successful. Comprehensively illustrated, ... Leer más

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  • Juan Terry Trippe: Founder of Pan Am and Commercial Aviation

    de Daniel Alef ...
    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 airplanes. He established Pan American World Airways with a fleet of flying boats linking the U.S. Latin and ... Leer más

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  • To Scale the Skies

    The Story of Group Captain J.C. 'Johnny' Wells DFC and BAR

    With humble beginnings as an RAF apprentice, Johnny Wells progressed to pilot and rose to the higher echelons of command at the Air Ministry. From idyllic pre-war training, he would fly bombers against rebels over Iraq, combat Fw190s over England in the newly introduced and equally dangerous Typhoon; he would undertake hazardous low-level anti-shipping strikes in the English Channel, as well as ... Leer más

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  • Bracing for Impact

    True Tales of Air Disasters and the People Who Survived Them

    Surviving is a true blessing that few get to experience.”Being strapped in the seat of a plane as it plunges into a nosedive midair is everyone’s worst nightmare. Bracing for Impact’s compilers and contributors know. They have both lived out that fear and survived, albeit badly hurt, in their own plane crashes.In this collection of true-life survivor tales, people from all walks of life-a ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • My War

    The True Experiences of a U.S. Army Air Force Pilot in World War Ii

    Follow along as the author relates his experiences from the time he enlists in the Army Air Force in 1942, thru training as an Aviation Cadet and finally as the pilot-in-command of a B-17 Flying Fortress as the 8th Air Force mounts its attack against Hitlers Germany. Enjoy moments of humor, live incidents of aviation suspense and feel the sorrow of tragic times. ... Leer más

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  • The Speed of Heat

    An Airlift Wing at War in Iraq and Afghanistan

    With its fleet of large transport aircraft, the United States military can put personnel and equipment anywhere on the globe within hours. In the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in particular, virtually every soldier, every bullet, every pint of blood, and every bite of food have arrived in the war zone by airlift.This book tells the story of one Air National Guard airlift wing as related by its members ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD