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Area 51 - Black Jets
A History of the Aircraft Developed at Groom Lake, America's Secret Aviation Base
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
Area 51’s most important military aviation developments are profiled in an illustrated format.
When most of us think of Area 51, we think of aliens, UFOs, and controversial government cover-ups. It’s easy to forget that, since the mid-1950s, the United States’ famed extension of Edwards...
The World's Greatest Civil Aircraft
An Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Commercial air travel began just over a century ago. In that time there have been groundbreaking civilian aircraft, such as flying boats, the first pressurized cabin aircraft, jet and supersonic aircraft, as well as immense changes in the capacity of a typical airliner: in the 1920s aircraft struggled...
by Henry M. Holden, Darren S. Large
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
On July 8, 1929, a Morristown newspaper announced the opening of Morristown Airport on Bernardsville Road. The article stated the airport would be the home of the Country Aviation Club under the supervision of Clarence Chamberlin, the second man to fly across the Atlantic Ocean and the first to take...
Galloping on Wings With The P-51 Mustang
Diary of an air race pilot
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Howie Keefe takes you behind the scenes to get a personal glimpse into the amazing and precarious world of air racing. The author's thrill-a-minute account is an inspiring chronicle of his many fascinating adventures from a lifetime of aviation exploits. Ride along at over 400 mph as he describes...
by Edward Pinnegar
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
From drug-smuggling pilots to missing planes, a humorous look at the bizarre stories of the aviation industry It is surprising how little has been written about some of the more bizarre inner workings of the aviation industry. This hilarious collection of stories addresses that and presents the...
by Ivan Luciani
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Aviators are passionate about aviation. Once you get the bug you are addicted for life and there is no need, or desire, to search for a cure. It is that passion and addiction that gives you the determination, perseverance, and motivation to pursue a career in aviation. This is the story of one such...
Fabulous Flying Boats
A History of the World's Passenger Flying Boats
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
The history of the development and operations of flying boats in the early twentieth century is a vibrant one, full of colourful characters and experimentation. In 'Fabulous Flying Boats', Leslie Dawson captures this spirit of dynamism, reminding us of the most successful early pioneers of the seaplanes...
A Flying Life
An Enthusiast's Photographic Record of British Aviation in the 1930s
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
A Flying Life: An Enthusiast's Photographic Record of British Aviation in the 1930s consists of photographs taken by E. J. Riding, the author's father, who spent his working life in the aviation industry. He was apprenticed to A. V. Roe & Company and employed as an aircraft engineer up to the...
Alabama Warbird Survivors 2003
A Handbook on Where to Find Them
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2002
Some of the finest military warbirds in American aviation history are still flying in the Southern State of Alabama. Many of them are on display in a number of excellent air museums, or they have been mounted on pylons to stand as memorials to the many military aviators who called Alabama home. This...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
From the Armistice in 1918 to the late 1930s, there was continuous controversy over the place of aviation in the military establishment. This book details how airpower visionaries, with varying degrees of tact, often risked charges of insubordination in preaching the gospel of airpower. As aviation...
by Nicholas Keller
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
The intriguing history of aviation in Charleston, West Virginia, deserves to fly out of anonymity. Wertz Field opened in Institute in 1930, allowing for the introduction of the first commercial passenger service in 1933. In 1942, the construction of a rubber plant next to the field blocked flight...
China's Wings
War, Intrigue, Romance, and Adventure in the Middle Kingdom During the Golden Age of Flight
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
From the acclaimed author of Enduring Patagonia comes a dazzling tale of aerial adventure set against the roiling backdrop of war in Asia. The incredible real-life saga of the flying band of brothers who opened the skies over China in the years leading up to World War II—and boldly safeguarded them...
Missing: Believed Killed
Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnson, Glenn Miller and the Duke of Kent
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
The uncertain fates of Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnson and Glenn Miller have fascinated readers and aviation historians ever since they disappeared. Even today, more than half a century after their final flights, what happened to them is still the subject of speculation, conspiracy theory and controversy....
Canadian Warbird & War Prize Survivors
Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2000
The purpose of this handbook is to provide aviation enthusiasts with a handbook on where to find the surviving retired military aircraft preserved in Canada. The majority of the Canadian Warbird and War Prize Survivors are on display within a significant number of aviation museums. Many others are...