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Before Topgun Days
The Making of a Jet Fighter Instructor
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
The elite navy pilot and author of Topgun Days tells the thrilling story of his struggle to become one of the best to ever take the skies.
An instructor in the navy’s Topgun Program, Dave “Bio” Baranek had always dreamed of becoming a jet fighter. After graduating from college, he joined...
by Dean M. Bloyd
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2000
Flak at 12 O'Clock is about a Kansas farmboy's teenage experiences that lead to his becoming a co-pilot of a B-17 in the 8th Air Force during the final months of World War II. He describes his adventures as an Aviation Cadet that lead to his assignment, the blunders of superior officers and his reasons for giving up a career in the Air Force.
by Nicholas C. Selig
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
To book a ride on the "World's Shortest Airline" or learn aerial stunts from the redheaded widow of Lawrence Avenue, you've got to go through the airports buried beneath the housing developments and shopping malls of Chicagoland. Many of these airports sprang up after World War I, when training killed...
Vintage Champagne on the Edge of Space
The Supersonic World of a Concorde Stewardess
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
The inside story of working on Concorde and flying in the supersonic age of travelIn the era of Concorde, flying aboard this iconic aircraft was akin to being part of an elite club. Sally Armstrong recounts her experiences as a stewardess flying with the rich and famous, meeting superstars and royals,...
Around the World in 50 Years
The Stories of a Pan American World Airways Aeronautical Engineer
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2012
Vince Flury spent 50 years in the field of Aviation. He started out as an Aircraft and Engine Mechanic in the U. S. Air Force. He attended the University of Miami School of Engineering under the G. I. Bill. After graduation, was hired by Pan American World Airways as an Aeronautical Engineer. He retired...
From Supermarine Seafire XVII to Douglas DC-10
A Lifetime of Flight
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2012
Ron Williams’ flying career started in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve which he joined for his National Service in the 1950s. Having completed this he became a civilian pilot and embarked on a career that would see him flying an amazing variety of aircraft in all parts of the world.
His...
by Paul Hogan
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
London City Airport was first conceived as part of the regeneration of the London Docklands at the start of the 1980s, a pilot landing on Heron Quays to prove it could be done. Built on the land between the Royal Albert Dock and the King George V Dock, the first commercial services operated from the...
A Spitfire Girl
One of the World's Greatest Female ATA Ferry Pilots Tells Her Story
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
We visualize dashing and daring young men as the epitome of the pilots of the Second World War, yet amongst that elite corps was one person who flew no less than 400 Spitfires and seventy-six different types of aircraft – and that person was Mary Wilkins.
Her story is one of the most remarkable...
by Lettice Curtis
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013
The name of Lettice Curtis is well known in the aviation world. Her career as an aviator is both remarkable and unique, yet until now it has never been put into print. Inspired by requests from many who have known her, Lettice has finally put pen to paper and opened her photo album to tell her amazing story from school days to retirement.
History of British European Airways
1946 - 1972
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2006
BEA was formed in 1946 and took over most UK domestic and European routes under the British government's nationalisation policy. It began operations with a fleet of outdated and hopelessly uneconomic passenger aircraft that were derivatives of wartime types such as the DC-3, Avro Viking and Rapide....
Flying from My Mind
Innovative and Record-breaking Microlight and Aircraft Designs
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2008
This fascinating story begins in 1973 when David Cook built a glider in an attempt to win the Selsey Birdman Rally – an annual event where all types of creations are launched from the end of Bognor Pier. Between 1975 and 1977 he won every National and International hang gliding competition entered...
Supermarine
An Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
In 1904 an eccentric inventor, Noel Pemberton-Billing, took an interest in flying machines. In the spirit of the pre-Wright brothers pioneers, he launched himself off the roof of his house in a flight which ended 30 feet directly below. From these humble beginnings emerged a company that went on to...
VC10: Icon of the Skies
BOAC, Boeing and a Jet Age Battle
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
Other books have charted the VC10 in airline life, but this book blends that story with a well-researched tale of corporate and political power play. It asks; just what lay behind the sales failure of the VC1O?
Politics played an important part of course, as did BOAC’s tactics, and a ’who...
Vertical Horizons
The History of Okanagan Helicopters
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2017
"Looking back over thirty years of flying for Okanagan, I see the experience has given me an interesting life. I have never really considered flying as work. It is more a way of life, a way of life that nourishes a free spirit, something that not many jobs can give you. I just cannot imagine...