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  • Mountain Secrets Revealed
    Tony A Krizan
    Spurred by the search for the lost P-40 Tomahawk aircrafts from 1941, hiker-explorer Tony Krizan explores the hidden mysteries of the Sierra Nevada. The lost P-40’s The Minarets Snaffle Bit Tree Darwin Falls Panamint Dunes Death Valley Fall Canyon Death Valley Marble Canyon      Forgotten Wawona Stagecoach Road     Mystery of Cox Col Pass History along the Mono Trai...
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    30,27 €

  • Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems
    Carmine Cifaldi
    Safety is the paramount objective of civil aviation. How safe is safe, is a question that pertains all the human activities, the integration of the remotely-piloted aircraft systems into the civil aviation system is based on the principle that existing safety will not be compromised.The book discusses briefly the risks inherent to the remotely-piloted aircraft operations, discu...
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    17,73 €

  • Bill Lambert
    Samuel J. Wilson
    World War I fighter pilot William C. Lambert of Ironton, Ohio, flew for the British Royal Air Force in 1918. When he left the Western Front in August, he had 22 victories--then the most achieved by any American pilot. (By the time of the Armistice in November, his total was surpassed by Eddie Rickenbacker, the former race car driver from Columbus, Ohio, with 26 victories.) L...
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    51,51 €

  • Kiffin Rockwell, the Lafayette Escadrille and the Birth of the United States Air Force
    T.B. Murphy
    With the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, Kiffin Yates Rockwell, from Asheville, North Carolina, volunteered to fight for France. Initially serving with the French Foreign Legion as a soldier in the trenches, he soon became a founding member of the Lafayette Escadrille, a squadron made up mostly of American volunteer pilots who served under the French flag before the ...
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    43,86 €

  • A Pilot's Guide to Washington
    Gryphon Shafer
    Never before in the history of aviation has such a book as this been crafted, mostly because people had better things to do. Fortunately for pilots living in or visiting Washington State, the author had nothing better to do. And thus, A Pilot’s Guide to Washington was born. Each riveting chapter is filled full with exciting details of airports in Washington State and the resta...
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    31,89 €

  • Touch the Sky
    Dr. Diana Prince / DrDiana Prince
    Touch the Sky is a tribute to aviation and man’s attempt to reach beyond his human limits. Few things have captured his imagination as much as the dream of flying. Here in these pages are key moments in the story of flight. ...
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    44,91 €

  • Touch the Sky
    Dr. Diana Prince / DrDiana Prince
    Touch the Sky is a tribute to aviation and man’s attempt to reach beyond his human limits. Few things have captured his imagination as much as the dream of flying. Here in these pages are key moments in the story of flight. ...
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    57,58 €

  • Aircraft Museums of the United Kingdom
    Frank E. Hitchens / Frank EHitchens
    Aircraft Museums of the United Kingdom has been written for the aviation enthusiast with an interest in aircraft from the past. Aircraft range throughout the museums from 1909 up to recent years. Thirty-five museums are listed within this book and each is presented on its merits for the aircraft displayed. A brief description of each museum describes aircraft of special interes...
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    21,67 €

  • A Life of Flight
    Robert 'Bob' Gartshore / Robert Bob Gartshore
    Bob Gartshore’s 44-year flying career spanned a period of rapid aviation development - from fabric-covered Piper Cubs to Boeing 747s. He logged more than 21,000 hours flying to six continents for the RCAF and three airlines. Bob was an instructor on numerous aircraft, Link Trainers and simulators. As captain, he progressed from the Harvard T-6, to the Dakota DC-3; C-119 Flying ...
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    22,28 €

  • The Hedon Aerodrome Saga
    Alexander E Slingsby
    Although readers may be familiar with Hedon and Paull Aerodrome, they might not be so familiar with their histories. That is because for the longest time, their stories remained vastly untold. Throughout the fifties, sixties and seventies, Albert Neville Medforth, Hull's `Mr Aviation', campaigned for a local air service to serve the people of Kingston-upon-Hull in the U...
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    18,81 €

  • Wooden Wings over the Golden Gate
    H. Allen Herr
    Wooden Wings Over The Golden Gate is the only book to give a detailed account of early flying in the Bay Area. Historian Allen Herr recalls the aviation pioneers who flew weekly exhibitions promoting the Panama-Pacific International Exposition for fifteen months prior to its San Francisco opening. Many of the pioneers formed flying schools, built airports, manufactured aircraft...
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    36,05 €

  • Northrop
    Fred Anderson / Fred R. Anderson
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    47,29 €

  • TRW 1901-2001
    Timothy C Jacobson
    This Resource Publication edition of TRW 1901-2001: A Tradition of Innovation, by Timothy C. Jacobsen is a digital facsimile reprint of the 2001 edition published by Northrop Grumman Corp. ...
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    35,01 €

  • Without Precedent
    Owen Zupp
    An ordinary man. An extraordinary life.‘Without Precedent’ recounts the life of commando and fighter pilot, Phillip Zupp. One man who served in two very different wars.From humble rural beginnings, surrounded by drought and The Great Depression, he forged an incredible life with little more than courage and tenacity. During World War Two, he saw combat on the ground in New Guin...
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    27,11 €

  • Without Precedent
    Owen Zupp
    An ordinary man. An extraordinary life. ‘Without Precedent’ recounts the life of commando and fighter pilot, Phillip Zupp. One man who served in two very different wars. From humble rural beginnings, surrounded by drought and The Great Depression, he forged an incredible life with little more than courage and tenacity. During World War Two, he saw combat on the ground in New ...
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    29,14 €

  • The Aircraft-Spotter’s Film and Television Companion
    Simon D. Beck
    Ever wondered how many aircraft were converted into Japanese Zeroes and torpedo bombers for Tora! Tora! Tora! or how French Gazelle helicopters were modified for the title role in Blue Thunder? This first of its kind reference book lists aircraft featured in 350 films and television shows, providing brief individual histories, film locations, serial numbers and registrations...
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    59,00 €

  • Tragedy at Chu Lai
    David Venditta
    Nicky Venditti, a U.S. Army helicopter pilot with a love of fast cars and practical jokes, went to Vietnam in 1969 and was dead in 11 days, killed by an Americal Division grenade training explosion at Chu Lai. The full story of the incident did not come out until the author, David Venditta (a different spelling), Venditti’s cousin, made a chance discovery that began a decade...
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    28,38 €

  • America's Local Service Airlines
    David H. Stringer
         In the 1950s and 1960s, the United States was blanketed by a group of air carriers that served virtually every nook and cranny of the ‘Lower 48’ states. Residents of smaller cities, such as Hazleton, Penn.; Moultrie, Ga.; and Gallup, N.M., could board a 21-28 passenger Douglas DC-3 at their hometown airport and be on their way to any place else in the world. The 13 airline...
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    34,50 €

  • Long Distance Flyer G-EBFO
    Kenneth T Ward
    Alan Cobham wanted to help Britain take a lead in international air travel so he organised and financed this first flight to Australia and back. Read how Cobham and engineer Arthur Ward took on the challenges of more than 50 landing strips through the Middle East and Asia, as well as hairy river and sea-landings where no strips existed. See inside the cockpit of the DeHavilland...
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    27,98 €

  • Noel Merrill Wien
    Noel Merrill Wien
    Fans of aviation and military history will enjoy this chronicle of one of the most accomplished and experienced pilots of his time, recognized for his incredibly diverse and in-depth knowledge of close to 150 types of aircraft, his mentoring of hundreds of young men and women, and 30,000 accident-free hours over the course of six decades of flying. ...
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    28,12 €

  • Photo Recon Became Fighter Duty
    Steven K. Dixon
    Trained as a photo reconnaissance unit, Marine Observation Squadron 251 ended up serving as a fighter squadron for the duration of World War II, shooting down 32 Japanese aircraft. The squadron earned several awards for outstanding performance, including the Presidential Unit Citation. This book is the first to cover the World War II history of VMFA-251, one of the Marine Co...
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    44,03 €

  • Noel Merrill Wien
    Noel Merrill Wien
    Fans of aviation and military history will enjoy this chronicle of one of the most accomplished and experienced pilots of his time, recognized for his incredibly diverse and in-depth knowledge of close to 150 types of aircraft, his mentoring of hundreds of young men and women, and 30,000 accident-free hours over the course of six decades of flying. ...
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    17,49 €

  • There's a Car up my Clacker!
    Bruce Abrey
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    25,65 €

  • The Spirited Aviator
    Donalyn P Knight
    The inspiration for 'The Spirited Aviator' came as a result of Donalyn’s work at USAirways (formerly Piedmont and now American). Her love of flying, traveling, working with people and helping them with their travel needs was something she really enjoyed.Her wish is that you would enjoy reading it and be encouraged by it as much as she was as she compiled the thoughts over the y...
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    22,88 €

  • The Spirited Aviator
    Donalyn P Knight
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    15,36 €

  • Jewish Aviators in World War II
    Bruce H. Wolk
    More than 150,000 American Jews served in the air war during World War II. Despite acts of heroism and commendations, they were subject to bigotry and scorn by their fellow servicemen. Jews were sometimes characterized as disloyal and cowardly, malingering in the slanderous (and non-existent) 'Jewish Quartermaster Corps' or sitting out the war in easy assignments. Based on i...
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    42,86 €

  • Flying the Knife Edge
    Matt McLaughlin
    Silver Medal Winner at the 2017 Independent Publisher Book Awards in New York, NY, USA.Sometimes it’s not about the destination...it’s about the journey.‘Flying the Knife Edge’ is the story of an ordinary man experiencing extraordinary things as a pilot in Papua New Guinea in the 1990s.After an untimely exit from the Royal New Zealand Air Force, Matt McLaughlin took a leap into...
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    38,41 €

  • The Frugal Pilot
    Dan Ramsey
    Flying can be expensive! How can you bring down the cost of going up? Be a Frugal Pilot! A Frugal Pilot is one who makes common-sense decisions toward getting good value from every flying activity and dollar. THE FRUGAL PILOT: How to Fly on a Budget includes hundreds of tips on aircraft maintenance, price shopping, barter and trade, multitask flying, co-ownership, partnerships,...
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    10,07 €

  • Bigger Bombs for a Brighter Tomorrow
    John M Curatola / John M. Curatola
    Right after World War II, the United States felt secure in its atomic monopoly. With the American 'Pax Atomica' in place, the free world held an apparent strategic advantage over the Soviet bloc and saw itself as a bulwark against communist expansion. But America’s atomic superiority in the early postwar years was more fiction than fact. From 1945 until 1950, the U.S. atom...
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    42,67 €

  • The Crash of Piedmont Airlines Flight 22
    Paul D. Houle
    Against a backdrop of inadequate funding, misplaced priorities and a lack of manpower, American commercial aviation in the 1960s was in a perilous state. In July 1967, when a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727 collided with a Cessna 310 over Hendersonville, North Carolina, killing 82 people, the industry was in crisis. Congress called hearings on aviation safety and government and...
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    50,25 €


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