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Soul survivor
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Bruce Leininger |
This is the story of James Leininger, who-- a little more than two weeks after his second birthday-- began having blood-curdling nightmares that just would not stop. When James began screaming out re… |
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SPITFIRE WOMEN OF WORLD WAR II
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GILES WHITTELL |
The story of the unsung heroines who flew the newest, fastest, aeroplanes in World War II – mostly in southern England where the RAF was desperately short of pilots.Why would the well-bred daughter o… |
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The Spitfire Smiths
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R. I. A. Smith |
viii, 216 p., [16] p. of plates : 23 cm |
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Flight to heaven
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Dale Black |
"Dale Black tells how he survived a plane crash at age nineteen, his near-death experience of heaven, and how his life dramatically changed as a result of this event forty years ago"--Provided by pub… |
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Magnificent Desolation
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Buzz Aldrin |
Forty years ago, Buzz Aldrin became the second human, minutes after Neil Armstrong, to set foot on a celestial body other than the Earth. The event remains one of mankind's greatest achievements and … |
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Quest for flight
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Craig S. Harwood |
John J. Montgomery was an American inventor of basic flight technology and exponent of aeronautical theory in the pioneering period of aviation in America (1885-1905). He used wind tunnels, whirling … |
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Magnificent desolation
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Buzz Aldrin |
"The flight of Apollo 11 made Buzz Aldrin famous, yet few people know the rest of the story. Here, Aldrin gives his account of the lunar landing that came within seconds of failure, as well as some o… |
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High honor
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Oliver Ormerod Jensen,Stuart Leuthner |
In this collection of thoughtful reminiscences, 26 men and two women look back on their WW II experiences in military aviation and briefly review their subsequent careers. Former pilots have their sa… |
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Bailout Over Normandy A Flyboys Adventures With The French Resistance And Other Escapades In Occupi…
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Ted Fahrenwald |
A daredevil pilot in the famed 352nd Fighter Squadron, the author of this remarkable memoir bailed out of his burning Mustang two days after D-Day and was launched on a thrilling adventure on the gro… |
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Atlantic fever
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Jackson, Joe |
This work is an account of the race to cross the Atlantic, and the larger-than-life personalities of the aviators who captured the world's attention In 1919, a prize of $25,000 was offered to the fir… |
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Daring young men
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Richard Reeves |
The author of the bestsellers "President Nixon" and "President Kennedy" details the harrowing journey of two men who risked their lives to defy the Soviet blockade intended to drive Western powers ou… |
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The big jump
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Richard Bak,Jim Donovan |
"The trans-Atlantic air race of 1927 and the flight that made Charles Lindbergh a hero. The race to make the first nonstop flight between the New York and Paris attracted some of the most famous and … |
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The women who flew for Hitler
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Clare Mulley |
"Despite Hitler's dictates on women's place being in the home, two fiercely defiant female pilots were awarded the Iron Cross during the Second World War. Other than this unique distinction and a pas… |
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Skyfaring
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Mark Vanhoenacker |
"The twenty-first century has relegated airplane flight--a once remarkable feat of human ingenuity--to the realm of the mundane. When most people today think of flying, they imagine tedious routines … |
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The huntress
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Alice Arlen |
"The fascinating biography of the maverick newspaperwoman, equestrian, aviatrix and intrepid adventurer Alicia Patterson, which follows her exceptional exploits through the first half of the 20th cen… |
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Kamikaze - to Die for the Emperor
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Smith, Peter C. |
ix, 237 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm |
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War in a Stringbag
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Charles Lamb |
Commander Charles Lamb fought an exceptional war flying the slow and obsolete Fairey Swordfish for the Fleet Air Arm. It was an antiquated machine, but it could outmanoeuvre almost any other aircraft… |
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Kamikaze
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Yasuo Kuwahara |
Originally published in 1957, this enduring classic—the first-ever English publication cowritten by a Japanese suicide pilot—remains a touching and insightful look into the world of the kamikaze. Thi… |
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The Wild Blue
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Stephen E. Ambrose |
The very young men who flew the B-24s over Germany in World War II against terrible odds were yet another exceptional band of brothers, and, in The Wild Blue, Ambrose recounts their extraordinary bra… |
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Bessie Coleman
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Sally M. Walker |
Describes the life and accomplishments of Bessie Coleman, who overcame racism and poverty to become the first African American woman pilot. |
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