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Adventures in the air
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Simon Lewis |
"The true stories of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron), Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Chuck Yeager, and Steve Fossett, who all broke records in flight"--Provided by publisher. |
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Charles Lindbergh
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Lucile Davis |
A biography of the aviator and environmental activist who became the first person to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean. |
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Amelia Earhart
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Sarah Stewart Taylor |
Grace, an aspiring young journalist, is excited when Amelia Earhart arrives in her town of Trepassey, Newfoundland, on June 4, 1928. Earhart wants to become the first female passenger to cross the At… |
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Candy Bomber
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Michael O. Tunnell |
"World War II was over, and Berlin was in ruins. US Air Force Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen knew the children of the city were suffering. They were hungry and afraid. The young pilot wanted to help, but … |
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Charles A. Lindbergh
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James Giblin |
A biography of the pilot whose life was full of controversy and tragedy, but also fulfilling achievements. |
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The life of Bessie Coleman
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Connie Plantz |
A look at the short but eventful life of the pioneer aviatrix. From her childhood in the cotton fields near Atlanta, TX, to a job as manicurist in a Chicago barbershop; from flight school near Paris … |
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Amelia Earhart (What's Their Story?)
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Andrew Langley,Alan Marks |
Traces the life of the pilot who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean and mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world. |
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The flying girl
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Margarita Engle |
In this beautiful picture book filled with soaring words and buoyant illustrations, award-winners Margarita Engle and Sara Palacios tell the inspiring true story of A da de Acosta, the first woman to… |
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Women aviators
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Karen Bush Gibson |
Profiles the lives and careers of twenty-six women who were pioneers in the field of aviation. |
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Flying solo
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Julie Cummins |
In 1927, airplanes were a thrilling but dangerous novelty. Most people, men and women, believed that a woman belonged in the kitchen and not in a cockpit. Ruth Elder set out to prove them wrong by fl… |
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The pilot and the little prince
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Peter Sís |
Antoine de Saint-Exupery was born in France in 1900, when airplanes were just being invented. Antoine dreamed of flying and grew up to be a pilot--and that was when his adventures began. He found a j… |
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Fighter pilot
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Helen Greathead |
Britain is at war with Germany and your dream is to become a heroic fighter pilot. Experience what life in the skies is like as you make new friends on the nearby airbase and learn from them what it … |
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Aerospace
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J. M Skogen |
Presents profiles of women who broke barriers in the field of aerospace by becoming pilots and astronauts. |
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The pilot and the little prince
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Peter Sís |
The life of Antoine De Saint-Exupery. |
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Flying Free
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Philip S. Hart |
Surveys the history of black aviators, from the early black aviation community in Chicago in the 1920s through World War II to modern times. |
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Amelia Earhart
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Mona Kerby |
Follows the life of the pilot who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic by herself in a plane. |
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A week in the life of an airline pilot
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William Jaspersohn |
Traces a pilot's journey to India in a 747 to provide the reader a look at the duties and excitement of such a job. |
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Sky pioneer
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Corinne Szabo |
A biography, with numerous photographs and quotes from Earhart herself, tracing this determined woman's life and interest in flying. |
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I'm a jet pilot
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Geoffrey T. Williams |
Text and sound cassette recreate the experiences of two jet pilots going through pre-flight and in-flight procedures in the cockpits of a Boeing 737 and a U.S. Air Force F-18 POV. |
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Amelia Earhart
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Burke, John |
A biography of one of America's most famous pilots, who mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while trying to fly around the world. |
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