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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Soul  survivor Soul survivor 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… OL12017948W
The Spitfire Smiths The Spitfire Smiths R. I. A. Smith viii, 216 p., [16] p. of plates : 23 cm OL13784085W
The White Knight (The House of Winslow #40) The White Knight (The House of Winslow #40) Gilbert Morris A fighter pilot in Spain, Luke Winslow loses the woman he loves and turns from his faith. When he accidentally kills an old friend while drunk, out of guilt, he tries to help his friend's sister, Joe… OL14854920W
Enduring Courage Enduring Courage John F. Ross From the Introduction... Rickenbacker lived at a time when the latest machines of the industrial revolutions were ripping apart the ages-old rhythms of plow and steam. When he was seven, the first… OL17322120W
Lords of the sky Lords of the sky Dan Hampton "The New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot and retired USAF F-16 legend Dan Hampton offers the first comprehensive popular history of combat aviation--a unique, entertaining, and action-pa… OL17873200W
Black Sheep One Black Sheep One Bruce Gamble Black Sheep One is the first biography of legendary warrior and World War II hero Gregory Boyington. In 1936, Boyington became an aviation cadet and earned the "wings of gold" of a naval aviator. Aft… OL1846793W
Pusher aces of World War 1 Pusher aces of World War 1 Jon Guttman Pusher fighters, designed with the engine at the rear and the machine gun at the front, may have looked ungainly, yet they were able to hold their own remarkably well against their German counterpart… OL19897926W
Enduring courage Enduring courage John F. Ross At the turn of the 20th century the invention of the car and the airplane took our imaginations by storm and produced new American heroes: the race car driver and the flying ace. No one did more in t… OL19988377W
Hephaestus and the island of terror Hephaestus and the island of terror Joan Holub,Suzanne Williams,Craig Phillips When the Olympians arrive on the island of Lemnos, they meet the metal-working Hephaestus who is hesitant to leave with the gods, stating that the only way he will join them is if he gets to be their… OL20006076W
Marked for death Marked for death James Hamilton-Paterson Little more than ten years after the first powered flight, aircraft were pressed into service in World War I. The romance of aviation had a remarkable grip on the public imagination, propaganda focus… OL20035504W
Bailout Over Normandy Bailout Over Normandy Ted Fahrenwald 286 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : 23 cm OL20197422W
Stalin's had it now! Stalin's had it now! James Stevenson "An Englishman's light-hearted account of his two year's National Service, and learning to fly with the Royal Canadian Air Force in the 1950s."--Amazon.com. OL20886642W
Six Years in the Hanoi Hilton Six Years in the Hanoi Hilton John McCain,Amy Shively Hawk xxiii, 229 pages : 24 cm OL21140601W
Entertaining war Entertaining war Lynn A. Carroll No one expected this kind of terrorist. Lieutenant Colonel Laura "Fox" Den is a fighter pilot and the first woman to command an F-22 Raptor squadron. Widowed five years before by a terrorist attack t… OL24162030W
Star Wars Star Wars Aaron Allston Wraith Squadron: they are the Rebel Alliance's ultimate strike force. Sleek, swift, and deadly, they are the first in battle, the last line of defense. Now they must find and destroy a wily enemy mor… OL3567800W
War in a Stringbag War in a Stringbag 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… OL3670837W
Pushing the Envelope Pushing the Envelope Marion E. Carl A blunt, spare autobiography from a past president of the American Fighter Aces Association. Carl neither minces nor wastes words in recalling a distinguished career as a US Marine Corps aviator, whi… OL3946344W
Serenade to the Big Bird Serenade to the Big Bird Bert Stiles Without the Allies’ mastery of the skies—so hard fought for and won—there could have been no invasion, while the subsequent land battle was shaped by what happened in the air above. Air power was abs… OL6216780W
Star Wars Star Wars Michael A. Stackpole It is the evil heart of a battered and reeling Empire: Coruscant, the giant city-world from whose massive towers the Imperial High Command directs the war. The Rebels will invade this mighty citadel … OL84536W