Aircraft and aviation

In late March of 1958 four men set sail in a thirty-foot ketch, the Golden Rule, for the nuclear-bomb-testing area in the Marshall Islands.

Read about the science behind trains, monster trucks and airplanes.

Tragedy as defined by the [American Heritage Dictionary] is a "e;dramatic, disastrous and catastrophic event.

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Starting at an early age, Gordon Page was obsessed with anything that had to do with airplanes.

JAP is a story about a young man who somehow, through a series of accidents intentions, mistakes and drive became a Naval Aviator, no mean feat by any accounts.

It was the brainchild of Henry Ford and inventor William Bushnell Stout.

This is the first in a series featuring the adventures of Arnold A.

In this 1960 book, Surface at the Pole: The Extraordinary Voyages of the U.

The world is at war-Pearl Harbor and WWII.

It was a moment of revelation for me.

The Fw190s supremacy over the Spitfire V is a classic legend from the Second World War, heralding one of the darkest times for Fighter Command and the RAF.

Matej's Legacy is a nonfiction chronicle following the author's Czechfamily through 20th-century history.

Hans Vandervlugt was a flying marvel from day one, when as a youth he began flying in Holland.

The purpose of this handbook is to provide aviation enthusiasts with a simple checklist on where to find the surviving retired military aircraft that are preserved in the state of Hawaii.

Victor was born before WWII, grew up during the war in England and was greatly influenced by watching the Battle of Britain first hand.

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Air travel is an almost essential part of everyday life.

This is a story about one man's lifelong passion and commitment to flight, starting as a teenager and detailing the intense process of learning to fly in Piper Cubs, then sharing the many experiences of flight with its joys and sorrows as experienced by the author over a sixty-five year span.

A practical step-by-step guide to creating and flying 25 amazing paper planes.

This Air Force Colonels Memoir is a collection of stories about people whom he has known, worked with and flew with during his span of 80 plus years.

The stories in this collection are very different from each other, the subject matter ranging from serious to humerous.

No one else ever took a trip like this.

First published in 1930, this is the personal adventure narrative of Henri de Monfreid-nobleman, writer, adventurer and inspiration for the swashbuckling gun runner in the Adventures of Tintin.

To be completely frank about it, Im increasingly aware that there are as many gray areas in aviation as there are black-and-white ones, and Im beginning to feel as if I know less and less about what I do.

This novel, presents the Wright Brothers as idealists who build a dream out of the nuts and bolts of their everyday reality.

North America's vast land mass, sparse population, and deserted north were perfectly suited for aircraft operations on skis and pontoons.

This is a book of first-person stories written by old pilots, those who flew the old airplanes in the old air force.

Vince Flury spent 50 years in the field of Aviation.

This book will appeal to aviation engineers, air traffic controllers and all pilots who have taken a U.

This book is a simplified explanation of what the aviation industry is all about.

The purpose of this handbook is to provide aviation enthusiasts with a simple checklist on where to find the surviving retired military aircraft that are preserved in the state of Nebraska.

Why do we have airlines?

It is 1936, and BEN FINDLAY, a 16-year-old Michigan farm boy, wanders to a local airport to escape his abusive father.