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FOLLOWING AMELIA BY SANDY SMITHIn Following Amelia, Sandi Smith and Jay Merten share tales of their adrenaline-flowing 1995 world flight in a single-engine Piper Malibu. This book contains a daily narrative of the flight in fast-reading, novel-like style. The interleaved perspectives of international aviation, travel, humanitarian, and family make this book unusual and interesting. View more details |
| 13-04069 | FOLLOWING AMELIA - BOOK | $17.95 | 
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FROM TRAVEL AIR TO BARON...HOW BEECH CREATED A CLASSIC!The complete story of Beech Aircraft's recognition of the need for a true light twin to fill the market gap between the Bonanza and the larger Model 50 Twin Bonanza. This book covers the design concept, marketing strategy, and development of this Beechcraft model line from the first Travel Air in 1958 until the last in 1968. View more details |
| 13-04103 | FROM TRAVEL AIR TO BARON... | $32.95 |
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THE IMMORTAL TWIN BEECHWelcome to the history of one of Walter Beech's finest creations- the Model 18 Twin Beech! This venerable aircraft had a production run of 32 years and an amazing, useful life. View more details |
| 13-24586 | IMMORTAL TWIN BEECH | $32.95 |
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Ghosts of the Great War-Aviation in World War 1GHOSTS of the Great War, Aviation in World War One is the fifth volume in Philip Makanna's classic series of books about aviation. "GHOSTS of The Great War" describes the sudden growth of aviation that began only ten summers after man's first flight and ended, four dark years later, with aircraft that had been hammered by war into reliable flying form. View more details |
| 13-04016 | GHOSTS: THE GREAT WAR (WWI) | $38.95 |
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Re-Inventing The AirplaneThis book is an outstanding compilation of history about Burt Rutan, his family, his airplanes, people who built and flew the airplanes he designed, plus the incredible Voyager story. View more details |
| 13-15165 | BURT RUTAN- REINVENT AIRPLANE | $24.50 |
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THEY CALLED ME MR. BONANZAA continuation of Those Incomparable Bonanzas covers all the Bonanzas from 1972 through 1990. Learn how the Model 36 came about; what caused the aerobatic Bonanza to be developed; how the vertical instrument program came to be; name changed from Debonair to Bonanza-and much more! View more details |
| 13-04102 | THEY CALL ME MR. BONANZA | $32.95 |
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Aviation Century: World War IIBeginning in 1939-40 with the German blitzkrieg and the Battle of Britain, aircraft repeatedly turned the tide of war. Their worth was proved in many roles besides bombing and airborne assault, including air defense, support of ground View more details |
| 13-03428 | AVIATION CENTURY - WORLD WAR 2 | $39.95 |
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WACO SYMBOL OF COURAGE AND EXCELLENCE VOL 2It is with great pleasure that the publishers bring you the long awaited WACO - Symbol of Courage & Excellence, in its second volume. Volume 2 promises to be as exciting and informative as the first volume which was produced in 1992. View more details |
| 13-00644 | WACO SYMBOL OF COURAGE VOL II | $27.00 |
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Aviation Century: The Early YearsAviation Century: The Early Years covers the period from 1900 to 1939, exploring the eternal fascination with flight, the events surrounding the Wright brothers' and other flying pioneers' adventurous first flights.; the dramatic development of military aviation brought about by the First World War, and the rise of commercial aviation. View more details |
| 13-03427 | AVIATION CENTURY - EARLY YEARS | $39.95 |
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Aviation Century: The Golden AgeBetween the World Wars a new wave of aviation pioneers took the technological advances forged in the heat of battle and applied them to aircraft in exciting new ways. An unprecedented growth in the manufacture of affordable light aircraft occurred, providing ambitious, extraordinary individuals with the means to conquer the sky. View more details |
| 13-03426 | AVIATION CENTURY - GOLDEN AGE | $39.95 |
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Music’s Broken WingsFifty Years of Aviation Accidents in the Music Industry - Covering the 50 year period between 1935 and 1985, this 540- page book analyzes 34 aviation accidents, which affected the music in our world in some way. From the most famous American artists, such as Buddy Holly, Patsy Cline, Rick Nelson and Lynyrd Skynyrd, to the lesser-known international performers Carlos Gardel, Anna Jantar, Tamara and Kyu Sakamoto, this text covers many types of music and the talents who were affected by adverse aviation events. View more details |
| 13-02711 | MUSICS BROKEN WINGS- 50 YRS | $34.95 |
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50 AIRCRAFT THAT CHANGED THE WORLDFor this book, the authors of the widely acclaimed Aviation Century series chose 50 of history's most influential aircraft, with profiles of their pilots and designers. View more details |
| 13-05248 | 50 AIRCRAFT THT CHANGED WORLD | $29.95 |
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BELLANCA'S GOLDEN AGE BOOKBELLANCA's GOLDEN AGE Traces G.M. Bellanca coming from Sicily to America as a teenager in 1911 through his 42 years of continuous airplane manufacturing operations. He did more for aviation than any other single individual during aviation's first 100 years, bar none! This is the ONLY BOOK that has ever captured Bellanca's complete and lengthy story. View more details |
| 13-03337 | BELLANCAS GOLDEN AGE BOOK | $24.95 |
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CHASING LEWIS & CLARK
ACROSS AMERICA BOOKEnjoy the breathtaking beauty of the Lewis and Clark trail from an open cockpit plane as you float over the same route the Corps of Discovery traveled 200 years ago. Stunning photographs of mighty rivers, plains and mountains—coupled with an adventure story—reveal America’s soul. View more details |
| 13-04562 | CHASING LEWIS AND CLARK BOOK | $37.95 |
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THEY FLEW PROUD - BOOKThey Flew Proud crisply tells the story of the Civilian Pilot Training Program through the Army Air Force Cadets at Grove City College (PA.) and the Grove City Airport where the flight instructors (including Gardner Birch) trained the cadets to solo. Across the U.S., more than 435,000 men and women were taught to fly under the CPTP in pre and post WWII. In Grove City, the 8th Detachment s 486 students received almost 5,000 hours of instruction, and then went forward to serve their nation in WWII. View more details |
| 13-05672 | THEY FLEW PROUD BOOK | $32.95 |
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