Aviation - History
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Early Aviation in Porter County, Indiana
$19.99 Add to cartExplore what was happening in Porter County, Indiana, as the area welcomed the advent of aviation. Cinda Urschel, the granddaughter of aviation enthusiast William E. Urschel, interviewed many Porter C
- Author: Urschel, Cinda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: March 06 2025
- ISBN10: 9798218380403
- Language: English
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Aircraft of the Royal Navy Since 1908
$71.00 Add to cartThis is a comprehensive study of every aircraft type ordered for the Royal Navy since 1908. It includes fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, rigid and non-rigid airships, unmanned aircraft and pilotless ta… [more below]
- Author: Hobbs, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1399089528
- Language: English
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Flight: 100 Greatest Aircraft
$40.00 Add to cartA comprehensive look at the world’s great aircraft from the experts at Flying magazine, featuring spectacular full-color photographs, fascinating and informative text, and detailed specifications that… [more below]
- Author: Phelps, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 24 2013
- ISBN10: 1616286067
- Language: English
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The 25 Most Influential Aircraft of All Time
$21.95 Read moreSince its emergence at the dawn of the 20th century, powered flight has profoundly affected the way the world operates. The 25 Most Influential Aircraft of All Time showcases the greatest aircraft eve… [more below]
- Author: Boyne, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: July 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1493066382
- Language: English
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When Giants Ruled the Sky: The Brief Reign and Tragic Demise of the American Rigid Airship
$47.99 Read moreNearly everything people know about airships is wrong. Few realize that prior to the Hindenburg disaster airships transported passengers without a single casualty for more than 20 years, a record unma… [more below]
- Author: Geoghegan, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: June 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0750987839
- Language: English
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Douglas DC-3: A Legends of Flight Illustrated History
$29.99 Read moreThe Douglas DC-3 was a twin-engine airliner that first flew in 1935 and was a pioneer during the early years of international commercial flight. An elegant and robust design, the DC-3 was the definiti… [more below]
- Series: Legends of Flight #10
- Author: Borgmann, Wolfgang
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0764367102
- Language: English
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Yeager: An Autobiography
$10.99 Read more#1 MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER – A one-of-a-kind portrait of a true American hero: General Chuck Yeager
“The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day.”
General Chuck… [more below]- Author: Yeager, Chuck
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 01 1986
- ISBN10: 0553256742
- Language: English
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Smithsonian Treasures of the National Air and Space Museum
$12.95 Read moreGet up close and personal with iconic aviation and space artifacts from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, the world’s largest and most noteworthy collection
Smithsonian Treasures of the- Author: Reichhardt, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1588347354
- Language: English
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The Piasecki H-21 Helicopter: An Illustrated History of the H-21 Helicopter and Its Designer, Frank N. Piasecki
$18.00 Add to cartThe only comprehensive illustrated history of Frank N. Piasecki and his H-21 advanced technology helicopter. The Piasecki H-21 became the first successful tandem-rotor cargo helicopter to enter mass
- Author: Brandt, Robert J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 31 2007
- ISBN10: 1425137075
- Language: English
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Beyond Blue Skies: The Rocket Plane Programs That Led to the Space Age
$36.95 Add to cartChris Petty has written a book that covers much of the unheralded research into high-speed flight that helped set the stage for human spaceflight. I recommend this book to anyone who has an interest i
- Series: Outward Odyssey: A People’s History of Spaceflight
- Author: Petty, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: November 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1496218760
- Language: English
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Air Cops: A Personal History of Air Traffic Control
$11.95 Add to cartWritten by a retired air traffic controller, Air Cops: A Personal History of Air Traffic Control takes a closer look at this adrenaline pumping occupation. Author Billy D. Robbins draws on his experie… [more below]
- Author: Robbins, Billy D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: November 02 2006
- ISBN10: 0595393780
- Language: English
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Hang on and Fly: A Post-War Story of Plane Crash Tragedies, Heroism, and Survival
$21.99 Add to cartHang on and Fly. A Post-War Story of Plane Crash Tragedies, Heroism, and Survival
Passenger planes are crashing three and four times a month in 1951 just as Americans are beginning to fly. Then a load
- Author: Lake, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 31 2015
- ISBN10: 099673600X
- Language: English
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China Clipper: The Age of the Great Flying Boats
$26.95 Add to cartWhen the China Clipper shattered aviation records on its maiden six-day flight from California to the Orient in 1935, the flying boat became an instant celebrity. This lively history by Robert Gandt t… [more below]
- Author: Gandt, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1591143039
- Language: English
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Newark Airport
$24.99 Read moreNewark Airport was the first major airport in the New York metropolitan area.
It opened on October 1, 1928, occupying an area of filled-in marshland. In 1935, Amelia Earhart dedicated the Newark Airpor
- Series: Images of Aviation
- Author: Holden, Henry M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 13 2009
- ISBN10: 738565229
- Language: English
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Glenn Curtiss: Pioneer of Flight
$19.95 Add to cartGlenn Curtiss (1878-1930) was a self-taught aeronautical engineer, a self–made industrialist, and one of the first airplane pilots, the model for “Tom Swift.” C. R. Roseberry’s biography begins with
- Author: Roseberry, C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 524
- Publish Date: September 01 1991
- ISBN10: 0815602642
- Language: English
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Pan American Clippers: The Golden Age of Flying Boats
$39.95 Read more“The photographs and artwork will enable readers to grasp the magnificence of the transoceanic flying boats…The accurate, authoritative text will provide information that is new to all but the exce
- Author: Trautman, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 11 2019
- ISBN10: 0228102308
- Language: English
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Zeppelins: The Golden Age of Airships
$45.00 Read moreEvery day there are tens of thousands of transoceanic flights. In the 1930s, the invention of planes able to traverse the Atlantic changed the world. However, there were already aircraft crossing vas
- Author: Trautman, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0228104432
- Language: English
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Speed, Safety, and Comfort: The Origins of Delta Air Lines
$39.95 Add to cartIn Speed, Safety, and Comfort: The Origins of Delta Air Lines, former Delta Boeing 767 captain and aviation historian James John Hoogerwerf traces the evolution and growth of one of America’s most su
- Author: Hoogerwerf, James John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 11, 2023
- ISBN10: 0807180076
- Language: English
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Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told: Nineteen Amazing Tales From The Sky
$31.58 Add to cartAt 10:35 in the morning of Thursday, December 17, 1903, man got his wings. On the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright flew the motorized aircraft he and his brother Wilbur had con… [more below]
- Series: Greatest
- Author: Underwood, Lamar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1493019694
- Language: English
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West with the Night (Warbler Classics)
$12.95 Add to cartIn West with the Night Beryl Markham chronicles her unconventional, free-spirited girlhood in Kenya and her adventures as a rescue pilot, mail carrier, and bush pilot, scouting game for safaris all ov
- Author: Markham, Beryl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: May 11 2021
- ISBN10: 1954525346
- Language: English
