Meryl Getline

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Virginia

The True (and Sometimes Hilarious) Adventures of A Lady Airline Captain

"Not long ago, young women with mile-high dreams were limited to flying the skies only as passengers or flight attendants. But aviation has always progressed because of the dreams of its pioneers. Meryl Getline is one of those pioneers. She dreamed of being a pilot. She was never content to merely ride the plane, she wanted to fly it, too. Certain that she had the "right stuff", Meryl decided at a time when there was little or no opportunity for women, that she was going to be a captain for a major airline. Facing monumental challenges and against near-impossible odds, Meryl succeeded at her goal."--Publisher description.

The World at My Feet

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John M. Curnow

Florida

When His Bomber Explodes over Nazi-Occupied France, Only John Survives-- and Finds a New Life

Shot Down!

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Eileen E. Lantry

High Adventure in Dangerous Places: the David Gates Story

Mission Pilot

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Delaware

U.S. Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady was shot down in his F-16 over Bosnia while helping to keep the peace. The plane exploded, and Captain O'Grady fell 5 miles to the ground below. In exciting detail, Captain O'Grady tells how he evaded capture and how, with little water and no food, he was able to survive on his own in enemy territory.

Basher Five-Two

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Indiana

Science

FAR/AIM

Jack Edward Wright

Carla R. Williams

Tennessee

The Survival Story of a Fighter Pilot

United States Air Force Captain Jack Wright had been a pilot in the Air Force for over five years. He had a very strong start in a wonderful career. The Air Force gave Jack the opportunity to become Fighter Aircraft qualified in the F-100. This opportunity was the realization of a dream. Little did Jack realize that this duty would also end his career in the Air Force. He certainly did not realize it would require a reevaluation of his life goals. Accepting this assignment would result in changing who Jack was and what was important to him. The book tells of the thrill of becoming and being a pilot. It tells of his service in Vietnam. It tells of a very troubled childhood and the determination that childhood gave him to set and achieve goals. Most important, this book tells of how God met Jack's needs and walked with him through every situation he faced.

Crash and Burn

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Melanie Hudson

Ohio

The USA TODAY bestseller For fans of Soraya M. Lane, Heather Morris, Fiona Valpy and Pam Jenoff.

Inspired by the brave women of WWII, this is a moving and powerful novel of friendship, love and resilience.

A story of love not a story of a war

A daring WWII pilot who grew up among the clouds, Juliet Caron's life was one of courage, adventure - and a love torn apart by war. Every nook of her Cornish cottage is alive with memories just waiting to be discovered.

Katherine Henderson has escaped to Cornwall for Christmas, but she soon finds there is more to her holiday cottage than meets the eye. And on the eve of Juliet's 100th birthday, Katherine is enlisted to make an old lady's final Christmas wish come true...

Me Before You meets The English Patient in this stunning romantic historical novel from award-winning author Melanie Hudson.

Readers love The Last Letter from Juliet

'OK.... I've finished the book. Holy ******...I had to keep taking breaks in the last 15% just so I didn't break down in a flood of tears' Zoe Hartgen

'Read the first chapter and I. Was. HOOKED ' Skye's Mum

'If you only read one book this year make it The Last Letter from Juliet' Tracey Shults

'I just couldn't put it down until finished' Jeanette

'Captures those stolen moments in dangerous and desperate times...beautiful, nostalgic and emotional' Cheryl M-M

'Jam packed full of emotion...I don't usually read historical fiction but I'm so glad I read this' Jennie Scanlan

'I can highly recommend this beautiful tale of love, sacrifice, friendship, courage and so much more' Nessa Stimpson

The Last Letter from Juliet

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Jason Schappert

In the third edition of the Private Pilot Blueprint, Jason Schappert takes his 10,000+ hours of flight experience to guide you on the path to saving time and money on your aviation journey. Jason’s goal for this book is to share with others everything he wishes someone would have told him when he started his private pilot flight training so others can avoid making the same mistakes he made that cost him time and money. You’ll be able to apply the practical tools in this book to complete your Private Pilot Certificate in less time while becoming a safe, proficient pilot. Take notes and follow closely as Jason helps you get the most out of your flight training.
Do you want to become a pilot and you’re not sure where to start? The Private Pilot Blueprint is your definitive roadmap to beginning your aviation journey. We'll answer all your questions about everything from the training requirements to selecting a flight school and how to keep expanding your horizons once you become a pilot. With MzeroA, you’ll learn everything you need to know from aerodynamics to Zulu time. Learning how to apply your aeronautical knowledge is the key to becoming a safe pilot and enjoying every flight. We’ll share tips that have helped tens of thousands of students just like you achieve their aviation dreams. At MzeroA, we like to say “a good pilot is always learning.” This book is the start of your strong foundation for reaching aviation mastery.
Please join Jason and the MzeroA team in their mission towards growing aviation and helping future pilots by recommending this book to other readers.


Texas

A Roadmap to Your Private Pilot Certificate

The Private Pilot Blueprint

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Iowa

The True Story of the Earhart Disappearance

70 years ago Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared during a flight over the central Pacific. 'Finding Amelia' explores the mystery surrounding their disappearance.

Finding Amelia

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Susan Hertog

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

A Biography

Chronicles the life of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, discussing her marriage, the kidnapping of her son, her search for her own identity, and other related topics.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Chuck Yeager

Leo Janos

An Autobiography

Offers a personal glimpse of air pilot General Chuck Yeager. Yeager talks about his life and achievements, expressed in his own words.

Yeager

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Alaska

Flying Tiger: Chennault of China

Chesley B. Sullenberger

Jeffrey Zaslow

This New York Times bestseller is rated an impressive 4.2 out of 5 on Goodreads.  New, unread paperback listed as in excellent condition as the cover has creases at the bottom front and back corners

Maryland

My Search for What Really Matters

Now a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks—the inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of our time, Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger—the pilot who miraculously landed a crippled US Airways Flight 1549 in New York’s Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers and crew. On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed a remarkable emergency landing when Captain "Sully" Sullenberger skillfully glided US Airways Flight 1549 onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers and crew. His cool actions not only averted tragedy but made him a hero and an inspiration worldwide. His story is now a major motion picture from director / producer Clint Eastwood and stars Tom Hanks, Laura Linney and Aaron Eckhart. Sully's story is one of dedication, hope, and preparedness, revealing the important lessons he learned through his life, in his military service, and in his work as an airline pilot. It reminds us all that, even in these days of conflict, tragedy and uncertainty, there are values still worth fighting for—that life's challenges can be met if we're ready for them.

Sully

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Pennsylvania

Charles Lindbergh's Daring and Immortal 1927 Transatlantic Crossing

"GRIPPING. ... AN HOUR-BY-HOUR ACCOUNT." -- WALL STREET JOURNAL   * From one of the most decorated pilots in Air Force history comes a masterful account of Lindbergh's death-defying nonstop transatlantic flight in Spirit of St. Louis

On the rainy morning of May 20, 1927, a little-known American pilot named Charles A. Lindbergh climbed into his single-engine monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis, and prepared to take off from a small airfield on Long Island, New York. Despite his inexperience--the twenty-five-year-old Lindbergh had never before flown over open water--he was determined to win the $25,000 Orteig Prize promised since 1919 to the first pilot to fly nonstop between New York and Paris, a terrifying adventure that had already claimed six men's lives. Ahead of him lay a 3,600-mile solo journey across the vast north Atlantic and into the unknown; his survival rested on his skill, courage, and an unassuming little aircraft with no front window.

Only 500 people showed up to see him off. Thirty-three and a half hours later, a crowd of more than 100,000 mobbed Spirit as the audacious young American touched down in Paris, having acheived the seemingly impossible. Overnight, as he navigated by the stars through storms across the featureless ocean, news of his attempt had circled the globe, making him an international celebrity by the time he reached Europe. He returned to the United States a national hero, feted with ticker-tape parades that drew millions, bestowed every possible award from the Medal of Honor to Time's "Man of the Year" (the first to be so named), commemorated on a U.S. postage stamp within months, and celebrated as the embodiment of the twentieth century and America's place in it.

Acclaimed aviation historian Dan Hampton's The Flight is a long-overdue, flyer's-eye narrative of Lindbergh's legendary journey. A decorated fighter pilot who flew more than 150 combat missions in an F-16 and made numerous transatlantic crossings, Hampton draws on his unique perspective to bring alive the danger, uncertainty, and heroic accomplishment of Lindbergh's crossing. Hampton's deeply researched telling also incorporates a trove of primary sources, including Lindbergh's own personal diary and writings, as well as family letters and untapped aviation archives that fill out this legendary story as never before.

 

The Flight (1st Edition)

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Tom Young

Lieutenant Karl Hagan earned his wings the hard way. But when his plane is shot down behind enemy lines, he's forced to make the hardest decision of his life: trusting the enemy.

Oberleutnant Wilhelm Albrecht wore his Iron Cross with pride. But when his U-boat is attacked in a devastating air raid, he abandons ship and finds an unlikely ally: the pilot who bombed him.

It is November of 1944. The tides of war have turned. Allies have taken back France, and German troops have retreated. But for Karl and Wilhelm, the war is far from over. Each must be prepared to lie for the other, fight for the other, or die with the other. But their short-lived alliance won't truly be put to the test until they reach the end of the line--inside a POW camp...

Massachusetts

Silver Wings, Iron Cross

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Matthew Clark Smith

Slight edge wear. Small creasing noted to front cover. Tight binding. Pages in very good condition.

California

“Smith tells Sophie’s inspiring story with a buoyant sense of wonder, fitting for a woman who was happiest in the air. Her accomplishments and passion for flight are brought beautifully to life by Tavares.” — Booklist (starred review) Take to the skies with the story of Sophie Blanchard, an extraordinary woman who is largely forgotten despite her claim to being the very first female pilot in history. In eighteenth-century France, “balloonomania” has fiercely gripped the nation . . . but all of the pioneering aeronauts are men until a shy girl comes along, devoted to her dream of flight. Sophie is not the first woman to ascend in a balloon, nor the first woman to accompany an aeronaut on a trip, but she will become the first woman to climb to the clouds and steer her own course.

Lighter Than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot: Candlewick Biographies

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James D. Murphy

There's a tape over a black small sticker on the spine but otherwise it is in excellent condition. 

Illinois

Use the Techniques and Systems of America's Fighter Pilots to Perform at Your Peak and Win the Battles of the Business World

From the former F-15 fighter pilot and CEO of one of Inc.'s 500 fastest-growing companies: a hard-hitting primer on performance excellence in the workplace -- military style According to former U.S. Air Force pilot-turned-management guru James D. Murphy, businesses need to take a lesson from the American military's fighter pilots. While F-15s, F-16s, and F/A-18s are the ultimate aerial combat machines, they are entirely dependent on the men and women who fly and maintain them. At Mach 2, the instrument panel is screaming out information, the horizon is a blur, the wingman is occupied, the pilot's busy, the jet is hanging on the edge -- and yet fighter pilots routinely handle the stress. It's not much different in today's fast-paced, unforgiving world of business. One slipup and the company is bankrupt before the employees know what hit them. What works on the squadron level for F-15 pilots will also work for your marketing team, sales force, or research and development group. By analyzing the work environment and attacking its centers of gravity in parallel, you'll begin to utilize the Plan-Brief-Execute-Debrief-Win cycle that makes up Flawless Execution. The result will make a rapid impact on your business's future success. Developed over the course of nearly fifty years, the rigorous practice of Flawless Execution has helped U.S. fighter squadrons reduce their mistake rate, cut casualties and losses of equipment, and rack up an envious victory record. Through Afterburner's multimedia seminars conducted by "Murph" and his fellow pilots-turned-businesspeople, businesses have benefited by adopting the techniques, systems and strategies of America's Top Guns. Now, with Flawless Execution, you can too.

Flawless Execution (Signed)

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New York

Civil Pilot Training Manual

US Dept of Commerce

Physics

For FAA Written Test No. T-8080-5C, 1989 through 1991

Airline Transport Pilot and Aircraft Dispacher Written Test Guide

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Model Airplane News Editors

Very good preowned condition. All pages are clean. There are some marks on the cover from storage. 

BASIC TECHNIQUES, HOT DOGGING, SOARING, SCALE FLYING, RACING, FUN-FLY, R/C COMBAT, MULTI-ENGINE AND MUCH MORE. BASIC TO ADVANCED FLYING TECHNIQUES FROM THE PROS.

The R/C Pilot's Handbook

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Robert Coram

Louisiana

The Life of Robert Lee Scott Jr. , Pilot, Hero, and Teller of Tall Tales

In Double Ace, veteran biographer Robert Coram, himself a Georgia man, provides readers with an unprecedented look at the defining characteristics that made Robert Lee Scott a uniquely American hero.

Robert Lee Scott ("Scotty") was larger than life. A decorated Eagle Scout who barely graduated from high school, the young man from Macon, Georgia, with an oversize personality used dogged determination to achieve his childhood dream of becoming a famed fighter pilot.

First capturing national attention during World War II, Scott, a West Point graduate, flew missions in China alongside the legendary "Flying Tigers," where his reckless courage and victories against the enemy made headlines. Upon returning home, Scott's memoir, brashly titled God is My Co-Pilot, became an instant bestseller, a successful film, and one of the most important books of its time. Later in life, as a retired military general, Scott continued to add to his list of accomplishments. He traveled the entire length of China's Great Wall and helped found Georgia's Museum of Aviation, which still welcomes 400,000 annual visitors.

Yet Scott's life was not without difficulty. His single-minded pursuit of greatness was offset by debilitating bouts of depression, and his brashness placed him at odds with superior officers, wreaking havoc on his career. What wealth he gained he squandered, and his numerous public affairs destroyed his relationships with his wife and child.

Backed by meticulous research, Double Ace brings Scott's uniquely American character to life and captures his fascinating exploits as a national hero alongside his frustrating foibles.

Double Ace

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James Salter

Recollection (Ambassador Book Awards)

In this brilliant book of recollection, one of America's finest writers re-creates people, places, and events spanning some fifty years, bringing to life an entire era through one man's sensibility. Scenes of love and desire, friendship, ambition, life in foreign cities and New York, are unforgettably rendered here in the unique style for which James Salter is widely admired. Burning the Days captures a singular life, beginning with a Manhattan boyhood and then, satisfying his father's wishes, graduation from West Point, followed by service in the Air Force as a pilot. In some of the most evocative pages ever written about flying, Salter describes the exhilaration and terror of combat as a fighter pilot in the Korean War, scenes that are balanced by haunting pages of love and a young man's passion for women. After resigning from the Air Force, Salter begins a second life, becoming a writer in the New York of the 1960s. Soon films beckon. There are vivid portraits of actors, directors, and producers—Polanski, Robert Redford, and others. Here also, more important, are writers who were influential, some by their character, like Irwin Shaw, others because of their taste and knowledge. Ultimately Burning the Days is an illumination of what it is to be a man, and what it means to become a writer. Only once in a long while—Vladimir Nabokov's Speak, Memory or Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa—does a memoir of such extraordinary clarity and power appear. Unconventional in form, Burning the Days is a stunning achievement by the writer The Washington Post Book World said “inhabits the same rarefied heights as Flannery O'Connor, Paul Bowles, Tennessee Williams and John Cheever”—a rare and unforgettable book.

Burning the Days

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L. W. Reithmaier

Little gem of a book in very good condition and from a smoke free home.

New Jersey

Engineering

Private Pilot's Guide VINTAGE 

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