Aviation: The Early Years

Aviation--The Early Years chronicles the first years of man-powered flight in photographs, from the end of the last century to the era of the great...

The photos in this edition are black and white. Author John Moore is the 'cat with nine lives' of the aviation fraternity. From his early days as a...

Reducere. Historical accounts of the first successful flight in California's capital city and other notable Northern California flights that followed over th...

Australian couple Jessie Miller and Bill Lancaster's run as co-pilots and dramatic, embattled personal lives on land and in sky are explored in thi...

DescriptionThe story of Schweizer Aircraft is the story of the American dream. Three brothers became enamored with flight during the golden age of ...

A biographical study of L. Ron Hubbard. This volume focuses on his early years in the classic American West, and his adventures at the dawn of avia...

Reducere. By the early 1920s, Eddie Stinson-a charismatic daredevil pilot-had become nationally known for his fearlessness and skill. In 1926, he and his clo...

Reducere. Jack Malloch was Rhodesia's principal pioneer in aviation. He was an aviator and entrepreneur who left his mark on Rhodesia in a number of ways. He...

Reducere. Captain Robert N. Buck retired from TWA after having flown well over two thousand Atlantic crossings and thirty-seven years of service as chief pil...

Reducere. NEW EDITION REVISED AND EXPANDED From barnstormer to bush flyer to airline pilot, wartime ferry pilot and airborne firefighter, no job was too big,...

The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 three-engine jet is one of the most distinctive wide-bodied aircraft and since the early 1970s has been operated by man...

DescriptionThis first of two volumes presents the P-38 story by focusing on the early models of this historic fighter--XP-38 through P-38H. Each ty...

Reducere. You are holding the only comprehensive history of the early days of the sport of skydiving yet published. It is the story of not just one skydiver ...

DescriptionIn the Pacific War's early years, Japanese air power was dominant. The only way for the Allies to defeat their enemy was to know it. Thi...

Reducere. Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) captured the hearts of America after becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic in 1928. Nine years later, her ...

Reducere. The airfield is quiet now A warm breeze bends the grass that was once moved by the engine of the flying fortresses. Seventy-four years earlier, Gle...

Contributor(s): Editor: Jon ProctorEditor: Jeff KriendlerTRANS WORLD AIRLINES - A Book of Memories is a history of TWA offered in a different and m...

Reducere. DescriptionHistory will mark the twentieth century as the age that brought forth the revolution of air travel, and few played a more integral role ...

Reducere. This book explains the history behind how colleges derived their nicknames, mascots, and school colors. Gary Hudson chose to focus the attention of...

Reducere. This book explains the history behind how colleges derived their nicknames, mascots, and school colors. Gary Hudson chose to focus the attention of...

DescriptionContaining more than 800 photographs, Airliner Models chronicles the use of professionally made airliner models in the marketing of air ...

Reducere. In 2005 a national spotlight was placed upon a mystery of aviation because of They Flew into Oblivion. Having an early and still-unfinished copy of...

David Herriot served almost 40 years in the Royal Air Force as a navigator, first on the Buccaneer S2 and subsequently on the Tornado GR1. This vol...