Flying the Friendly Skies
 | Leonardo's Machines: Da Vinci's Inventions Revealed By Taddei, Mario Editor Zanon, Edoardo Text by (Art/Photo Books) Laurenza, Domenico 2006-06 - David & Charles Publishers 9780715324448 Check Our Catalog Unlocking the mysteries surrounding Da Vinci's notebooks, these full-color pages breathe life into Leonardo's inventions, from flying and war machines to musical instruments. …More |
 | Lindbergh By Berg, A. Scott 1999-09 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425170410 Check Our Catalog Winner - 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Biography Few American icons provoke more enduring fascination than Charles Lindbergh -- renowned for his one-man transatlantic flight in 1927, remembered for the sorrow surrounding the kidnapping and death of his firstborn son in 1932, and reviled by many for his opposition to America's entry into World War II. Lindbergh's is "a dramatic and disturbing American story, " …More |
 | The Fun of It: Random Records of My Own Flying and of Women in Aviation By Earhart, Amelia 2006-04 - Academy Chicago Publishers 9780915864553 Check Our Catalog Autobiography of the famous flyer which describes her own ambitions to become a pilot and offers advice to others. …More |
 | West with the Night By Markham, Beryl 1982-01 - North Point Press 9780865471184 Check Our Catalog "West with the Night" is the story of Beryl Markham--aviator, racehorse trainer, beauty--and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and '30s. …More |
  | Black Wings: Courageous Stories of African Americans in Aviation and Space History By Hardesty, Von 2008-02 - Collins 9780061261381 Check Our Catalog Featuring approximately 200 historic and contemporary photographs and a lively narrative that spans eight decades of U.S. history, "Black Wings" offers a compelling overview of African Americans in aviation. …More |
 | Amelia Earhart's Daughters: The Wild and Glorious Story of American Women Aviators from World War II to the Dawn of the Space Age By Haynsworth, Leslie Author Toomey, David Joint Author Haynsworth, Leslie 2000-07 - Harper Paperbacks 9780380729845 Check Our Catalog In 1942, with war raging on two fronts and military pilots in short supply, the U.S. Army Air Force enlisted a handful of skilled female aviators to deliver military planes from factories to air bases. These superb pilots flew every aircraft in the U.S. Army Air Force, logging over six million miles in all kinds of weather. In 1961, a handful of top female pilots took part in a new program termed "Women in Space". Subjected to the same rigorous tests as the Mercury astronauts, 13 topnotch women were admitted to the program. These skilled aviators had the "right stuff" at the wrong time, and women were denied their place in history. This is a story too long untold -- one of America's heroines and their courage, ferocity and patriotism, one of noble dreams and ignoble obstacles. …More |
  | Air, Volume 1: Letters from Lost Countries By Wilson, G. Willow Illustrator Perker, M. K. 2009-03 - Vertigo 9781401221539 Check Our Catalog Ladies and gentlemen, there's been a change in our flight plan. You may have heard of a group called the Etesian Front -- vigilantes dedicated to taking the skies back from terrorism. Sounds like a noble cause, right? But there's more to them than meets the eye. They're after someone I know. Someone who is either an average frequent flier -- or a terrorist. And he's got a secret. Something that will change the way we fly -- and the way we see technology -- forever. To find him, we've altered course. We're en route to a country that doesn't exist on any maps. Only one person knows how to get us there: me. My name is Blythe, and I'll be your stewardess today. So buckle your seatbelts -- this will be the flight of your life. …More |
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