The incredible, untold story behind the rise of the P-51 Mustang, the World War II fighter plane that destroyed the Luftwaffe and made D-Day possible “ Aviation buffs will cheer this high-flying saga.”— Publishers Weekly • “[...
Fighter pilots
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Auteur:Pedersen, DanSommaire:The founder of the US Navy Fighter Weapons School, "Topgun," shares the untold inside story of how he and eight other pilots revolutionized aerial combat and created a center for excellence and leadership, in a book timed to coincide...
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Auteur:Sharifirad, YadollahSommaire:This is a gripping, page-turning memoir of a US-trained Iranian fighter pilot who flew in the Shah of Iran’s and the Ayatollah Khomeini’s air force. Sharifirad was shot down in the Iraqi-Iranian war in the early 1990s. Saved by a group...
- Auteur:Clavin, Tom.Sommaire:
An American fighter pilot doomed to die in Buchenwald but determined to survive. On August 13, 1944, Joe Moser set off on his forty-fourth combat mission over occupied France. Soon, he would join almost 170 other Allied airmen as...
- Auteur:Stackpole, Michael A.Sommaire:
The dramatic story of an X-wing pilot on the razor's edge between the hero he once was and the power he could have-if he's willing to embrace the Dark Side Corran Horn was an officer in the Corellian Security Force before...
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Auteur:Wilson, Brent, Gill, Barbara J.Sommaire:Harry L. Gill, of Fredericton, New Brunswick, enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940 at the age of 18. During his short but adventure-filled career, he flew a Hurricane fighter bomber over France, England, and India and was...
- Auteur:Hall, James NormanSommaire:
High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by James Norman Hall; you will find this book although an exciting narrative has an unpolished feel because it was published in June of 1918 while Mr. Hall was a captive in a German...
- Auteur:Lukins, SheilahSommaire:
Errol the adventurous little mouse takes to the sky when he meets a young girl, Natasha, playing with a toy airplane. Later, when Errol is left alone, he decides to fly Natasha's toy plane and begins a magical journey that takes him...
- Auteur:Groot, TracySommaire:
A retelling of the Old Testament tale of Rahab the harlot that takes place in Nazi-occupied France. After American fighter pilot Tom Jaeger is shot down and harbored by the French Resistance, he figures prominently in a plan to...
- Auteur:McSally, MarthaSommaire:
America's first female combat jet pilot and Arizona Senator Martha McSally shows you how to clear the runway of your life: embrace fear, transform doubt, succeed when you are expected to fail, and soar to great heights in this...
- Auteur:Gray, LarrySommaire:
The stories of Canada's top pilots of World War II continue to amaze and inspire us. From Dick Audet, the only Spitfire pilot to ever claim five kills in a single sortie to Russell Russ Bannock who shot down 19 V-1 rocket bombs in his...
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Auteur:Coram, RobertSommaire:John Boyd may be the most remarkable unsung hero in all of American military history. Some remember him as the greatest U.S. fighter pilot ever-the man who, in simulated air-to-air combat, defeated every challenger in less than forty...
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Auteur:Bishop, William ArthurSommaire:A high-flying, action-packed tale for readers of all ages about the adventurous life of a Canadian icon. William Avery Bishop survived more than 170 air battles during World War I and was given official credit for shooting down seventy-...
- Auteur:Johns, W. E. (William Earl)Sommaire:
This contains thirteen short stories, eleven of which were originally published in THE CAMELS ARE COMING (1932) and two of which (The Thought Reader and Biggles Finds His Feet) were originally published in BIGGLES OF THE CAMEL SQUARDRON...
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Auteur:Gandt, RobertSommaire:Angels in the Sky is the gripping story of how an all-volunteer air force helped defeat five Arab nations and protect the fledgling Jewish state. It is the exhilarating account of a ragtag band of volunteer airmen from around the world...
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Auteur:Makos, Adam, Alexander, LarrySommaire:In 1943 a twenty-one-year-old novice pilot found himself in the sights of an ace German fighter pilot. What happened between them would later be called the most incredible encounter between enemies in World War II. This is the true...
