Rudyard Kipling's thrilling science fiction novella follows the exploits of an intercontinental mail dirigible battling foul weather. Meanwhile, a planet-wide Aerial Board of Control enforces a rigid system of command and control in the...
Aeronautics
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Author:Kipling, RudyardSummary: -
Author:Buckley, JamesSummary:Presents the lives and accomplishments of the Wright brothers, high school dropouts from Dayton, Ohio, who started out repairing bicycles and went on to build and fly the first successful airplane.
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Author:McCullough, DavidSummary:Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly: Wilbur and Orville Wright. On December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North...
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Author:Griffith, VictoriaSummary:Profiles Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, who made great strides in the invention of flight.
- Author:Groom, WinstonSummary:
This is the story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the age of flight: Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle. These tales of their heart-stopping adventures take us from the feats of World...
- Author:Rich, Ben R.Summary:
Personal account of the work of the Lockheed Advanced Development Company.
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Author:Harding, LesSummary:McCurdy and the Silver Dart recounts the thrilling story of J. A. McCurdy, Canada's aviation pioneer. Born in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, he assisted world-famous scientist and inventor, Alexander Graham Bell in fascinating and dangerous...
- Author:Gall, ChrisSummary:
For the 50th anniversary of the Boeing 747's first commercial flight, a picture book about the development of the iconic passenger plane and how it changed the history of air travel. In 1968, the biggest passenger jet the world had ever...
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Author:Goldstone, LawrenceSummary:This book takes listeners inside the world of the brave men and women who popularized flying through their deadly stunts and paved the way for modern aviation.
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Author:Morris, DougSummary:Imagine you’re sitting next to a pilot on a flight and he’s eager to answer all those nagging questions you have about air travel. Are those bumps and noises normal? Why are some take-offs delayed? What happens if there’s a storm? How...
- Author:Teitel, Amy ShiraSummary:
This is the mostly unknown tale of Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb--two accomplished aviatrixes, one generation apart, who each dreamed of being the first woman in space, but along the way battled their egos, their expectations, and...
- Author:Newman, T. J.Summary:
There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers on your flight. What you don't know is that your pilot's family was kidnapped. The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the...
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Author:Rotondo, JonathanSummary:A magical, airborne story of father and son.Jonathan Rotondo was 28 when his father, Antonio, died. Numb with grief, Rotondo decided to track down the object that had once given his father so much joy: a tiny single-seat biplane called...
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Author:Cross, L.D.Summary:They were nicknamed Snow Eagle, Flying Knight, Bush Angel, Punch, Doc and Wop. They worked in open cockpits and flew through cold, snow and fog without the benefit of radios, maps or weather reports. They flew over the Barrens, frozen...
