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November features
Aviation History
books and links!
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Aviation Art
by John Black
629.13 Bla
The story of aviation in drawing and painting by members of the British
Guild of Aviation Artists. Noted artists recreate the drama, details,
and color of virtually every great event in the history of flight from the
Wright Brothers first flights, the drama of Lindberg's Atlantic crossing,
and the fall of Baron von Richthofen.
A Man on the Moon
by Andrew Chaikin
629.454 Cha
Based on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with each of the 24 moon
voyagers, as well as those who contributed unprecedented brain power,
training, and teamwork on earth. In Volume I, One Giant Leap,
Chaikin details the events leading to the first manned mission on the moon,
from the disaster of Apollo 1 to the historic Apollo 11. In Volume II,
The Odyssey Continues, Chaikin chronicles the next three lunar mission,
Apollo 12, 13, and 14. Volume III, Lunar Explorers, wraps up the last
of the lunar missions. All three volumes feature wonderful photographs and
illustration and are a very complete history of the lunar missions. Taking
Fire: the True Story of a Decorated Chopper Pilot
by Ron Alexander and Charles W. Sassea
959.7043 Ale
Ron Alexander, at five feet and three inches tall and 110 pounds, is the
smallest American pilot to fly in the Vietnam War. He is also one of
the most highly decorated chopper pilots to come out of that war. In
this action-driven account, readers will be taken into the heart of the
war as they never have been before, following Colonel Alexander as he
learns the ropes, then goes above and beyond the call of duty. 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 Leslie Haynsworth and David Toomey
629.13092 Hay
The dramatic and inspiring account of aviators who were determined and
courageous but whose unique history has remained largely unknown.
The covers the history of women in aviation the women pilots of World War
II to the women who tried, but failed, to be part of the first space
missions. The great kite book
by Norman Schmidt
629.13332 Sch
Kites, aviation for all of us! Build you own kite with the many kite
designs and discover the history of physics of kites. Loss
of Eden: a Biography of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh
by Joyce Milton
921 Lin
The forty-five year marriage of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh was one
of the great love stories of the 20th century, outlasting the traumatic
kidnapping and murder of their infant child and the storm of criticism
sparked by their brief encounter with the America First movement on the
even of the US entry into World War II. This book gives us a duel
biography of this fascinating, often enigmatic couple. War
in the Air: true accounts of the 20th century's most dramatic air battles by the men
who fought them
by Stephen Coonts
358.4309 War
These are not stories about airplanes, but rather of those who fly them,
of the steady hands, bold hearts, and raw nerve that it takes to survive
on aerial battlefields. Coontz pays powerful tribute to the bravery
and self-confidence of the twentieth centuries aerial warriors, and to the
cold touch of fear and killer instinct that allowed these men to tell
their tales. Airborne: a Guided Tour of an
Airborne Task Force
by Tom Clancy
356.166 Cla
Clancy examines this elite branch of our nation's armed forces with: two
mini-novels of real world scenarios involving Airborne Task Force;
Airborne's weapons of the twenty-first century, including the Javelin
anti-tank missile, the hypersonic LOSAT fire support system, and the
Comanche Stealth Helicopter; Eighteen Weeks, Life in an Airborne Alert
Brigade; and exclusive photographs, illustrations, and diagrams.
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