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1	Mayday more books like this by Nelson DeMille add to wishlist Twelve miles above the Pacific Ocean, a missile strikes the Trans Flight 52, a supersonic passenger jet bound for Japan. The flight crew is crippled or dead. Now, defying both nature and man, three survivors must achieve the impossible. Land the plane. From master story-teller Nelson De Mille and master pilot Thomas Block comes MAYDAY - the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 more books like this by Brian Floca add to wishlist Simply told, grandly shown, here is the flight of "Apollo 11." Here for a new generation of readers and explorers are the steady astronauts, clicking themselves into gloves and helmets, strapping themselves into sideways seats. Here are their great machines in all their detail and monumentality, the ROAR of rockets, and the silence of the Moon. ... see all copies from $9.85! new only from $9.85! \| SVS
3	Right Stuff more books like this by Tom James Wolfe add to wishlist Much of Tom Wolfe's compelling story of the first astronauts--Grissom, Conrad, Glenn, and others--focuses on Chuck Yeager, the brave test pilot who first broke the sound barrier and flew in subspace. While never an astronaut, Yeager epitomized the character and qualities Wolfe saw in the astronauts of the Mercury program. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Wright Brothers more books like this by Quentin Reynolds add to wishlist A biography of the two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, who built and flew the first airplane. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics more books like this by Ferdinand Pierre Beer add to wishlist For the past fifty years Beer and Johnston have been the uncontested leaders in the teaching of undergraduate engineering mechanics. Over the years their textbooks have introduced significant theoretical and pedagogical innovations in statics, dynamics, and mechanics of materials education. At the same time, their careful presentation of content, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.70! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond more books like this by Gene Kranz add to wishlist A key player in the space program for thirty years, Kranz has written a memoir that details the high-stress and high-skill work that occurs in Mission Control. Chronicling events from the Mercury through Apollo missions, Kranz's story is an exciting read. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War more books like this by Robert Coram add to wishlist A larger-than-life fighter pilot and genius of aviation, engineering and military strategy, Boyd dared to challenge the intractable military bureaucracy and its outmoded practices. The single-minded determination developed in his youth carried him on to renown for his skill as a fighter pilot, for his passion as an instructor, his legendary ... see all copies from $3.67! new only from $8.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Spirit of St Louis more books like this by Charles A Lindbergh add to wishlist Lindbergh's own account of his historic transatlantic solo flight in 1927. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland more books like this by Jim DeFede add to wishlist Shares the experiences of the citizens of Gander, Newfoundland, who were hosts to the more than six thousand passengers of thirty-eight U.S.-bound jetliners forced to land there in the wake of the September 11th attacks. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.66! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Fundamentals of Astrodynamics more books like this by Roger R Bate, Jerry E White, Donald Mueller add to wishlist Teaching text developed by U.S. Air Force Academy develops the basic two-body and "n"-body equations of motion; orbit determination; classical orbital elements, coordinate transformations; differential correction; more. 1971 edition. see all copies from $2.32! new only from $9.15! \| SVS
11	Private Pilot Manual more books like this by Jeppesen Sanderson add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics more books like this by Ferdinand Pierre Beer add to wishlist For the past fifty years Beer and Johnston have been the uncontested leaders in the teaching of undergraduate engineering mechanics. Over the years their textbooks have introduced significant theoretical and pedagogical innovations in statics, dynamics, and mechanics of materials education. At the same time, their careful presentation of content, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $70.61! \| SVS
13 view cover	Full moon more books like this by Michael Light add to wishlist This coffee-table book and photographic sampling of the 12 Apollo lunar space missions contains over 100 color and black-and-white photos chosen from NASA's archives. Many of the images have never been published; they present amazing details of the moon's surface as well as document life in space. With informative essays on the Apollo project, ... see all copies from $8.45! new only from $10.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Airport Planning & Management more books like this by Alexander T Wells, Ed.D add to wishlist 'Excellent and comprehensive' - "Bookends". 'A must-read for students and anyone wanting to learn more about the how and why of airports' - "Airliners". Extensively revised and updated to reflect post-9/11 changes in the industry, this new edition of the benchmark text and reference in airport planning and management brings aviation students and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane more books like this by Russell Freedman add to wishlist A biography of inventors and aviators Orville and Wilbur Wright. Illustrated with b&w photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Handbook of Model Rocketry more books like this by G Harry Stine add to wishlist The Classic Guide by the "Father of Model Rocketry" Now Completely Revised and up to Date This new edition of the model rocketeer's "bible" shows you how to safely build, launch, track, and recover model rockets - and have fun doing it. Whether you're a beginner or a veteran model rocketeer, the Handbook of Model Rocketry, the official manual of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.04! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Introduction to flight more books like this by John D Anderson, Jr. add to wishlist Noted for its highly readable style, the new edition of this bestseller provides an updated overview of aeronautical and aerospace engineering. "Introduction to Flight" blends history and biography with discussion of engineering concepts, and shows the development of flight through this perspective. Anderson covers new developments in flight, ... see all copies from $3.69! new only from $44.30! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	North to the Orient more books like this by Anne Morrow Lindbergh add to wishlist In 1931 Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh set off on a flight to the Orient by the Great Circle Route. The classic North to the Orient is the beautifully written account of the trip. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space more books like this by Carl Sagan (Read by) add to wishlist As we complete the preliminary reconnaissance of our neighborhood in space, we need a long-term over-arching vision of the human future. In this new title by "Cosmos" author Carl Sagan, he reveals how science has altered our perception of who we are and where we stand--and challenges us to weigh what we will do with that knowledge in the future. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.00! \| first editions
20 view cover	Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved more books like this by Elgen M Long, Marie K Long add to wishlist Drawing on a recently discovered long-lost radio message, Elgin and Maria Long re-create the events inside the cockpit of the doomed Electra flown by Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan. The authors debunk the myths that Earhart and Noonan were captured by Japanese soldiers or cannibalistic island tribespeople. Instead, they offer ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Wager with the Wind: The Don Sheldon Story more books like this by James Greiner add to wishlist Don Sheldon has been called 'Alaska's bush pilot among bush pilots', but he was also just one man in a fragile airplane who, in the end, was solely responsible for each mission he flew, be it a high-risk landing to the rescue of others from certain death in the mountains of Alaska or the routine delivery of supplies to a lonely homesteader. Read ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Fundamentals of Aerodynamics more books like this by Professor John D Anderson, Jr. add to wishlist In keeping with its bestselling previous editions, "Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, fourth edition", offers the most readable, interesting, and up-to-date overview of aerodynamics to be found in any text. The classic organization of the text has been preserved, with new standalone viscous flow sections at the end of various chapters to conceptualize ... see all copies from $23.39! new only from $81.44! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Theory of wing sections; including a summary of airfoil data more books like this by Ira Herbert Abbott, Albert Edward von Doenhoff add to wishlist Concise compilation of subsonic aerodynamic characteristics of NACA wing sections, plus description of theory. 350 pages of tables. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $12.35! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	One More Sunrise more books like this by Michael Landon, Jr., Tracie Peterson add to wishlist Explores the nature of faith and the wonder of miracles in the life of a man who is given a second chance at life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	First Flight: The Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers more books like this by George Shea add to wishlist The story of Orville and Wilbur Wright is told from the perspective of a young boy who eagerly observes them as they build and test out their flying machine. Color illustrations accompany the text of this beginning chapter book. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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