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1	All My Sons more books like this by Arthur Miller add to wishlist All my Sons: set by NICCEA at GCSE. Hereford Plays: the best of twentieth-century drama for study and performance. A set of plays that are perfect for class reading and performance, providing effective solutions to today?s teaching needs. Offers the widest range of texts for GCSE and A-Level available. Each play is supported by practical advice ... see all copies from $2.10! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Turbulent Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation more books like this by T A Heppenheimer add to wishlist From rickety, post-World War I biplanes that navigated by following railroad tracks to today's supersonic airliners, this title chronicles the history of one of the most exciting industries of our time. It treats readers to behind-the-scenes glimpses into such topics as the Air Force's role in engine and aircraft development; management of a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.30! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Boeing Versus Airbus: The Inside Story of the Greatest International Competition in Business more books like this by John Newhouse add to wishlist Incorporating interviews he conducted throughout the industry with everyone from company leaders, past and present, and Wall Street analysts to design engineers and factory workers, Newhouse takes readers inside these two firms to understand their struggle for supremacy in a business based as much on instinct as on economics. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.72! \| first editions \| SVS
4	You Can't Order Change: Lessons from Jim McNerney's Turnaround at Boeing more books like this by Peter Cohan add to wishlist Cohan tells the amazing story of Jim McNerney's turnaround at one of the world's leading aircraft manufacturers. This work reveals the Boeing CEO's approach to accountability, growth, leadership, and other universal challenges. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.43! \| SVS
5	Beyond the Horizons: The Lockheed Story more books like this by Walter J Boyne, Col. add to wishlist Walter Boyne reveals the people and technology responsible for Lockheed's dramatic growth into one of the most innovative, progressive and successful aerospace firms in the world - despite having struggled to stay open while weathering the depressions and bankruptcy in the 1930s. see all copies from $3.44! new only from $9.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	When Hearts Are Light Again more books like this by Emilie Baker Loring add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $69.28! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Storms of Controversy: The Secret Avro Arrow Files Revealed more books like this by Palmiro Campagna add to wishlist New documents clarify the American government's role in the scandalous decision to scrap the Avro Arrow. Not since the Spitfire of World War II has an aircraft single-handedly captured a nation's imagination, and no one has uncovered more new insights into this legendary aircraft than Palmiro Campagna. For this edition, Campagna has done just that ... see all copies from $8.62! signed copies \| first editions
8	General Aviation Marketing and Management: Operating, Marketing, and Managing an Fbo more books like this by C Daniel Prather add to wishlist The third edition of "General Aviation Marketing and Management", although true to its original purpose, has been updated and expanded to include more guidance on the subject of FBO Management. Specifically, the line service functions of an FBO are thoroughly explored, allowing the student to understand the FBO from the ground up, and thus become ... see all copies from $77.00! new only from $77.00!
9	Legend and Legacy: The Story of Boeing and Its People more books like this by Robert J Serling add to wishlist The name Boeing evokes vivid images, from the b-17 Flying Fortresses of World War II to the 707 and 747 jet transports that revolutionized air travel. Here is the definitive saga of America's most exciting company, which also built the first-stage Saturn rocket that started men on their way to the moon, and which is now designing America's space ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Phoenix Over the Nile: A History of Egyptian Air Power, 1932-1994 more books like this by Lon O Nordeen, Dr. David Nicolle add to wishlist Since the end of World War II the Egyptian Air Force (EAF) has fought in the 1948 War of Israeli Independence, the 1956 Suez Canal conflict, the 1967 Six Day War and the subsequent war of attrition, the 1973 Yom Kippur/Ramadan War, and numerous border skirmishes, as well as in the conflicts elsewhere in the Middle East and Africa. Phoenix over the ... see all copies from $12.10! new only from $99.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Aviation Century the Early Years more books like this by Ron Dick, Dan Patterson (Photographer), Amanda Wright Lane (Foreword by) add to wishlist The first in a six volume illustrated history of aviation covers 1900 to 1939 featuring numerous photographs: rare archival and new detailed photographs of museum aircraft. It covers all aspects of aviation and includes short biographies of major figures. see all copies from $10.23! new only from $10.36! \| first editions
12 view cover	Hypersonic Thunder: A Novel of the Jet Age more books like this by Walter J Boyne, Col. add to wishlist "New York Times" bestselling author and the former director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air & Space Museum Walter J. Boyne brings readers the final book in a trilogy highlighting the history of the aircraft industry see all copies from $4.16! new only from $8.00! \| SVS
13 view cover	Roaring Thunder: A Novel of the Jet Age more books like this by Walter J Boyne, Col. add to wishlist This historically based novel blends real-life adventures of the aviation industry giants with the fictional Vance Shannon and his family. Shannon, a prototypical American test pilot, sees and guides the birth of American jet aviation, while his sons, Tom and Harry fly the new jets in combat. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions
14 view cover	World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines: From the Pioneers to the Present Day more books like this by Bill Gunston add to wishlist Bill Gunston's highly successful, fully illustrated reference work describes and lists every major aeroplane engine manufacturer throughout the world. For this fifth edition, the author has updated the book throughout, including new entries. With its informative glossary, diagrams, charts and photographs, some previously unpublished, this ... see all copies from $28.96! new only from $35.28! \| SVS
15 view cover	Rosie the Riveter Revisited: Women, the War, and Social Change more books like this by Sherna Berger Gluck add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
16 view cover	Japanese aircraft of the Pacific war more books like this by René J. Francillon add to wishlist This work presents a comprehensive analysis of the Japanese aircraft industry and its products between the late thirties and the dawn of the nuclear age. see all copies from $43.95! first editions
17 view cover	General Aviation Marketing and Management more books like this by Rita D Sommers-Flanagan add to wishlist The second edition of General Aviation Marketing and Management retains the purpose of the first edition: to provide an extensive survey of the role of general aviation in our air transportation system and assess its impact upon the economy. All of the functions in the marketing process are thoroughly covered. The text has been critically reviewed ... see all copies from $17.98!
18 view cover	Reckless Homicide more books like this by IRA Genberg add to wishlist New York attorney Michael Ashmore finds himself in hot water when he allows his brother Charlie, a recovering barbiturate addict, to fly a commercial jet loaded with passengers to Washington. The plane goes down in a fiery crash, killing Charlie and all his passengers. As Michael faces criminal charges, his firm turns its back on him and he is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19	The Sporty Game more books like this by John Newhouse add to wishlist see all copies from $4.97! new only from $50.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Aviation Century the Golden Age more books like this by Ron Dick, Dan Patterson (Photographer), Alex Henshaw (Foreword by) add to wishlist The second in a six volume illustrated history of aviation. This covers the period from 1918 to 1939 and features rare archival and new detailed photographs of museum aircraft. This era of was one of military advances, daredevils, and record breakers. see all copies from $7.91! new only from $7.91!
21 view cover	Aces, erks and backroom boys : personal stories from Britain's air war, 1939-45 more books like this by Edward Smithies add to wishlist When we remember the Second World War in the air, we think of fighter pilots and bomber crews. But the men and women working as ground crew and in the aircraft factories who also played a crucial role in defeating Hitler. What was it like, making history? What sense did these individuals have of what they were doing, either at the time or later? ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $15.99! \| first editions
22 view cover	Flight of the Titans more books like this by Kenny Kemp add to wishlist In the Super Bowl of the airline industry, there are two opposing sides: Airbus of Europe versus Boeing of America. Both sides have only one goal - to become the world's leading aircraft maker. This is the remarkable account of Airbus' launch of the largest passenger plane ever to fly, how they risked everything in a heavyweight contest, where the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
23 view cover	Barons of the Sky: From Early Flight to Strategic Warfare: The Story of the American Aerospace Industry more books like this by Wayne Biddle add to wishlist This title covers the story of the American aerospace industry from the days of early flight to strategic warfare. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Zig-Zag-And-Swirl: Alfred W. Lawson's Quest for Greatness more books like this by Lyell D Henry add to wishlist Alfred W. Lawson (1869-1954) was a professional baseball player, inventor of the airliner, leader of a movement in the 1930s calling for the abolition of banks and interest, and founder of a utopian community, the so-called Des Moines University of Lawsonomy. This unusual institution, constantly embroiled in controversy in the 1940s and early ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $8.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Fall of an Arrow more books like this by Murray Peden add to wishlist On February 20, 1959, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker announced to the House of Commons the cancellation of the CF-105 Arrow. Its development costs to that time were USD340 million. The Arrow was to be the world's unsurpassed interceptor aircraft. Yet within two months of the Prime Minister's announcement, six completed aircraft were dismantled ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.16! \| signed copies \| first editions

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