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Golden Angel
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G Morris
Living in Africa is an adventure for Erin Winslow, yet she longs for even more excitement. She meets a pilot and persuades him to teach her to fly. Before she realizes it, she has fallen in love with him. But a devastating discovery leaves Erin deeply hurt, and she flees home to America. Erin hopes to find a job as a pilot and nurse her wounded ...
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Wingwalker (4 Copy Easel Display)
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Rosemary Wells
Although second-grader Reuben grew up knowing the richness of farm life, his father is desperate to make ends meet now that the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl have hit the family hard. He takes a job as a plane wingwalker in a traveling county fair. Uprooted from the life he's loved, Reuben needs love and courage to get by. Full-color ...
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Aerobatics
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Neil Williams
A comprehensive look at the subject of aerobatics. The author, Neil Williams has been British Aerobatics Champion 12 times. The book takes the novice from the first tentative experiments, step by step, up to the level of knowledge needed for a pilot to reach World Championship standard.
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Basic Aerobatics
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Geza Szurovy
Enjoy the aerobatics experience with this complete guide from national champions who tell you not only how to perform the maneuvers, but also why the airplane behaves as it does.
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No Visible Horizon: Surviving the World's Most Dangerous Sport
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Joshua Cooper Ramo
Aerobatic flying--piloting a plane through a series of preset loops and dives--isn't the sport for everyone. With no other sport boasting such a fatality rate, competitive aerobatic flying, in the opinion of Time editor Cooper, becomes the latest signifier of society's dance along the brink, showing what literal heights people will go to in order ...
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Fire and Air: A Life on the Edge
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Patty Wagstaff, Ann L. Cooper
A woman testing the limits in life and in aviation.
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Barnstorming
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Vagabonds of the Sky
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Bruce McAllister (Photographer)
VAGABONDS OF THE SKY documents the lives of the barnstormers and wing walkers, from the roaring 1920s to present day. Historical photography captures the excitement, thrills, and spills of their aerial exploits. Some of these famous barnstormers are still around and have shared their stories and photographs with author BRUCE McALLISTER.
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Flying the Old Planes
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Frank Tallman
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Flight Fantastic: The Illustrated History of Aerobatics
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Annette Carson
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Radio Control Aerobatics for Everyone
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Dave Patrick, Larry Lutton (Illustrator)
Dave Patrick's columns from Model Airplane News offer tips on basic flying techniques, the fundamentals of aerobatics, and complex maneuvers. Larry Lutton's ribbon drawings provide a visual glossary of AMA and FAI maneuvers!
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The Red Arrows Story
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Peter R March
Formed in 1965, the RAF's Red Arrows are the most famous formation aerobatic display team in the world. On their many overseas display tours, the 'Reds' have attracted a worldwide following as ambassadors for Great Britain. Peter R. March describes the history of the Red Arrows, from their beginnings as the Yellowjacks in the early sixties, to the ...
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Pylon: The Corrected Text
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William Faulkner
PYLON, one of Faulkner's minor novels, is set in New Orleans during Mardi Gras, and centers on a group of airmen who are in town for the festivities. It was published in 1935.
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Advanced Aerobatics
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Geza Szurovy, Mike Goulian
In this lesson-by-lesson guide with accessible text from aerobatics champions, the sequential cockpit-view photographs and sophisticated computer graphics provide an effective primer on 20 advanced aerobatics maneuvers.
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Barnstormers and Daredevils
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K. C. Tessendorf
A history of barnstorming in America, with an ample number of anecdotes about the dangerous acrobatics and stunts performed by thrill-seeking exhibition flyers, mostly ex-military pilots, especially during the 1920s.
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Air Shows
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Elizabeth Van Steenwyk
Discusses the history of flying and examines the role of air show competitions in the development of modern aviation.
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Stunt Planes
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Jeff Savage
Describes the sport of stunt flying, including its history, the most popular stunt planes, basic stunts, and stunt flying contests.
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Front Row Center: Inside the Great American Airshow
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Erik Hildebrandt, Cleared Hot Media
During the summer of 1999, aviation photographer Erik Hildebrandt dedicated nearly every professional moment to capturing the essence of one of America's fastest growing spectator phenomena: air shows. This all-color photo-journal of Hildebrandt's ultimate summer road trip presents spectacular imagery gathered at more than 15 air shows ranging ...
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Basic Aerobatic Manual-87/Rev-90
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William K Kershner
Explains and illustrates 26 aerobatic maneuvers in a six-lesson supplement to introductory aerobatics instruction. Emphasizes the Cessna Aerobat, but is easily modified for other types of aerobatic planes.
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The Sky Clowns
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John Tomerlin
A dedicated stunt flyer wants to help a failing air show.
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The Aerobats: The World's Great Aerial Demonstration Teams
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William Yenne
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The Barnstormers: Flying Daredevils of the Roaring Twenties
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Don Dwiggins
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Walking on Air
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Christina Jones
An enchanting, exuberant novel, featuring a girl who hates flying adrift in the world of aeronautical acrobatics, by a favourite storyteller. Billie Pascoe, currently a taxi driver in a country town, takes an impulsive risk when she spends her grandmother's small legacy on a warehouse on the edge of a small airfield. But her attempt at business ...
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The Canadian Forces Snowbirds: 431 Air Demonstration Squadron
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Ellen H Hopkins, Lora Polack Oberle
The new titles in this popular series take young readers behind the scenes of specialized groups within the armed services. Each book describes the history, missions, and equipment, as well as the qualifications and training of the service people. With full-color photographs and simple text, books in this series give students considering a career ...
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Flying daredevils of the Roaring Twenties
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