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Author
Publisher
Pen and Sword Aviation
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
224 pages
Language
English
Description
This book examines the reality behind the myths of the legendary RAF fighter aces during the Battle of Britain. It explains why only a small minority of pilots, those in whom the desire for combat overrode everything, accounted for so large a proportion of the victories. It surveys the skills that a successful fighter pilot must have a natural aptitude for flying, marksmanship, keen eyesight and the way in which fighter tactics have developed. The...
Author
Language
English
Description
Audrey Parker’s life changes forever when Pearl Harbor is attacked on December 7, 1941. Her brother, a talented young Navy pilot, had been stationed there. Fresh out of nursing school with a passion and a born gift for helping others, both Audrey and her friend Lizzie suddenly find their nation on the brink of war. Driven to do whatever they can to serve, they enlist in the Army and embark on a new adventure as flight nurses. Risking their lives...
Author
Series
Publisher
North Point Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 293 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Beryl Markham, born Beryl Clutterbuck in England, spent her life defying all expectations of how a woman should live and what any single person can achieve. Markham and her father moved to Kenya when she was a girl, and she grew up with a zebra for a pet, horses for friends, and baboons, lions, leopards, and gazelles for neighbors. She also became the first person to fly nonstop from Europe to America.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pebble, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages.
Language
English
Description
"Does the rumble of a plane's engines make you nervous? Do take-offs and landings make your stomach queasy? You're not alone. In this Pebble Emerge book, explore the reasons many people are afraid of riding on an airplane and discover simple tips for facing this fear safely. Reassuring facts and helpful photos provide the knowledge young readers need to face their fear of plane rides"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"High adventure and high ideals merge when a corps of intrepid female aviators battle to take part in the hugely popular air shows of the 1920s and 1930s. Ultimately, one of our heroines would win a race that earned her the right to be called America's best pilot"--
8) Captain Cook
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c1972
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
192 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
On the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook's successful navigation to the coast of Australia, this is Alistair MacLean's absorbing story of one of Britain's great national heroes, from his obscure beginnings to his sudden and violent death at the age of fifty-one.
When James Cook was hacked to death by Hawaiian islanders on 14 February 1779, he was already considered the greatest explorer of his age. Born in obscurity but gripped by a boundless passion...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
505 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Traces the pivotal achievements of the elite female science recruits at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where in the mid-twentieth century they transformed rocket design and enabled the creation of the first American satellites.
10) Aircraft
Author
Series
Publisher
Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book introduces artists to basic drawing concepts and describes in step-by-step instructions how to turn simple shapes into aircraft. Young readers will learn to draw a blimp, cargo plane, helicopter, passenger plane, and fighter jet.