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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorWind, Sand, and Stars
Antoine de Saint-Exupery · 258 pages
English translation of "Terre des hommes". Autobiographical account of air travel, captures the grandeur, danger, and isolation of flight.
West with the Night
Beryl Markham · 293 pages
West with the Night is the story of Beryl Markham--aviator, racehorse trainer, beauty--and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and '30s.
North to the Orient
Anne Morrow Lindbergh · 248 pages
Still Points North: Surviving the World's Greatest Alaskan Childhood
Leigh Newman · 251 pages
A memoir from the travel writer and editor who spent her childhood moving between her "Great Alaskan" father on the tundra in the summer and her more urbane mother in Baltimore during the school year, a lifestyle that led to an adult who both feared and idolized human connection.
I Married Adventure: The Lives of Martin and Osa Johnson
Osa Johnson · 399 pages
The classic 1930s travel adventures of Osa and Martin Johnson as they photograph, and eventually film, their way through darkest Africa and the treacherous cannibal islands of the South Pacific.
Going Solo
Roald Dahl · 209 pages
The fascinating story of Roald Dahl's life continues in Going Solo, a marvelous evocation of the author's wartime exploits. As a pilot in World War II, Roald Dahl had some wonderfully exciting -- and frighteningly near-death -- experiences including encounters with the enemy, battles with deadly snakes, and incredible dogfights. Told with the same irresistible appeal that has made Dahl one of the
Sully: My Search for What Really Matters
Chesley B. Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow · 354 pages
On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed one of the most remarkable emergency landings in aviation history when Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger glided US Airways Flight 1549 onto the surface of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. To Sullenberger, a pilot with forty years of flying experience who is also a safety consulting expert, the landing was not a miracle but rather the
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
Candace Fleming · 118 pages
Tells the story of Amelia Earhart's life as a child, a woman, and a pilot, and describes the search for her missing plane.
Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos · 385 pages
From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies Skunk Works is the true story of America's most secret and successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the operation's brilliant boss for nearly two decades, the chronicle of Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is a drama of cold war confrontations
Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama, and Crazy Passengers at 35,000 Feet
Heather Poole
Fate Is the Hunter
Ernest K. Gann · 386 pages
Ernest K. Gann’s classic memoir is an up-close and thrilling account of the treacherous early days of commercial aviation. In his inimitable style, Gann brings you right into the cockpit, recounting both the triumphs and terrors of pilots who flew when flying was anything but routine. Source http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Fate-is-the-Hunter/Ernest-K-Gann/9780671636036
The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45
Stephen E. Ambrose · 304 pages
The very young men who flew the B-24s over Germany in World War II against terrible odds were yet another exceptional band of brothers, and, in The Wild Blue, Ambrose recounts their extraordinary brand of heroism, skill, daring, and comradeship with vivid detail and affection. Ambrose describes how the Army Air Forces recruited, trained, and then chose those few who would undertake the most demand
Sled Driver: Flying the World's Fastest Jet
Brian Shul · 151 pages
No aircraft ever captured the curiosity & fascination of the public like the SR-71 Blackbird. Nicknamed "The Sled" by those few who flew it, the aircraft was shrouded in secrecy from its inception. Entering the U.S. Air Force inventory in 1966, the SR-71 was the fastest, highest flying jet aircraft in the world. Now for the first time, a Blackbird pilot shares his unique experience of what it was
Spitfires
Becky Aikman · 369 pages
The heart-pounding true story of the daring American women who piloted the most dangerous aircraft of World War II through the treacherous skies of Britain.
Yeager: An Autobiography
Chuck Yeager, Leo Janos · 388 pages
Offers a personal glimpse of air pilot General Chuck Yeager. Yeager talks about his life and achievements, expressed in his own words.
In the Company of Heroes: The Personal Story Behind Black Hawk Down
Michael J. Durant, Steven Hartov · 416 pages
The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking
Brendan I. Koerner · 327 pages
In an America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of sixties idealism, airplane hijackings were astonishingly routine. Over a five-year period starting in 1968, the desperate and disillusioned seized commercial jets nearly once a week. Some hijackers wished to escape to foreign lands; others aimed to swap hostages for sacks of cash. The longest-distance hijacking in American history took
First Light
Geoffrey Wellum · 352 pages
"Geoffry Wellum tells the ... true story of his coming of age amid the roaring, tumbling dogfights of the fiercest air war the world has ever seen. It is the story of an idealistic schoolboy who couldn't believe his luck when the RAF agreed to take him on as a 'pupil pilot' at the minimum age of seventeen and a half in 1939. In his fervor to fly, he gave little thought to the coming war"--Jacket.
Vulcan 607
Rowland White · 523 pages
When Argentinian forces invaded the Falklands Islands in 1982, it took the British government by surprise. They needed a fast response, and military chiefs came up with a plan of action - Operation Black Buck. This is an account of the last British bomber raid, recalling the long-range attack on Port Stanley that opened the Falklands War.
Spitfire!: The Experiences of a Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot
Brian Lane · 255 pages