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By Donald E. Fink
It is 1936, and BEN FINDLAY, a 16-year-old Michigan farm boy, wanders to a local airport to escape his abusive father. Ben meets BRICE, a crusty flight instructor and veteran pilot with the U. S. Army Air Corps in the 1914-1918 �Great War,� who teaches Ben to fly in a bi-wing, open-cockpit Stearman trainer. Ben quickly masters advanced maneuvers, including aerial combat tactics, and is recruited to fly for Spain�s Republican Air Force in that country�s bloody civil war. Ben slips away from home before his eighteenth birthday, and after additional combat training, sails for Barcelona, Spain. Thus begins an adventure filled odyssey that sweeps Ben from Spain to England and into the early days of World War 2 as a Spitfire pilot with Britain�s Royal Air Force. Following America�s entry into the war Ben transfers to the U. S. Army Air Force and opts to fly Boeing B-17 bombers to carry the war directly to Germany. Escape to the Sky ends with Ben�s thirtieth and final bombing raid over Regensburg, Germany.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Donald E. Fink
It is 1936, and BEN FINDLAY, a 16-year-old Michigan farm boy, wanders to a local airport to escape his abusive father. Ben meets BRICE, a crusty flight instructor and veteran pilot with the U. S. Army Air Corps in the 1914-1918 �Great War,� who teaches Ben to fly in a bi-wing, open-cockpit Stearman trainer. Ben quickly masters advanced maneuvers, including aerial combat tactics, and is recruited to fly for Spain�s Republican Air Force in that country�s bloody civil war. Ben slips away from home before his eighteenth birthday, and after additional combat training, sails for Barcelona, Spain. Thus begins an adventure filled odyssey that sweeps Ben from Spain to England and into the early days of World War 2 as a Spitfire pilot with Britain�s Royal Air Force. Following America�s entry into the war Ben transfers to the U. S. Army Air Force and opts to fly Boeing B-17 bombers to carry the war directly to Germany. Escape to the Sky ends with Ben�s thirtieth and final bombing raid over Regensburg, Germany.
FORMAT: Hardcover
By Donald E. Fink
It is 1936, and BEN FINDLAY, a 16-year-old Michigan farm boy, wanders to a local airport to escape his abusive father. Ben meets BRICE, a crusty flight instructor and veteran pilot with the U. S. Army Air Corps in the 1914-1918 �Great War,� who teaches Ben to fly in a bi-wing, open-cockpit Stearman trainer. Ben quickly masters advanced maneuvers, including aerial combat tactics, and is recruited to fly for Spain�s Republican Air Force in that country�s bloody civil war. Ben slips away from home before his eighteenth birthday, and after additional combat training, sails for Barcelona, Spain. Thus begins an adventure filled odyssey that sweeps Ben from Spain to England and into the early days of World War 2 as a Spitfire pilot with Britain�s Royal Air Force. Following America�s entry into the war Ben transfers to the U. S. Army Air Force and opts to fly Boeing B-17 bombers to carry the war directly to Germany. Escape to the Sky ends with Ben�s thirtieth and final bombing raid over Regensburg, Germany.
FORMAT: E-Book
By Allene Morrow Sonntag
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FORMAT: E-Book
By Allene Morrow Sonntag
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FORMAT: Softcover
By Allene Morrow Sonntag
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FORMAT: Hardcover
By Tim Shay
Come sail into the wild blue yonder and experience the thrill of flight as only an insider can portray it. Whether you are an experienced jumper or just an observer you will enjoy this action packed look at the exciting world of skydiving.
FORMAT: Softcover
By James A. McGowan
Walking on Air is the exciting, sometimes hazardous, pioneering adventure of two paraplegics, Jim McGowan and Jim Thomann, who were determined not to allow their disabilities to dictate the course of their lives. To them, the sky was literally the only limit they recognized. Together, they set records and performed sky dive maneuvers thought unattainable by paralyzed individuals. In their willingness to challenge the unknown, they were joined by a host of non-disabled men and women, sky divers and friends, to prove the truth of the sky diver’s maxim that, “When skies call, they call to all.”
FORMAT: Softcover
By Ben R. Games, PhD
Powered Parachute Zone is a Coffee Table Picture Book about flying from farmer's fields. It is written for everyone who likes to see Americans having fun without hurting the environment. No destroying the grass or cutting into the soil. The book is a working sketch book designed to be given as a gift from the powered parachute pilot to the owner of land where he/she wants to fly from. It can also be used by anyone wanting to know what those colorful parachutes are doing and how they are doing it. The book has a copy of Release and Discharge of Liability that the pilot may give to a land owner. IT'S ALL ABOUT BEING FREE. It has notes on Flying Safety and a page on sample Rules and Traffic Pattern. There is an Annual Inspection and Preflight check list on page 17. For pilots who have a radio and to anyone who wants to understand what the pilots are talking about there is a list of Definitions. For those Flying Clubs who want to build a Tetrahedron to help control traffic there is a drawing and a picture of one built by the Sky Spiders. It can be used by sheriff's deputies, law enforcement officers, rescue workers, and firemen wanting to learn what powered parachutes are and how they operate. Flying clubs may give it to school children and especially to home owners living near where they are flying. The book helps in winning friends for the powered parachute pilots. WHen you are a Powered Parachute pilot flying around on a weekend, being free from the bonds of the earth, it feels good knowing you have friends. IT'S ALL ABOUT BEING AN AMERICAN AND BEING FREE. The young men and women who fly are really learning what freedom and being an American is all about. Some pilots are not so young either. This is not a sport where you have to compete against each other. We are still a tough people and some are still trying to find ways of showing that they are better than another but in truth it just makes us better pilots. When you are floating under your parachute it's just you and God looking down upon the green earth. IT'S GREAT TO BE AN AMERICAN.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Captain Bob Norris
SOLO provides a mixture of how flying and climbing can infect one´s life by bringing rapture and awe through uncommon events. Capt. Bob learned to fly before he learned to drive. He has flown biplanes into grass strips to DC-10s into Hong Kong during raging thunderstorms. As a mountaineer, his accomplishments include 200-foot ice walls in the California Sierras to the towering summits of Nepal. This book is an adventure tale that evolves as travelogues throughout the author´s recollections of his memories…enjoy! . He is the author of numerous technical publications: Flying Jets; Aircraft and Simulators, IFR Training Manual, The Pilot´s Technical Knowledge Manual, co-author of Airline Career and Interview Manual and How to Take Over Your Local Government for Fun and Profit.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Captain Bob Norris
SOLO provides a mixture of how flying and climbing can infect one´s life by bringing rapture and awe through uncommon events. Capt. Bob learned to fly before he learned to drive. He has flown biplanes into grass strips to DC-10s into Hong Kong during raging thunderstorms. As a mountaineer, his accomplishments include 200-foot ice walls in the California Sierras to the towering summits of Nepal. This book is an adventure tale that evolves as travelogues throughout the author´s recollections of his memories…enjoy! . He is the author of numerous technical publications: Flying Jets; Aircraft and Simulators, IFR Training Manual, The Pilot´s Technical Knowledge Manual, co-author of Airline Career and Interview Manual and How to Take Over Your Local Government for Fun and Profit.
FORMAT: Hardcover
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