Download or read book Great Flying Stories written by Frederick Forsyth and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1995 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: H. G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Bach, Roald Dahl, Len Deighton and seven other famous writers explore the novelty, the adventure, and the skill of flying, in entertaining stories ranging from the fantastic to the factual.
Download or read book Forever Flying written by Robert A. Hoover and published by Beyond Words/Atria Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty years of high-flying adventures, from barnstorming in prop planes to dogfigting Germans to testing supersonic jets.
Download or read book One Adventure After Another written by John Lewis and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is not about heroes like military pilots who risk their lives protecting our country, or commercial pilots who wing their way across the world transporting us from one place to the other or general pilots who daily perform tasks that can only be done from the air. We owe all of these pilots a great respect and gratitude for the job that they do. Most of the books written are about them. This book is about the private pilot who is the average man or woman who does not intend to risk their lives flying an airplane. This book is about those people who simply want to take to the air for the joy of being airborne and for the intellectual challenge of keeping up with the birds. If I thought for a moment that flying was not safe, I would not step into an airplane. For years I felt that flying was for the foolhardy until by chance I discovered that flying is safer than driving a car if you learn how to fly and follow the rules. This book attempts to describe the transition from becoming a land person to becoming an air person and the pleasures experienced on the way. John O. Lewis My first adventure with John as an airplane pilot gave me the surprise of my life. After vehemently refusing to go flying with him, I agreed once and for all to join him in the cockpit for a brief tour around Chicago. Once airborne my imagined fears were replaced by sheer joy of seeing the sights and realizing the wonders both above and below. This initial flight was the beginning of adventures of our lifetime. Never again was any coaxing on his part needed for me to join him on flights. Edna M. Lewis
Download or read book Flying in the Pool written by Steve Priske and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-10 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the real life true story of my ten years flying for Pan American Airways.
Download or read book Touching the Sky written by Louise Borden and published by Margaret K. McElderry Books. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers took their historic first flight, and by 1909 the brothers were full-fledged celebrities. In September of that year, Wilbur and Orville finally showed the world, firsthand, just what they had achieved. In the United States, Wilbur delighted the crowd with spectacular flying demonstrations in New York City during the city's Hudson-Fulton Celebration. He flew over the harbor, glided past tall buildings, looped the Statue of Liberty, and even traveled up the Hudson River to Grant's Tomb. The people of New York were astonished and thrilled to witness these unbelievable flights. At the same time, Orville held daring public exhibitions in Germany and set amazing new records. He flew the highest ever, and took the longest flight with a passenger. The Wright brothers opened doors that no one knew could be opened! Louise Borden and Trish Marx document the extraordinary lives and achievements of two of our most celebrated American heroes, Wilbur and Orville Wright, from their humble beginnings to their later success and riches.
Download or read book East to the Dawn written by Susan Butler and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amelia Earhart captured the hearts of the nation after becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1928. And her disappearance on an around-the-world flight in 1937 is an enduring mystery. Based on ten years of research, East to the Dawn provides a richly textured portrait of Earhart in all her complexity. It's the perfect complement to the October 2009 movie Amelia, starring Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, and Ewan McGregor.
Download or read book Ronaldo written by Maxine Sylvester and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-16 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young flying cadet dreams of becoming Santa's chief reindeer, but first he must go to school and compete in the ultimate flying challenge. Ronaldo wants to win the endurance test more than anything else in the world. But Arctic-like conditions prove more difficult than he ever imagined, and after only a few circuits self-doubt creeps into his mind. For stamina and fitness are not enough to triumph, only self-belief and courage will carry Ronaldo over the finish line. With messages for children on encouragement and inspiration, Ronaldo: The Reindeer Flying Academy is a heart-warming chapter book abundant with laughter and surprises. If you enjoy flying tales, bath bombs and carrot cake, then you'll love Ronaldo's action-packed first flying adventure. Pull down your flying goggles and buy Ronaldo: The Reindeer Flying Academy today!
Download or read book Flying Free written by Philip S. Hart and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 1996-04-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the history of black aviators, from the early black aviation community in Chicago in the 1920s through World War II to modern times.
Download or read book Frog s Flying Adventure written by Eve Bunting and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Frog and his world. He enjoys nothing better than spending time floating in his pond or visiting with his friends. He appreciates the simpler things in life and would prefer that things stay just the way they are--nice and peaceful. From acclaimed children's writer Eve Bunting comes a beginning reader series featuring the delightful Frog and his friends Rabbit, Possum, Raccoon, and Squirrel. In Frog's Flying Adventure's trio of stories Frog worries when a flower friend starts to fade, takes to the skies with a sea gull friend, and has trouble falling to sleep.
Download or read book Mum s the Word written by Eve Branson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-01-16 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eve Bransons life reads like a fast-paced adventure novel. A classically trained ballet dancer, she appeared in racy West End productions, disguised herself as a boy to take glider lessons, enlisted in the Womens Royal Navy Service, and then embarked on a series of harrowing adventures as a Star Girl air hostess on the ill-fated British South American Airways. Though marrying the dashing ex-Cavalry officer, Edward Ted Branson, brought her down to earth to raise three children, Eves quest for adventure never faltered. After running several businesses, traveling the world, and doing global charity work, Eve is preparing to launch the first commercial space travelers to the edge of space in a Virgin Galactic mother ship that bears her name. In this lively, absorbing memoir part diary, part adventure story, part family history Eve Bransons formidable energy propels the reader through an extraordinary life. Along the way, she divulges some of the unorthodox but effective trade secrets behind raising one of the worlds most colourful entrepreneurs.
Download or read book The Fantastic Flying Journey written by Gerald Durrell and published by House of Stratus Limited. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great-Uncle Lancelot, redoubtable explorer and enthusiastic naturalist, takes his niece and twin nephews on an extraordinary journey around the world, introducing them to a wide variety of animals.
Download or read book Flying the Alaska Wild written by Mort D. Mason and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine flying through wildly unpredictable weather conditions and over the unforgiving terrain of the Big Empty, with only yourself to rely on in life and death situations. This type of true grit adventure was a common occurrence for Alaska bush pilot Mort Mason, who encountered numerous white-knuckle situations while honing his skill--and his luck--in a profession that only a handful of pilots have had the stamina to endure. Flying the Alaska Wild is a heart-pounding, edge-of-the-chair collection of fascinating stories about the rough-and-tumble life of an Alaska bush pilot--straight from the pilot’s seat. Recounting thirty years of adventures, skilled storyteller Mason presents tales of his own experiences, and also tells the legendary stories of other old-time bush pilots.
Download or read book Fighting the Flying Circus written by Eddie Rickenbacker and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mormon Conspiracy A Flying Adventure written by Dale Seitzer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jerry Sherwood meets an average guy who wants a ride in his homebuilt kit aircraft. Jerry gets hijacked and trapped in a conspiracy that involves Homeland Security, TSA, the FBI and the Mormon church. He partners with the local police chief and an FBI agent to face danger, learn and grow and crack the conspiracy and corruption and prevent the catastrophe. The flying adventures include piloting a kit built Skyranger aircraft, Cessna 182 Skylane, and Piper Warrior.
Download or read book The Case of the Flying Phantom written by Mary-Kate Olsen and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ashley and Mary-Kate are having a terrific time on a family vacation in Washington, D.C. They especially like spending time at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. But during their visit, the famous Wright Brothers' plane starts to tremble -- and spooky voices float down from the cockpit! Could there be a ghost in the machine? Mary-Kate and Ashley are on the case!
Download or read book Amelia Earhart written by Mary Dodson Wade and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the famous woman pilot who set many records before she was mysteriously lost over the Pacific Ocean in 1937, emphasizing her belief that women could and should do anything they set their minds to.
Download or read book Heroes of the Horizon written by Gerry Bruder and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen bush pilots relate their experiences in Alaska.
