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The greatest flying stories ever told : [nineteen amazing tales from the sky]
Title:
The greatest flying stories ever told : [nineteen amazing tales from the sky]
Author:
Underwood, Lamar.
Publication Information:
Guilford, CT : Lyons Press, [2002]
©2002
Physical Description:
xiv, 334 pages ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
The spirit of St. Louis / Charles A. Lindbergh -- Amelia Earhart and the flight that failed / Mary S. Lovell -- West with the night / Beryl Markham -- The sound barrier / Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos -- Orbit / Tom Wolfe -- "Dooley" / Ernest K. Gann -- Flight of passage / Rinker Buck -- Approaches / Laurence Gonzales -- Stranger to the ground / Richard Bach -- On extended wings / Diane Ackerman -- Winter's morning / Len Deighton -- Piece of cake / Derek Robinson -- Black Thursday : the Second Schweinfurt Attack, October 14, 1943 / Brian D. O'Neill -- Along the Yalu / James Salter -- Carrier qual / Douglas C. Waller -- An airman's letter to his mother / Anonymous -- Fire & rain / Jerome Greer Chandler -- Am I alive? / Sandy Purl with Gregg Lewis -- Tragedy and escape / by Ernest K. Gann.
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ISBN:
9781585745128
Format :
Book
