Aviation Books


West with the Night Best Price: $3.15 I read this book because someone suggested my family might have been related to Beryl Markham,...	Flying the SR-71 Blackbird: In the Cockpit on a Secret Operational Mission Best Price: $17.13 This is a great book! It's exactly what the title says it is -- a pilot's inside the cockpit...	Alive Best Price: $4.38 It's become a bit of trivial fodder: In 1972, a plane carrying a Uraguayan rugby team and their...	Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide Fifth Edition (Jane's Recognition Guides) Best Price: $13.96 As the title suggests, this book may be useful to take to an airport or an airshow and identify...	Yeager: An Autobiography Best Price: $2.19 This is a pretty good autobiography. Not a five star in my opinion as a 5 star book review leads...



Aircraft of World War II (Aviation Factfile, The) Best Price: $11.09 If you are looking for a very cursory review of WWII's major aircraft (i.e., a page or two for...	Beyond the Black Box: The Forensics of Airplane Crashes Best Price: $16.79 Great book that's hard to put down. It is too technical at times but still enjoyable to read and...	Attack of the Drones Best Price: $13.57 As Bill Yenne emphasizes at the introduction section, the book is solely about UAV projects of...	Flight in America: From the Wrights to the Astronauts Best Price: $14.09 this is a great book for any aviation enthusiasts and history buffs alike. The book starts off...	Flight: 100 Years of Aviation Best Price: $13.91 Had the editor done his or her job, I'd give his a 5 star rating. It's well put together,...



Pan American Clippers: The Golden Age of Flying Boats Best Price: $31.96 Excellent references. This was a gift for my husband and I couldn't have bought anything better!...	The Spirit of St. Louis Best Price: $12.51 I think the book is wonderful. I wanted to attain a better sense of Charles A Lindbergh and...	Human Factors in Multi-Crew Flight Operations Best Price: $48.06 This is a unique book on human factors in multi-crew flight operations. I come from a region...	Boeing versus Airbus: The Inside Story of the Greatest International Competition in Business (Vintage) Best Price: $8.20 I think this is potentialy a very interesting topic -- Boeing vs. Airbus that is. But this...	100 Missions North: A Fighter Pilot's Story of the Vietnam War Best Price: $12.81 The book arrived on time and in excellent condition. It will be a good read.

SR-71 Blackbird: Stories, Tales and Legends Best Price: $17.29 Rich Graham has followed the winning formula he used in SR-71 Revealed: The Inside Story with...	Aviation Disasters: The World's Major Civil Airliner Crashes Since 1950 Best Price: $28.21 David Gero has covered many of the 1000's of Air Incdents in this book. I would have liked to...	Calculated Risk: The Extraordinary Life of Jimmy Doolittle-Aviation Pioneer and World War II Hero Best Price: $14.95 I can sum this up in a very short space. This is a well written book that not only gives an...	North Star over My Shoulder: A Flying Life Best Price: $5.69 I am a professional pilot who has done the freight, airline and corporate thing and now calls...	Arctic Bush Pilot Best Price: $10.84 Don't know the author, don't know the pilot. Simply an easy to read, very entertaining and...

The Lives of Beryl Markham Best Price: $6.91 After reading Beryl's memoir, West With the Night, I wanted to find out more about this woman...	Emergency! Crisis on the Flight Deck, Second Edition Best Price: $17.95 Stanley Stewart presents several stories from air incidents with a brilliantly narrative manner,...	MAYDAY: Accident Reports and Voice Transcripts from Airline Crash Investigations Best Price: $12.13 This book reprints Voice Recorder Transcripts (when available) and NTSB findings (in terse,...	Lindbergh Best Price: $2.99 I've read parts of this book, and from what I can tell, it is similar to other biographies of...	35 Miles from Shore: The Ditching and Rescue of ALM Flight 980 Best Price: $8.55 Being a resident of Curacao myself, and thus very familiar with this incident, I was really glad...

West with the Night Best Price: $12.44 This forgotten volume is a beautifully written memoir of Markum's time in Africa in the early...	Helicopters: Military, Civilian, and Rescue Rotorcraft (The Aviation Factfile) Best Price: $11.24 I'm a Grad Student at the University of Maryland's Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center studying...	Wings on My Sleeve (Phoenix Press) Best Price: $8.39 Royal Navy pilot Eric Brown may well have been the best test pilot of his generation, and his...	Anne Morrow Lindbergh: First Lady of the Air Best Price: $8.87 I am not a typical non-fiction reader, but after reading the book, First Lady of the Air, I...	The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright Best Price: $10.00 An absolutely fascinating story of how two boys from Ohio without college educations, through...

Once A Fighter Pilot Best Price: $6.71 Awesome book. All I ever wanted to do was fly an F-4 and this book brought me as close as I'll...	747: Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation Best Price: $2.88 Joe Sutter rose to lead the 747 program through hard work, preparation, and a little bit of...	R-4360: Pratt & Whitney's Major Miracle Best Price: $43.62 Graham White's monumental "R-4360: Pratt & Whitney's Major Miracle" is a...	Alaska's Bush Planes Best Price: $8.85 Purchased for my brother in law who is heavily into beaver aircraft and he loved it. Great...	One Zero Charlie: Adventures in Grass Roots Aviation Best Price: $10.87 Some may not like the emphasis of the book, but for what it does describe, it does very well. ...

To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight Best Price: $5.33 I received this audiobook as a gift for Christmas and it took me a little while before I screwed...	In the Cockpit: Inside 50 History-Making Aircraft Best Price: $6.71 Gave this as a gift to my pilot father and he loved it. Perfect choice for anyone who...	Man and Machine: The Best of Stephan Wilkinson Best Price: $4.80 This is a wonderful book. It's a collection of self-contained magazine articles originally...	Luxury Airline Design (Luxury Books) Best Price: $31.49 Fantastic, luxurious book. Great gift for dad's and boys who like expensive toys!	PBY: The Catalina Flying Boat Best Price: $17.95 Excellent book, very well researched and clearly and concisely written. If you are interested...

X-15 Photo Scrapbook Best Price: $10.36 In Scrapbook, what struck me are the human interest photos. Hypersonic! was superb in detailing...	Fly Now!: The Poster Collection of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Best Price: $3.97 Wow this book was a major disappointment! The selection of posters is really poor compared to...	Come Fly With Us!: A Global History of the Airline Hostess Best Price: $3.99 I had a great time doing the makeup for some of this book. They were really trying to get it all...	Wings: A History of Aviation from Kites to the Space Age Best Price: $11.91 The writing isn't bad in this book (nor is it that good), but the real problem with this book is...	The God Machine: From Boomerangs to Black Hawks: The Story of the Helicopter Best Price: $11.50 From humankind's early aspirations to fly by flapping wings of wax and feathers to the roar and...

Jagdwaffe Volume Three, Section 1: Strike in the Balkans April-May 1941 (Luftwaffe Colours) Best Price: $15.65 I apreciated my book, because it's the best guide to Luftwaffe colours and history about...	Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight Best Price: $4.28 This is not just a great biography of Santos-Dumont: Hoffman covers the history of balloon...	Finding Amelia: The True Story of the Earhart Disappearance Best Price: $15.65 Ric Gillespie has clearly presented the never-before accumulation and coordination of the many...	Amelia Earhart's Daughters: The Wild And Glorious Story Of American Women Aviators From World War II To The Dawn Of The Space Age Best Price: $4.49 This book seems more intent on making a case that women were overlooked as pilots rather than on...	Lost Over Laos: A True Story Of Tragedy, Mystery, And Friendship Best Price: $2.95 Before picking up this book I had just finished Requiem by Horst Faas and Tim Page, The Best and...

Essentials of Airplane Maintenance Best Price: $21.99 The book illustrates many examples of how to use the right economic theory and work-scopes to...	The Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told: Nineteen Amazing Tales from the Sky (Greatest) Best Price: $2.64 A diverse, inspiring, and exciting collection on the thrills of taking flight.	The Speed of Heat: An Airlift Wing at War in Iraq and Afghanistan Best Price: $31.50 What can I say. Tom Young has done it again. War is not a topic that is easy to understand...	Lockheed-Martin F/A-22 Raptor: Stealth Fighter (Aerofax) (Aerofax) Best Price: $23.36 The story so far of the F-22A. The develloping story from the early days till present times is...	Black Wings: Courageous Stories of African Americans in Aviation and Space History Best Price: $10.97 This book looks at a little-remembered group of black men who, with their abilities and...

Dream Aircraft: The Most Fascinating Airplanes I've Ever Flown Best Price: $12.24 Barry Schiff is a fine writer who has been a professional aviator for more than 50 years. ...	Jagdwaffe Volume 3, Section 4: The War in Russia (Luftwaffe Colours) Best Price: $18.21 The story of the Jagdwaffe on the Eastern Front continues with an explanation of the reasons for...

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