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By Jules Bergman. 1964, Doubleday, 255pp. "This is a book about learning to fly... Linking pictures and words with aerial maneuvers depicted from inside and outside of the cockpit... This profusely illustrated volume takes the reader step by step through a do-it-yourself pilot instruction course from the first orientation session to the final flight test". (VG+, no DJ)

By Mary S. Lovell. 1987, St Martin's Press, 408pp. 1st. "Beryl Markham was a remarkable woman, brought up in East Africa, she became Africa's first female thoroughbred trainer and later its first female bush pilot, the first to fly the Atlantic solo from England to North America, a story full of romance and courage." (Library discard with usual markings. VG in VG DJ in mylar wraps. FEP removed)

By Mary S. Lovell. 1987, St Martin's Press, 444pp. 1st. "Beryl Markham was a remarkable woman, brought up in East Africa, she became Africa's first female thoroughbred trainer and later its first female bush pilot, the first to fly the Atlantic solo from England to North America, a story full of romance and courage." (Good. Water stain top rear top)

By Mariana Gosnell. 1993, Alfred A Knopf, 371pp. 1st. "Mariana Gosnell takes the reader along on her extraordinary voyage across the U.S. In her single-engine Luscombe Silvaire, Zero Three Bravo." (Near Fine in VG+ DJ)

By Ben Rich. 1994, Little Brown & Company, 370pp. This is a detailed story of the Lockheed Skunk Works from the perspective of the man who headed it during the F-117 development. A tell-almost-all book with many nameless references to Groom Lake. The late Skunk Works president Ben Rich recounts the development of stealth, his work with Kelly Johnson, and the workings of the black world. Given the sensitivity of his position during the Cold War, it is surprising that this book was written at all. Rich does not hide his disdain for the often capricious Air Force bureaucracy and expresses his frustrations with excessive secrecy and the inefficiencies of the military procurement process. An essential document for historical research into Area 51 and the aviation projects that built it. -- GC. (Library discard with usual markings. Fair, no DJ. FEP removed)

This is a detailed story of the Lockheed Skunk Works from the perspective of the man who headed it during the F-117 development. A tell-almost-all book with many nameless references to Groom Lake. The late Skunk Works president Ben Rich recounts the development of stealth, his work with Kelly Johnson, and the workings of the black world. Given the sensitivity of his position during the Cold War, it is surprising that this book was written at all. Rich does not hide his disdain for the often capricious Air Force bureaucracy and expresses his frustrations with excessive secrecy and the inefficiencies of the military procurement process. An essential document for historical research into Area 51 and the aviation projects that built it. -- GC. Jacket Text | A reader's review | Skunk Works | F-117A

Skunk Works | F-117A

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Autobiography of the test pilot who was the first to break the sound barrier.

By Chuch Yeager and Leo Janos. 1985, Bantam, 342pp. Photo insert. (VG)

By Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos. 1985, Bantam, 341pp. (VG in Good DJ)

By R.A. Bob Hoover and Mark Shaw. 1996, Pocket Books, 291pp. (Library discard with usual markings. VG+ in VG+ DJ in mylar wraps)

By Chuck Yeager and Charles Leerhsen. 1988, Bantam, 247pp. (G+ in G+ DJ in wraps. Library discard with usual markings)

By Bill Yenne. 1990, Gallery Books/W H Smith, 112pp, 12x9.5". Large-format photo book profiling 12 modern warplanes from around the world, included B-1B, B-2, Harrier, MiG 29, Su-27, F-15, Panivia Tornado, Saab Viggen, F/A-18, Mirage 2000, F-14. (Near Fine in Good DJ. Dj has small chip at top of spine and label residue on lower-left front)

By Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan and Phil Patton. 1987, Alfred A Knopf, 337pp. 1st. Photos. "The first full account o f the daring and pioneering aeronautical adventure, written by the man and woman who made it happen. They tell their own stories and how their six-year dream of Voyager was fulfilled-the designing, the building, and the triumphal nine-day f light of the first plane in history to ... (Library discard with usual markings. VG in VG DJ in mylar wraps)

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An account of an investigation of the Earhart disappearance in 1937. The investigation, conducted btween 1960-66, was sponsored by CBS, the Scripps newspapers and the Associated Press. /people/e/earhart/

"'Earhart emerges as a complex, controversial, and fascinating flesh-and-blood woman of many facets... Well-researches and intelligently written.' -- Chicago Tribune" /people/e/earhart/

By Jane Mendelsohn. 1996, Knopf, 150pp. "Amelia Earhart tells what happened after she disappeared off the coast of New Guinea." (Fine in VG DJ)

By George Waller. 1961, Dial Press, 507pp. During the 25 years following the Lindbergh kidnaping, George Waller unearthed the buried details of the crime, the capture, the trial, the appeal, and his account races with the pace and color of fiction. (VG in torn DJ. DJ text is complete, but several chips and tears.))

By Anne Morrow Lindbergh. 1935, Harcourt Brace, 255pp. Describes 1931 air journey taken by Charles and Anne Lindbergh to China from New York, via Canada and Alaska. (Good+ in poor DJ. DJ is frayed, with on flap separated, but DJ text is complete. No marks in book text)

By Noel Behn. 1994, Atlantic Monthly Press, 494pp. First Edition."In 1932 the infant son of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh was kidnapped and murdered." (Library discard with usual markings.. Good+ in Good+ DJ)

By Anne Morrow Lindbergh. 1991, Vintage Books, 138pp. "Gift from the Sea serves as a spiritual compass guiding us toward inner tranquility in the face of life's deeper questions." (Fine)

By Patricia Rudolph. 1961, Popular Library, 158pp, 7x4". Outlines the requirements to become an airline stewardess, circa 1960, when the job was considered glamorous. Author is a former stewardess for United Airlines. (Good+)

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