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62) Airplane
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
"Don't call me Shirley" edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this spoof of disaster movies, Ted Striker, an ex-Navy pilot, just got dumped by his long-time girlfriend Elaine Dickinson, who works as a stewardess. In his wish to get her back, he follows her aboard a plane, although he has had a deep aversion against anything winged since he lost several men in the war. During flight, he tries to make up with her again and again, but a crisis looms as the crew and many passengers get seriously ill due to a...
63) The sky above us
Author
Series
Sunrise at Normandy volume 2
Language
English
Description
Numbed by grief and harboring shameful secrets, Lt. Adler Paxton ships to England with the US 357th Fighter Group in 1943. Determined to become an ace pilot, Adler battles the German Luftwaffe in treacherous dogfights in the skies over France as the Allies struggle for control of the air before the D-day invasion. Violet Lindstrom wanted to be a missionary, but for now she serves in the American Red Cross, where she arranges entertainment for the...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"16-year-old Valya knows what it feels like to fly. She's a pilot who's always felt more at home soaring through the sky than down on earth. But since the Germans surrounded Stalingrad, Valya's been forced to stay on the ground and watch her city crumble ..."--Dust jacket.
68) Fly with me
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Flying-phobic ER nurse Olive Murphy is still gripping the armrest from her first-ever take-off when the pilot announces an in-flight medical emergency. Olive leaps into action and saves a life, but ends up getting stuck in the airport hours away from the marathon she's running in honor of her brother. Luckily for her, Stella Soriano, the stunning type A copilot, offers to give her a ride. After the two spend a magical day together, Stella makes a...
69) Always
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A legendary pilot with a passion for daredevil fighting sacrifices himself to save his best friend and then help his lover move on with her life.
70) Missing persons
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"A wealthy businessman approaches Jack Morgan, head of Private--the world's largest investigation agency--with a desperate plea to track down his daughter and two grandchildren, who have disappeared without a trace. What at first seems to be a simple missing persons case soon escalates into something much more deadly, when Jack discovers the daughter is being pursued by highly trained operatives. As Jack uncovers more of the woman's backstory, the...
71) Rose under fire
Author
Series
Code name Verity volume 2
Language
English
Description
When young American pilot Rose Justice is captured by Nazis and sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious women's concentration camp, she finds hope in the impossible through the loyalty, bravery, and friendship of her fellow prisoners.
72) Fly like a girl
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows women who dared to aim higher from Lego-loving young girls who includes female pilots in her toy airplanes, to a courageous women who helped lead shuttle missions to space.
73) A gift of wings
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1974
Physical Desc
ix, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Argeneau series volume 33
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jet Lassiter likes being a pilot ... He's living the good life, until his plane goes down in the mountains and four of his passengers are gravely injured. They need blood to heal ... and Jet is the only source ... Quinn Peters never wanted to be immortal ... Before she can ask how her life can get any worse, she's in a plane crash. One of the few survivors, Quinn is desperate to get the mortal pilot to safety before her fellow immortals succumb to...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
xxv, 419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This definitive biography of aviation legend Amelia Earhart delivers a brilliantly researched report on Earhart's life--from her tomboy childhood and early fascination with flying to her consuming quest for aviation fame.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Ever since she was 10 years old, Rosalie Wright's eyes have been on the skies. But at the age of 18, on the verge of earning her pilot's license, the English farmer's daughter watches her dreams of becoming an aviatrix fly away without her. Britain's entry into World War II brings civilian aviation to a standstill. Then, Rosalie's father dies, leaving her, her mother, and her brothers to run the farm.Everything changes when she learns that the Air...
Author
Series
Alaska wild novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
"When a small bush plane smashes through the ice at Falls Lake Lodge, it's a chilling reminder of everything Megan Metzler has lost. Three years ago, Meg's pilot husband died in a similar crash, a tragedy Meg and her young son, Chip, have struggled to move on from. Still, Meg does everything she can to assist when Commander Bryce Saylor arrives to investigate, even as working alongside the handsome pilot stirs up painful memories--and an attraction...
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