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81) Soar, Elinor!
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Elinor Smith, who first flew in a "flying machine" when she was six, earns her aviation license at the age of sixteen in 1928, and when male pilots and newspapermen mock her abilities, she performs the daring maneuver of flying under all four of New York City's East River bridges.
82) Eighty days
Author
Publisher
Archaia
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly black and white illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Description
"A pilot wants nothing more than to fly. Or so he thought, until he crosses paths with a mysterious thief whose tricks draw him into unchartered territory and new adventure. In a life where the truth changes as quickly as clouds in the sky, the pilot must decide for himself what freedom really means."--
83) Wingwalkers
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A former WWI ace pilot and his wingwalker wife barnstorm across Depression-era America, performing acts of aerial daring. Wingwalkers is one-part epic adventure, one-part love story, and, as is the signature for critically-acclaimed author Taylor Brown, one large part American history. The novel braids the adventures of Della and Zeno Marigold, a vagabond couple that funds their journey to the west coast in the middle of the Great Depression by performing...
84) Cytonic
Author
Series
Skyward (Brandon Sanderson) volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
As a Defiant Defense Force pilot, Spensa has proved herself one of the best starfighters in the human enclave of Detritus, and traveled light-years as an undercover spy to infiltrate the Superiority, where she learned of the galaxy beyond her small, desolate planet home. Now, the Superiority-- the governing galactic alliance bent on dominating all human life-- has started a galaxy-wide war. They plan to use an ancient alien force that can wipe out...
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Fred portrays an ace with the highly regarded Flying Tigers squad. On leave in New York City on an eight-day furlough, Fred decides to forego any possible hero worship because of his uniform and dons civilian clothes. It so happens he meets and falls for Joan, a magazine photographer, and sets out to win her heart at all costs. The twist is that Joan is dedicated to the war effort and considers Fred-- who is keeping his military role a secret-- a...
86) Amelia Earhart
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations ; 16 x 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
An easy-to-read biography of the female aviator who was the first woman to fly alone across the country.
Author
Series
Memory War volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Natalie Chan gained her corporate citizenship, but barely survived the battle for Tribulation. Now corporate has big plans for Natalie. Horrible plans. Locked away in Natalie's missing memory is salvation for the last of an alien civilization and the humans they tried to exterminate. The corporation wants to control both-completely"--
88) Captain Sky Blue
Author
Publisher
Michael Di Capua Books/Scholastic
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
Separated from his favorite toy pilot action figure, young Jack envisions his lost friend's brave journey back home across the ocean, in a story complemented by a glossary of pilot terms.
90) Code name Verity
Author
Series
Code name Verity volume 1
Language
English
Description
In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she relates what she must to survive while keeping secret all that she can.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The extraordinarily popular Sharon McCone, the female private eye who showed Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton, and company how it's done, takes on a deadly missing persons case.
Sharon McCone's flight instructor Matty confides that her boyfriend, John Seabrook, is missing and asks Sharon to find him. Shortly afterwards, Matty is killed in an "accidental" plane crash. More determined than ever, Sharon discovers that, a decade ago, Seabrook was placed...
Sharon McCone's flight instructor Matty confides that her boyfriend, John Seabrook, is missing and asks Sharon to find him. Shortly afterwards, Matty is killed in an "accidental" plane crash. More determined than ever, Sharon discovers that, a decade ago, Seabrook was placed...
92) Women aloft
Author
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
[1981]
Physical Desc
176 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
93) Superb and sexy
Author
Series
Sky high air trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Brava/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
94) Skyward
Author
Series
Skyward (Brandon Sanderson) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a long-term attack against her world by the alien Krell escalates, Spensa's dream of becoming a pilot may come true, despite her deceased father being labeled a deserter.
95) Lindbergh
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Even after twenty years, A. Scott Berg’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Charles Lindberg remains “the definitive account” of one of the 20th century’s most extraordinary figures.
Few American icons provoke more enduring fascination than Charles Lindbergh—renowned for his one-man transatlantic flight in 1927, remembered for the sorrow surrounding the kidnapping and death of his firstborn son in 1932,...
Few American icons provoke more enduring fascination than Charles Lindbergh—renowned for his one-man transatlantic flight in 1927, remembered for the sorrow surrounding the kidnapping and death of his firstborn son in 1932,...
97) Wait for me
Author
Series
Montana rescue volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
A series of mistakes on the job has cost lives, and Pete Brooks isn't sure he wants to continue to work in search and rescue. Ever since Jess Tagg broke his heart, Pete thinks leaving Montana might be the best way to move forward. When Jess -- along with two other women -- are involved in a highway crash and then taken captive and dragged into the wilderness, Pete must trust his skills and teammates if he hopes to bring the three women home alive....
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