Luftfahrt und Nautik 09

The Mighty Eighth: A Glimpse of the Men, Missions & Machines of the U.S. Eighth Air Force 1942-45 (Military Gallery Commemorative Collection, Band 4)

Autor: Military Gallery

Spitfire Girl: My Life in the Sky

Autor: Jackie Moggridge

Naval Aviation Excellence

Autor: David Maybury

TOPGUN Lessons From The Sky: U.S. Navy

Autor: Fletcher McKenzie

Fire in the Sky

Autor: Amos Amir

Alone: Lost Overboard in the Indian Ocean

Brett Archibald

Dream Take Flight: An Unconventional Journey

Lisa Turner

But for the Grace of God: An Autobiography of an Aviator and Astronaut

William Reid Pogue

One Damned Island After Another: The Saga of the Seventh

Clive Howard, Joe Whitley

Jump!: Inventions: Untold Stories of the Beautiful Era Collection

Daniel Engber

In the first few years of the twentieth century, inventors discovered how to soar into the sky. This breathtaking true story is about two men who, on one fateful weekend, tried to show the world a way back down.

It was early February 1912, and Franz Reichelt, a Paris tailor, and Rodman Law, a self-described "professional jackass" from New York, were poised, respectively, on the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty, ready to deploy an experimental parachute. In bat wings and bundled linen, they were almost certain their contraptions would work. Here is the tale of their inspirations and their pluck - and what happened next.

Jump! is part of Inventions: Untold Stories of the Beautiful Era, a collection of incredible true stories from the belle epoque, an age of innovation, daring, bluster, and beauty when anything seemed possible. Each piece can be read, listened to, and marveled at in a single sitting.

Apollo Moon Missions: The Unsung Heroes

Billy Watkins

The Lost Pilots: The Spectacular Rise and Scandalous Fall of Aviation's Golden Couple

Corey Mead

Set during the roaring '20s, Corey Mead's The Lost Pilots is the saga of two star-crossed pilots who soar to the greatest heights of fame, tailspin into scandal and crime, and go the ultimate lengths for a chance at redemption.  

During the height of the roaring '20s, Jessie Miller longs for adventure. Fleeing a passionless marriage in the backwaters of Australia, 23-year-old Jessie arrives in London and promptly falls in with the Bright Young Things, those gin-soaked boho-chic intellectuals draped in suits, flapper dresses, and pearls. At a party Jessie meets Captain William Lancaster, married himself and fresh from the Royal Air Force, with a scheme in his head to become as famous as Charles Lindbergh, who has just crossed the Atlantic. Lancaster will do Lindy one better: fly from London to Melbourne, and in Jessie Miller he's found the perfect co-pilot.  

Within months the two embark on a half-year journey across the globe, hopping from one colonial outpost to the next. But like world records, marriage vows can be broken, and upon their landing in Melbourne Jessie and William are not only international celebrities, but also deeply in love.  

Yet the crash of 1929 catches up to even the fastest aviator, and the couple finds themselves in dire straits at their rented house on the outskirts of Miami - the bright glare of the limelight fading quickly. To make ends meet Jessie agrees to write a memoir, and picks the dashing Haden Clarke to be her ghostwriter. It's not long before this toxic mix of bootleg booze and a handsome interloper leads to a shocking crime, a trial that rivets and scandalizes the world, and a reckless act of abandon to win back former glory.  

The Lost Pilots is an extraordinary true story, brought to vivid life by Corey Mead. Based on years of research, and full of adventure, forbidden passion, crime, scandal and tragedy, it is a masterwork of narrative nonfiction that firmly restores one of aviation's leading female pioneers to her rightful place in history.  

" The tale of two intrepid aviators who got caught in a sordid scandal. . . . How the pair ended up in a Miami courtroom is the subject of Mead's colorful, fast-paced narrative, a tale of ambition, betrayal, lust, and devotion. . . A brisk, entertaining history of daring and passion. " ( Kirkus)

Check Check Recheck: De memoires van fighter pilot, instructor and examiner

Gerrit E. Jacobs, Gerrit Brand

De reizen van Olafur Egilsson: een 17e-eeuwse IJslander ontvoerd door moslimpiraten

Ólafur Egilsson

Alfred Comte. A Life for Aviation

Michel Comte

Wind, Sand And Stars (Harvest Book) (English Edition)

Autor: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Übersetzer: Lewis Galantiere

Air Babylon (English Edition)

Autor: Imogen Edwards-Jones

Experimental Test Pilot: Military Aircraft Research Flying (English Edition)

Autor: Chris Taylor