Author: Fletcher Anderson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Keywords: flying, engine, aircraft, single, manual, mountains, training
Number of Pages: 332
Published: 2003-01-21
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0071410538
ISBN-13: 9780071410533
This training guide diminishes the dangers and doubles the thrill--and safety--of flying single-engine aircraft at high altitudes in mountainous regions. Logically organized by phases of flight--from preflight preparation to landings--the author combines statistics, techniques, and examples of actions (correct and incorrect) that real pilots have taken in actual flight scenarios. * Details training that offsets mountain flying mistakes * Describes the effects of altitude on pilots and aircraft * Outlines cold weather operations and precautions * Includes search and rescue oper
Author: Henry Steve
Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Pre
Keywords: flying, second, world, war, discs, german, saucers, guide, hitler
Number of Pages: 268
Published: 2003-02-01
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1931882134
ISBN-13: 9781931882132
Learn why the Schriever-Habermohl project was actually two projects and read the written statement of a German test pilot who actually flew one of these saucers; about the Leduc engine, the key to Dr Miethes saucer designs; how US government officials kept the truth about foo fighters hidden for almost sixty years and how they were finally forced to come clean about the German origin of foo fighters. Learn of the Peenemunde saucer project and how it was slated to go atomic. Read the testimony of a German eyewitness who saw magnetic discs. Read the US governments own reports on German field pro
Author: Flying Magazine
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Keywords: vol, flying, learned
Number of Pages: 221
Published: 1993-07-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0830642803
ISBN-13: 9780830642809
Drawn from the very best of the Flying magazine column -- the publication’s most popular since its inception in 1938 -- these accounts let you relive some of the most memorable events in flying, as told by the pilots who actually experienced them.
Author: G. K. Chesterton
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: inn, flying
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2001-12-10
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 048641910X
ISBN-13: 9780486419107
Armed with a donkey cart filled with rum, cheese and a tavern signpost, pub owner Humphrey Hump and a companion take to the road in this rollicking, madcap adventure, extending good cheer to a cast of memorable characters. A hilarious, satirical romp in which Chesterton inveighs against Prohibition, vegetarianism, theosophy, and other oppressive forms of modernity.
Author: Bob Hoover
Publisher: Atria
Keywords: flying, forever
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1997-08-01
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 067153761X
ISBN-13: 9780671537616
A barnstormer, World War II fighter, pioneering test pilot, and aerobatics artist shares his personal story, describing the spectacular stunts and death-defying exploits that contributed to his legendary status. Reprint. K. "
Author: Grace Lin
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Keywords: flying, kite
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2004-05-11
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 0553112546
ISBN-13: 9780553112542
The family from Dim Sum for Everyone! is back for a new outing– building and flying their own kite! The wind is blowing. It is a good day for kites! The whole family makes a trip to the local craft store for paper, glue, and paint. Everyone has a job: Ma-Ma joins sticks together. Ba-Ba glues paper. Mei-Mei cuts whiskers while Jie-Jie paints a laughing mouth. Dragon eyes are added and then everyone attaches the final touch . . . a noisemaker! Now their dragon kite is ready to fly.Kite Flying celebrates the Chinese tradition of kite making and kite flying and lovingly depicts a family bonded b
Author: Sara Gruen
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Keywords: novel, changes, flying
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2007-04-01
List price: $13.99
ISBN-10: 0061241091
ISBN-13: 9780061241093
Anxiety rules Annemarie Zimmer’s days—the fear that her relationship with the man she loves is growing stagnant; the fear that equestrian daughter Eva’s dreams of Olympic glory will carry her far away from her mother . . . and into harm’s way. For five months, Annemarie has struggled to make peace with her past. But if she cannot let go, the personal battles she has won and the heights she has achieved will have all been for naught. It is a time of change at Maple Brook horse farm, when loves must be confronted head-on and fears must be saddled and broken. But it is an u
