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2) Skyward
Author
Series
Skyward volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Spensa's world has been under attack for decades. Now pilots are the heroes of what's left of the human race, and becoming one has always been Spensa's dream. Since she was a little girl, she has imagined soaring skyward and proving her bravery. But her fate is intertwined with her father's--a pilot himself who was killed years ago when he abruptly deserted his team, leaving Spensa's chances of attending flight school at slim to none.
No one will...
4) Tailspin
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Rye Mallett is a 'freight dog', a pilot who'll fly anywhere in the world, at any time, at a moment's notice, through the worst weather. As a fighter pilot in Afghanistan, he escaped death once. Figuring that it's only a matter of time before it catches up with him, he tempts it by taking risks. But one night he takes to the air, when no other pilot would, to deliver a black padlocked box. What awaits him at his destination is a near crash ... and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Follows Amelia Earhart, whose strong will and self-belief helped her overcome prejudice and technical problems to become the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. This inspiring and informative little biography comes with extra facts about Amelia's life.
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Reporter Emma Collins is given an assignment to interview the finalists in a fruitcake recipe contest and enlists the help of local pilot Oliver Hamilton; but in the weeks before Christmas, Emma finds herself falling for Oliver and meets three women who know a lot about life.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Baltimore cop Nate Burke gives up his job after the death of his partner and accepts the position of chief of police in the small town of Lunacy, Alaska, where his newfound peace, and his relationship with Meg Galloway is threatened by a killer who struck years before Burke's arrival and is still walking the streets.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Paula McLain, author of the phenomenal bestseller The Paris Wife, now returns with her keenly anticipated new novel, transporting readers to colonial Kenya in the 1920s. Circling the Sun brings to life a fearless and captivating woman--Beryl Markham, a record-setting aviator caught up in a passionate love triangle with safari hunter Denys Finch Hatton and Karen Blixen, author of the classic memoir Out of Africa. Brought to Kenya from England as a...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Reclaiming one of the most important moments in American aviation history, this incredible, untold story recounts the transcontinental air race of October 1919, which riveted a nation as the aviators pioneered the first coast-to-coast air route, despite much drama and tragedy.
Lancaster recounts the incredible, untold story of the transcontinental air race of October 1919. The contest awakened Americans to the practical possibilities of flight--...
10) Wings of fire
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Former Air Force General Patrick McLanahan, head of a troupe of freelance commandos, agrees to assist the widow of the recently assassinated Egyptian president gain control of the country in exchange for her help in freeing his wife who has been taken captive during a failed coup in Libya.
Author
Series
Patrick McLanahan volume 17
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Battlefield America
When murderous bands of militiamen begin roaming the western United States and attacking government agencies, it will take a dedicated group of the nation's finest and toughest civilian airmen to put an end to the homegrown insurgency. U.S. Air Force Lieutenant-General Patrick McLanahan vows to take to the skies to join the fight, but when his son, Bradley, also signs up, they find themselves caught in a deadly game...
13) Starsight
Author
Series
Skyward volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"All her life, Spensa has dreamed of becoming a pilot. Of proving she's a hero like her father. She made it to the sky, but the truths she learned about her father were crushing. The rumors of his cowardice are true--he deserted his flight during battle against the Krell. Worse, though, he turned against his team and attacked them. Spensa is sure there's more to the story. And she's sure that whatever happened to her father in his starship could...
14) Tiger's claw
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
After he and his team refurbish America's aging weapon systems, Patrick McLanahan heads to Guam to oversee strategy, which causes the Chinese to take the offensive, launching a preemptive strike on a small American fleet that ignites a battle for the Pacific.
15) Violet the pilot
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Young Violet's only friend is her dog, Orville, until one of her homemade flying machines takes her to the rescue of a Boy Scout troop in trouble.
Author
Publisher
Oceanview Pub
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Retired U.S. Air Force fighter pilot Frank "Jammer" Davis is called upon by French officials to investigate the reasons why a brand new C-500 plane dropped from the sky, killing the two pilots on board, and is shocked to discover links between the crash and a series of suicide bombing attacks on oil refineries around the world.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In the 1920s, long before he wrote The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was an accomplished pilot. Along with Jean Mermoz and Henri Guillaumet, he was chosen to pioneer new mail routes across the globe. No distance was too far and no mountain too high--each letter had to reach its destination. The three friends soared through the air, while back on solid ground, they dealt with a world torn apart by wars and political factions"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
September, 1940. German bombs fall on Britain, and enemy fighter planes blacken the sky around the Epping Forest home of Susan Shepherd and her grandfather, Bertie. The two raise homing pigeons, and Susan's favorite is Duchess. Hatched from an egg that Susan incubated in a bowl under her grandfather's desk lamp, Duchess shares a special bond with Susan. A Maine crop-duster pilot, Ollie Evans travels to Britain to join the Royal Air Force. In the National...
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