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  • Flying Tigers Over Cambodia

    An American Pilot’s Memoir of the 1975 Phnom Penh Airlift

    by Larry Partridge ...
    At the end of World War II, a number of former American military pilots formed the “Flying Tiger Line,” which soon became the world’s leading airfreight company. Its motto of “Anything, anytime, anywhere” was especially applicable in its humanitarian projects. In 1975, the Flying Tigers took part in relief efforts for Cambodians surrounded by Khmer Rouge forces. The “Ricelift” exposed the Tiger ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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    The Secret Avro Arrow Files Revealed

    by Palmiro Campagna ...
    The development of the Avro Arrow was a remarkable Canadian achievement. Its mysterious cancellation in February 1959 prompted questions that have long gone unanswered. What role did the Central Intelligence Agency play in the scrapping of the project? Who in Canada's government was involved in that decision? What, if anything, did Canada get in return? Who ordered the blowtorching of all the ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Flight of The Mew Gull

    Record-breaking flying in the 1930s

    by Alex Henshaw ...
    Alex Henshaw had the luck to grow up in the '20s and '30s during the golden age of flying. The Blue Riband of flying in the British Isles between the two World Wars was the King's Cup: Henshaw set his heart on it, developing a technique of racing which extracted the very maximum from his aircraft: first the Comper Swift and then the DH Leopard Moth. Parallel with his search for speed was an ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Learning to Fly Helicopters, Second Edition

    by R. Randall Padfield ...
    A comprehensive guide to helicopter flying and flight training for aspiring private or professional helicopter pilots--updated for the first time in 20 years!Extensively revised to cover the latest industry advances, Learning to Fly Helicopters, Second Edition, provides details on the technical and practical aspects of rotarywing flight, guiding you from preflight preparation through postflight ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

  • Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms

    by Dale Crane, ASA Editorial Team ...
    This is not AI-generated content. The contents were written and verified by subject matter experts from Aviation Supplies & Academics, an 85-year-old aviation company. Look for the ASA wings to ensure you are purchasing a reliable publication.ASA’s ultimate reference book contains more than 13,000 accurate, aviation-specific definitions and acronyms. This eighth edition collects all of the terms ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Hunter Story

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
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    One of the world's greatest aircraft, for three decades pilots enthused about the Hunter and its smooth lines, Rolls-Royce Avon engine, outstanding handling characteristics and lively performance. Designed by Sir Sydney Camm, the genius behind the Hurricane, work on the Hunter commenced late in 1948, but the post-war economic situation in Britain delayed its first flight until 20 July 1951. In ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cessna 172

    A Pocket History

    by Ron Smith ...
    The Cessna 172 is unquestionably the world's most successful light aircraft. More than 43,000 have been built since 1956, and the type is in service all over the world. For many, it defines the experience of cross-country flying with family and friends. This small volume traces the origins of the Cessna 172 and highlights the features that have made it so successful. Comprehensively illustrated, ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • From Lysander to Lightning

    Teddy Petter, Aircraft Designer

    by Glyn Davies ...
    The Lysander, Canberra, Lightning and Folland Gnat are massive names in the world of aviation. Only three aspects bound together these top-class aircraft: they were each radical in design, they were all successful in Britain and overseas, and they were all born of the genius of Teddy Petter. This book tells the story of Petter's life and family, with his ability to inspire the loyalty of his teams ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Safety Was No Accident

    History of the Uk Civil Aviation Flying Unit Cafu 1944 -1996

    by James Fuller ...
    This book will appeal to aviation engineers, air traffic controllers and all pilots who have taken a U.K. commercial pilots license. It explains how the U.K. Civil Aviation Flying Unit (CAFU) was formed during WWII and the work for which it was intended. How Flight Inspection methods were evolved to meet increasing challenges of improving navigational and landing aids and to ensure suitable flying ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Juan Terry Trippe: Founder of Pan Am and Commercial Aviation

    by Daniel Alef ...
    The growth of commercial air transportation and the number of passengers flying today can be laid at the feet of one of the great aviation pioneers, Juan Trippe, who began a crusade to create an air network that would link America to the world. The Yale graduate was absorbed by flight and airplanes. He established Pan American World Airways with a fleet of flying boats linking the U.S. Latin and ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Sixty Years of Airfix Models

    by Jeremy Brook ...
    The best-known and most important manufacturer of plastic model kits in the UK, Airfix has been at the forefront of the industry since 1955 when the first Airfix aircraft kit appeared in UK branches of Woolworth's. The kits were made to a constant scale and covered a wide variety of subjects, from aircraft to birds and from tanks to dinosaurs. In 1981 the famous London-based company closed down ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Haunting the Korean Diaspora

    Shame, Secrecy, and the Forgotten War

    by Grace M. Cho ...
    Since the Korean War—the forgotten war—more than a million Korean women have acted as sex workers for U.S. servicemen. More than 100,000 women married GIs and moved to the United States. Through intellectual vigor and personal recollection, Haunting the Korean Diaspora explores the repressed history of emotional and physical violence between the United States and Korea and the unexamined ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD