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“laurence a lyons”

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  • George Owen Squier

    U.S. Army Major General, Inventor, Aviation Pioneer, Founder of Muzak

    by Paul W. Clark, Laurence A. Lyons ...
    During the 1920s and '30s, Major General George Owen Squier was one of the most famous men in America and abroad, as a scientist, soldier, military strategist, electrical communications expert and inventor, aeronautical pioneer, diplomat, and philanthropist. He rose from humble beginnings in Michigan to the position of Chief Signal Officer of the United States Army. He led the effort in World War ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

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    by Ace Abbott ...
    The Rogue Aviator: In the Back Alleys of Aviation is a memoir of an adventurous and fun-loving pilot who experienced a unique and tumultuous career. An additional theme of this book is an insider's view of the commercial aviation industry and the degradation of safety that results when concern for the company's bottom line trumps the concern for the safety of the aviation operation. The current ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Why Planes Crash: 2001

    by Sylvia Wrigley ...
    Series series Why Planes Crash
    Air travel is one of the safest modes of travel when we take into account the distances and freedom that it allows us. And yet, we still remain obsessed with aviation disasters. What caused these accidents? Whose fault was it? In her series of books, Why Planes Crash, Sylvia Wrigley investigates the worst aviation disasters of the twenty first century.Why Planes Crash: 2001 is the first of the ... Read more

    $4.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Cannibal Queen: A Flight Into the Heart of America

    A Flight Into the Heart of America

    by Stephen Coonts ...
    The compelling real-life adventure from New York Times bestselling author Stephen Coonts—now available as an ebookBestselling author Stephen Coonts’s stirring ode to aviation: a revealing account of his three months spent exploring small-town America from the skiesStephen Coonts spent the summer of 1991 cruising above rivers, farms, mountains, and swamps in the Cannibal Queen, his restored 1942 ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Vipers in the Storm: Diary of a Gulf War Fighter Pilot

    by Keith Rosenkranz ...
    During Operation Desert Storm, Captain Keith Rosenkranz piloted his F-16 "Viper" in 30 combat missions. Here he recounts these experiences in searing, "you-are-there" detail, giving readers one of the most riveting depictions ever written of man and machine at war. ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • The Mammoth Book of Air Disasters and Near Misses

    by Paul Simpson ...
    Series Book 429 - Mammoth Books
    An incredible 30,000 flights – at least – arrive safely at their destinations every day. But a handful don’t, while some come terrifyingly close to crashing. When even the smallest thing does go wrong at 35,000 feet, the result is nearly always a fast-unfolding tragedy.This extensive collection of compelling real-life accounts of air disasters and near-disasters provides a sobering, alternative ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

    Why It Disappeared?and Why It?s Only a Matter of Time Before This Happens Again

    by David Soucie ...
    On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 loaded 239 people on board and took off for what should have been a six-hour flight. It never made it-and it’s still missing. It’s been a year since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished, and there’s still no sign of the aircraft, its passengers, or its crew-nor confirmation of what happened or where the aircraft resides.In this gripping investigation ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Short Stories for Short Flights

    by Maurice P. Sullivan ...
    The stories in this collection are very different from each other, the subject matter ranging from serious to humerous. They all share a common theme, however. They are not about aviation, but the world of people who fly is the environment in which the tales occur. The stories will be of interest to anyone, but people who dream of flying are the most likely to really enjoy them. Some of the ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Lightning Strikes Twice

    The Story of the English Electric Lightning

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    Introduced into RAF service in December 1959, the English Electric Lightning was and still is one of the most iconic of British fighter aircraft. When it entered service it was literally streets ahead of the competition. With a rate of climb and top speed superior to its competition, and maneuverability that was still unmatched twenty years after it entered service, the Lightning was a potent ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The New Science of the Ufo

    by Kenneth W. Behrendt ...
    The New Science of the UFO now completes author and researcher Kenneth W. Behrendt’s groundbreaking trilogy on the subject of UFOs. It contains a complete scan of all 24 issues of a previously out of print, privately published, typescript UFO research journal titled “Annals of Ufological Research Advances” or “AURA”, for short, which was the basis for his first two volumes, Secrets of UFO ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • General Aviation Aircraft Design

    Applied Methods and Procedures

    by Snorri Gudmundsson ...
    Find the right answer the first time with this useful handbook of preliminary aircraft design. Written by an engineer with close to 20 years of design experience, General Aviation Aircraft Design: Applied Methods and Procedures provides the practicing engineer with a versatile handbook that serves as the first source for finding answers to realistic aircraft design questions. The book is ... Read more

    $132.99 CAD

  • Flying Bass Strait

    by Jay Boag ...
    The population of Tasmania, dependent on shipping since settlement, was inspired by a visiting aviator's demonstration of his flying machine in 1914. But no-one on that day could foresee the possibility of anyone being able to fly across the stormy waters of Bass Strait to the mainland.Five years later, a daring young ex- Australian Flying Corps officer, Lieutenant Arthur Long, made the journey ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus