Aviation Biography

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    • The Exciting Aviation Career of a B-17 Pilot 457th Bomb Group 8th AAF
    • De: J Francis Angier
    • Narrado por: Norris LaClair
    • Duración: 11 h y 7 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 08-04-20
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 calificaciones
    • Ready or Not was written by J. Francis Angier and is a memoir of his life and flying career — highlighted by his shoot-down and imprisonment in Nazi Germany....

    Precio regular: $24.95

    • The Story of the First Women Naval Aviators
    • De: Beverly Weintraub
    • Narrado por: Sandra Murphy
    • Duración: 9 h y 34 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 12-15-21
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 calificaciones
    • Selected for Navy flight training as an experiment in 1972, Rosemary Mariner and her five fellow graduates from the inaugural group of female Naval Aviators racked up an impressive roster of achievements and firsts. This is the story of their struggles and triumphs....

    Precio regular: $23.07

    • The Untold Story of Automation on QF72
    • De: Kevin Sullivan
    • Narrado por: Brett Cousins
    • Duración: 8 h y 51 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 11-01-22
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 calificaciones
    • Former US Navy Top Gun Kevin Sullivan, captain of the ill-fated Perth-bound QF72, breaks his silence to give a gripping account of how a rogue computer went 'psycho', causing the Airbus A330 he was piloting to pitch down, nose first, towards the Indian Ocean—twice....

    Precio regular: $19.49

    • Hero of the Battle of Britain: The Life of the Great Fighter Ace
    • De: Helen Doe
    • Narrado por: Graham Mack
    • Duración: 9 h y 13 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 06-11-24
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 calificaciones
    • The first full reappraisal of one of Britain's great fighter aces, this book examines the truth behind Tuck's 1956 biography, Fly for Your Life. It looks at the evidence behind the myths, checks out some of the exaggerated stories and reveals the real Stanford Tuck.

    Precio regular: $17.49

    • The Visionary Life of Harry Guggenheim; From Aviation and Rocketry to the Creation of an Art Dynasty
    • De: Dirk Smillie
    • Narrado por: Paul Bellantoni
    • Duración: 11 h y 13 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 02-15-22
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 5 out of 5 stars 13 calificaciones
    • At the turn of the last century, the Guggenheim family ran the most powerful mining conglomerate on earth. Decades later came the Guggenheim museum, which became the hub of the world’s most powerful art brand....

    Precio regular: $13.97

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    • From High School in Saigon to His Return There as a Wounded Naval Aviator, Vietnam Shaped His Life
    • De: Larry Duthie
    • Narrado por: Elio Agostini
    • Duración: 9 h y 48 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 05-24-21
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 5 out of 5 stars 7 calificaciones
    • You are with the author when he ejects from his burning Navy jet onto a karst ridge near Hanoi. What follows in this meticulously researched memoir is an account of one of the most implausible and heroic rescues of the air-war - and the aftermath.

    Precio regular: $19.95

    • The Trials and Transformation of an Australian Icon
    • De: Dr Peter Harbison, Derek Sadubin
    • Narrado por: Laurence Brewer
    • Duración: 12 h y 54 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 10-10-23
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 calificaciones
    • Global aviation expert Peter Harbison tells the full and unvarnished story of this fascinating period of the Qantas journey, through the insights and anecdotes of business leaders, politicians, union bosses, analysts, media critics, rivals and insiders....

    Precio regular: $25.00

    • The Wright Brothers: First in Flight
    • De: Tara Dixon-Engel, Mike Jackson
    • Narrado por: Lauren Davis
    • Duración: 2 h y 33 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 07-02-09
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 calificaciones
    • It wasn't until December 17, 1903, on the windy dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, that the age-old dream of human flight finally came true....

    Precio regular: $7.95

    • De: Fred C. Kelly
    • Narrado por: Noah Waterman
    • Duración: 7 h y 32 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 12-15-99
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4 out of 5 stars 73 calificaciones
    • In this fascinating biography, Fred C. Kelly, a former newspaperman, author, and an old friend of the Wrights...

    Precio regular: $16.20

    • The Life of Naval Aviator and Apollo 17 Astronaut Ron Evans (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight)
    • De: Geoffrey Bowman
    • Narrado por: Douglas R Pratt
    • Serie: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight
    • Duración: 14 h y 40 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 12-23-21
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 5 out of 5 stars 12 calificaciones
    • As command module pilot of Apollo 17, the last crewed flight to the moon, Ron Evans combined precision flying and painstaking geological observation with moments of delight and enthusiasm....

    Precio regular: $24.95

    • A Fighter Pilot's War Years
    • De: Hugh Dundas
    • Narrado por: Elliot Fitzpatrick
    • Duración: 9 h y 15 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 06-20-23
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • sin calificaciones
    • This is the autobiography of Group Captain Sir Hugh Dundas CBE, DSO, DFC, who was one of the most distinguished fighter pilots of World War II. He writes of his wartime experiences, and particularly of his period as Squadron Leader and Wing Commander and his involvement in the Battle of Britain....

    Precio regular: $17.49

    • The Memoir of a World War Two Night-Fighter
    • De: Roderick Chisholm
    • Narrado por: Jonathan Cowley
    • Duración: 6 h y 12 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 07-25-23
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 calificación
    • A pilot's captivating autobiography, Cover of Darkness traces the development of night-flying from the early days of the Battle of Britain to the final triumph over Germany....

    Precio regular: $13.75

  • Precio regular: $19.95

    • De: Sylvia Spruck Wrigley
    • Narrado por: Molly Elston
    • Duración: 1 h y 9 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 12-21-12
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 calificaciones
    • Getting a pilot's license was the furthest thing from her mind - until an ex-RAF instructor suggested that she wasn't competent to do so....

    Precio regular: $6.95

    • Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews and Air Power in the World Wars
    • De: Kathy Wilson
    • Narrado por: Kitty Hendrix
    • Duración: 10 h y 26 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 04-23-24
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • sin calificaciones
    • In Marshall's Great Captain, author Kathy Wilson details Andrews's extraordinary life and career. The first biography dedicated to the namesake of Joint Base Andrews, this book sheds a light on Andrews's crucial role in orchestrating US involvement in WWII.

    Precio regular: $17.49

    • The Extraordinary Story of a Female Aviation Pioneer
    • De: Sue Nelson
    • Narrado por: Sue Nelson
    • Duración: 9 h y 5 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 10-15-18
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 calificaciones
    • In 1961, Wally Funk was among the Mercury 13, the first group of American pilots to pass the ‘Women in Space’ programme. Wally sailed through a series of rigorous physical and mental tests, her scores beating many of the male candidates....

    Precio regular: $16.35

    • De: Andrew Prentice
    • Narrado por: Elizabeth Cottle
    • Duración: 2 h y 39 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 08-13-19
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • sin calificaciones
    • Before Amelia Earhart (1897-1939) became a world-famous pilot, she was a little tomboy from Kansas with a taste for adventure. When she visited an airfield and took a short plane ride, she knew she had to be a pilot....

    Precio regular: $11.51

    • True Tales from Those Who Flew Bristol’s Mighty Twin
    • De: Graham Pitchfork, ACM Sir David Cousins KCB AFC RAF [RTD] - foreword
    • Narrado por: Shawn Compton
    • Duración: 9 h y 13 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 12-10-19
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4 out of 5 stars 11 calificaciones
    • Researched many years ago by the author for a project which did not come to fruition, Beaufighter air and ground crew gave freely of their stories which ranged from complete memoirs to brief anecdotes....

    Precio regular: $21.49

    • Airmen Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Two Bars 1918-1955
    • De: Norman Franks
    • Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
    • Duración: 7 h y 40 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 08-02-19
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 calificación
    • Between 1918 and 1955, 60 airmen were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and Two Bars. In this book, recorded for the first time together are the mini-biographies of those 60 along with the citations that accompanied their awards....

    Precio regular: $17.19