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41) A higher call
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
viii, 392 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Relates the true story of two World War II airmen, one American and one German, who put aside the conflict and helped each other to safety in the wake of a damaged aircraft and describes their meeting again forty-seven years later.
47) Flyboys
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A story of the young Americans who volunteered to be part of the French military prior to the United States involvement in WWI, also known as Lafayette Escadrille, and how they became the country's first fighter pilots.
48) Nightfighters
Publisher
Xenon Pictures, Inc
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (52 min.) : sd., col. with b&w. sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The 332nd Fighter group has a unique place in the annals of WWII air force fighter groups. The group was completely Black and confounded the expectations and prejudices held by white Americans in the 1930's and 1940's, excelling as pilots and becoming a crack unit, accomplishing goals others couldn't. Includes interviews with Alfred Anderson, Lee Archer, and Roscoe Brown.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 522 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1942, America's deadliest fighter pilot, or "ace of aces" -- the legendary Eddie Rickenbacker -- offered a bottle of bourbon to the first U.S. fighter pilot to break his record of twenty-six enemy planes shot down. Seizing on the challenge to motivate his men, General George Kenney promoted what they would come to call the "race of aces" as a way of boosting the spirits of his war-weary command."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Harper Large Print
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Harper large print edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 241 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"F-16 fighter pilot, American hero, Fold Of Honor founder and family man Dan Rooney delivers a code for living-an inspirational call-to-action to help ordinary people to ascend to the highest level in life CAVU is an Air Force acronym that stands for Ceiling and Visibility Unrestricted. Translated, it describes the prefect conditions to be a fighter pilot, when steel blue skies invite them to spread their wings like a supersonic eagle. Fighter pilots...
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 750L
Physical Desc
622 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Return to the planet Detritus with FM, Alanik, and Jorgen in this must-have three-novella collection featuring exclusive character art and deleted scenes from Skyward with commentary from Brandon Sanderson"--
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xiii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: A young adult adaptation of the national bestseller that details the true story of two Navy pilots from divergent racial and economic backgrounds who forge a deep friendship during the Korean War as they face extraordinary circumstances
Author
Series
Osprey aircraft of the aces volume 19
Publisher
Osprey Aerospace
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
96 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
58) Battle hymn
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 49 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After a former fighter pilot-turned-minister rejoins the Air Force to train pilots in the Korean War, he finds himself protecting an orphanage and trying to make up for a mistake in his past.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
322 pages, 5 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"On the eve of World War I, Eugene Bullard was a refugee of the Jim Crow South who was determined to find a place where a Black man would be treated as a fellow human being. His search took him from rural Georgia to the streets of Paris, from the vaudeville stage to the boxing ring, and finally, from the muddy trenches to the open skies. In 1914, Bullard joined the fight to defend France--and made history as the world's first African American fighter...
60) Unmanned
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A psychologically gripping descent into the eerie realm of drone warfare, led by one pilot's risky quest to expose its darkest secrets. As an F-16 fighter pilot, Darwin Cole was a family man on top of his world. Now he's a washout-drunk and alone in a trailer in the Nevada desert, and haunted by what he saw on the display of the Predator drone he "piloted," especially by the memory of an Afghan child running for her life. He reluctantly teams up...
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