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Bob Axsom |
The Ravens By Christopher Robbins
Story about the secert war in Laos |
Fate is the Hunter
Stranger to the Ground Wind, Sand, and Stars |
Always Another Dawn
I finished reading Scott Crossfield's 1960 book and I know a lot more about the X rocket planes of the 1940s and 50s. It is not a "fun book" but a very informative one. I paid $35 for a copy which was once the property of the Madison, Wisconsin public library.
Bob Axsom |
Anyone have a copy of Sopwith Scout by P. G. Taylor
Anyone have a copy of Sopwith Scout by P. G. Taylor published in 1968 they would like to convert into $25 or so? I have searched for a copy ant the cheapest I can find is $136.
Bob Axsom |
Stephen Coonts' new book "The Disciple"
If you read the "Flight of the Intruder" written by Stephen Coonts you know how well he tells the story of carrier operations and Naval Aviation. In his new book "The Disciple", which is a current day spy thriller dealing with Iran's nuclear threat, there is a section describing an F-18 mission that is told as only Mr. Coonts can tell it - which is to say special.
Bob Axsom |
First, thanks for this discussion. Some the best books have been mentioned. Here are some that haven't been, but are nonetheless first-rate:
"The Fullness of Wings," by Gary Dorsey, describes the creation and flight of the man-powered aircraft that flew from Crete to Santorini. Non-fiction. "The High Road to China," by Jon Cleary. Made into a movie. Fiction. Describes a flight from England to China. "That's My Story," by Douglas Corrigan. Non-fiction. Wrong-Way Corrigan had a flight across the Atlantic that you might appreciate. "Sagittarius Rising," by Cecil Lewis, describes flying in the first World War. It's lyrical. Non-fiction. "Our Flight to Adventure," by Tay and Lowell Thomas, Jr. covers their trip to the middle east and Africa in a Cessna 180 in the early '50s. The book was one of the ones that got me started flying as a teenager, and I now own a Cessna 180. Non-fiction. "The Flying Carpet," by Richard Halliburton, is pure adventure. Exciting reading to the teenager I was when I read it. Unfortunately is light on the flying and airplane end of things, but the adventure makes up for that. Non-fiction. Finally, here's two books, both excellent, on building airplanes: "Building Aeroplanes for 'Those Magnificent Men'," by Air Commodore Allen Wheeler. Need I say more? Non-fiction. And absolutely first-rate. Includes a discussion of the way the planes flew. "Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight," By Samuel Pierpont Langley and Charles M. Manly. Describes the development of the Langley Aerodrome. They discuss most details, why they were designed that way and how they were tested. This isn't a book of hindsight. It's a tale of development, and we all know how it ended. Non-fiction. David Paule |
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Very interesting reading... --Paul |
Should also include:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Alo.../9780736612548
Link is to tapes. Book is out of print - limited availability. Synopsis ALONE OVER THE TASMAN SEA is a story of Sir Francis Chichester's 1931 flight from New Zealand to Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island and on to Sidney in a birdcage airplane, the wood and fiber de Havilland Moth. In the 1930's, flight was still in its dangerous infancy. Chichester's trip, in which he had to find pin-speck islands in a remote and uncharted sea, tested not only his courage, resolution and stamina. "For the things of which Francis Chichester writes are the things of man's old quest and spirit: danger and adventure and achievement, the sun and the wind, the many-launching waves and the steady thunder of seas on island beaches." -------------------------------------- He developed a unique navigational method for hitting the two way points which were tiny islands where he needed to refuel. He crashed on one, rebuilt the airplane with local help and materials and continued the next year. He checked navigation with a sextant while at wave-top level, flying with his knees. |
Alone Over The Tasman Sea
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