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Thank you for the recommendation
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Great reads
Sorry to do this in stages. Agree with previous about Kill Devil Hill - this book made the greatest impression on me of any human achievement account ever. Also wonderful is the Autobiography of Eddie Rickenbacker. Probably a lot of us loved Nevil Shute's novels, but his factual account of engineering and building a British airship to compete with the German Graf Hindenburg (sp?) and Zepplin (as well as another UK government competitor) called Sliderule is superb and really not dated - defiinitely worth the effort to find. Amazon found Kill Devil Hill for me; it's been in and out of print at least 2 times. Thanks to Amazon I've given a lot of copies to flying friends. Bill
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Artful Flying by Michael Maya Charles has quickly become one of my favorites. It probably should be read by aviators of all experience levels.
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Shakespeare
At the ripe age of 16, when I was meant to be reading Shakespeare in the school library, I found a copy of 'Where Know Birds Fly' by Phillip Wills- World Glider Champion. Much better reading.
It ignited my latent love of aviation. Years later I was absolutely ecstatic to be drinking champagne from the huge World Glider Champion Trophy Cup, when I was invited to a party to celebrate Ingo Renner?s win. There, amongst all the winners was Phillip Wills, winner 1952, Spain. I doubt I could name a favourite, but one not mentioned so far is 'Failure is Not an Option' by Gene Kranz. Brilliant. Bet Paul has a copy. Pete. PS. Both the above are available at Amazon as is Carrying the Fire by Mike Collins |
All really great, but I did not see "God is my Copilot" the one that hooked me
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Wager with the Wind (The Don Sheldon Story)
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Signed Copy
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Great book. I have a signed copy that a friend got me for my birthday many years ago. |
Unlocking the sky
OK, all my top favorites have been mentioned (especially Fate is the Hunter, Flight of Passage, and Cannibal Queen), but here's one I bet not many have read. "Unlocking the Sky: Glen Curtis and the race to invent the airplane".
With all due respect to the Wright Brothers achievement of simply demonstrating that flight was possible, the planes we fly actually owe a heck of a lot more to Glen Curtis than the Wright Brothers. He invented everything from the aileron to the seaplane (and even the motorcyle twist grip) -- all on an elementary school education. Oh, and if you ever run across a copy of "Flying the Old Planes", by Frank Tallman, snatch it up. He'll tell you what it was like to fly the "Curtiss Pusher" (you can actually fly it backwards!). |
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Lot's of good books listed here however top of the list at present is the RV-8 prebuild manual....:) dd |
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Shul was a speaker at one of our EAA meatings. Amazing man, book, and airplane. http://www.sleddriver.com/ Mike |
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