What's your favorite aviation book?

[mculver]

Couple more Richard Bach books:

Biplane (my fav)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull

[Bob Axsom]

Well I ordered it - it is new. I thought the book Seabisquit by the author was outstanding and this book (Unbroken) was recommended here so it is worth trying.

Bob Axsom

[humptybump]

Illusions ? Yes.
Cannibal Queen? Yes.
Flight of Passage? Top of my list.

[339A]

Originally Posted by Bob Axsom

Well I ordered it - it is new. I thought the book Seabisquit by the author was outstanding and this book (Unbroken) was recommended here so it is worth trying.

Bob Axsom

Bob, I'm quite interested to hear your review of Unbroken. I thoroughly enjoyed the book. Just keep in mind that the story is not so much about flying. It is about the human will to survive. I couldn't put it down for long...

Enjoy,

[pierre smith]

Once you start reading this book, it's really hard to put down!

Best,

[Joel Medeiros]

If you really want to get to the roots of Home Building "The Bishops Boys" by Tom Crouch can't be beat. As a Smithsonian Air and Space Curator Tom has covered the Wright Brother?s story from cartel to grave. A very good read

[Barry]

This book written by Giles Whittell ISBN 978-0-00-723536-0 is about the women pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary. They with their male conterparts were charged with ferrying all RAFand US Airforce planes arround Britain and eventually mainland Europe during the second world war. Twenty five Ameriacn women pilots led by Jacqueline Cochran also joined the ATA. The books is a very good read and I am sure anyone interested in WW2 and aviation wont be disappointed.

[Bob Axsom]

When I read Doug's editorial about his son reporting on Nimitz as his project it reminded me of the book published in the 70s I think by the Naval Institute Press (I remember years by where I was working - when I bought it I was working on F-15 or the startup of the F-18 in St. Louis - transfered to Huntington Beach in 1978). I'm not at home now so I can't get the publication details. It is 574 pages long in the main body plus many pages of detailed index, etc. and it covers his life from a boy in Texas until he died (in California I believe - could be wrong). It focuses on the war in the Pacific and it gives details of the war and actions of the major military heads including the first application of carrier based air power in a battleship minded Navy. It was one of the finest books I have read - probably a little long for Doug's son to read now but maybe someday. It is simply entitled "Nimitz."

Bob Axsom

P.S. The author is E.B. Potter.

[RV7AV8R]

Originally Posted by Joel Medeiros

If you really want to get to the roots of Home Building "The Bishops Boys" by Tom Crouch can't be beat. As a Smithsonian Air and Space Curator Tom has covered the Wright Brother’s story from cartel to grave. A very good read

I'll second that! Every pilot and especially home builders should read the Wright Bros story and the Bishops Boys is excellent!

[sailvi767]

Unbroken is a outstanding book. You will enjoy it!!!


George