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1) Great circle
Author
Language
English
Description
"After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. There --after encountering a pair of pilots passing through town in a beat up Cessna--Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight. At fifteen, she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy rancher who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons, an arrangement...
2) Spin
Author
Series
Captain Chase novel volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the aftermath of a NASA rocket launch gone terribly wrong, Captain Calli Chase comes face-to-face with her missing twin sister - as well as the startling truth of who they really are. Now, a top secret program put in motion years ago has spun out of control, and only Calli can redirect its course. Aided by cutting-edge technologies, the NASA investigator and scientist turned Space Force pilot sets out on a frantic search for the missing link between...
Author
Series
Alaskan skies volume 3
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
324 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When she discovers she is pregnant, Kate struggles with the uncharacteristic roles of wife and mother and considers giving up her dangerous Alaskan bush pilot job before a devastating tragedy challenges her life in unprecedented ways.
Author
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Running an island plane service with her grandfather on the remote islands of northern Scotland, Morag McGinty, on the verge of making a huge life change, is marooned on an off-grid island with a visiting ornithologist who has just the right perspective to help her pilot her course.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
530, 19 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Stranded behind enemy lines, brave bomber pilot Nina Markova becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress and joins forces with a Nazi hunter and British war correspondent to find her before she finds them.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Airline pilot Captain "Sully" Sullenberger tells his life story, including his perspective on the emergency landing on the Hudson River that earned him the world's admiration, and offers insight into the essential qualities that he believes have been vital to his success.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
A dual biography of the first two women flight captains for the Nazis describes how Hanna Reitsch and Melitta Gr�afin von Stauffenberg became pioneering test pilots and were awarded the Iron Cross for service to the Third Reich.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin tells the story of the 1929 Women's Air Derby, the first official all-female air race in the U.S."--
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
Relates the story of eight American airmen who were shot down over Chichi Jima during World War II, one of whom was rescued and later became president of the United States, and the other seven who were captured by Japanese troops.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Da Capo Press edition.
Language
English
Description
"Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a test flight. Only one ever returned: Leon Crane, a city kid from Philadelphia with little more than a parachute on his back when he bailed from his B-24 Liberator before it crashed into the Arctic. Alone in subzero temperatures, Crane managed to stay alive in the dead of the Yukon winter for nearly twelve weeks and, amazingly, walked out of the ordeal intact. 81 Days...
Author
Series
Castle in the stars volume Book 1
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First American edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
60 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
A year after his mother disappeared in her hot air balloon, Seraphin and his father receive a clue that sends them to a Bavarian castle where lurks a force that would stop at nothing to conquer the stars.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"An instant hit in the UK, this is the true account of a German shepherd who was adopted by the Royal Air Force during World War II, joined in flight missions, and survived everything from crash-landings to parachute bailouts--ultimately saving the life of his owner and dearest friend. In the winter of 1939 in the cold snow of no-man's-land, two loners met and began an extraordinary journey that would turn them into lifelong friends. One was an orphaned...
Author
Series
Castle in the Stars volume 2
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First American edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
61 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
On the aethership's maiden voyage, Seraphin and the Knights of Aether had prepared for everything--except treason. The villainous chamberlain wants to overthrow King Ludwig and claim the electro-aetheric technology for Prussia. The only escape for the king and his companions lies in the frosty skies above Bavaria. The ship's first flight is a success, but their respite is short-lived. As long as the chamberlain is free to spread his lies, these travelers...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
This edge-of-your-seat page turner recounts the adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, the first American pilots to fight in WWI for the French military, and how they went down in history with other legendary flying aces, like the Red Baron and his Flying Circus.