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The Wright Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 239 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.18 — 99,376 ratings — published 2015
Fate Is the Hunter (Paperback)
by (shelved 156 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.56 — 3,286 ratings — published 1961
West with the Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.15 — 41,336 ratings — published 1942
Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying (Hardcover)
by (shelved 133 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,460 ratings — published
Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed (Paperback)
by (shelved 131 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.46 — 17,427 ratings — published 1994
Wind, Sand and Stars (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.12 — 21,494 ratings — published 1939
The Right Stuff (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 114 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.23 — 55,986 ratings — published 1979
Yeager: An Autobiography (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,272 ratings — published 1985
Sully: My Search for What Really Matters (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.19 — 10,704 ratings — published 2009
Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as aviation)
avg rating 3.92 — 9,439 ratings — published 2018
Flyboys: A True Story of Courage (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.20 — 23,321 ratings — published 2003
The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,731 ratings — published 2013
A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.38 — 28,077 ratings — published 2012
Night Flight (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as aviation)
avg rating 3.79 — 12,791 ratings — published 1931
Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot (Audio)
by (shelved 69 times as aviation)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,825 ratings — published 2015
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge: FAA-H-8083-25A (FAA Handbooks)
by (shelved 67 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.29 — 785 ratings — published 1980
The Killing Zone: How & Why Pilots Die (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.32 — 632 ratings — published 2000
Cockpit Confidential: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel: Questions, Answers & Reflections (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as aviation)
avg rating 3.82 — 4,769 ratings — published 2013
The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.02 — 65,144 ratings — published 2021
Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.49 — 3,934 ratings — published 2010
Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,295 ratings — published 2021
Flight of Passage: A Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.42 — 2,141 ratings — published 1997
Chickenhawk (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.27 — 15,742 ratings — published 1983
The Spirit of St. Louis (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,556 ratings — published 1950
Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.22 — 10,247 ratings — published 2006
Airframe (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as aviation)
avg rating 3.75 — 89,841 ratings — published 1996
Shot Down: The True Story of Pilot Howard Snyder and the Crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.21 — 8,608 ratings — published 2014
Viper Pilot: A Memoir of Air Combat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.11 — 3,085 ratings — published 2012
Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.19 — 8,186 ratings — published 2002
The Aviator's Wife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as aviation)
avg rating 3.91 — 76,973 ratings — published 2013
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,003,762 ratings — published 2010
747: Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.22 — 882 ratings — published 2006
The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.00 — 11,010 ratings — published 2001
Airplane Flying Handbook: FAA-H-8083-3A (FAA Handbooks series)
by (shelved 49 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.17 — 425 ratings — published 1999
First Light (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.53 — 3,886 ratings — published 2002
Lindbergh (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as aviation)
avg rating 3.98 — 5,823 ratings — published 1998
One Summer: America, 1927 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.10 — 55,045 ratings — published 2013
Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.51 — 6,439 ratings — published 2014
Vulcan 607: The Epic Story of the Most Remarkable British Air Attack since WWII (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,768 ratings — published 2006
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.00 — 129,115 ratings — published 2012
Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as aviation)
avg rating 3.65 — 14,666 ratings — published 2021
Circling the Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as aviation)
avg rating 3.94 — 82,088 ratings — published 2015
Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,035 ratings — published 2014
SKYGODS: The Fall of Pan Am (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 39 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,058 ratings — published 1995
Flight: The Complete History (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.39 — 322 ratings — published 2002
Samurai: The Unforgettable Saga of Japan's Greatest Fighter Pilot (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,808 ratings — published 1957
Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,249 ratings — published
Wings on My Sleeve (Phoenix Press)
by (shelved 37 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,201 ratings — published 1961
I Could Never Be So Lucky Again (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,198 ratings — published 1991
The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1)
by (shelved 35 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,691 ratings — published 1948
“Visually impaired individuals are breaking barriers in the skies, thanks to innovative technology, customized controls, and unstoppable determination.”
― Caliban’s Flight
― Caliban’s Flight
“The socioeconomic impact of such a minor outburst is due to our technological development (air travel)—a century ago, such an eruption would have passed unnoticed. Technological development makes us more independent from nature. At the same time, at a different level, it makes us more dependent on nature’s whims.”
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