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3) Flyboys
Publisher
distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen [ed.].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the true story of the legendary Lafayette Escadrille, this action-packed epic tells the tale of America’s first fighter pilots. These courageous young men distinguish themselves in a manner that none before them had dared, becoming the true heroes who experience triumph, tragedy, love, and loss amid the chaos of World War I.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
462 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
F-14 flying ace Sean Woods has been ordered by the military to remain silent about the death of his best friend in a brutal terrorist attack and his government's reluctance to retaliate. But the maniacal leader of a resurrected society of assassins dating back to the eleventh century isn't going to be satisfied with the blood that has already been spilled. And a U. S. ally has offered Sean the opportunity for vengeance that his superiors have denied...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The incredible life story of Eugene Bullard, the first African American military pilot in WWI, who went on to become a self-taught jazz musician, a Paris nightclub impresario, a spy in the French Resistance and an American civil rights pioneer. Eugene Bullard lived one of the most fascinating lives of the twentieth century. The son of a former slave and an indigenous Creek woman, Bullard fled home at the age of eleven to escape the racial hostility...
Author
Series
Bantam pathfinder editions volume JP17
Language
English
Description
Young and innocent, they came to a place they had barely heard of, prepared for war. They were American fighter pilots, assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War. Trained but frightened, facing an enemy they couldn't understand, and waging a war they had to win.
7) Devotion
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Elite fighter pilots Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner become the U.S. Navy's most celebrated wingmen during the Korean War.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition
Physical Desc
356 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Little more than ten years after the first powered flight, aircraft were pressed into service in World War I. The romance of aviation had a remarkable grip on the public imagination, propaganda focusing on gallant air 'aces' who become national heroes. The reality was horribly different. Some 50,000 aircrew died in World War I. Marked for Death explored the brutal truths of wartime aviation: of flimsy planes and unprotected pilots; of burning nineteen-year-olds...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The vivid story of the young Americans who fought and died in the aerial battles of World War I. The Unsubstantial Air is a chronicle of war that is more than a military history; it traces the lives and deaths of the young Americans who fought in the skies over Europe in World War I. Using letters, journals, and memoirs, it speaks in their voices and answers primal questions: What was it like to be there? What was it like to fly those planes, to...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 623 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illlustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles, photographs ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A history of combat aviation that looks at aces of the air and their machines, from the Red Baron and his triplane in World War I to today's technologically expert flying warriors in supersonic jets.
12) Fighter pilot
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A fighter pilot's office moves at the speed of sound, but an everyday office worker doesn't face death and danger every day. Fighter pilots working for military services around the globe are some of the most talented flyers in the world. They steer the most advanced aircraft ever built in ways that seem to defy physics. But their main job is not to fly, but to protect. In conflict after conflict, their outstanding skill and bravery has made the difference...
Author
Series
Publisher
Oceanview Pub
Language
English
Description
"Falling like a stone from six miles up, a brand new C-500 crashes in central France, killing two pilots aboard. With over one hundred C-500s in service around the world, interest is keen to get to the bottom of the mystery. When French officials take over this highly public investigation, they call in the best there is: they call Frank 'Jammer' Davis. A retired U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, Davis is part of the National Transportation Safety Board's...
14) Unmanned
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A psychologically gripping descent into the eerie realm of drone warfare, led by one pilot's risky quest to expose its darkest secrets. As an F-16 fighter pilot, Darwin Cole was a family man on top of his world. Now he's a washout-drunk and alone in a trailer in the Nevada desert, and haunted by what he saw on the display of the Predator drone he "piloted," especially by the memory of an Afghan child running for her life. He reluctantly teams up...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For readers of Unbroken comes an unforgettable tale of courage from America's 'forgotten war' in Korea, by the New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Call. Devotion tells the inspirational story of the U.S. Navy's most famous aviator duo, Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, and the Marines they fought to defend. A white New Englander from the country-club scene, Tom passed up Harvard to fly fighters for his country. An African American...
17) Force of eagles
Author
Publisher
D.I. Fine
Pub. Date
©1990
Physical Desc
x, 390 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
At the mercy of their fanatical fundamentalist captors, the men and women of the 45th Tactical Fighter Wing wait for their liberation while their government sends ace flyer Jack Locke to the rescue.
18) Hot shots!
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A team of crack (or is it cracked?) jet jockeys led by an incompetent commander spend their nights carousing and their days training for secret operation "Sleepy Weasel"--A lightning strike against a desert kingdom.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents twenty-six of the most dramatic true stories ever told of men in aerial combat, from World War I to Vietnam. Here are authentic, unforgettable accounts of lives lived on the edge, at full throttle, of war at its worst and men at their best. Here youll meet some of the greatest figures in aviation history and share some of their most thrilling moments.
20) The nugget
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Lieutenant Bobby Steele, USN, is a fresh-faced and eager naval aviator: a "Nugget," who needs to learn the ropes and complex procedures of taking off and returning safely to his aircraft carrier. A blurry night of drinking lands him in an unfamiliar bed aboard the USS Oklahoma; later that day, the Japanese destroy Pearl Harbor. After cheating death and losing his friend in this act of war, the formerly naive Steele vows to avenge the attack. Flying...
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