Biography

In boyhood, Louis Zamperini was an incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager, he channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodig...

This is the intriguing story of John Monnett and his airplanes. He is a kit plane designer, innovator, air racer, world record holder and member ...

Amelia Earhart (18971937) earned her pilots wings in her early twenties and became the best-known female aviator of her timeprobably of all ...

"A fascinating look at the father of naval aviation."Library Journal "Superior naval history."Booklist Naval aviation historian William ...

Flying Tiger by Jack Samson. The true story of Bernal Claire Chennault and the U.S. 14th Air Force in China. This definitive bio...

The turbulent life of Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, the top U.S. Marine ace of the Pacific, is captured in memorable detail by the acclaimed auth...

Along with most of my fellow fliers, I believed that aviation had a brilliant future. Now we live, today, in our dreams of yesterday; and, living...

One of America's most daring and accomplished test pilots, Tex Johnston flew the first US jet airplanes and, in a career spanning the 1930s ...

In 1955, fresh out of Kansas Medical School, he drove up the Alcan Highway to the Alaska Native Services Hospital in Anchorage. He left behind t...

The Life of Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart captured the hearts of the nation after becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic i...

The true story of one mans flight into history. Barnstormer, World War II fighter, pioneering test pilot, aerobatic geniusBob Hoover i...

Elinor Smith was six when she first went for a ride in a rickety flying machine, and she was just sixteen when she earned her aviation license ...

Inventing the Air Force General Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold is widely considered the father of the United States Air Force. But his long list ...

This is the captivating inside story of the making of a pilot. Well-known and respected author Greg Brown shares the journey of lifes skies as h...

This book is the memoirs of Russell Holderman's contribution to aviation as a true pioneer. Holderman's career spanned from the infancy of aviati...

"This is an extraordinary story, beginning with a bare-foot colonial childhood, and indeed not speaking English until he was four, yet ...

This is the captivating inside story of the making of a pilot. Well-known and respected author Greg Brown shares the journey of lifes skies as h...

In North Star over My Shoulder, Bob Buck tells of a life spent up and over the clouds, and of the wonderful places and marvelous people who ...

When Anne Morrow, a shy college senior with hidden literary aspirations, travels to Mexico City to spend Christmas with her family, she meet...

James Tobin, award-winning author of Ernie Pyle's War and The Man He Became, has penned the definitive account of the inspiring and impas...

Few people know that Anne Morrow Lindbergh was an accomplished and innovative pilot in her own right. In fact, she was one of the defining figu...

A definitive biography of the legendary leader of the Flying Tigers and the U.S. Fourteenth Air Force in China. The Flying Tigers and the U.S. ...

Cannibal Queen - A Flight Into The Heart Of America Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author of Flight of the Intruder, ...