History

Capt. Jepp and the Little Black Book Flint Whitlock & Terry L. Barnhart How barnstorming aviator and mail pilot Elrey B. Jeppesen mad...

Packed with startling revelations, this inside look at the secret side of the Cold War exposes just how close America came to total annihilatio...

By: John C. Swick This is the history of the Stinson 108 series airplane (the Voyager), although the 105, 10 and 10A, as well as the L-5, are ...

And Other Extraordinary Characters in the History of Flight The wonder of flight has long captured the human imagination. In this beguiling ...

Flight Patterns A Century of Stories about Flying Over the last century air travel has evolved from a high-risk experiment involving a few v...

Here is the true history of a friendship that almost wasnt. John Leahr and Herb Heilbrun grew up in the same neighborhood and were in the same...

Perch next to the first man to fly over Grand Rapids and share the spine-tingling thrills of wing-walker Ormer Locklear. Learn how barnstormer Fis...

No greater saga of the Northland was ever recounted than the experiences of the survivors of the Gillam plane crash. In "Hearts of ...

In March 1967, a Cessna 195 flew from Oregon towards San Francisco carrying a family of three: Alvin Oien, Sr. (the pilot), his wife Phyllis and...

Aviation Century: The Golden Age is filled with tales of romance and adventure, of daring and bravado, as pilots break records, astound the public...

Over 250 rare photographs depict one of the greatest industrial feats of World War II: the massive production of American military aircraft. Ph...

Joe Crosson became a national hero between the world wars flying mercy missions in the North, including a dangerous search in a dark Siberian w...

Ever since aircraft changed the scope of the First World War, flight became both a passion and business in Riverside. Early barnstormers needed pl...

Air travel has always held a strong allure for many. Today, low-cost, no-frill airlines enable lots of people to fly easily and to visit diffe...

In the seventy years since the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan during a flight over the Central Pacific, their f...

Beginning in 1939-40 with the German blitzkrieg and the Battle of Britain, aircraft repeatedly turned the tide of war. Their worth was proved in m...

Enjoy the breathtaking beauty of the Lewis and Clark trail from an open cockpit plane as you float over the same route the Corps of Discovery tr...

Lt. William Diebold served in the Armys Air Transport Command in the China-Burma-India theater of World War II and never fired a weapon in battl...

This book tells the complete, never before told story of Beech Aircraft's recognition of the need for a true light twin engine airplane in the mid...

Aviation History is an exciting full-color book that gives aviation enthusiasts a unique perspective on international aviation history. Each of th...

In March 1967, a Cessna 195 flew from Oregon towards San Francisco carrying a family of three: Alvin Oien, Sr. (the pilot), his wife Phyllis and...

In one of the most inexplicable and practically unknown homefront tragedies of World War II, three separate but eerily linked events left sixteen ...

This distinctive illustrated history brings to light the world of the Wright brothers at the dawn of aviation. The photographic details revealed a...

The Epic Journey of a World War II Bomber Pilot and POW Fate, unexpected allies, betrayal, two gold coins, and a prayer changes the life of a ...