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Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
More than 1,100 women volunteered to be a U.S. WASP (Women's Air Service Pilot) to contribute to World War II. Read about the courageous women who put their lives on the line to do their part in the nation's war effort.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Next time we love: When an ambitious newsman marries an aspiring actress, their love is put to the test as their careers move them in different directions.
You gotta stay happy: A runaway heiress hooks up with a struggling pilot for a wild cross-country ride in his cargo plane with a group of wacky passengers.
Thunder Bay: A pair of oil troubleshooters attempt to strike it rich despite devastating hurricanes, dangerous love affairs and a hostile...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The inspiring and riveting first-ever memoir of active combat by a female helicopter pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan. Amber Smith flew into enemy fire in some of the most dangerous combat zones in the world. One of only a few women to fly the Kiowa Warrior helicopter -- whose mission, armed reconnaissance, required its pilots to stay low and fly fast, perilously close to the fight -- Smith deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan as a member of the elite 2-17...
Author
Publisher
Oneworld
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The wonder of flight has long captured the human imagination. In this beguiling history ranging from the first aircraft to astronauts and beyond astronomer David Darling tells the stories of the true life adventurers whose wonder has translated into bizarre contraptions, magnificent achievements and, sometimes, startling folly.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Climb into the cockpit of an exact replica of the fabled Spirit of St. Louis to experience a riveting hour-by-hour reenactment of the danger, doubts and fatigue endured by the young Charles Lindbergh on his record-shattering flight across the Atlantic. Featuring rare archival footage.
1106) War collection
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The eagle and the hawk : World War I drama about rival pilots with opposing codes of honor and a reluctant hero struggling to deal with the horrors of war.
The last outpost : World War I drama about a British prisoner of war who is rescued from a firing squad by his mysterious cellmate John Stevenson.
Wake Island : Based on the true story of a handful of U.S. Marines holding out against an overwhelming Japanese air, land and sea assault.
Bengal...