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Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two fighter pilots become close friends while fighting for the R.A.F in World War II. When one of the pilots dies, the survivor develops a relationship with his dead friend's wife. Director Boris Sagal's movie features incredible footage of the Mosquito bomber planes used by the R.A.F. And the final sequence has been cited as an influence on George Lucas's Death Star sequences in Star Wars.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 8 hr., 37 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Zero killer: No Allied aircraft can match Japan's deadly Zero until the American Navy deploys the fearsome F6F Hellcat. Strap in with legendary dogfighters Robert Duncan, Hamilton McWhorter, and Alex Vraciu to relive the epic dogfights of 1943 that wrote a new chapter in the annals of aerial combat. The last gunfighter: Tackle the fierce North Vietnamese MiG in the Navy's best fighter, the F8 Crusader, alongside jocks Paul Speer and Phil Wood,...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[c2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (173 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hot shots. 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.
Hot shots, part deux. A do-or-die mission to rescue U.S. hostages in the Mideast takes Topper Harley and his Hot Shots on an action-packed trail booby-trapped with spoofs of movie classics and filled with famous faces in hilarious...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 25 cm.
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...
6) Devotion
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell star in the epic and inspirational true story of two elite US Navy fighter pilots who helped turn the tide in the most brutal battle in the Korean War: Jesse Brown, the first Black aviator in Navy history and his fellow fighter pilot and friend, Tom Hudner. Their heroic sacrifices and enduring friendship would ultimately make them the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.
Author
Series
Jammer Davis thrillers volume 1
Formats
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...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
x, 623 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illlustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles, photographs ; 24 cm
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.
11) Flyboys
Publisher
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Inspired by a true story, this action-packed epic tells the tale of America's first fighter pilots. These courageous men distinguish themselves in a manner that none before them had dared, becoming true heroes who experience triumph and tragedy amid the chaos of World War I."--Container.
12) The war lover
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 105 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Stationed in England during WW II, Buzz Rickson is the bravest air force pilot in his squadron. His maniacal quest for aerial thrills prompts his many daredevil heroics. His rebellious attitude, however, threatens to alienate him from everyone around him.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Formats
Description
"F-16 fighter pilot, American hero, Fold Of Honor founder and family man Dan Rooney delivers a code for living-an inspirational call-to-action to help ordinary people to ascend to the highest level in life CAVU is an Air Force acronym that stands for Ceiling and Visibility Unrestricted. Translated, it describes the prefect conditions to be a fighter pilot, when steel blue skies invite them to spread their wings like a supersonic eagle. Fighter pilots...
16) Devotion
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entert
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells the story of famous Navy aviator duo Tom Hudner and Jesse Brown, who overcame racial barriers and protected one another on daring Korean War missions.
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
350 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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...
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