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81) The rock rats
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
384 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Visionary space industrialist Dan Randolph is dead-but his protégé, pilot Pancho Barnes, now sits on the board of his conglomerate. She has her work cut out for her. For Randolph's rival, Martin Humphries, still wants to control Astro and still wants to drive independent asteroid miners like Lars Fuchs out of business. Humphries wants revenge against Pancho and, most of all, he wants his old flame, Amanda, who has become Lars Fuchs's wife.
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83) Skyjacked
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Minneapolis-bound commercial air flight is hijacked to Russia by a deranged war vet. All that stands between the terrified passengers and doom is the steely resolve of Captain Hank O'Hara.
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Description
"Soar beside Black Hawk helicopter pilot turned politician Tammy Duckworth, hot-air balloonist Edgora McEwan, and medevac pilot Dede Murawsky. Meet military and commercial aviators, such as the Coast Guard's Ronaqua Russell, the first Black woman to receive the prestigious Air Medal, and Tammie Jo Shults, who successfully landed Southwest flight 1380 after a catastrophic engine failure. And reach beyond the bounds of Earth to learn of astronauts conducting...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019].
Physical Desc
388 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Description
Documents the contributions of Soviet airwomen during World War II, examining the formation, obstacles, missions, and legacy of Russia's female combat pilot regiments.
88) Planes
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dusty is a crop dusting plane with dreams of competing as a high-flying air racer. But Dusty's not exactly built for racing, and he happens to be afraid of heights. So he turns to a seasoned naval aviator who helps Dusty qualify to take on the defending champ of the race circuit. Dusty's courage is put to the ultimate test.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 x 27 cm.
Description
In 1932, James Banning, along with his co-pilot Thomas Allen, make history by becoming the first African Americans to fly across the United States, relying on the generosity of people they meet in the towns along the way who help keep their "flying jalopy" going.
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Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Description
This real-life high-flying adventure story, taking place in 1921, follows a daring pilot who flew his biplane straight into a blizzard over unfamiliar land to save the US Air Mail Service.
92) Spin
Author
Series
Captain Chase novels volume 2
Description
In the aftermath of a NASA rocket launch gone terribly wrong, Captain Calli Chase comes face-to-face with her missing twin sister - as well as the startling truth of who they really are. Now, a top secret program put in motion years ago has spun out of control, and only Calli can redirect its course. Aided by cutting-edge technologies, the NASA investigator and scientist turned Space Force pilot sets out on a frantic search for the missing link between...
93) The sky above us
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Series
Sunrise at Normandy volume 2
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Description
"Numbed by grief and harboring shameful secrets, Lt. Adler Paxton ships to England with the US 357th Fighter Group in 1943. Determined to become an ace pilot, Adler battles the German Luftwaffe in treacherous dogfights in the skies over France as the Allies struggle for control of the air before the D-day invasion. Violet Lindstrom wanted to be a missionary, but for now she serves in the American Red Cross, where she arranges entertainment for the...
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books, Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Description
A tribute to the life of the creator of "The Little Prince" traces his early achievements as a pilot, his efforts to break aviation records, and the experiences that inspired his writing life.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
288 pages cm
Description
"Just nine years after American women finally got the right to vote, a group of trailblazers soared to new heights in the 1929 Air Derby, the first women's air race across the U.S. Follow the incredible lives of legend Amelia Earhart, who has captivated generations; Marvel Crosson, who built a plane before she even learned how to fly; Louise Thaden, who shattered jaw-dropping altitude records; and Elinor Smith, who at age seventeen made headlines...
100) Aussie rules
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"It's fair to say that gutsy pilot Mel Anderson is happier in the air than on the ground. But she also has to clean up after her disorganized best friend and business partner and keep an eye on their employees, who tend to make more work than they get done. Now, the one man she hoped she'd never see again is back and looking for trouble. The kind of trouble that keeps Mel grounded in a most unexpectedly pleasurable way... Bo Black wants his family's...
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