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  1. GA Airfoils

    Author: Harry C. Riblett

    A technical work initially compiled in 1986 and updated.  Performance charts, graphs, analysis, formulas

    in Aircraft

    • Published on 1996
    • 136 pages

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  2. Dream Aircraft

    Author: Barry Schiff

    From the North American P-51 Mustang, to the "Spirit of St. Louis," and even NASA's Space Shuttle, this spectacular collection examines who's who and how-to on some of the most incredible aircraft ever developed. Focusing on the unique aspects and performance characteristics of one of 32 aircraft—including the Culver Cadet, Transavia Airtruk, Saab Safari, and DeHavilland Chipmunk—each chapter brings the planes to life by describing exactly how it feels to be behind the controls. Historical and p

    in Aircraft

    • Published on 2007
    • 305 pages

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  3. 1932 Flying and Glider Manual

    Author: Paul Howard Poberezny, Sylvester H. Schmid

    https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/1932_Flying_and_Glider_Manual/2imYtwAACAAJ?hl=en  Airplanes -- Design and construction, Airplanes, Home-built Build and Fly - Pietenpol Air-Camper, Powell PH Racer, Heath Super Soarer Glider, Penguin, Ramsay Flying Bathtub; plans, construction methods.  

    in Aircraft

    • Published on 1932
    • 72 pages

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  4. Outback Airman

    Author: Harry Purvis and Joan Priest

    Biography of Harry Purvis.  Born in Australia 1909, he met Charles Kingsford Smith and began a flying career that spanned almost 50 years and 25,000 hours as a barnstormer, member of a flying circus and Airline pilot.  During WWII he served in the RAAF rising through the ranks.  1951 with P.G. Taylor he made the first crossing of the lower Pacific to South America.

    in Historical

    • Published on 1979
    • 228 pages

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  5. Flying Ultralights

    Author: Doug Chipman

    Flying Ultralights contains a series of 19 exercises, laid out in 31 lessons, from ab-initio to formation flying & navigation.

    in Educational

    • Published on 1991
    • 103 pages

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  6. Avoiding Common Pilot Errors

    Author: John Stewart

    This important book brings an air traffic controller's perspective to the mistakes pilots commonly make in controlled airspace. Veteran controller John Stewart has spent years observing pilots display their lack of education, lack of flight preparation, inability to communicate effectively, ignorance of resistance to regulations, and other dangerous flaws. This book is his attempt to help pilots fly more safely in controlled airspace and to introduce them to new and coming air traffic control te

    in Educational

    • Published on 1989
    • 226 pages

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  7. Handling In-flight Emergencies

    Author: Jerry A. Eichenberger

    Most in-flight emergencies can be safely resolved if the pilot has the proper training and mental attitude. This information-packed manual for private and recreational pilots, flight instructors, and students describes a variety of procedures you can use to pre-empt or successfully cope with almost any emergency situation. Emphasizing the importance of preflight preparation and awareness of changing flight conditions, author Jerry A. Eichenberger, a commercial pilot and flight instructor, explai

    in Educational

    • Published on 1995
    • 201 pages

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  8. They Called it Pilot Error

    Author: Robert L. Cohn

    Aircraft and the three-dimensional environment in which they operate are not user-friendly for human beings. As a result, developing and maintaining the proficiencies necessary to safely and efficiently fly an airplane or helicopter are difficult, time-consuming, and costly. Flight training has barely progressed beyond the basics, perhaps because of a typical pilot's limited time and money. Training remains a sort of crash course in not crashing, with almost exclusive concentration on physically

    in Educational

    • Published on 1994
    • 330 pages

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  9. Air Disaster

    Author: Macarthur Job

    You are there on the flight deck as ten major airline accidents unfold in concise and spellbinding detail. The fascinating, ongoing story of how international passenger jet flying has developed through tragedy to become safer than walking down the street! Why these airliners crashed and the valuable lessons learned are fully revealed in this informative book. 

    in Educational

    • Published on 1994
    • 155 pages

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  10. Air Disaster

    Author: Macarthur Job

    Covers the period from 1977-1991.  14 aircraft disasters analysed.

    in Educational

    • Published on 1996
    • 218 pages

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  11. Air Disaster

    Author: Macarthur Job

    This in-depth book analyses 18 individual air crashes and provides a detailed and descriptive text for each incident. Specially commissioned illustrations and artwork by noted Australian aviation artist, Matthew Tesch, fill this dynamic collection.  77 maps and diagrams.

    in Educational

    • Published on 1994
    • 183 pages

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  12. Airspaces

    Author: David Pascoe and John Pascoe

    This book argues that 'airspace' – the transitional area between check-in desk and baggage carousel – must be regarded as a discrete destination on any map of our age.   Not so much about planes as the human interaction with flying and travel, from the architecture of airports, to films, historical events, advertising, disasters etc.

    in Other

    • Published on 2001
    • 303 pages

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  13. Australia's Flying Doctors

    Author: Roger McDonald

    Pictorial history of the Flying Doctor, from John Flynn's initial concept to the service in the early 1990's.  Remote locations, bases, accidents, planes, people, and personal stories.  Coffee table size book.

    in Historical

    • Published on 1994
    • 163 pages

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  14. --from the Dawn of Aviation

    Author: John Stackhouse

    Copiously illustrated history of major Australian airline from its origins in Western Queensland in 1920 to its privatisation in 1995. Discusses topics such as the first international flights, the role of Qantas in WWII, and the introduction of jet aircraft. Author is a journalist and former war correspondent, who worked for Qantas from 1964-1969 and also has acted as a consultant for other airlines.

    in Historical

    • Published on 1995
    • 224 pages

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  15. The Diary of Jack Flyer

    Author: Tim Heylbut

    The story of Jack Flyer, a young man who taught himself to fly the early ultralights in the 1980's and made the mistakes we are all familiar with.  A gripping, candid tale in the form of a diary, set in rural Victoria, Australia.

    in Fiction

    • Published on 2015
    • 120 pages

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  16. Lindbergh

    Author: A. Scott Berg

    Biography of Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-1974), An aviation record breaker, idolised by Americans, his personal life was as challenging as his flying, from the kidnapping of his child, to his support for the Nazis during WWII, to his death from cancer.

    in Biographies

    • Published on 1998
    • 628 pages

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  17. My God! It's a Woman

    Author: Nancy Bird and Nancy Bird Walton

    Foreword by Gaby Kennard.  The autobiography of Nancy Bird who obtained her commercial pilot's licence at 19, barnstormed with other pilots, flew the Outback, travelled to Europe and American and founded the Australian Women Pilots' Association.

    in Biographies

    • Published on 1990
    • 216 pages

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  18. Australian Aviator

    Author: Norman Brearley & Ted Mayman

    From WWI pilot to founding Australia's first commercial airline, WA Airways, carrying mail and passengers, searching for Kingsford-Smith and Ulm, looking for Lasseter's Lost Reef to joining the RAAF in WWII.

    in Biographies

    • Published on 1971
    • 204 pages

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  19. Queensland Airfields WW2-- 50 Years on

    Author: Roger R. Marks

    A collection of photos, maps and drawings of over 100 historic sites prepared and generally used by the air forces as the war moved north. The text and illustrations show where they were, what they became, when they were there and how long they remained there. Includes recollections by veterans and witnesses. Includes a list of runways and their location (latitude and longitude), magnetic bearing, length, width, slopes and surface. Provides a list of abbreviations, a bibliography, index, and fol

    in Historical

    • Published on 1994
    • 276 pages

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  20. DC-3 Down Under

    Author: Stewart Wilson

    History and colour photographs of DC-3's in Australia.

    in Historical

    • Published on 1989
    • 128 pages

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  21. Zero, Hurricane & P-38

    Author: Stewart Wilson

    The Zero, Hurricane & P-38 The Mitsubishi Zero was Japan's most feared warplane, the Hawker Hurricane was the RAFÆs first monoplane fighter, and Lockheed's P-38 Lightning was credited with shooting down more Japanese aircraft than any other American warplane. Filled with detailed highlights of each aircraft's development plus a broad overview of its operational history. Legends of the Air 4. 32 color pgs.

    in Historical

    • Published on 1996
    • 152 pages

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  22. The Sound of Wings

    Author: Mary S Lovell

    When she disappeared in 1937 over a shark-infested sea, Amelia Earhart had lived up to her wish - internationally famous, a daring and pioneering aviator, and ambassador extraordinary for the United States.  Married to a man with a genius for publicity, her life was crowded, demanding and adventurous.

    in Biographies

    • Published on 1989
    • 435 pages

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  23. Darker Shades of Blue

    Author: Tony Kern

    This volume takes a controversial look at pilots who attempt to undermine aviation by ignoring the rules. It covers the dangers caused by the rogue aviator and offers a solution to the problem.

    in Educational

    • Published on 1999
    • 248 pages

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  24. Lawrence James Wackett Aircraft Pioneer

    Author: Lawrence James Wackett

    Autobiography - WWI pilot, aircraft designer (including the Wackett Trainer) - the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation at Fishermen's Bend grew under Wackett's direction to reach a peak employment of 10,000 during the war.

    in Biographies

    • Published on 1972
    • 241 pages

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  25. Absolute Altitude

    Author: Martin Buckley

    In this exciting and unusual travel book, Martin Buckley journeys through many places, from Benbecula to Rarotonga, from Sudan to New Zealand, from Corsica to Tucson, Arizona - but the country he explores is a romantic and dangerous place that seduces all who travel there - the sky. Three years ago, Martin Buckley gained a pilot's licence, and set off to 'hitch-hike' by plane around the world. His encounters with a range of sometimes eccentric and always obsessive pilots led to aid flights throu

    in Other

    • Published on 2004
    • 304 pages

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