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- American moonshot : John F. Kennedy and the great space race / by Brinkley, Douglas,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subjects: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Astronautics; Manned space flight; Space flight to the moon; Astronautics;
- Sex on the Moon : the amazing story behind the most audacious heist in history / by Mezrich, Ben,1969-;
- Subjects: Roberts, Thad, 1977-; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center; Interns; Lunar petrology; Scientists; Theft; Theft; Thieves;
- © c2011., Doubleday,
- The aviators : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight / by Groom, Winston,1944-;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.These Three Men -- The King of Dirt -- The Man With the Outside Loop -- Can those be stars? -- Air Combat is not Sport, It is Scientific Murder -- New York to Paris -- Man's Greatest Enemy in the Air -- I was Saved For Some Good Purpose -- An Inspiration in a Grubby World -- His Halo Turned into a Noose -- The Raid -- We were slowly rotting away -- The Lone Eagle Goes to War -- Masters of the Sky.
- Subjects: Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993.; Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.; Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973.; Adventure and adventurers; Aeronautics; Aeronautics, Military; Air pilots; Air pilots, Military; Heroes;
- Indestructible : one man's rescue mission that changed the course of WWII / by Bruning, John R.,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."This little-known WWII story introduces a renegade pilot whose personal mission to rescue his family from a POW camp changed modern air warfare forever. December 1941: Manila is invaded, and US citizen and Philippine Airlines manager, Pappy Gunn, is ordered to fly key military command out of the country, leaving his family at home. So Gunn was miles away when the Japanese captured his wife and children, placing them in an internment camp where they faced disease, abuse, and starvation. Gunn spent three years trying to rescue them. His exploits became legend as he revolutionized the art of air warfare, devising his own weaponry, missions, and combat strategies. By the end of the war, Pappy's ingenuity and flair for innovation helped transform MacArthur's air force into the scourge of the Pacific"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Gunn, Paul Irvin, 1899-1957.; Gunn, Paul Irvin, 1899-1957; Philippine Airlines; Air pilots; Americans; Prisoners of war; World War, 1939-1945; Aeronautics, Military; Rescues; World War, 1939-1945;
- Postcards from space : the Chris Hadfield story / by Down, Heather,1966-; United States.National Aeronautics and Space Administration.;
- LSC
- Subjects: Hadfield, Chris; Astronauts;
- © c2013., Echo Books,
- The flight : Charles Lindbergh's daring and immortal 1927 transatlantic crossing / by Hampton, Dan,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subjects: Biographies.; Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augusutus), 1902-1974.; Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane); Transatlantic flights.; Aeronautics; Air pilots;
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