 | FIGHTER PILOTS HEAVEN PB by Lopez Ds
Buy new: $16.95 / Used from: $2.94 Flight testing the early jets immediately after the war. Reader will become enviously aware of the titles' appropriateness.
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 | To Fly and Fight: Memoirs Of A Triple Ace (Warcraft) by Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson
Buy used from: $71.75 Life-long companion and squadron mate of Chuck Yeager's from WWII tells of humorous adventures and teeth clenching mishaps over nearly four decades of military service - combat, test flying, and general aviation.
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 | Spitfires, Thunderbolts, and Warm Beer: An American Fighter Pilot Over Europe (The Warriors) by Philip D. Caine
Buy new: $8.95 / Used from: $5.11 Not a top ace, nor a well known aviator but a superb account of an American who started his aviation career flying and fighting with the British and finishing the war flying P-47s with the Army Air Forces.
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 | Boys, Bombs and Brussels Sprouts (Goodread Biographies) by J. Douglas Harvey
Buy used from: $21.75 An outstanding, very Catch22-like narrative of a Canadian flying night raids with RAF Bomber Command in WWII. A quick read that holds nothing back!
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 | Private Pilot Manual
Buy used from: $21.55 The standard in private pilot training and reference material; used by most ground schools. Well produced and most every pilot or aspiring pilot should own a copy.
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 | Rod Machado's Private Pilot Handbook: The Ultimate Private Pilot Book by Rod Machado
Buy used from: $29.95 Aviation's funny man and beloved journalist turns the "Private Pilot Manual" into a humorous and easy to understand learning tool. Five stars!
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 | Airplane Flying Handbook: FAA-H-8083-3A (FAA Handbooks series)(2nd Edition) by Federal Aviation Administration
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $4.14 The technical publication put out by our friends at the FAA, always ready to lend a helping hand! This handbook is a great tool in combination with flight instruction as to the "how to" nature of text.
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 | Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge: FAA-H-8083-25, December 2003 (FAA Handbooks) by Federal Aviation Administration
Buy used from: $3.25 Much like the private pilot manuals offered by others but with more advanced information and concepts; less easily understood by the student aviator though. The provided glossary and straightforward approach can be a great reference tool!
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 | FAR/AIM 2007: Federal Aviation Regulations/Aeronautical Information Manual (FAR/AIM series) by Federal Aviation Administration
Buy used from: $0.01 The laws of the sky and a NECESSARY reference publication. A very love hate attitude towards this "title" yet needs to be listed as an essential for any pilot regardless of skill.
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 | Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying by Wolfgang Langewiesche
Buy new: $17.79 / Used from: $8.19 Aerodynamic theory, fundamentals of flight, and pilot technique explained soundly and simply. More than half of a century post-publish date this classic still is a must for the student or low time pilot.
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