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Aviation

Aviation

Last updated: March 29, 2022

    The best books on Aviation History, recommended by Joseph Corn

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    The best books on Aviation History - Wings by Tom D Crouch

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    Wings
    by Tom D Crouch
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    The best books on Aviation History - The Flight of the Century by Thomas Kessner

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    The Flight of the Century
    by Thomas Kessner
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    The best books on Aviation History - Flights of Passage by Samuel Hynes

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    Flights of Passage
    by Samuel Hynes
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    The best books on Aviation History - The Chosen Instrument by Marylin Bender and Selig Altschul

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    The Chosen Instrument
    by Marylin Bender and Selig Altschul
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    The best books on Aviation History - Sky As Frontier by David T Courtwright

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    Sky As Frontier
    by David T Courtwright

    • The historian and author pilots us through a century of aviation, from the excitement that greeted the first airplanes to the transformative role of World War II.

  • The best books on Aviation History - Wings by Tom D Crouch
  • The best books on Aviation History - The Flight of the Century by Thomas Kessner
  • The best books on Aviation History - Flights of Passage by Samuel Hynes
  • The best books on Aviation History - The Chosen Instrument by Marylin Bender and Selig Altschul
  • The best books on Aviation History - Sky As Frontier by David T Courtwright

The best books on Aviation History, recommended by Joseph Corn

The historian and author pilots us through a century of aviation, from the excitement that greeted the first airplanes to the transformative role of World War II.

The best books on Aviation History, recommended by Joseph Corn

    The best books on Pilots of the Second World War, recommended by Steve Darlow

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    The best books on Pilots of the Second World War - Bomber Pilot by Leonard Cheshire

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    Bomber Pilot
    by Leonard Cheshire
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    The best books on Pilots of the Second World War - Life’s Too Short to Cry by Tim Vigors

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    Life’s Too Short to Cry
    by Tim Vigors
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    The best books on Pilots of the Second World War - Enemy Coast Ahead by Guy Gibson

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    Enemy Coast Ahead
    by Guy Gibson
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    The best books on Pilots of the Second World War - First Light by Geoffrey Wellum

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    First Light
    by Geoffrey Wellum
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    The best books on Pilots of the Second World War - The Last Enemy by Richard Hillary

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    The Last Enemy
    by Richard Hillary

    • Steve Darlow, author of nine books on military aviation, discusses his favourite books on pilots during the Second World War - a time when 800 Allied airmen were lynched

  • The best books on Pilots of the Second World War - Bomber Pilot by Leonard Cheshire
  • The best books on Pilots of the Second World War - Life’s Too Short to Cry by Tim Vigors
  • The best books on Pilots of the Second World War - Enemy Coast Ahead by Guy Gibson
  • The best books on Pilots of the Second World War - First Light by Geoffrey Wellum
  • The best books on Pilots of the Second World War - The Last Enemy by Richard Hillary

The best books on Pilots of the Second World War, recommended by Steve Darlow

Steve Darlow, author of nine books on military aviation, discusses his favourite books on pilots during the Second World War – a time when 800 Allied airmen were lynched

The best books on Pilots of the Second World War, recommended by Steve Darlow

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