The Dam Busters: Breaking the Great Dams of Western Germany 16-17 May 1943 by Jonathan Falconer

$25.00 NZD

Category: World War II | Series: War Crimes | Reading Level: very good

Reach for the Skies: Ballooning, Birdmen and Blasting into Space. A personal history of aviation by Sir Richard Branson

$10.00 NZD

Category: Aviation | Reading Level: good

A thrilling and very personal history of flight by the world-famous adventurer and businessman. As far back as stories go, pioneers have reached for the skies. In the last two hundred years, they have mastered the air and made the modern world possible. Today they are bringing outer space within our re ach. They're inventors and toymakers, amateurs and adventurers, visionaries, dreamers and, yes, crackpots. Some have called them irresponsible, even dangerous. But I have met many of them. I have worked with them, and funded them, and flown with them. I admire them, and trust them, and I think they and their kind are our future. In this book I look at the history of flight through the stories and people who have inspired me throughout my life. In these pages you will find stories of miraculous rescues; of records made and broken; of surprising feats of endurance and survival, including some of my own adventures, as well as developments in the future of air (and space) travel. It is a story of pioneers, and of course it includes the world famous Montgolfiers and the Wright brothers, but I also want to describe some of the lesser-known trailblazers. People like Tony Jannus, who in 1914 created the first scheduled commercial flight in the world, flying his passengers over the waters of Tampa Bay at an altitude of just fifty feet! The ‘bird man’ Leo Valentin, who in the 1950s jumped from 9,000 feet with wooden wings attached to his shoulders. And my friend Steve Fossett, who dedicated his life to breaking records and having adventures. ...Show more

Beyond Lion Rock: The Story of Cathay Pacific Airways by Gavin Young

$10.00 NZD

Category: Aviation | Reading Level: good

Amelia Earhart's Daughters - The Wild and Glorious Story of American Women Aviators from World War II to the Dawn of the Space Age by Leslie Haynsworth; David Toomey

$12.00 NZD

Category: Aviation | Reading Level: good

In 1942, with war raging on two fronts and military pilots in short supply, the U.S. Army Air Force enlisted a handful of skilled female aviators to deliver military planes from factories to air bases--expanding the successful program to include more than one thousand women. These superb pilots flew eve ry aircraft in the U.S. Army Air Force--including B-26s when men were afraid to--logging more than siz million miles in all kinds of weather. yet when World War II ended, their wartime heroism was left unheralded. In 1961, with the dawn of the space age, a handful of top female pilots took part in a new program termed "Women in Space." Subjected to the same rigorous tests as the Mercury astronauts, thirteen women--top-notch pilots--were admitted to the program. Once again women had reason to dream...that at least oneof them would be the first of their sex in space. The matter went as far as Congress, where dramatic hearings included testimony from astronauts John Glenn and Scott Carpenter. But their hopes were dashed. These skilled aviators had the "right stuff" at the wrong time, and again women were denied their place in history. This is their story, one of courage, ferocity, adn patriotism. ...Show more

The Mint A day-book of the RAF Depot between August and December 1922 with later notes by 352087 A/c Ross by T. E. Lawrence

$25.00 NZD

Category: Military | Reading Level: good-verygood

Night After Night: New Zealanders in Bomber Command by Max Lambert

$25.00 NZD

Category: Aviation | Reading Level: very good

While the fighter aces in their Hurricanes and Spitfires have had their WW2 exploits well celebrated, most of us know much less about the contribution made by thousands of New Zealanders who fought and died in what proved to be one of England’s most potent weapons - Bomber Command. In this detaile d history, full of facts, figures, names, anecdotes and both humorous and harrowing examples, Night After Night is a deeply moving account provided by survivors, family members, colleagues and fellow serviceman. "Lambert writes well, neatly blending a narrative of Bomber Command's actions with those of its New Zealand contingent. His facts are reliable, based on the meticulous researches of Errol Martyn and other good sources. Though he is rightly proud of our airmen, he does not pretend that they were all heroes or in any way superior to other airmen. Their collective achievement needs only an accurate, detailed record, and this Lambert has provided." - The Dominion Post ...Show more

Mayday! - A History of Flight Through Its Martyrs, Oddballs, and Daredevils by David Darling

$8.00 NZD

Category: Aviation | Reading Level: very good

In a world without aircraft, to believe flight might be possible required a certain kind of character. You had to be starry-eyed, a possessor of practical ingenuity, nerves of steel and a level of sanity that would be best described as deficient. In Mayday!, David Darling tells the stories of the uncon ventional aviators across history who have been willing to risk all to further their craft. Meet Sophie Blanchard, a balloonist of nervous disposition whom Napoleon charged with organizing balloon displays at all major ceremonies in France. Then there's the daredevil stuntman Lincoln Beachey, the dogfighter aces of WWI, the man who performed the dance of death - switching planes in mid-air, the real "X-Men" who flew at the edge of space, and the BASE jumpers who want to fly without wings. The cast are eccentric, reckless and extraordinary, and Mayday! is made up of their riveting tales, bizarre contraptions, magnificent achievements and, sometimes, startling folly. ...Show more

Amelia Earhart's Shoes - Is the Mystery Solved? by Thomas F. King; Randall S. Jacobson; Kenton Spading

$15.00 NZD

Category: Aviation | Reading Level: very good

This text investigates the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and her co-pilot Fred Noonan using the methods of modern science. A team of scientists use modern scientific techniques to examine evidence on Earhart's disappearance. Using archaeological survey; global positioning systems; remote sensing; fore nsics; a variety of laboratory analyses; and extensive archival research and interviewing, previous theories have been challenged and the search has been narrowed to the Pacific Island of Nikumaroro where increasing evidence points to the pilots having landed and perished. ...Show more

Impact Erebus by Gordon Vette and John Macdonald

$35.00 NZD

Category: Aviation | Reading Level: very good

Head in the Clouds by Godfrey Nugent Wells

$20.00 NZD

Category: Aviation | Reading Level: good to very good

Rescue Below Zero by Ian Mackersey

$25.00 NZD

Category: Arctic | Reading Level: good

Straight on Till Morning: The Life of Beryl Markham by Mary S. Lovell

$14.00 NZD

Category: Aviation

Born in England and raised in Kenya, Beryl Markham was a notorious beauty. She trained race horses and had scandalous affairs, but she is most remembered for being a pioneering aviatrix. She became the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean and the first person to make it from London to New York nonsto p. In Mary S. Lovell's definitive biography, Beryl takes on new life--vividly portrayed by a master biographer whose knowledge of her subject is unparalleled. ...Show more