Latest Bookshttps://www.aircraftpilots.com/books/Latest BooksenFallinghttps://www.aircraftpilots.com/books/book/75-falling/ #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “T. J. Newman has written the perfect thriller! A must-read.” —Gillian Flynn “Stunning and relentless. This is Jaws at 35,000 feet.” —Don Winslow “Falling is the best kind of thriller…Nonstop, totally authentic suspense.” —James Patterson “Amazing...Intense suspense, shocks, and scares...Chilling.” —Lee Child You just boarded a flight to New York. There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard. What you don’t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot’s family was kidnapped. For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die. The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane. Enjoy the flight.

]]>75Tue, 02 May 2023 01:24:57 +0000Beyond the Skyhttps://www.aircraftpilots.com/books/book/74-beyond-the-sky/ In Australia in the mid 1920s, flight was still new, dangerous and glamorous - and aviators were all men. That was until a petite and quietly-spoken 49 year-old mother of three, Millicent Bryant, took her first flight, igniting a passion that led her to become the first woman in the Commonwealth outside Britain to gain a pilot's licence. While newspapers all over Australia began following her progress in the 'race', few outside her family knew the determination and depth of personality that took her into other areas considered unusual for a woman at that time, such as business and politics. And were it not for an ironic stroke of fate, her name may have become as familiar as other pioneers of the air such as Smithy, Hinkler or Nancy Bird Walton. Working from Millicent's own rediscovered letters and writings as well as newspapers and other historical sources, this innovative biographical work reveals a pioneer of the sky and beyond. On one hand it tells, for the first time, of a flyer who was also a businesswoman, small-scale property developer, golfer, student of Japanese at Sydney University and early motorist who had driven over 35,000 miles around New South Wales up to the summit of Mt Kosciuszko - and who could fix her own car to boot. On the other, it seeks to illuminate the inner story of a highly individual, modern woman whose life encompassed not only hidden romance, heartbreak and tragedy but also a spirit of change in the social, political and marital conventions of 20th century Australia.

 

Mentions Edgar Percival who was a friend of the family.  A good read in two parts - first her flying, then Part 2, going back a couple of generations, the family history.  I was left wondering - had she not drowned in a ferry accident, she would be in our history books and newspapers for a myriad of other reasons.  Such potential cut short.

]]>74Tue, 02 May 2023 01:17:01 +0000<![CDATA[Aircraft World Wars I & II]]>https://www.aircraftpilots.com/books/book/73-aircraft-world-wars-i-ii/ 110 aircraft in colour plus three-view silhouettes and specifications

]]>73Sun, 29 Nov 2020 05:35:32 +0000Australian Homebuilt Aeroplaneshttps://www.aircraftpilots.com/books/book/72-australian-homebuilt-aeroplanes/ A listing of homebuilt aircraft registered through SAAA including details on the Aviation Register - Rego, name, address, date of registration, including all previous owners, make, model, photo.  Separate register of aircraft and construction number.  Includes 95-10 ultralights.

]]>72Sun, 29 Nov 2020 05:30:09 +0000The Air Racershttps://www.aircraftpilots.com/books/book/71-the-air-racers/ Men & women and their machines in the various races and challenges they competed in.  Covers 19 events in detail with coloured photos

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