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The Wright Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 240 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.18 — 99,102 ratings — published 2015
Fate Is the Hunter (Paperback)
by (shelved 152 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.56 — 3,274 ratings — published 1961
West with the Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 147 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.15 — 41,178 ratings — published 1942
Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying (Hardcover)
by (shelved 133 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,452 ratings — published
Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed (Paperback)
by (shelved 131 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.46 — 17,234 ratings — published 1994
Wind, Sand and Stars (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.12 — 21,364 ratings — published 1939
The Right Stuff (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 114 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.23 — 55,860 ratings — published 1979
Yeager: An Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,251 ratings — published 1985
Sully: My Search for What Really Matters (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.19 — 10,675 ratings — published 2009
Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as aviation)
avg rating 3.92 — 9,381 ratings — published 2018
The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,709 ratings — published 2013
Flyboys: A True Story of Courage (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.20 — 23,262 ratings — published 2003
A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.38 — 27,968 ratings — published 2012
Night Flight (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as aviation)
avg rating 3.79 — 12,708 ratings — published 1931
Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot (Audio)
by (shelved 69 times as aviation)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,814 ratings — published 2015
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge: FAA-H-8083-25A (FAA Handbooks)
by (shelved 67 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.29 — 781 ratings — published 1980
Cockpit Confidential: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel: Questions, Answers & Reflections (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as aviation)
avg rating 3.82 — 4,756 ratings — published 2013
The Killing Zone: How & Why Pilots Die (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.32 — 630 ratings — published 2000
The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.02 — 64,734 ratings — published 2021
Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.49 — 3,910 ratings — published 2010
Flight of Passage: A Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.42 — 2,130 ratings — published 1997
Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,261 ratings — published 2021
Chickenhawk (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.27 — 15,597 ratings — published 1983
The Spirit of St. Louis (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,553 ratings — published 1950
Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.21 — 10,171 ratings — published 2006
Airframe (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as aviation)
avg rating 3.75 — 89,660 ratings — published 1996
Shot Down: The True Story of Pilot Howard Snyder and the Crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.21 — 8,599 ratings — published 2014
Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.19 — 8,151 ratings — published 2002
Viper Pilot: A Memoir of Air Combat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,077 ratings — published 2012
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,001,259 ratings — published 2010
747: Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.22 — 880 ratings — published 2006
The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.00 — 10,931 ratings — published 2001
The Aviator's Wife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as aviation)
avg rating 3.91 — 76,852 ratings — published 2013
Airplane Flying Handbook: FAA-H-8083-3A (FAA Handbooks series)
by (shelved 50 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.17 — 425 ratings — published 1999
First Light (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.53 — 3,869 ratings — published 2002
Lindbergh (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as aviation)
avg rating 3.98 — 5,817 ratings — published 1998
Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.51 — 6,404 ratings — published 2014
One Summer: America, 1927 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.10 — 54,921 ratings — published 2013
Vulcan 607: The Epic Story of the Most Remarkable British Air Attack since WWII (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,762 ratings — published 2006
Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as aviation)
avg rating 3.65 — 14,532 ratings — published 2021
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.00 — 128,776 ratings — published 2012
Flight: The Complete History (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.39 — 322 ratings — published 2002
Circling the Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as aviation)
avg rating 3.94 — 81,954 ratings — published 2015
Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,027 ratings — published 2014
SKYGODS: The Fall of Pan Am (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 39 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,055 ratings — published 1995
Samurai: The Unforgettable Saga of Japan's Greatest Fighter Pilot (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.35 — 2,795 ratings — published 1957
I Could Never Be So Lucky Again (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,195 ratings — published 1991
Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,225 ratings — published
Wings on My Sleeve (Phoenix Press)
by (shelved 36 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,194 ratings — published 1961
The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1)
by (shelved 35 times as aviation)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,672 ratings — published 1948
“Flying should be fun, not a chore. That’s why we built this guide—to make the journey exciting, clear, and just challenging enough to keep you sharp.”
― Red Raven Part 107 Guidebook: A Complete Study Guide for the FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certification
― Red Raven Part 107 Guidebook: A Complete Study Guide for the FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certification
“In referance to flying through thunderstorms; "A pilot may earn his full pay for that year in less than two minutes. At the time of incident he would gladly return the entire amount for the privilege of being elsewhere.”
― Fate Is the Hunter
― Fate Is the Hunter












