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Aviator Biographies
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Also see the separate: Howard Hughes page
Forever FlyingFifty Years of High-Flying Adventures, from Barnstorming in Prop Planes to Dogfighting Germans to Testing Supersonic Jets An autobiography by R. A. "Bob" Hoover. 320 pages.
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YeagerAn Autobiography Chuck Yeager tells his life story, from childhood with a hard working father, to breaking the sound barrier, to being a test pilot with the "right stuff".
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First Man, The Life of Neil A. ArmstrongA Biography On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch thirty-eight-year-old American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong become the first person ever to step on the surface of another heavenly body. By James R. Hansen, 784 pages.
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PRESS ON!Further adventures in the good life Chuck Yeager writes about growing up in West Virginia. His wife Glennis, pal Bud Anderson, brother Hal and several other friends and admirers share personal information and anecdotes about the sound-barrier-busting General. Paperback, 324 pages
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Burt RutanReinventing the Airplane The story of Burt Rutan - the aircraft design pioneer and genius - his life, and his fantastic airplanes. From the early designs to the famous Long-EZ, the Voyager and into the future. By Vera Foster Rollo, Hardcover, 300 pages.
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North Star over My Shoulder:A Flying Life Bob Buck's memoir of a life spent in the skies. He set several flight-distance records in the 1930s, flew a B-17 in the Second World War, and finally, became a commercial airline pilot who logged more than 2,000 trips across the Atlantic Ocean. By Robert N. Buck. Hardcover, 446 pages.
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Fire and Air:A Life on the Edge Autobiography of her struggle to success by Patty Wagstaff. Hardcover, 400 pages. New and Used |
The Spirit of St. LouisCharles Lindbergh's autobiographical and vividly detailed account of his epic nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris in the single-engine 'The Spirit of St. Louis', May, 1927. The book provides insight into setting goals, and with hard work, careful planning, and determination, achieving them. First published in 1953, winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1954. Paperback (September 1993), 580 pages. New and Used |
Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. LouisBy F. Robert Van Der Linden, Dominick A. Pisano, Reeve Lindbergh, 128 pages.
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Amelia EarhartThe Mystery Solved Here at last is the answer. In 1937, Amelia Earhart disappeared into the Pacific Ocean only days from completing her famous around-the-world flight. Her plane was never found. Now, with the recent discovery of long-lost radio messages, combined with authors Elgen M. Long and Marie K. Long's twenty-five years of research, the mystery surrounding Earhart has been solved. By Elgen M. Long, Marie K. Long, 320 pages.
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East to the DawnThe Life of Amelia Earhart This exhaustive biography throws new light on many of the more controversial elements of the aviator's life and death. Earhart was a self-possessed and downright adventurous young woman. Vanishing mysteriously in 1937, the book provides details about that last flight and wades through the accumulated mythology to seek a reasonable explanation for her loss. By Susan Butler. 522 pages.
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Amelia EarhartA Biography Rich's portrait reveals a determined, independent woman, brave enough "to go where no one had gone and to do what no one had done" . . . [and] illuminates the public and private life of a legendary flier, bringing her back to earth as a courageous woman who dreamed and dared all. By Doris L. Rich, 322 pages.
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Wilbur and OrvilleA Biography of the Wright Brothers The definitive account of the Wright Brothers' lives and achievements. The great genius of Orville and Wilbur Wright is one of unstinting determination - that failure is not defeat but only the next small problem to solve. They knew that experimentation without failure yields only a partial truth -- that failure and success are irrevocably intertwined. By Fred Howard, 560 pages.
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How We Invented the AirplaneAn Illustrated History This wonderful book chronicles the careers of Orville and Wilbur Wright. What makes the story of the Wright brothers so compelling is their deliberate, patient perserverance to discover how to make the dream of flight reality. By Orville Wright, 96 pages.
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Wager with the WindThe Don Sheldon Story Glacier landings, mountain side rescues and taking Bush flying to the edge of it's possibilities were among Don Sheldon's amazing pioneering efforts. By James Arness, Paperback, 256 pages.
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High, Wide, and FrightenedThis is the autobiography of one of America's greatest women pilots--some would say "the" greatest. She earned her pilot's certificate in 1927 (her license is signed by Wilbur Wright). Within the year, she had broken the women's world record for altitude and endurance. In 1929 she won the first Women's Air Derby, a trans-continental race. Over the next several years, Thaden continued to set records and win awards until 1938 when she retired to spend more time with her family and write these memoirs. by Louise M. Thaden; April 2004, Paperback, 183 pages.
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The Happy Bottom Riding ClubThe Life and Times of Pancho Barnes In the 1920s, she began stunt flying for Hollywood, no mean feat considering that in 1929 only 34 of the 4,690 licensed pilots in the U.S. were women and none but Barnes did such work. She tested planes for Lockheed; wrote scripts for director Erich von Stroheim; worked with Howard Hughes on Hell's Angels, his multimillion-dollar flying epic; and founded the Association of Motion Picture Pilots. In 1929, she broke the women's speed record; six years later, she established the Women's Air Reserve, organized along military lines for aid in disasters. by Lauren Kessler; May 2000, Paperback, 336 pages.
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Flying SouthA Pilot's Inner Journey Reflective and ultimately inspiring story of Barbara Cushman Rowell’s trip of a lifetime — a 25,000-mile, 57-leg journey through Latin America and the recesses of her soul. Finding herself through flight inspires us all to go after the experiences we long for. Includes a great collection of beautiful color photographs of spots "South of the border". October, 2002; 304 pages.
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