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2) Test pilots
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Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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An introduction to the kinds of assignments test pilots get as they do their jobs.
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Maisie Dobbs novels volume 3
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English
Description
In the third novel of this bestselling series, London investigator Maisie Dobbs faces grave danger as she returns to the site of her most painful WWI memories to resolve the mystery of a pilot's death. Every once in a while, a detective bursts on the scene who captures readers' hearts-and imaginations-and doesn't let go. And so it was with Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs, who made her debut just two years ago in the eponymously titled first book...
5) Drone pilot
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English
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Examines what it takes to be a drone pilot, including what are drone pilots, who benefits from them, and what aircrafts can be flown by drone.
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"To honor bonds forged twenty-five-years ago at West Point, Lieutenant Colonel Sam Avery leads an illegal mission deep into ISIS-held territory. Flying across Iraq in a stolen helicopter, Army Lieutenant Colonel Sam Avery knows that tonight will be his last mission. He and his crew will either be shot down by ISIS, or court martialed when they return. Sam doesn't care. He can't care. There is too much at stake. As the chopper flies through the night...
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"In 1993, U.S. women earned the right to fly in combat, but the full story of how it happened is largely unknown. From the first women in the military in World War II to the final push in the 1990s, The Fly Girls Revolt chronicles the actions of a band of women who overcame decades of discrimination and prevailed against bureaucrats, chauvinists, anti-feminists, and even other military women. Drawing on extensive research, interviews with women who...
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Wings of the nightingale volume 3
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English
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Bold, sophisticated, and coy, Army Air Force flight nurse Lt. Kay Jobson collects hearts wheneyver she flies, leaving men pining in airfields all across Europe. So how can ruggedly handsome C-47 pilot Lt. Roger Cooper be all but immune to her considerable charms? In fact, he seems to do everything he can to avoid her. Still, as they cross the skies between Italy and southern France, evacuating the wounded and delivering paratroopers and supplies,...
12) Rogue forces
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Series
Patrick McLanahan novels volume 15
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Scion Aviation International has been hired by the Pentagon to take over aerial patrols in northern Iraq as the U.S. military begins to downsize its presence there. But when Kurdish nationalist attacks led by the Republic of Turkey and joined by the new government in Persia invade northern Iraq, retired Air Force lieutenant-general Patrick McLanahan makes the decision to take the fight to the Turks.
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Wings of glory volume 2
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English
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Major Jack Novak has never failed to meet a challenge--until he meets army nurse Lieutenant Ruth Doherty. When Jack lands in the army hospital after a plane crash, he makes winning Ruth's heart a top priority mission. But he has his work cut out for him. Not only is Ruth focused on her work in order to support her orphaned siblings back home, she carries a shameful secret that keeps her from giving her heart to any man. Can Jack break down her defenses?...
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English
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"Sixteen-year-old Valya knows what it feels like to fly. She's a pilot who's always felt more at home soaring through the sky than down on earth. But since the Germans surrounded Stalingrad, Valya's been forced to stay on the ground and watch her city crumble"--Dust jacket flap.
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Series
High risk novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When former Air Force combat controller Dallas O'Halloran is teamed up with gorgeous JAG officer Julianne Decatur to investigate a Navy flyer's apparent suicide, their mission takes a dangerous turn as they succumb to temptation.
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