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Star Wars the weapon of a jedi

a Luke Skywalker adventure
2015
Luke, C-3PO, and R2-D2 are stranded on a mysterious planet where a strange villain challenges Luke to a duel.

The Red Baron

the graphic history of Richthofen's Flying Circus and the air war in WWI
2014
Told in graphic novel format, the story of Manfred von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron, from his beginnings as a cavalry member and a pilot-in-training to his death at the age of twenty-five and his enduring legacy.

Fighter wing

a guided tour of an Air Force combat wing
2004
The author presents detailed analyses of the Air Force's premier fighter planes, exclusive photographs, illustrations, and diagrams, an insider's look at the people behind the planes and weapons, and combat strategies and training techniques used by the U.S. Air Force.

A pilot's journey

memoirs of a Tuskegee airman, Curtis Christopher Robinson
2005

Jump, damn it, jump!

memoir of a downed B-17 pilot in World War II
2006
Edward Logan recounts his experiences serving as a B-17 pilot in the 15th Air Force in Italy during World War II, chronicling his two years of training, entry into combat, and years as a bomber pilot in Europe, and focusing on an operation that resulted in his plane going down behind enemy lines, forcing Logan and his crew to evade enemy troops and return to their base.

Flash point

a novel
2000

Aces high

the heroic saga of the two top-scoring American aces of World War II
2010
Provides an account of the heroic rivalry between World War II fighter pilots Richard "Dick" Bong and Thomas "Tommy" McGuire, both Medal of Honor winners, to earn the title of top-scoring American ace of the war.

Flights of passage

reflections of a World War II aviator
1988

The gremlins

a Royal Air Force story : the lost Walt Disney Production
2006
Presents Roald Dahl's first published story in which friendly little gremlins help a Royal Air Force fighter pilot in World War II, and includes an account of attempts by Walt Disney and Dahl to make a movie based on the book.

Boyd

the fighter pilot who changed the art of war
2002

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