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6 books mention ‘Biography’.
MacKay is a tribute biography of Captain Eric Winkle Brown, covering his world record of 487 aircraft types.
Aviation Biography · 56 pages · 31 January 2018£7.54A new biography of Percy S.
Aviation Biography · 171 pages · 8 May 2024£12.89MacKay is a biography of Lucy Lady Houston, covering the 1931 Schneider Trophy and the 1933 Houston Mount Everest Flight.
Aviation Biography · 287 pages · 28 January 2021£12.89MacKay is a Dieter Dengler biography covering his USS Ranger service and his 1966 escape from Laos.
Aviation Biography · 102 pages · 9 September 2024£12.40(There is a mini biography of Stainforth and an account of his death in a Beaufighter.) Highly sought after and highly collectable.
Scottish Aviation History · 344 pages · 21 February 2020 · Volume 2 of 3, Clydeside Aviation£12.89…There is a comprehensive Bibliography and appendix with a biography of Jeep Cable and the rotor craft he flew etc.
Helicopter History · 219 pages · 15 September 2014£12.89
Historical articles (7)
- Dieter Dengler Biography: Skyraider 04 Down and the Laos Escape, 1966
Dieter Dengler biography: 1966 shoot-down and escape from Laos, Attack Squadron VA-145 on USS Ranger (CV-61), Douglas A-1 Skyraider and CIA reports.
- Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown: Test Pilot, Carrier Landings and the Records That Still Stand
Captain Eric Winkle Brown flew 487 aircraft types and logged 2,407 carrier landings. Inside his records, the first jet deck landing and the steam catapult.
- HMS Argus: Beardmore's Flat-Deck Aircraft Carrier and the Making of Naval Aviation
A guide to HMS Argus: her Dalmuir conversion from Conte Rosso, early deck flying, wartime service, and the 175-page illustrated Charles E. MacKay study.
- The Fedden Mission to Germany, 1945: Inside the Defeated German Aircraft Industry
Roy Fedden's May-July 1945 mission to inspect defeated Germany's jet engines, wind tunnels, Nordhausen underground plants and swept-wing research.
- From Cierva and the Weir W5 to the Bristol Sycamore: Early British Helicopter Development
Early helicopter history from the Denny Mumford helicopter and Cierva autogiros to the Weir W5, Cierva Air Horse, Sikorsky Hoverfly and Bristol Sycamore.
- Mother of the Few: How Lucy, Lady Houston Financed the 1931 Schneider Trophy and the 1933 Everest Flight
How Lucy, Lady Houston funded the 1931 British Schneider Trophy team, the Rolls-Royce R engine and the 1933 Houston Mount Everest Flight.
- Percy Pilcher, 1895-1899: Cardross, the Hawk Glider, Otto Lilienthal and Early Flight in Scotland
Percy Sinclair Pilcher's 1895-1899 gliding experiments at Cardross and in England, the Hawk glider, Otto Lilienthal and his yachts on the Firth of Clyde.