ERNEST HEMINGWAY wrote to a friend: 'She can write rings around all of us . . . I wish you would get it and read it because it is really a bloody wonderful book' introduction by MARTHA GELLHORN

In 1926, de Saint-Exupery began flying for the airline Latecoere - later known as Aeropostale - opening up the first mail routes across the Sahara and the Andes. This autobiographical narrative combines encounters with nomadic Arabs and other adventures. It includes the story of his crash in the Libyan Desert in 1936, and his miraculous survival.

The twin jet plane en route to Denver from Hong Kong is merely half an hour off the California coast when the call comes through to air traffic control: 'We have an emergency.' But nothing prepares the rescue workers for the carnage they witness when they enter the plane. Ninety-four passengers are injured. What happened on board Flight TPA 545?

Explaining the different phases of the art of flying, this book shows what the pilot does, when he flies, just how he does it, and why. It is applicable to large airplanes and small, old airplanes and new, and is of interest to learners, accomplished pilots and also to the instructors.

Stresses the author's humanistic philosophy.

This title describes how the United States Air Force recruited, trained and then chose the few who would undertake the most demanding and dangerous jobs in WWII. These were the boys turned pilots, bombardiers, navigators and gunners of the B24s, who suffered 50 per cent casualties.

The bestselling story of Britain's most courageous and most famous flyer, the Second World War hero Sir Douglas Bader.

What is it, that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candle and wait for someone to light the fuse? Ask a few of the astronauts and find out. They had it. The first Americans in space, battling the Russians for control of the heavens, putting their lives on the line. This book is about the quality beyond bravery, beyond courage.

The best fighter pilot memoir of World War Two, now complete and unabridged for the first time

Presents the story of the men who developed radar, designed the high-speed monoplanes, fought each other in the skies and those who simply engaged in vicious vendetta.

The true story of America's most secret and successful aerospace operation. The former head of Lockheed's Skunk Works recounts a drama of Cold War confrontation and Gulf War air combat. The book tells the story of secret aircraft from the U-2 to the Stealth Fighter.

Originally published in 1951 by Evans Brothers this is the story of the 1943 raid when nearly 350 tons of water crashed into the valleys of the Ruhr, when the Lancasters of 617 squadron breached the giant Moehne and Eder dams with 'blockbuster' bombs. In the PAN GRAND STRATEGY series.

This fascinating series captures the soaring age of aviation in the most colourful, comprehensive books on flight ever published.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the most celebrated inspirational fable of our time, tells the story of a bird determined to be more than ordinary. This bestselling modern classic, reissued with a beautiful new cover design, is a story for people who want to follow their dreams and make their own rules and has inspired people for decades.

This fascinating series captures the soaring age of aviation in the most colourful, comprehensive books on flight ever published.

Rejacketed to appeal to a new generation of readers.

Providing a conversational approach to radio communications, this sourcebook for pilots and aviation specialists features typical transmissions in order to explain how the air traffic control (ATC) system works and presents simulated flights to demonstrate the correct procedures.