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Civil Aviation

Books featuring -- in whole or in part -- first-hand experiences of non-military flying

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Aviation history 

Air Navigation from Balloons to Concorde

ISBN 1-903953-90-1
Walter Blanchard (ed)
A definitive history of the role of the air navigator: from its earliest beginnings to its replacement by satellite technology
RAF/aviation memoir  

Beaufighters BOAC & Me

ISBN 1-873203-86-1

by Sam Wright


Experiences of a 254 Sqn navigator in WW2 and with postwar BOAC
RAF/aviation memoir 

Circuits and Bumps

ISBN 1-903953-66-9
by Gerhard Heilig
An aviator's progress from Bombers to Boeings with the RAF and civil airlines
RAF biography 

Fly High - Fly Low

ISBN 1-903953-55-3

by Eric Morgan


The three remarkable aviation careers of Leslie R Colquhoun DFC, GM, DFM - WW2  Reconnaissance Pilot; Supermarine Test Pilot and Vickers Hovercraft Pioneer
RAF/aviation memoir 

Observations from the Tower

ISBN 1-903953-43-X
by John Kilburn
A nostalgic look back on a long and eventful career in Air Traffic Control
Aviation History 

Prestwick's Pioneer

ISBN 1-903953-59-6

by Dougal McIntyre


Biography of David F. McIntyre, first pilot to fly over Everest and founder of Scottish Aviation
aviation memoir 

Climb to and Maintain

ISBN 1-84683-024-9
by Eric Woods
Memoirs of a former BOAC navigator in the postwar years
Memoir - Africa 

I Flew for Savimbi

ISBN 1-84683-034-6
by Simon Van Garderen
A South African bush pilot recalls his 25-year association with Angola UNITA terrorist leader Dr Jonas Savimbi