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Airborne Adventures

Books featuring ~ in whole or in part ~ non-military flying experiences

RAF history
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A History of The King's / Queen's Flight

Sowerby & Frost (eds)

Chronicle of the elite RAF unit responsible for the air transport of the Royal Family from 1936-1995
poetry
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A Pilot's Notes

by Ian Rae

Poems of a World War 2 Royal Air Force Flying Instructor
aviation memoir
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A Pilot's Way

by Mike Holmes
A veteran RAF and civil airline pilot looks back on 55 years of military, commercial and private flying
Aviation history
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Air Navigation from Balloons to Concorde

Walter Blanchard (ed)
A definitive history of air navigation ~ from its primitive beginnings to satellite technology
memoir
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Aircraft Engineer

by Brian W.A. Johnson

Reflections on a 50-year career in aviation with the RAF and commercial airlines 1947-1997
RAF/aviation memoir
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Beaufighters BOAC & Me

by Sam Wright

Experiences of a 254 Squadron Beaufighter navigator during WW2 and postwar with BOAC
RAF/aviation memoir
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Circuits and Bumps

by Gerhard Heilig
An aviator's progress from bombers to airliners with the RAF and commercial airlines 1944-65
aviation memoir
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Climb to and Maintain

by Eric Woods
A navigator's experiences with BOAC in the postwar years
RAF biography
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Fly High - Fly Low

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
Aviation memoir
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Flying the Waves

by Richard Pike
Experiences of an air-sea rescue helicopter pilot around the Scottish coast in the 1980s/90s
Memoir - Africa
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I Flew for Savimbi

by Simon Van Garderen
A South African bush pilot recalls his 25-year association with Angola UNITA terrorist leader Dr Jonas Savimbi
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Landmarks in Aviation History

by Barry Smart 
An illustrated history of aviation and an international guide to aviation monuments all in one
RAF/aviation memoir
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No Time on the Ground

by Ken Fitzroy
A former military, commercial and civilian pilot looks back on 50 years in the air
RAF/aviation memoir
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Observations from the Tower

by John Kilburn
A nostalgic look back on a long and eventful career in aviation as an air traffic controller
RAF/aviation memoir
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On Laughter-Silvered Wings

by Howard A Hughes
Entertaining biography of charismatic Irish aviator Paddy Kirkwood ~ a WW2 bomber pilot and postwar airline captain with BEA
Aviation History
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Prestwick's Pioneer

by Dougal McIntyre

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