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"Audrey Parker's life changes forever when Pearl Harbor is attacked on December 7, 1941. Her brother, a talented young Navy pilot, had been stationed there. Fresh out of nursing school with a passion and a born gift for helping others, both Audrey and her friend Lizzie suddenly find their nation on the brink of war. Driven to do whatever they can to serve, they enlist in the Army and embark on a new adventure as flight nurses. Risking their lives...
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Paramount
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[2022]
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English
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"After more than 30 years of service as one of the navy's top aviators, Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. Training a detachment of graduates for a special assignment, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past and his deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who choose to fly it." --...
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Lt. Georgiana Taylor has a boyfriend back home, a loving family, and a challenging job as a flight nurse. But in July 1943, Georgie's life gets more complicated when she meets pharmacist Sgt. John Hutchinson. Hutch resents the lack of respect he gets as a noncommissioned serviceman, and hates how the war keeps him from his fiancée. And while Georgie and Hutch share a love of the starry night skies over Sicily, their lives back home are falling apart....
4) Planes go
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Chronicle Books LLC
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Describes the sounds of eight different kinds of airplanes.
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Ada and Emily are best friends and next-door neighbours. They love to engineer and build a variety of creations in Ada's shed. One warm summer day whilst staring up at the sky, they realise what they want to do most is fly. They quickly get to work, turning a past project, a go-kart, into their very own aeroplane in which they can take to the skies and have amazing adventures.
Join Ada and Emily as they plan and build their aeroplane, become aircraft...
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Do you want to know what it feels like to take off and land a Boeing 737 at a busy airport? Or how about flying an F-18 Hornet at more than a thousand miles an hour?Ride with young Chris Galloway in the jump seat of the 737 as the pilot and co-pilot run through their pre-flight checks before jamming the throttles forward and roaring down the runway. Then take a tour of the real Top Gun school and listen to a dogfight over the desert skies.This exciting,...
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Curious squirrel Curie observes a baby bird flying and is eager to try too, but when everyone tells her that squirrels cannot fly, she is determined to prove them wrong by conducting her own experiments with the help of her big brother Newton. Includes author's notes and glossary.
11) Waypoints
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In 1910, the famed escapologist Harry Houdini made an ill-fated attempt to become the first person to fly an aircraft over Australian soil-yet while Houdini is remembered today for his failure, the true record-holder has been forgotten.
Now this quirk of history becomes fodder for the obsessions of one Bernard Cripp, the world-weary scion of an ailing family circus, as he tries to unearth every detail of Houdini's flight in order to re-enact it,...
12) Will y Orv
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Johnny Moore watched as the amazing airplane moved along the track. He wondered if the Flyer would make it off the ground and if the pilot would be able to stay in control. then suddenly it was up--soaring into the strong winds before plunging back to the ground. The flight of the Flyer had lasted only a few seconds, but it had flown! This historic 12-second ride will always be remembered as the first engine-powered flight. Young Johnny Moore was...
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"A clear blue sky awaits! Become a part of the Big Air Show at Bear Country Airport with the Berenstain Bears. Join them as they learn about things that fly--from their own soaring balloon! Beginning readers will delight in this high-flying Berenstain Bears adventure." --
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Daniel Blaine and his sister Eveline, each orphaned at a very young age but subsequently raised by a loving family, have spent their adult lives alienated from each other. The occasional phone call, even an email on occasion has vanished from their lives. Daniel, seven years younger, works at a financial institution in Chicago, not very far from, where he was born. Eveline has moved around, but has never stopped seeking recompense for the airline...
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Pilot Elmer Darrell will get the jaunt of his life after he agrees to compete against racecar driver Humboldt Bratka in the latest craze, SPEED. As each man seeks to outdistance his past, their passions collide against a roaring background of speakeasies, masked balls, and jazz! Will "Elm" fall for the flapper turned wing-walker, Zella? Will "Bolt" fall for the vamp racecar driver, Veronica? Or will something develop between them that leaves the women...
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Enter the endearing world of Rolleen Rabbit with her Mommy, Cousins and Friends! As autumn begins and continues through mid-season, Mommy and Rolleen work round the clock and complete the finishing touches to their tailoring creations in time for the celebrations to begin...Together with cousins, Starry and Kiki, and many of her friends, the Waterfront community will be having a great moment commencing Miss Angel and Mr. Tammy's big day that leads...
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"When Lottie Palmer runs away the day before her wedding to join the Navy WAVES program, she not only leaves behind a fiancé, but also the privileged lifestyle that she has known as the daughter of one of the most important manufacturers in Detroit's auto industry. Spurred by a desire to contribute meaningfully to the war effort, Lottie pours all of her focus and determination into becoming the best airplane mechanic in the division, working harder...
18) Little Plane
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"Little Plane is ready to lift his wings and fly for the first time--but landing is a little more complicated." --
20) The dreamer
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"A young pig admires the birds he sees flying above him, and yearns to copy them--but even when he succeeds he finds that his favorite thing is still watching the birds." --
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