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Jeanie Talbot
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E. Stoops
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To survive an encounter with the Beastplane, Father of Bushplanes, Carrier of the Eight Stars, Ethan only needs his wits about him. He knows the three truths: one, that any bush pilot who hears the mighty plane must offer him a drink, two: Thrice a year an unlucky student pilot is taken on the “Irresistible Ride”, and three: He can be tamed....
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Skyfaring
- De: Mark Vanhoenacker
- Narrado por: John Moraitis
- Duración: 12 h y 47 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 265
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In Skyfaring, airline pilot and flight romantic Mark Vanhoenacker shares his irrepressible love of flying on a journey from day to night, from new ways of mapmaking and the poetry of physics to the names of winds and the nature of clouds. Here, anew, is the simple wonder and transcendent joy of motion and the remarkable new perspectives that height and distance bestow on everything we love.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I agree with most comments about the narrator
- De Warren en 08-26-15
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The Wright Brothers
- De: David McCullough
- Narrado por: David McCullough
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 14,016
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 12,504
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Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story behind the story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly: Wilbur and Orville Wright.
On December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Wilbur and Orville Wright's Wright Flyer became the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard. The Age of Flight had begun. How did they do it? And why?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Sara en 07-10-16
De: David McCullough
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A Race to Freedom
- The Mira Slovak Story
- De: David Williams
- Narrado por: Brian Callanan
- Duración: 16 h y 27 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 31
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 28
Mira Slovak was born in Czechoslovakia and endured both the Nazi occupation and the brutal Russian liberation. He joined the Czech Air Force, rising to captain by the age of 21. When he could no longer tolerate life under the Communists, he hijacked an airliner and flew across the Iron Curtain to freedom. He outlasted communism, and when it collapsed in 1990, he returned to his home, only to realize his true home was and always would be the US.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Free to live as an American.
- De cosmitron en 06-08-18
De: David Williams
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Neil Armstrong
- A Life of Flight
- De: Jay Barbree
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 11 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 186
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 165
Much has been written about Neil Armstrong, America's modern hero and history's most famous space traveler. Yet, shy of fame and never one to steal the spotlight, Armstrong was always reluctant to discuss his personal side of events. Here for the first time is the definitive story of Neil's life of flight he shared for five decades with a trusted friend - Jay Barbree.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Profound Personal Impact
- De Michael en 08-21-14
De: Jay Barbree
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Man Who Flew The Memphis Belle
- De: Robert Morgan, Ron Powers
- Narrado por: uncredited
- Duración: 4 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 36
As a young man growing up in Asheville, North Carolina, Robert Morgan was a fast-driving party boy - a hell-raiser. But when his mother committed suicide upon learning she had inoperable brain cancer, Morgan's life changed dramatically. He was no longer a carefree playboy; he was a man searching for meaning. He found that meaning at the controls of an airplane, and in the flak-and fighter-filled skies over Occupied France and Nazi Germany.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Abridged Version = Butchered
- De Kyle en 01-03-17
De: Robert Morgan, y otros
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Life's Too Short to Cry
- The Compelling Story of a Battle of Britain Ace
- De: Tim Vigors
- Narrado por: Roger Davis
- Duración: 9 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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It is not often that a long-hidden gem of a manuscript is published, bringing a moment in WWII history to vivid life for today’s audiences. Geoffrey Wellum’s First Light was one example. The memoir of Timothy Vigors is another. Born in Hatfield but raised in Ireland and educated at Eton and Cranwell, Vigors found himself in France in 1940 flying Fairey Battle bombers. After the Fall he joined the fighters of 222 Squadron, with whom he saw frantic and distinguished service over Dunkirk and persevered through the dangerous days of the Battle of Britain, when he became an ace.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- De Ethan en 03-24-21
De: Tim Vigors
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The Flight of the Century: Charles Lindbergh and the Rise of American Aviation
- Oxford University Press: Pivotal Moments in US History
- De: Thomas Kessner
- Narrado por: Bob McGraw
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 58
In late May 1927 an inexperienced and unassuming 25-year-old Air Mail pilot from rural Minnesota stunned the world by making the first non-stop transatlantic flight. A spectacular feat of individual daring and collective technological accomplishment, Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris ushered in America's age of commercial aviation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Flawed but Worthwhile
- De Ray Daniels en 11-11-22
De: Thomas Kessner
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To Conquer the Air
- The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight
- De: James Tobin
- Narrado por: Boyd Gaines
- Duración: 6 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
To Conquer the Air is a hero's tale of overcoming obstacles within and without that plumbs the depths of creativity and character. With a historian's accuracy and a novelist's eye, Tobin has captured the interplay of remarkable personalities at an extraordinary moment in our history. In the centennial year of human flight, To Conquer the Air is itself a heroic achievement.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A great story
- De Jere en 05-30-03
De: James Tobin
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Double Ace
- The Life of Robert Lee Scott Jr., Pilot, Hero, and Teller of Tall Tales
- De: Robert Coram
- Narrado por: Barry Press
- Duración: 12 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
Robert Lee Scott was larger than life. A decorated Eagle Scout who barely graduated from high school, the young man from Macon, Georgia, with an oversize personality used dogged determination to achieve his childhood dream of becoming a famed fighter pilot. First capturing national attention during World War II, Scott, a West Point graduate, flew missions in China alongside the legendary "Flying Tigers", where his reckless courage and victories against the enemy made headlines.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tiger Fan
- De Robert M. en 12-23-17
De: Robert Coram
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The Hunters
- A Novel
- De: James Salter
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 6 h y 30 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 90
Captain Cleve Connell has already made a name for himself among pilots when he arrives in Korea during the war there to fly the newly operational F-86 fighters against the Soviet MIGs. His goal, like that of every fighter pilot, is to chalk up enough kills to become an ace. But things do not turn out as expected.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Hunters
- De Nicholas en 10-25-15
De: James Salter
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Bomber Pilot: A Memoir of World War II
- De: Philip Ardery
- Narrado por: James Killavey
- Duración: 9 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 86
"The sky was full of dying airplanes" as American Liberator bombers struggled to return to North Africa after their daring low-level raid on the oil refineries of Ploesti. They lost 446 airmen and 53 planes, but Philip Ardery's plane came home. This pilot was to take part in many more raids on Hitler's Europe, including air cover for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. This vivid firsthand account records one man's experience of World War II air warfare.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating...and true story
- De Loretta en 06-24-15
De: Philip Ardery
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The Right Stuff
- De: Tom Wolfe
- Narrado por: Dennis Quaid
- Duración: 15 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,670
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,145
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,120
Millions of words have poured forth about man's trip to the moon, but until now few people have had a sense of the most engrossing side of the adventure: namely, what went on in the minds of the astronauts themselves - in space, on the moon, and even during certain odysseys on earth. It is this, the inner life of the astronauts, that Tom Wolfe describes with his almost uncanny empathetic powers that made The Right Stuff a classic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Righteous Book, Righteous Narrator, Righteous MEN!
- De Gillian en 02-08-18
De: Tom Wolfe
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Sully
- My Search for What Really Matters
- De: Chesley B. Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow
- Narrado por: Michael McConnohie, Chesley B. Sullenberger
- Duración: 8 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 783
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 712
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 709
On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed a remarkable emergency landing when Captain "Sully" Sullenberger skillfully glided US Airways flight 1549 onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers and crew. His cool actions not only averted tragedy but made him a hero and an inspiration worldwide. His story is now a major motion picture from director/producer Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks, Laura Linney, and Aaron Eckhart.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Really Dull.
- De Nick en 09-14-16
De: Chesley B. Sullenberger, y otros
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Fly by Wire
- The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson
- De: William Langewiesche
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 6 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
On January 15, 2009, a US Airways Airbus A320 had just taken off from LaGuardia Airport in New York when a flock of Canada Geese collided with it, destroying both of its engines. The plane's pilot, Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, managed to glide it to a safe landing in the Hudson River. It was an instant media sensation---the "Miracle on the Hudson"---and Captain Sully was the hero. But how much of the success of this dramatic landing can actually be credited to the genius of the pilot?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Abridgement
- De Roy en 04-27-10
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The New Complete Edition
- De: Richard Bach
- Narrado por: Marcus Lovett
- Duración: 1 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,780
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,532
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,523
Now, for the first time ever, a new complete edition audiobook original of the timeless classic by Richard Bach. This is the story for people who follow their hearts and make their own rules, people who know there's more to this living than meets the eye: they'll be right there with Jonathan, flying higher and faster than they ever dreamed. Read by Marcus Lovett. Music composed by Ken Miller.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow
- De Andrew C en 05-12-20
De: Richard Bach
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Beastplane and the Flight of the Luscombe
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- Morgan Erwin
- 02-02-25
Fairy Tale with Planes!
Perfect tale for the dead of winter or around the campfire. Destiny and out-smarting the monster!
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Total5 out of 5 stars
- Aaron R.
- 10-28-18
Pretty good.
Really cute story. Perfect bed time story for kids. The narrator is pretty good. Very well spoken, clear and vibrant reading.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-17-23
Triumphant Tall Tale
What a fun little origin story for an epic adventure plane! This is for anyone who makes up detailed backstories for their vehicles. And probably those who don't also.
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