Aviation Biography

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    • The Inside Story of How Qantas Sold Us Out
    • By: Joe Aston
    • Narrated by: Joe Aston
    • Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 28-10-2024
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 43 ratings
    • The Chairman’s Lounge is the definitive account of how Qantas was brought to ground and who did it. It is a parable of our times.

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    • A Classic Account of War in the Air in WWI
    • By: Arthur Gould Lee
    • Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
    • Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 17-11-2020
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • This account of the Great War puts you right in the action - from one of the fighter pilots of the Royal Flying Corps....

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    • The Making of a Jet Fighter Instructor
    • By: Dave Bio Baranek
    • Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
    • Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 29-07-2016
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Before becoming an instructor in the Navy's Topgun program, Dave "Bio" Baranek was just another kid with a dream. Upon graduating from college, he joined the Navy....

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    • My Story of the Air War in Europe
    • By: Frank Murphy, Chloe Melas - foreword, Elizabeth Murphy - foreword
    • Narrated by: Jonas Moore
    • Length: 12 hrs
    • Release date: 05-10-2023
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • More than a war story, Luck of the Draw is the inspiring story of Frank Murphy, one of the few survivors from the 100th Bombardment Group, who cheated death for months in a German POW camp after being shot out of his B-17 Flying Fortress....

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    • Memoir of a US Army Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam
    • By: James Joyce
    • Narrated by: Traber Burns
    • Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 10-12-2019
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • The author was drawn into the United States Army through ROTC, and he went through training to fly helicopters in combat over Vietnam. His experiences are notable because he flew both Huey “Slicks” and Huey “Gunships”....

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    • The Trials and Transformation of an Australian Icon
    • By: Dr Peter Harbison, Derek Sadubin
    • Narrated by: Laurence Brewer
    • Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 10-10-2023
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Global aviation expert Peter Harbison tells the full and unvarnished story of this fascinating period of the Qantas journey, through the insights and anecdotes of business leaders, politicians, union bosses, analysts, media critics, rivals and insiders....

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    • The Definitive Account of the World’s Greatest Survival Story
    • By: Pablo Vierci, Jennie Erikson - translator
    • Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
    • Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 14-12-2023
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • It was 13 October 1972. Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, carrying a team of young rugby players, their families and friends, took off for the very last time. A deadly miscalculation saw F571 crash directly into the Andean mountains to devastating consequences....

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    • How to Be a Fighter Pilot
    • By: Paul Tremelling
    • Narrated by: Finlay Robertson
    • Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 28-04-2022
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • Paul Tremelling was just seven years old when he watched the Royal Navy's Sea Harriers leave their home base in Somerset to do battle against the Argentine Air Force in the Falklands War. Two decades later, he would join this exclusive club....

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    • A Fighter Pilot's War Years
    • By: Hugh Dundas
    • Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
    • Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 20-06-2023
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • This is the autobiography of Group Captain Sir Hugh Dundas CBE, DSO, DFC, who was one of the most distinguished fighter pilots of World War II. He writes of his wartime experiences, and particularly of his period as Squadron Leader and Wing Commander and his involvement in the Battle of Britain....

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    • By: Mike Sutton
    • Narrated by: Simon Bubb
    • Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 25-11-2021
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • The Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 is the most advanced multi-role combat aircraft in the world....

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    • The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It
    • By: Gerald Astor
    • Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
    • Length: 23 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 10-10-2017
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • Europe has fallen. Pearl Harbor is in flames. Enter: the Eighth....

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    • By: David McCullough
    • Narrated by: David McCullough
    • Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 05-05-2015
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • 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....

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    • The Amelia Earhart Tragedy
    • By: Ric Gillespie
    • Narrated by: J. Rodney Turner
    • Length: 18 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 29-10-2024
    • Language: English
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    • This book is the product of The Earhart Project, a thirty-four-year investigation of the Earhart tragedy by The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery.

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    • True Tales from Those Who Flew Bristol’s Mighty Twin
    • By: Graham Pitchfork, ACM Sir David Cousins KCB AFC RAF [RTD] - foreword
    • Narrated by: Shawn Compton
    • Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 10-12-2019
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • Researched many years ago by the author for a project which did not come to fruition, Beaufighter air and ground crew gave freely of their stories which ranged from complete memoirs to brief anecdotes....

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    • Tragedy and Triumph in the New Space Race
    • By: Nicholas Schmidle
    • Narrated by: Nicholas Schmidle
    • Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 06-05-2021
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Meet the astronauts leading the way to a new world of space travel....

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    • The Men of Marine Fighting Squadron 215 in the Pacific during WWII
    • By: Jeff Dacus
    • Narrated by: Jim Seybert
    • Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 09-01-2021
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • From historian and columnist in Leatherneck and Armor magazines, this is the exciting, personal account of a marine fighter squadron in the South Pacific during the critical days of 1943, when the tide turned against the Japanese....

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    • Hero of the Battle of Britain: The Life of the Great Fighter Ace
    • By: Helen Doe
    • Narrated by: Graham Mack
    • Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 11-06-2024
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • The first full reappraisal of one of Britain's great fighter aces, this book examines the truth behind Tuck's 1956 biography, Fly for Your Life. It looks at the evidence behind the myths, checks out some of the exaggerated stories and reveals the real Stanford Tuck.

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    • The Trailblazers of the Parachute Regiment in World War Two: An Authorized History
    • By: Mark Urban
    • Narrated by: Mark Urban
    • Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 27-10-2022
    • Language: English
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    • A gripping authorised history of the daring 'Red Devils', the trailblazers of the parachute regiment....

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    • Nose-Diving into History
    • By: Ben Thompson, Erik Slader
    • Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
    • Series: Epic Fails, Book 1
    • Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
    • Release date: 20-12-2018
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • In this first installment of the brand new Epic Fails series, Ben Thompson and Erik Slader take listeners through the Wright brothers' many mishaps and misadventures as they paved the way for modern aviation....

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    • The High-Flying Adventures of Jack Alexander
    • By: Jack Alexander
    • Narrated by: Dave Wright
    • Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
    • Release date: 22-08-2014
    • Language: English
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    • A cocky, green pilot flies an old Cessna 150 across the United States in 1994. The "Kid" and his gonzo passenger Doc take to the skies in an unforgettable misadventure....

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