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A WASP Goes Above the Call of Duty to Free Captive American Soldiers
Full of intrigue, adventure, and romance, this new series celebrates the unsung heroes-the heroines of WWII.
Peggy Witherspoon, a widow, mother, and pilot flying for the Women's Airforce Service in 1944 clashes with her new reporting officer. Army Air Corp Major Howie Berg was injured in combat and is now stationed at Bolling Field in Washington D.C. Most of Peggy's jobs are safe,...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
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"Dorothy Lucas yearned to discover all that she was capable of. After the devastating news of Pearl Harbor, her brothers joined the World War II war effort, but Dorothy wanted to do her part, too. So, she enlisted to serve as a Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP). After hours of flight school and roaring engines, Dorothy and her fellow WASPs risked their lives towing targets in the air for the male fighter pilots in training. Through many mechanical...
84) Porco rosso
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2 videodiscs (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Slouching towards middle age, Porco Rosso makes his living by flying about in his red bi-plane and fighting sky bandits who prey on cruise ships sailing the Adriatic. When he's not engaging in dog fights, this pilot lives on a deserted island retreat. Porco was once a strappling young man, but after his entire squardron was wiped out, he is mysteriously transformed into a pig. Then he is defeated in a dogfight against a dashing American rival, who...
85) Dive bomber
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1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A new flight surgeon and a Navy pilot overcome personal differences to work on solving the problem of altitude sickness which causes blackouts at high altitude. The real stars of the film are the pre-World War II Navy aircraft as well as the USS Enterprise featured in full color.
87) Flight
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1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A seasoned airline pilot miraculously crash lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who or what was really at fault and what really happened on the plane.
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Seized by the Sun introduces teens to the remarkable life of Gertrude "Tommy" Tompkins, who overcame many challenges to find her passion in flying. She became one of 126 elite women chosen to pilot World War II fighter planes for the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs). Her disappearance remains a mystery and no crash site was ever found. The result of sixteen years of research and interviews, Seized by the Sun is an invaluable addition to any...
90) Bug trouble!
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23 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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It's time for Buzz's team to go on their first official mission as Space Rangers! But will they remember their training?
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Presents a brief biography of Chuck Yeager, the man who broke the sound barrier, in simple text with illustrations including information his career as a air craft mechanic and test pilot, to becoming an expert on military aircraft and pioneering modern aviation.
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Dante/Quincenal volume 12
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Tierra de hombres es un libro que contiene una recopilación de ensayos autobiográficos de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry publicado en Francia el mes de febrero del año 1939, donde recibe el gran premio de la novela de la Academia Francesa. Más tarde, en junio de ese mismo año se publica en los Estados Unidos, bajo el tirulo Wind, Sand and Stars y obtiene el reconocimiento de National Book Award.
95) Lindbergh
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628 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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97) The rock rats
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Asteroid wars volume 2
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Visionary space industrialist Dan Randolph is dead-but his protégé, pilot Pancho Barnes, now sits on the board of his conglomerate. She has her work cut out for her. For Randolph's rival, Martin Humphries, still wants to control Astro and still wants to drive independent asteroid miners like Lars Fuchs out of business. Humphries wants revenge against Pancho and, most of all, he wants his old flame, Amanda, who has become Lars Fuchs's wife.
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99) Eighty days
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly black and white illustrations ; 25 cm
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"A pilot wants nothing more than to fly. Or so he thought, until he crosses paths with a mysterious thief whose tricks draw him into unchartered territory and new adventure. In a life where the truth changes as quickly as clouds in the sky, the pilot must decide for himself what freedom really means."--
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Despite her own major achievements -- she becomes the first licensed female glider pilot in the United States -- Anne Morrow Lindbergh is viewed merely as Charles Lindbergh's wife. The fairy-tale life she once longed for will bring heartbreak and hardships, ultimately pushing her to reconcile her need for love and her desire for independence, and to embrace, at last, life's infinite possibilities for change and happiness.
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