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    In the Blink of an Eye

    The FBI Investigation of TWA Flight 800

    by Pat Milton ...
    Narrated by Richard Poe ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 48 min

    July 17, 1996, TWA Flight 800 mysteriously fell from the sky, claiming the lives of all 230 people aboard. Associated Press reporter Pat Milton offers a rare inside look at the investigation of the unexplained explosion and the experts who struggled to find the truth behind one of America's most disturbing aviation disasters. Early in the evening, fishermen off the coast of Long Island, New York ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Kelly

    More Than My Share of It All

    by Clarence L "Kelly" Johnson, Maggie Smith ...
    Narrated by Johnny Heller ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 6 min

    Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, but he will be more remembered for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes. His extraordinary leadership of the Lockheed "Skunk Works" cemented his reputation as a legendary figure in American aerospace management. ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    TWA 800

    The Crash, the Cover-Up, and the Conspiracy

    by Jack Cashill ...
    Narrated by Richard Ferrone ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 4 min

    What really happened to TWA 800? On the twentieth anniversary of the crash, author Jack Cashill reveals shocking new evidence.TWA Flight 800 crashed into the Atlantic shortly after takeoff from JFK Airport on July 17, 1996, killing all 230 passengers on board. Although initial reports suggested a terrorist attack, FBI and NTSB investigators blamed a fuel-tank explosion. But skeptics have long ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Flight 981 Disaster

    Tragedy, Treachery, and the Pursuit of Truth

    by Samme Chittum ...
    Narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright ...
    series Air Disasters

    Unabridged

    6 hours 48 min

    On June 12, 1972, a powerful explosion rocked American Airlines Flight 96 a mere five minutes after its takeoff from Detroit. The explosion ripped a gaping hole in the bottom of the aircraft and jammed the hydraulic controls. Miraculously, despite the damage and ensuing chaos, the pilots were able to land the plane safely. Less than two years later, on March 3, 1974, a sudden, forceful blowout ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Women with Silver Wings

    The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II

    by Katherine Sharp Landdeck ...
    Narrated by Gabra Zackman ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 53 min

    “With the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, women pilots went aloft to serve their nation. . . . A soaring tale in which, at long last, these daring World War II pilots gain the credit they deserve.”—Liza Mundy, New York Times bestselling author of Code Girls“A powerful story of reinvention, community and ingenuity born out of global upheaval.”—NewsdayWhen the Japanese attacked Pearl ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Flying to Extremes

    by Dominique Prinet ...
    Narrated by Adam Henderson ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 53 min

    Recalling some of the most memorable escapades ever conducted in the Canadian Arctic with bush planes, Flying to Extremes takes place in the late ’60s and early ’70s from a base at Yellowknife, in the heart of the Northwest Territories.Beyond recounting so many near-mishaps, this book is also about colourful people: the trappers, prospectors, miners, adventurers and gold-ingot thieves who ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Chasing the Demon

    A Secret History of the Quest for the Sound Barrier, and the Band of American Aces Who Conquered It

    by Dan Hampton ...
    Narrated by John Pruden ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 39 min

    The New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot chronicles another thrilling chapter in American aviation history: the race to break the sound barrier.In the aftermath of World War II, the United States accelerated the development of technologies that would give it an advantage over the Soviet Union. Airpower, combined with nuclear weapons, offered a formidable check on Soviet aggression. In ... Read more

    $42.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Mein Lkw mein Wohnzimmer

    by Kramer ...
    Narrated by Kramer ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 22 min

    In diesem Hörbuch / Buch geht es um Paul Kramer , der mit seinem LKW höhen und tiefen erlitt . Das Buch wurde vom Autor selbst Autobiographisch erstellt und beschreibt seinen Lebenslauf vom einstiegt in Welt der Laster , bis hin zu den Höhepunkten seiner Karriere . ... Read more

    $25.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Falling Upwards: Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture The Aeronauts

    by Richard Holmes ...
    Narrated by Peter Noble ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 11 min

    A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW REPUBLIC BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA TIME MAGAZINE TOP 10 NONFICTION BOOK OF 2013From ambitious scientists rising above the clouds to analyse the air to war generals floating across enemy lines, Richard Holmes takes to ... ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Collision on Tenerife

    The How and Why of the World's Worst Aviation Disaster

    by Jon Ziomek ...
    Narrated by Charles Constant ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 28 min

    The world's worst air disaster happened more than forty years ago on a remote Atlantic Ocean island, when two fully loaded 747 passenger jets collided after a horrendous series of human errors. One of the jets, KLM Flight 4805, was traveling more than 150 miles an hour and was within seconds of lifting off when it crashed into Pan Am Flight 1736 taxiing in its path. The loss of lives was ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Sky Girls

    The True Story of the First Women's Cross-Country Air Race

    by Gene Nora Jessen ...
    Narrated by Andrea Gallo ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 9 min

    The inspiring, true story of the first female pilots taking their rightful place in the exciting world of aviation. In 1929, nineteen gutsy women blazed out of the darkness by setting out from California in propeller-driven planes, each competing to be the winner of the first female cross-country air race. The hazards were many, from disastrous weather to possible sabotage, but by facing the ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    How to Build an Aircraft Carrier

    The incredible story behind HMS Queen Elizabeth, the 60,000 ton star of BBC2’s THE WARSHIP

    by Chris Terrill ...
    Narrated by Adam James ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 11 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Hear the enthralling story of the HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy's largest ever warship.65,000 tons. 280 metres long. A flight deck the size of sixty tennis courts. A giant piece of Sovereign British territory that's home to up to fifty Aircraft. HMS Queen Elizabeth in the biggest ship in the Royal Navy's history and one of the most ambitious and exacting engineering ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Flight

    Charles Lindbergh's Daring and Immortal 1927 Transatlantic Crossing

    by Dan Hampton ...
    Narrated by John Pruden ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 58 min

    A gripping and unique "in-the-cockpit" account of Charles Lindbergh’s extraordinary first transatlantic flight from New York to Paris, by acclaimed aviation historian (Viper Pilot, Lords of the Sky) and former fighter pilot Dan Hampton—"one of the most decorated pilots in Air Force history" (New York Post).America’s finest aviation story in the hands of our finest aviation historian, The Flight is ... Read more

    $42.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Operation Vengeance

    The Astonishing Aerial Ambush That Changed World War II

    by Dan Hampton ...
    Narrated by John Pruden ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 39 min

    The New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot delivers an electrifying narrative account of the top-secret U.S. mission to kill Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese commander who masterminded Pearl Harbor."Operation Vengeance is colorful, intimate, eye-popping history, delivered at a breakneck pace. I loved it." –Lynn VincentIn 1943, the United States military began to plan one of the most dramat ... Read more

    $42.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Red Arrows

    The Sunday Times Bestseller

    by David Montenegro ...
    Narrated by Ben Willbond ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 49 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.THE FIRST OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE RED ARROWSDAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE WEEK'Heart-pounding, exhilarating . . . A fascinating testimony of jeopardy, cool heads and the sheer exultant addiction of flying.' SINCLAIR MCKAY'An exhilarating read! The next-best thing to taking the controls of a Hawk fast-jet. And you're much less likely to throw up.' ... ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Historia de la aviación

    by Facundo Conforti ...
    Narrated by Amelia ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 58 min

    El éxito que abrazo a los pioneros como los hermanos Wright, desató una nueva y apasionante actividad que llevó a una sucesión de inagotables experimentos con un único fin, conquistar el vuelo. Grandes nombres se han impreso en la historia de la aviación mundial. Personas simples que compartían una misma visión que aquel hombre primitivo que contemplaba el volar de los pájaros, dominar el arte de ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Spreading My Wings

    One of Britain's Top Women Pilots Tells Her Remarkable Story from Pre-war Flying to Breaking the Sound Barrier

    by Diana Barnato Walker ...
    Narrated by Lucy Rayner ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 37 min

    The remarkable autobiography of a pioneering female aviator who left a privileged life to serve in World War II. Her father was a millionaire race-car driver who became chairman of Bentley Motors, and her grandfather cofounded the De Beers mining company. But by the late 1930s, debutante Diana Barnato had enough of her affluent, chaperoned existence and sought excitement in flying-soloing at ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Storming the Heavens

    African Americans and the Early Fight for the Right to Fly

    by Gerald Horne ...
    Narrated by Bill Andrew Quinn ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 38 min

    The recent Hollywood film Hidden Figures presents a portrait of how African American women shaped the U.S. effort in aerospace during the height of Jim Crow. In Storming the Heavens, Gerald Horne presents the necessary back story to this account and goes further to detail the earlier struggle of African Americans to gain the right to fly. This struggle involved pioneers like Bessie Coleman, who ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Merlin: The Power Behind the Spitfire, Mosquito and Lancaster: The Story of the Engine That Won the Battle of Britain and WWII

    by Graham Hoyland ...
    Narrated by Philip Pope ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 24 min

    The most iconic planes of WWII, the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, DeHavilland Mosquito and the Avro Lancaster, were all powered by one engine, the Rolls-Royce Merlin. The story of the Merlin is one of British ingenuity at its height, of artistry and problem-solving that resulted in a war-winning design.Published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of VE Day and the 80th anniversary of ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Pan Am at War

    How the Airline Secretly Helped America Fight World War II

    by Mark Cotta Vaz, John H. Hill ...
    Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 33 min

    Pan Am at War chronicles the airline's historic role in advancing aviation and serving America's national interest before and during World War II. From its inception, Pan American Airways operated as the "wings of democracy," spanning six continents and placing the country at the leading edge of international aviation. At the same time, it was clandestinely helping to fight America's wars. ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Aviators

    Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight

    by Winston Groom ...
    Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 24 min

    Gifted storyteller Winston Groom, the bestselling author of Forrest Gump, has written the fascinating story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the great age of flight: Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle. These cleverly interwoven tales of their heart-stopping adventures take us from the feats of World War I through the heroism of World War II and ... Read more

    $33.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Highest Duty

    by Chesley B. Sullenberger ...
    Narrated by Michael McConnohie, Chesley B. Sullenberger ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 44 min

    Now a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks—the inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of our time, Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger—the pilot who miraculously landed a crippled US Airways Flight 1549 in New York’s Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers and crew.On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed a remarkable emergency ... Read more

    $42.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    High Adventure

    by James Norman Hall ...
    Narrated by Andre Devin ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 32 min

    War in the Sky for the first time in history! The first military Air Force, the French Lafayette Escadrille, accepts Americans to train and serve as pilots prior to America's entyr into World War One. James Norman Hall, on of these young men, describes his frightening experiences flying over enemy lines, and his soul searching when commanded to kill. He recounts his training in a French flight ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Flights of Fancy

    Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution

    by Richard Dawkins ...
    Narrated by Richard Dawkins ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 47 min

    The Wonder of Flight. The Science of Evolution. From both, Richard Dawkins weaves a fascinating account of how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies. Have you ever dreamt you could fly? Or imagined what it would be like to glide and swoop through the sky like a bird? Do you let your mind soar to unknown, magical spaces? In Flights of Fancy, Richard ... Read more

    $27.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial