Don't miss the mystery, adventure, intrigue, and supernatural and extraterrestrial theories given for many flights that didn't end well in war and peace.
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STEVEN A. RUFFIN is an aviation writer and pilot with a lifelong interest in the history of flight. He served for four years as managing editor of the World War I aviation journal Over the Front and is an eight-time winner of the League of World War I Aviation Historians' Hooper Award for writing and editorial excellence. In 2005, Steve published his first book, Aviation's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Winged Wonders, Lucky Landings, and Other Aerial Oddities, later distributed internationally under the titleTop Fun. Steve has been a licensed pilot since 1972 and has owned and flown both vintage and experimental aircraft. He is a longtimemember of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and after serving in the US military for 24 years, he retired in 2003 as a colonel in the US Air Force. He currently lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. 8vo pp.256."Discover the mysterious, controversial, and sometimes downright eerie history of flights that didn't end as planned. The history of aviation is full of accounts of history's most spectacular flights. But what about the ones from which someone failed to return? - A celebrated millionaire--who also happened to be the world's foremost aviator--lifted off in a? book. Seller Inventory # 216164