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Title:

On glorious wings : the best flying stories of the century / edited and introduced by Stephen Coonts.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Forge,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

464 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Aeronautics--Fiction.
Air pilots--Fiction.
Air pilots, Military--Fiction.
Air warfare--Fiction.
Air travel--Fiction.
Flight--Fiction.
Short stories, American.

Other Authors:

Coonts, Stephen, 1946-

Notes:

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

Contents:

Zero-G dogfight, from Storming Intrepid / Payne Harrison. Five weeks in a balloon / Jules Verne -- Horror of the heights / Arthur Conan Doyle -- Mary Postgate / Rudyard Kipling -- Bill's first airplane ride, from Bill Bruce and the pioneer aviators / Henry H. Arnold -- Learning to fly, from Winged victory / V.M. Yeates -- All the dead pilots / William Faulkner -- White feather ace, from G-8 and his battle aces -- For want of a fokker, from The blue max / Jack D. Hunter -- Cleveland airport, August 1932, from Trophy for eagles / Walter J. Boyne -- Wings over Khabarovsk / Louis L'Amour -- Raid, from The war lover / John Hersey -- Milk run, from Tales of the South Pacific / James A. Michener / Chief White Halfoat, from Catch-22 / Joseph Heller -- Hell over Germany, from Bomber / Len Deighton -- Hour to San Francisco, from The high and the mighty / Ernest K. Gann -- Alone, from The shepherd / Frederick Forsyth -- LZ ambush, from The delta / Marshall Harrison -- Raid on Thud Ridge, from Rolling thunder / Mark Berent -- Corey Ford buys the farm, from Flight of the intruder / Stephen Coonts -- Powder River MOA, from Sky masters / Dale Brown -- Retaliation, from The war in 2020 / Ralph Peters / Zero-G dogfight, from Storming Intrepid / Payne Harrison.

ISBN:

9780312877248 (alk. paper)
0312877242 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2003046853

Locations:

LUPA715 -- Archer Public Library (Archer) — SC

WJPC185 -- Aurelia Public Library (Aurelia)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

DJPD353 -- Hampton Public Library (Hampton)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

JRPA532 -- Martelle Public Library and Historical Museum (Martelle) — F Coo

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

ENPC715 -- Sanborn Public Library (Sanborn)

MRPB553 -- Titonka Public Library (Titonka)