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How to Fly a Concorde    by Philip Newman
Price: $3.99 USD. 38480 words. Published on August 8, 2010. .

Few believe a small piece of metal on a Paris runway sent a Concorde careering into an hotel killing 113 people in July of 2000. Such a concept would demand a close inspection of every runway after every take off or it would happen again, and again ... None who flew her believe it, nor should they. The author, a senior Concorde Flight Engineer, tells of the human failings behind the tragedy.
Aerospatiale -- A History    by peter dancey 
Price: $2.99 USD. 8030 words. Published on September 18, 2010. .

Aerospatiale in 2010 no longer exists its products and its helicopters now marketed world-wide by EADS under the auspices of Eurocopter. Though Igor Sikorsky is accredited as the inventor of the helicopter it was in fact the French that done it in particular Raoul Pescara who made the helicopter what it is. Aerosptiale was formed by merging Sud Ouest and Sud Est this is the history of all three
Of steps (and mis-steps) climbing the educational ladder    by Gordon Fischer
Price: $0.99 USD. 13470 words. Published on April 3, 2011. .

Fleeting Moments takes the reader on a journey through the remarkable life and times of Walter Gordon Fischer. These autobiographical stories are told in Gordon's inimitable wry style as he journeys through the world in the search of adventure under the guise of making a living.
Air France One    by Donald Gazzaniga
Price: $1.99 USD. 96980 words. Published by Arrowhead Classics Publishing Co.  on June 3, 2011. .

Hijacked by at least two extremely dangerous jihadists with a rumored nuclear bomb tucked into a backpack, a French Concorde streaks towards the US. The airliner is filled with American and French citizens, movie people returning from the Cannes film f