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Aviation Related Books (Novels and Biographies)

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Aerowerx

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Since there is a thread for aviation related movies, I thought I would start one on aviation related books.

I just picked up two interesting ones at the Goodwill store ($1 each!).

The first one is fiction, titled "Airframe", by Michael Crichton of "Jurassic Park" fame. Just started reading it and don't want to spoil it for everyone, but it involves a mystery surrounding an "uncommanded slats deployment"---3 people killed, dozens injured--- on a flight from Hong Kong to Denver (foreign carrier, US made plane), and a pending contract with mainland China by the (fictional) maker of the plane.

The second book, which I have not yet started, is a true story "Born to Fly: Shane Osborn" by Malcolm McConnell. It is the biography of the commander of the US Navy recon plane that was hit by a Chinese fighter jet, and made an emergency landing at a Chinese airfield.
 
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