26th July 2006 at 02:04 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00Ī few faves from another Canuck.non-fiction: I could go on but what's your best aviation book - what's your classic aviation read? One of the best books I have read for many years, vivid and evocative. Like Ernest K Gann's Fate is the Hunter this is one of the most well observed books on flight, lyrical and sometimes meditative it's one the all time greats.Ħ. An excellent narrative of just one dayĭuring the Battle of Britain, tension is ratcheted up with each chapter.ĥ. Found this recently in a 2nd hand book shop and it really gives you a sense of night patrols over the north sea in one of the cold war's most potent fighter machines.Ĥ. Fate is the Hunter by Ernest K Gann - An absolute classic! Most people would know this one but if you haven't get a copy, Gann was a master of words.ģ. A very personal story but told with imagination and flare.Ģ.

Nanette by Edwards Park - Flying P-39 Airacobra's in New Guinea. (some of them are 2nd hand but you can find them on the internet).ġ. To start things off here are some of my best reads in no particular order.

And often the best books concerning the subject matter are more subtle than this but have a greater impact on the reader. Publishers often advertise a book with strap lines like 'puts you in the cockpit' or 'gets you right to the heart of the action' but only a few books really communicate these sentiments. Pilot's memoirs or just first hand accounts from people who saw it happen. So I was wondering if we could share some thoughts on our most memorable reads - those special books that you keep on the shelf to read again and again. I've got that satisfying feeling that comes from a good book. I'm right in the middle of Rowland White's Vulcan 607 and as others have been expressing on a separate thread it's amazing!

Barnstorming by Martin Caidin