Transportation
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The Red Knight
by John Charles Corrigan
The Red Knight is the product of 25 years of meticulous research. It is, arguably, the most comprehensive account ever written about the Canadian Air Force’s legendary solo jet-aerobatics performer. An important part of Canadian aviation history, ...
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Coastal Navigation
for Class and Home Study by Dominique F. Prinet
Coastal Navigation for Class and Home Study is based on the notes prepared for students by the author during some 20 years of teaching navigation, initially to private or commercial pilots, and then to sailors and professional mariners. The book is ...
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That Lucky Old Son
Re-discovering My Father Through His World War II Bomber Command and POW Experiences by Mark Cote
A moving work of autobiographical fiction, That Lucky Old Son takes readers on a journey of adventure, danger, and self-discovery as the author weaves his own memories with his father’s experiences in Bomber Command with No. 158 Squadron RAF during ...
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The Lewis Letters
The Exploits of a 20th Century Aviator and Adventurer by Pam McKenzie
Alexander Lewis played an active role in the seminal events of the 20th century. From the battlefields of WWI Europe to Northern Ireland and Palestine, from the Hudson Strait Expedition to WWII Ferry Command, these are his stories in his own words. ...
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Coastal Navigation Exercises
Over 100 exercises based on the Canadian chart Strait of Georgia, Southern Portion by Dominique F. Prinet
Coastal Navigation Exercises is based on the notes and exercises prepared for students during some 15 years of teaching marine navigation to sailors and professional mariners. The data tables needed to do the exercises are given in the Appendix of ...
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Celestial Navigation Exercises for Class and Home study
by Dominique F. Prinet
About the Manual Celestial Navigation Exercises for Class and Home Study was designed to facilitate the work of instructors using the free PowerPoint slide presentation available at CelestialNavigationBook.com. This exercise manual, available in ...
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Flight Lines
Assorted lies, recollections and war stories by Captain (Retd) A. Kent Smerdon
Almost forty years of professional flying in more than a dozen aircraft types—from supersonic RCAF jet fighters to helicopters to B747s—along with summer flying training while attending The Royal Military College of Canada, a solid career on the ...
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From Sand to Sea and Distant Shores
Book One: To Sea by Mac Magee
With incredible clarity and in vivid detail, this 10-year Navy veteran, explains and involves you in the action of the times … the Cold War in the Pacific Ocean during the mid to late 1950’s from Boot Camp and basic training, to service aboard a ...
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Life at Sea
From Caravels to Cruise Ships by Monique Layton
In Life at Sea, anthropologist Monique Layton draws on her experiences on modern cruise ships to examine the evolution of sailing from the Age of Exploration to the Age of Tourism. Using historical records and the reports of people who once went to ...
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Life at Sea
From Caravels to Cruise Ships by Monique Layton
In Life at Sea, anthropologist Monique Layton draws on her experiences on modern cruise ships to examine the evolution of sailing from the Age of Exploration to the Age of Tourism. Using historical records and the reports of people who once went to ...
