AVIATION BOOKS

by Don McVicar


     TITLE                     PERIOD            CONTENTS

     FERRY COMMAND PILOT           1933-42     The story of the Arctic Crimson
Route and first aircraft delivery
through Greenland and Iceland.

SOUTH ATLANTIC SAFARI 1942 First RAF Martin B-26A delivery
to Cairo, Egypt, plus stories of
Pan-Am Air Ferries & Consairways.

THE RAFFC & THE CRIMSON ROUTE 1940-45 Over 800 pictures of famous
RAF Ferry Command aircraft and aircrew.

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NORTH ATLANTIC CAT 1942-43 24 hour Catalina flights from
Bermuda to Scotland plus first
Polar flight from UK to Canada.

A CHANGE OF WINGS 1953-45 From Ferry Command to BWIA in
the Caribbean to a Stinson on
floats in the Labrador bush.

MOSQUITO RACER 1945-48 Postwar World-Wide Aviation
deliveries to 15 countries.

MORE THAN A PILOT 1949 Fascinatingly detailed accounts
of flights by Amelia Earhart,
Howard Hughes, and other
aviation giants of yesteryear.

A RAILROAD FROM THE SKY 1948-54 Interweaves McVicar's story
with that of Hollinger-Ungava
Transport during the building of
the railroad from Seven Islands
to Labrador's iron ore deposits.

DISTANT EARLY WARNING 1954-57 Adventure in the high Arctic
Narrative during building the Distant
Early Warning radar line.

DISTANT EARLY WARNING 1952-57 Reprints of The Polar Watch,
Technical The C-46 story, USAF planning
and awards, Foundation Company's
construction details and Markham
Cheever's The Dewline Story.

THROUGH CUBA TO OBLIVION 1957-65 From the Arctic Circle to the
Tropic of Cancer, the story of
Canada's World-Wide Airways Inc.

THE GRASS RUNWAY (A Novel) 1979-81 How high oil prices, a crooked
aircraft dealer and a bitching
wife forced honest pilots into a
hazardous drug-smuggling flight.

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