My Library

Please click on the book titles below to see why I enjoyed reading these books.

Fate Is The Hunter Perhaps the greatest aviation book of all time-
The Mighty Martin Mars This 8.5 by 11 inch book id full of pictures. Starting with the prototype XPB2M-1 and evolving into JRM-3 the history of these flying boats is detailed along with a vast array of original US Navy and Coulson photos. Their history in British Columbia and final acquisition by Coulson Aircraft Ltd. is portrayed in all the color and splendor surrounding these giants.
Austin Airways - Canada's Oldest Airline A comprehensive history of Austin Airways from 1934 to 1974. An abundance of pictures make this a book worth owning.
Journey Log A beautifully illustrated aviation book to add to your collection
Double Cross The story of Canadian Airways Limited and its struggle to survive Canada’s early years of aviation.
Antarctic Oasis South Georgia Island - a forgotten remnant of the British Empire, this forbidding island preserves a way of life that has all but disappeared in our modern world. Touched only briefly by the Falklands Conflict, its history of the dark period of whaling is available for all generations to reflect on. Nature has a way of healing the ills of man and the island is now home to millions of birds and seals. It is hoped the whales will return in time. This book illustrates one of the earth’s most precious natural wonders.
SOVIET SST The Techno-politics of the TU-144 Russia’s answer to the Concorde. The TU-144, although never a serious competitor to the Concorde, did have an impact on the world of aviation.
Pioneer Bush Pilot: The Story of Noel Wien Unlike Canadian aviation giants Grant McConachie or Russ Baker, Noel Wien never aspired to build an airline. Yet he stands tall among those who did and became an Alaskan legend. This is his story.
Superprops Curtiss C-49 Commandos, DC-3's, -4's, and -6's, Lockheed Constellations, and a collection of other old birds, make up this over-sized picture book.
Company of Adventurers Peter Newman’s chronicle of the Hudson’s Bay Company and the Adventurers who ultimately determined the destiny of Canada.
Great Northern Bushplanes Tales and facts about the bushplanes that opened up Canada's wilderness
One Native Life Ojibway writer, Richard Wagamese has penned glimpses into a way of life few of us will ever experience. Yet each account leaves us richer, and more appreciative of what we have.
Coast Dogs Don't Lie Tales from the North Coast Sked
Wide Body The Triumph of the 747. History and personality of the men who conquered the sweep wing and built a family of airliners around it.
My life in the North A history of Lambair as seen through Jack's eyes
The Iron Tiger On what he thought would be his last flight, Jack Drummond found his own recipe for disaster, a deadly cargo of contraband weapons. A band of ruthless guerrillas, and a confrontation with the Chinese Reds leaving no chance for escape...

Fate Is The Hunter
Perhaps the greatest aviation book of all time-

The Mighty Martin Mars
This 8.5 by 11 inch book id full of pictures. Starting with the prototype XPB2M-1 and evolving into JRM-3 the history of these flying boats is detailed along with a vast array of original US Navy and Coulson photos. Their history in British Columbia and final acquisition by Coulson Aircraft Ltd. is portrayed in all the color and splendor surrounding these giants.

Austin Airways - Canada's Oldest Airline
A comprehensive history of Austin Airways from 1934 to 1974. An abundance of pictures make this a book worth owning.

Journey Log
A beautifully illustrated aviation book to add to your collection

Double Cross
The story of Canadian Airways Limited and its struggle to survive Canada’s early years of aviation.

Antarctic Oasis
South Georgia Island - a forgotten remnant of the British Empire, this forbidding island preserves a way of life that has all but disappeared in our modern world. Touched only briefly by the Falklands Conflict, its history of the dark period of whaling is available for all generations to reflect on. Nature has a way of healing the ills of man and the island is now home to millions of birds and seals. It is hoped the whales will return in time. This book illustrates one of the earth’s most precious natural wonders.

SOVIET SST The Techno-politics of the TU-144
Russia’s answer to the Concorde. The TU-144, although never a serious competitor to the Concorde, did have an impact on the world of aviation.

Pioneer Bush Pilot: The Story of Noel Wien
Unlike Canadian aviation giants Grant McConachie or Russ Baker, Noel Wien never aspired to build an airline. Yet he stands tall among those who did and became an Alaskan legend. This is his story.

Superprops
Curtiss C-49 Commandos, DC-3's, -4's, and -6's, Lockheed Constellations, and a collection of other old birds, make up this over-sized picture book.

Company of Adventurers
Peter Newman’s chronicle of the Hudson’s Bay Company and the Adventurers who ultimately determined the destiny of Canada.

Great Northern Bushplanes
Tales and facts about the bushplanes that opened up Canada's wilderness

One Native Life
Ojibway writer, Richard Wagamese has penned glimpses into a way of life few of us will ever experience. Yet each account leaves us richer, and more appreciative of what we have.

Coast Dogs Don't Lie
Tales from the North Coast Sked

Wide Body
The Triumph of the 747. History and personality of the men who conquered the sweep wing and built a family of airliners around it.

My life in the North
A history of Lambair as seen through Jack's eyes

The Iron Tiger
On what he thought would be his last flight, Jack Drummond found his own recipe for disaster, a deadly cargo of contraband weapons. A band of ruthless guerrillas, and a confrontation with the Chinese Reds leaving no chance for escape...

Fate Is The Hunter
by Ernest Gann

We are all mortal and subject to time and unforseen occurrence. With fate ever in pursuit, Earnest Gann takes us into the pilots world where insignificant errors can compound themselves at the fickle twist of time to place events outside of ones control.

This is a very vivid read describing Gann’s time as a line pilot and his service in Air Transport Command. Through it all he survived where others didn’t. Not without cause did the publishers put a bird of prey on the cover.

My signed hard copy is showing its age with a torn dust jacket and thumbed pages. So precious is it that after numerous requests to borrow it, which I refused, I went an picked up a trade paperback copy to lend out.

This book is still in print and available on Amazon