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Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color, with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. "In 1921, a young woman arose from the poverty of the Texas cotton fields. She captured the hearts of the American Black population, teaching them to overcome not only the racial barriers of the time but also the barriers within themselves. She dared to dream, and she challenged them to do so as well. Her name was Bessie Coleman. And, for Bessie Coleman, the sky was the limit ..."--Container.
3) Always
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A legendary pilot with a passion for daredevil fighting sacrifices himself to save his best friend and then help his lover move on with her life.
7) Plane
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Pilot Brodie Torrance saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare, an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI. To rescue the passengers, Torrance will need Gaspare's help and will learn there's...
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sound, color, black and white; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages ; illustrations ; folded to 19 x 12 cm)
Description
After miraculously surviving a jump from his burning plane, RAF pilot Peter Carter encounters the American radio operator to whom he has just delivered his dying wishes and, face-to-face on a tranquil English beach, the pair fall in love. When a messenger from the afterlife arrives to correct the clerical error that spared his life, Peter must mount a fierce defense for his right to stay on earth.
Pub. Date
[2004], c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 170 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Howard Hughes tells his story for the first time. Through his own words, taken from his actual memos, conversations and interviews, the man who broke aviation records, survived three plane crashes, built RKO studios, comes to life in this engrossing film.
12) Airplane!
Pub. Date
c, 2000, 1980
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In this spoof of disaster movies, the passengers and crew of an airplane suffer every catastrophe in the book.
13) American made
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A pilot lands work for the CIA and as a drug runner in the south during the 1980s.
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After more than 30 years of service as one of the navy's top aviators, Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. Training a detachment of graduates for a special assignment, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past and his deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who choose to fly it.
15) Bombers B-52
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. Ever since a run-in during the Korean War, grizzled airplane mechanic Sgt. Chuck Brennan has disliked hotshot pilot Col. Jim Herlihy. Brennan has a new reason to be ticked off: Helihy is dating his daughter. Central to Cold War-era preparedness is the new airship they're putting through a key test run: the 200-ton B-52 Stratofortress. There is no room for animosity, because on this flight, danger rides the skies.
16) Amelia
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Kansas-born girl, Amelia Earhart discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23. Within 12 years she goes on to win the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia and her husband/business partner George Putnam have an enduring marriage that could not be broken by her determination to fly, nor her passionate affair with Gene Vidal. At age 39, she sets out on an attempt to circumnavigate...
17) Top gun
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
At the elite Navy Fighter Weapons School, cocky, young pilots compete against one another in the air as well as on the ground.
18) The aviator
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 170 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows the life of Howard Hughes as the twentysomething millionaire, having already made a fortune improving the design of oil-drilling bits, who comes to Hollywood with an interest in getting into the picture business. It doesn't take long for Hughes to jump from producer to director of his first major film project, a World War I air epic. The film was a massive hit, and the eccentric inventor became a mogul in Hollywood, making Jean Harlow a star...
19) Sully
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On Thursday, January 15th, 2009, the world witnessed the "Miracle on the Hudson" when Captain, Chesley Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and his career.
20) Fly girls
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 56 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran and the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) is told by some of the participants and illustrated with archival film and home movies.
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