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Readers who finished ATC Tales by Mac MacKechnie and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Aviation, Engineering & Transportation, Humor & Entertainment, and Transportation.

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Into Unknown Skies An Unlikely Team, a Daring Race, and the First Flight Around the World

David K. Randall

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

Ramsgate Municipal Airport A Pictorial History — Anthony John Moor

Ramsgate Municipal Airport A Pictorial History

Anthony John Moor

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

Seaforth World Naval Review 2025 — Conrad Waters

Seaforth World Naval Review 2025

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

But Will It Fly? The History and Science of Unconventional Aerial Power and Propulsion — Iver P. Cooper

But Will It Fly? The History and Science of Unconventional Aerial Power and Propulsion

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey Into the History of Aerodynamics in America. Volume 1: The Ascent of the Airplane in America (NASA History Series Sp-2003-4409) — James R. Hansen

The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey Into the History of Aerodynamics in America. Volume 1: The Ascent of the Airplane in America (NASA History Series Sp-2003-4409)

James R. Hansen

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

Risk Management Handbook: FAA-H-8083-2 (Change 1): Latest Edition – Jan. 2016 — Federal Aviation Administration

Risk Management Handbook: FAA-H-8083-2 (Change 1): Latest Edition – Jan. 2016 — Federal Aviation Administration

FEDERAL AVIATION. ADMINISTRATION

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

More Tickets Please! — Athanasios Gklavas

More Tickets Please!

Athanasios Gklavas

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

Wilde Sau Nightfighters — Martin Streetly

Wilde Sau Nightfighters

Martin Streetly

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

The Pilot Logbook — Inc. Peter Pauper Press

The Pilot Logbook — Inc. Peter Pauper Press

Inc Peter Pauper Press

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

Private Pilot Practical Test Standards for Airplane (SEL, MEL, SES, MES) FAA-S-8081-14B — Federal Aviation Administration

Private Pilot Practical Test Standards for Airplane (SEL, MEL, SES, MES) FAA-S-8081-14B — Federal Aviation Administration

FEDERAL AVIATION. ADMINISTRATION

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

The Illustrated History of Helicopters — Michael Heatley

The Illustrated History of Helicopters

Michael Heatley

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

The Transportation Security Administration’s New Commercial Aviation Passenger Screening Procedures — United States Congress Senate Committee (creator)

The Transportation Security Administration’s New Commercial Aviation Passenger Screening Procedures

United States Congress Senate Committee (creator)

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

Dangerous Enclosures — Del Hardiman

Dangerous Enclosures

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

Voyages Aeriens — Camille Flammarion

Voyages Aeriens

Camille Flammarion

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

La Navigation Aérienne Et Les Ballons Dirigeables — Raoul Marquis

La Navigation Aérienne Et Les Ballons Dirigeables

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

How to Build a Spitfire — David Price

How to Build a Spitfire

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

The First Man-carrying Aeroplane Capable of Sustained Free Flight Langley’s Success as a Pioneer in Aviation Volume Copy I — Albert Francis Zahm

The First Man-carrying Aeroplane Capable of Sustained Free Flight Langley’s Success as a Pioneer in Aviation Volume Copy I

Albert Francis Zahm

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

Longbow Apache Helicopter: System Cost and Operational Effectiveness Need to Be Demonstrated — United States Government Accountability (creator)

Longbow Apache Helicopter: System Cost and Operational Effectiveness Need to Be Demonstrated

United States Government Accountability (creator)

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

Airplane Design And Construction (1919) — Ottorino Pomilio

Airplane Design And Construction (1919)

Ottorino Pomilio

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

The Way Of The Air: A Description Of Modern Aviation (1917) — Edgar Charles Middleton

The Way Of The Air: A Description Of Modern Aviation (1917)

Edgar Charles Middleton

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

Highest Duty CD: My Search for What Really Matters — Captain Chesley B Sullenberger III

Highest Duty CD: My Search for What Really Matters

Captain Chesley B Sullenberger III

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

Assessing the Value of Intelligence Collected by U.S. Air Force Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Platforms — Abbie Tingstad

Assessing the Value of Intelligence Collected by U.S. Air Force Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Platforms

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

Airship of Dreams The Doomed Flight of the Titanic of the Skies — C M S Thornton

Airship of Dreams The Doomed Flight of the Titanic of the Skies

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

Spinning at the Boundary The Making of an Air Traffic Controller — David Larson

Spinning at the Boundary The Making of an Air Traffic Controller

Themes: Aviation • Engineering & Transportation • Transportation

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Aviation, Engineering & Transportation, Humor & Entertainment — the same threads that run through ATC Tales by Mac MacKechnie. Among the authors featured: David K. Randall, Anthony John Moor, Conrad Waters, Iver P. Cooper, and others.

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