Read-alikes and related books

Books like Forever Flying

24 books recommended for fans of Forever Flying by Bob Hoover, tied together by themes of Piloting & Flight Instruction, Aviation, World War II, and Wars & Conflicts.

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Top related books to Forever Flying

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Forever Flying.

Black Tulip The Life and Myth of Erich Hartmann, the World’s Top Fighter Ace — Erik Schmidt

Black Tulip The Life and Myth of Erich Hartmann, the World’s Top Fighter Ace

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

Last of the Few 20 Battle of Britain Fighter Pilots Tell Their Extraordinary Stories — Dilip Sarkar

Last of the Few 20 Battle of Britain Fighter Pilots Tell Their Extraordinary Stories

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

Winkle The Extraordinary Life of Britain’s Greatest Pilot — Paul Beaver

Winkle The Extraordinary Life of Britain’s Greatest Pilot

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

Sisters in Arms The Women Who Flew in World War II — Helena Page Schrader

Sisters in Arms The Women Who Flew in World War II

Helena Page Schrader

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

The True Story of the Great Escape Stalag Luft III, March 1944 — Jonathan Franklin William Vance

The True Story of the Great Escape Stalag Luft III, March 1944

Jonathan Franklin William Vance

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

Great Tales from British History: the Night of the Dam Busters — W. B. Bartlett

Great Tales from British History: the Night of the Dam Busters

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

Lancaster Target — Jack Currie

Lancaster Target

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

A Spitfire Girl One of the World’s Greatest Female ATA Ferry Pilots Tells Her Story — Mary Ellis

A Spitfire Girl One of the World’s Greatest Female ATA Ferry Pilots Tells Her Story

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

The USAAF in Suffolk — Roy Brazier

The USAAF in Suffolk

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

A Willingness to Die — Brian Kingcome

A Willingness to Die

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

Luftwaffe Training Aircraft The Training of Germany’s Pilots and Aircrew Through Rare Archive Photographs — Chris Goss

Luftwaffe Training Aircraft The Training of Germany’s Pilots and Aircrew Through Rare Archive Photographs

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

Freedom Flyers The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II — J. Todd Moye

Freedom Flyers The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

185 The Malta Squadron — Anthony Rogers

185 The Malta Squadron

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

Mosquito The RAF’s Legendary Wooden Wonder and Its Most Extraordinary Mission — Rowland White

Mosquito The RAF’s Legendary Wooden Wonder and Its Most Extraordinary Mission

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West — Malcolm V. Lowe

Bf 109 Jabo Units in the West

Malcolm V. Lowe

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

Central Coast Aviators in World War II — Jim Gregory

Central Coast Aviators in World War II

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

Nakajima Ki-49 ‘Helen’ Units — George Eleftheriou

Nakajima Ki-49 ‘Helen’ Units

George Eleftheriou

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

Last of the Few The Battle of Britain in the Words of the Pilots Who Won It — Max Arthur

Last of the Few The Battle of Britain in the Words of the Pilots Who Won It

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

Me 163 Vs Allied Heavy Bombers Northern Europe 1944–45 — Robert Forsyth

Me 163 Vs Allied Heavy Bombers Northern Europe 1944–45

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

Hurricane IIA, IIB, IIC, IID and IV Pilot’s Notes Air Ministry Pilot’s Notes — Air Data Publications

Hurricane IIA, IIB, IIC, IID and IV Pilot’s Notes Air Ministry Pilot’s Notes

Air Data Publications

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

Tally-Ho RAF Tactical Leadership in the Battle of Britain, July 1940 — Patrick G. Eriksson

Tally-Ho RAF Tactical Leadership in the Battle of Britain, July 1940

Patrick G. Eriksson

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

British Secret Projects 4 Bombers 1935-1950 — Tony Buttler

British Secret Projects 4 Bombers 1935-1950

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • World War II

Scram! The Gripping First-Hand Account of the Helicopter War in the Falklands — Harry Benson

Scram! The Gripping First-Hand Account of the Helicopter War in the Falklands

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • Wars & Conflicts

Under the Cover of Light The Extraordinary Story of USAF COL Thomas “Jerry” Curtis’s 71/2-year Captivity in North Vietnam — Carole Engle Avriett

Under the Cover of Light The Extraordinary Story of USAF COL Thomas “Jerry” Curtis’s 71/2-year Captivity in North Vietnam

Carole Engle Avriett

Themes: Piloting & Flight Instruction • Aviation • Wars & Conflicts

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Piloting & Flight Instruction, Aviation, World War II — the same threads that run through Forever Flying by Bob Hoover. Among the authors featured: Erik Schmidt, Dilip Sarkar, Paul Beaver, Helena Page Schrader, and others.

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