Aviation related reading

[thurian]

I'm not sure if there's enough subject matter to make this thread permanent but I love reading all things aviation related and am currently reading "ALOFT" by William Langewiesche. With the exception of one dull (no pun intended) chapter on weather, it's a fascinating insight into the world of aviation in general and commercial aviation in particular, well worth a read if you come across it in your library.
One of my favourites is "The Aviation Book" by Fia O Caoimh which was given to me as a present (after I'd given the missus heading, speed and altitude to the nearest bookstore  ) not a book you'll carry around but a work of art nonetheless.
Anybody got any recommendations?

[Irish251]

Any of Ernest Gann's classics:

Fate is the Hunter, Island in the Sky & The High and the Mighty are probably his best-known, the latter two having been made into movies with John Wayne.

[thurian]

Any of Ernest Gann's classics:

Fate is the Hunter, Island in the Sky & The High and the Mighty are probably his best-known, the latter two having been made into movies with John Wayne.

Thank ya kindly,  I'll definitely take a look, would John Wayne even fit into a cockpit? that's a really daft question cos he wasn't that big a bloke! but it does raise the question, were american cockpits built bigger than British cockpits?