John J Nance
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Series
Language
English
Description
An FBI hostage negotiator confronts a commercial pilot who has hijacked his own plane in this spellbinding thriller from New York Times–bestselling author John J. Nance
Airline pilot Ken Wolfe does not rattle easily. But when he learns that Rudolph Bostich is on his flight, his face goes pale. Bostich, the presumptive nominee for US Attorney General, bungled the case against the man who kidnapped and killed Wolfe’s...
Airline pilot Ken Wolfe does not rattle easily. But when he learns that Rudolph Bostich is on his flight, his face goes pale. Bostich, the presumptive nominee for US Attorney General, bungled the case against the man who kidnapped and killed Wolfe’s...
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English
Description
A government investigator looks into the cover-up of a deadly plane crash in this aviation thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of Lockout.
In the control tower at Kansas City International Airport, all the radar displays are red. But for the experienced pilots of North America Airlines, the thunderstorms aren’t the problem: NAA has been cutting costs to stave off bankruptcy, and will do anything...
In the control tower at Kansas City International Airport, all the radar displays are red. But for the experienced pilots of North America Airlines, the thunderstorms aren’t the problem: NAA has been cutting costs to stave off bankruptcy, and will do anything...
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Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
As a Boeing 727 circles over Washington awaiting to land, the pilot discovers he is carrying a nuclear bomb set to explode shortly. The bomb was brought on board by the wife of a defense scientist with a grudge against the government. She thought she was transporting a scientific instrument. The novel describes the drama that follows as the pilot flies out to sea. By the author of Pandora's Clock.
4) Orbit
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Language
English
Description
A passenger on a 2009 space flight, Kip Dawson faces death after a micrometeorite damages the capsule and kills the pilot, and types his epitaph on the ship's computer, unaware that his writings are being read on the Internet by a horrified public.
6) Skyhook
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Language
English
Description
Dr. Ben Coles investigates suspicions that his new airplane safety technology has been sabotaged, while pilot's daughter April Rosen tries to figure out what caused her father's near-collision in midair.
8) Fire flight
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
When wildfires threaten two national parks and countless homes, retired fire bomber Clark Maxwell joins his former teammates despite the fact that their air tankers are breaking apart with fatal consequences.
13) Headwind
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A fiesty ex-president, John Harris flees potential arrest with the help of a daring airline pilot, in a tale of international politics and conspiracy.