![]() Astronaut Ice Cream Sandwich (10 Packages) $29.95 These astronaut Ice Cream Sandwiches taste just like the real thing. A delicious slab of vanilla ice cream between delicious chocolate that have been freeze-dried. You receive ten packages of ice cream just like the astronauts eat. Freeze-drying is like suspended animation because it keeps the ice cream sandwich totally intact, but without the water. We offer fast reliable shipping. ![]() The American Astronaut $18.99 I'd just like to chime in and say that this is an incredible film and album, and both are still available on billynayer.com - don't pay the crazy scalper prices here! ![]() Black Wings: Courageous Stories of African Americans in Aviation and Space History $21.95 I first learned about the Tuskegee Airmen, the African-American fighter pilots of WWII, and their famous red tail P-51 Mustangs after meeting the late Don Hinz at a local airfield. Hinz and his project to restore one of these P-51 planes piqued my interest, and curiosity led to my delving into the history of black American aviators. Now, we have Von Hardesty's wonderful book Black Wings to describe this history, beginning with the barnstorming days of aviatrix Bessie Coleman and concluding with the highly specialized men and women of the Astronaut Corps. It is a poignant and inspirational story of people who dreamed of flying and their attempts to break through discrimination and barriers, including flight schools that refused to teach them and an elitist all-white U.S. Army Air Corps whose officers insisted that blacks couldn't successfully pilot military aircraft. This 180-page book features 200 remarkable historic and contemporary photographs, many depicting the segregated days of flying: black aviation clubs, a movie flier announcing a "colored" cast, and a 1931 air show billed as a "colored air circus," among others. I recommend this book wholeheartedly, a great addition to readers' collections. Kathleen Winters, author of Anne Morrow Lindbergh: First Lady of the Air |
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