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Aircraft and Engine Maintenance

Be sure to check out the other libraries for Bush Pilots, Instructional, and Survival books.
  • Mike Busch on Engines
    Mike Busch on Engines expands the iconoclastic philosophy of his groundbreaking first book Manifesto to the design, operation, condition monitoring, maintenance and troubleshooting of piston aircraft engines.

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