Air category: 111 books
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction.
Within the next 5 to 10 years commercial corporations will begin exploratory mining operations on asteroids orbiting the earth. While this is a huge leap forward in human development and technological...
GLIDING
From Passenger to Pilot
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Gliding is for everyone who has ever dreamt of escaping to thousands of feet above the ground, with a view stretching to the horizon, and barely a whisper to disturb the moment. The book guides you through how to realise that dream and goes on to explore the many opportunities this compelling and...
Helicopter Pilot's Companion
A Manual for Helicopter Enthusiasts
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
The Helicopter Pilot's Companion is essential reading for those who are considering training to be a helicopter pilot, those currently undertaking training and those who have recently gained their Private Pilot's Licence for helicopters. Written in a clear, no-nonsense style, it covers a whole range...
Helicopter Pilot's Manual Vol 1
Principles of Flight and Helicopter Handling
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
This manual has been produced for students undertaking their basic helicopter training. It concentrates on explaining not only how and why the helicopter flies but also on the correct handling techniques needed to master the flying exercises required to obtain a helicopter pilot's licence. The simpliflied...
by Roberta Grova
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2015
Ma lo yoga fa dimagrire? Quante volte mi sono sentita rivolgere questa domanda dai miei allievi. La risposta è nelle ricerche fatte sino ad oggi, di cui parlerò nel libro, e che confermano che praticare yoga aiuta a perdere peso e può prevenire la crescita di peso tipica della mezza età. In questo...
by Bruce Goldsmith, Ed Ewing, Marcus King
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2015
Twenty Five Ways to Fly Better is packed with the latest techniques and thinking from some of the world’s best pilots and instructors. With former Paragliding World Champion Bruce Goldsmith at the helm, the book draws on advice and knowledge from across the world of free flight. Volume...
by Bruce Goldsmith, Ed Ewing, Marcus King
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Twenty Five Ways to Fly Better is packed with the latest techniques and thinking from some of the world’s best pilots and instructors. With former Paragliding World Champion Bruce Goldsmith at the helm, the book draws on advice and knowledge from across the world of free flight. ...
Final Glide
Chasing World Records in Hang Gliding and Paragliding
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Ever since Icarus and Daedalus flew across the sea with wings made of feathers and wax people have imagined flying like the birds.
Some people do – glider pilots, hang glider pilots, paraglider pilots, wingsuit pilots… all these and many others pursue the dream of human flight.
But...
by Collectif
Language: French
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Language: French
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Voix de l’écrivain ou voix de celui qui tente d’en rendre compte, il est clair qu’il s’agit là d’un sujet brûlant dont les enjeux se lisent en termes de vie et de mort. « [finding] a voice that is unmistakingly yours, [...] you saved your life and now you can die », dit à peu près...
Mars: Our New Home? - National Plan to Conquer the Red Planet (Official Strategies of NASA & U.S. Congress)
Journey to Mars – Information, Strategy and Plans & Presidential Act to Authorize the NASA Program
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
President Donald Trump signed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Transition Authorization Act of 2017, the first comprehensive NASA authorization act passed in seven years by Congress, authorizing $19.5 billion in funding for deep space exploration and human travel to Mars by...
Danger and Poetry
One Glider Pilot's First Hundred Hours, from Flight School to Rescue Mission
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Joe Karam was born to transcend, but perhaps not to fly. When at twenty-seven his quest for freedom led him to set foot in a glider for the first time, he was overcome with fear and desire. Nothing seemed to have prepared him for such a formidable test of courage, nor did he know anything about Charlie,...
by Sarah Nilsson
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
This book allows readers to develop a detailed understanding of the organization of federal and state regulations of drone law. It also provides a detailed exploration of policies and best practices for the operation of commercial, government and recreational drones in different airspaces. Also included...
by Hans C. Mumm
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2015
This book examines the leadership challenge created by the requirement to integrate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into the national airspace system (NAS). The overall lifecycle of leadership does not lend itself to a simple definition or a defined timeline that anyone can follow. As much as society...
by Tosaporn Leepuengtham
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2017
This book considers the intellectual property issues which are raised by space activities. While outer space itself remains out of reach for most of us, the results of space activities and developments from space technology are becoming ever-more integrated in our daily lives. Despite this, there is...