Aviation category: 3881 books
by Frank Woodring, Susanne Woodring
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2007
When Orville Wright made the first successful flight of an airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903, no one could have envisioned the impact that the historic occasion would have on Hagerstown, Maryland, and the tri-state area of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. When Sherman...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
This is one of a series of systems engineering case studies prepared by the Air Force Center for Systems Engineering. This case study analyzes the T-6A Texan II, a derivative of a commercial aircraft, the PC-9, manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft, a company located in Switzerland. In addition to the...
by Wesley E. Spreen
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
The aerospace industry has a unique business culture and business practices. It is also subject to unique regulatory requirements and financing conventions. Aerospace products are unlike anything else. Pricing arrangements are arcane, and large-scale cooperative alliances among industry players are...
Drones in Society
Exploring the strange new world of unmanned aircraft
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
The integration of drones into society has attracted unprecedented attention throughout the world. The change, for aviation, has been described as being equally as big as the arrival of the jet engine. This book examines the issues that surround this change, for our society and the legal frameworks...
Flight Of The Titans
Boeing, Airbus and the battle for the future of air travel
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
The gripping story of the biggest trade war in aviation history.
In October 2007, the colossal Airbus A380, the largest commercial jet in history, will take to the skies. This gigantic double-decker is the first real competitor to Boeing's iconic 747 Jumbo Jet.
Meanwhile, Boeing has...
British Airways
An Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
There can be few world-class companies that boast the heritage and traditions inherent in the British Airways brand. Indeed, the company that became British Airways operated the world's first commercial scheduled airline service in 1919. From the early days of aviation through to more recent times,...
by Rob Stapleton, Alaska Aviation Museum
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
Bush pilots are known as rough, tough, resourceful people who fly their aircraft into tight spots in the worst of weather. Alaska�s bush pilots are all of that and more. Acting as pioneers in a land with 43,000 miles of coastline and North America�s largest mountains, Alaska�s bush pilots were...
From POW to Blue Angel
The Story of Commander Dusty Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
As only the third fighter pilot to become leader of the Blue Angels, Raleigh E. “Dusty” Rhodes helped develop the most famous aerobatics team ever formed. From POW to Blue Angel tells his story—a fast-paced drama teeming with action and human interest and capturing the initiative and tenacity...
Double Ace
The Life of Robert Lee Scott Jr., Pilot, Hero, and Teller of Tall Tales
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Robert Lee Scott was larger than life. A decorated Eagle Scout who barely graduated from high school, the young man from Macon, Georgia, with an oversize personality used dogged determination to achieve his childhood dream of becoming a famed fighter pilot. In Double Ace, veteran biographer Robert...
Surprised at Being Alive
An Accidental Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
Sometimes you do everything right, but it just isn’t your day. A part fails and your helicopter comes apart in flight, or, another aircraft runs into you and the pieces of both fall to the ground below, or the enemy gunner pulls the trigger at just the right moment and his rounds find your aircraft...
The Hunter Killers
The Extraordinary Story of the First Wild Weasels, the Band of Maverick Aviators Who Flew the Most Dangerous Missions of the Vietnam War
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
At the height of the Cold War, America's most elite aviators bravely volunteered for a covert program aimed at eliminating an impossible new threat. Half never returned. All became legends. From New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton comes one of the most extraordinary untold stories of aviation...
by Rick Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Designed in the years following the Korean War and then manufactured for over 30 years starting in 1960, the A-6 quickly became the most capable attack aircraft in the US Navy's stable. The first squadron, VA-75, made its initial deployment directly into combat in south-east Asia in 1965, and, over...
by Peter E. Davies
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
This title covers the technical characteristics of the F-104 Starfighter, one of the most widely-used and popular aircraft in history. Although built in small numbers for the USAF, the F-104C fought and survived for almost three years in Vietnam. There, it was engaged in some of the war's most famous...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012
In the 77 days from 20 January to 18 March of 1968, two divisions of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) surrounded a regiment of U.S. Marines on a mountain plateau in the northwest corner of South Vietnam known as Khe Sanh. The episode was no accident; it was in fact a carefully orchestrated meeting...