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by Cory Peyton Graff, Patrick Thomas Devine
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
The cities of Los Angeles and San Diego were boomtowns during World War II. California aviation companies designed many of the greatest combat aircraft of the era, and bustling armies of women and men helped quickly churn them out by the thousands. An astounding 41 percent of all US warplanes came...
Malta 1940–42
The Axis' air battle for Mediterranean supremacy
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
In 1940, the strategically vital island of Malta was Britain's last toehold in the central Mediterranean, wreaking havoc among Axis shipping. Launching an air campaign to knock Malta out of the war, first Italy and then Germany sought to force a surrender or reduce the defences enough to allow an...
Observers and Navigators
And Other Non-Pilot Aircrew in the RFC, RNAS and RAF
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
This title first appeared in 2001 to universal acclaim, quickly went out of print and has remained so since. The author, meantime, has continued his research and the result is this updated edition, over half as long as the first, with stacks of new photographs. Absolutely essential reference for all those interested in military aviation.
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2014
On the 2nd of December, 1940, Tucson officials received a Western Union telegram from the War Department notifying them that a decision had been made to establish a military airfield at the city's municipal airport. This marked the culmination of an intense eleven-year effort on the part of many of...
by David Hobbs
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
In a few short years after 1914 the Royal Navy practically invented naval air warfare, not only producing the first effective aircraft carriers, but also pioneering most of the techniques and tactics that made naval air power a reality. By 1918 the RN was so far ahead of other navies that a US Navy...
Une leçon de modestie
Nouvelles autobiographiques
Language: French
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Quand les conditions météorologiques peuvent mener un vol à la catastrophe
Où l'auteur, jeune commandant trop confiant en ses capacités, se voit contraint de recommencer une approche pour avoir oublié que la météo n'est pas une science exacte.
Michel Vanvaerenbergh nous invite...
Un centimètre, pas plus
Nouvelles autobiographiques
Language: French
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Perte de contrôle au-dessus des Etats-Unis
Un décollage de Chicago permet de se rendre compte qu'une série de facteurs a priori anodins peut amener à frôler la catastrophe lorsqu'ils se cumulent.
Michel Vanvaerenbergh nous invite à embarquer dans ce recueil de nouvelles autobiographiques,...
Overloaded
Nouvelles autobiographiques
Language: French
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Sale temps pour un pilote d'avion
Où l'on découvre que lorsque la météo est mauvaise et qu'un des pilotes n'est plus en mesure d'assurer son rôle, la sécurité de l'avion ne tient qu'à un cheveu.
Michel Vanvaerenbergh nous invite à embarquer dans ce recueil de nouvelles autobiographiques,...
by Ian White
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2007
REVIEWS
“an outstanding combination of the many aspects involved with air intercept radar… the author is very successful in blending technical, operational and military aspects of the subjects into a very interesting book.” Air Power History, Winter 2008
Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics
Volume 5: Aerospace and Transportation Systems
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
This is the fifth edited volume of refereed contributions, from an international group of researchers and specialists. Volumes Five and Six comprise the edited proceedings of the third international conference on Engineering Psychology Cognitive Ergonomics, organized by Cranfield College of Aeronautics,...
Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics
Volume 1: Transportation Systems
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
This is the first of two edited volumes from an international group of researchers and specialists, which together comprise the edited proceedings of the First International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, organized by Cranfield College of Aeronautics at Stratford-upon-Avon,...
Wings Around the World
The Exhilarating Story of One Woman's Epic Flight From the North Pole to Antarctica
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2006
A pilot’s account of her around-the-world adventure, including color photos.
On May 6, 2003, Polly Vacher, a fifty-nine-year-old mother of three, took off from an airport in Birmingham, England, seeking to become the first pilot to complete a solo flight around the world, via both Poles, in a...
by Rhona Flin, Kevin Arbuthnot
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Incident Command: Tales From the Hot Seat presents a unique examination of the skills of the on-scene or incident commander who is in charge of an emergency or major incident. Experienced commanders from the police and fire services, the armed forces, civil aviation and the prison service give personal...
Wings Across Europe
Towards an Efficient European Air Transport System
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Airlines, like most industries, contain a mixture of good and badly managed companies (and perhaps more important, lucky and unlucky companies). More important in the longer-run is the institutional structure in which the companies offer their services. Air transport is a major industry in its own...