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by Graham Edge
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
This book is about one of Leyland Motors' famous models, the Leyland Comet. It covers the period from the introduction of the lorry in 1947 to its withdrawal from the British market in the mid-1970s. This illustrious name continued to be used in the Leyland-DAF era, such is the high regard and respect...
The Crash of Piedmont Airlines Flight 22
Completing the Record of the 1967 Midair Collision Near Hendersonville, North Carolina
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2015
Against a backdrop of inadequate funding, misplaced priorities and a lack of manpower, American commercial aviation in the 1960s was in a perilous state. In July 1967, when a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727 collided with a Cessna 310 over Hendersonville, North Carolina, killing 82 people, the industry...
Ancestors on the Move
A History of Overseas Travel
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Ever wanted to understand more about your ancestor's sea travels? What was life like aboard ship for both passengers and crew, how long did the journey take, what kind of conditions could be expected, and what exotic locations might they have visited along the way? Following the tried and tested routes...
The Early Public Garages of San Francisco
An Architectural and Cultural Study, 1906-1929
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
In the quarter century from San Francisco’s devasting fire of 1906 to the beginning of the Great Depression, as automobiles exploded in popularity, new buildings had to be conceived and constructed to provide parking space and repair facilities. This book studies a number of the resulting public...
Matej's Legacy
A Czech Family's Journey Through the 20Th Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2003
Matej's Legacy is a nonfiction chronicle following the author's Czech family through 20th-century history.It is a sequel to Matej's Journey to America that creatively traced the Chmelkas to biblical times, and then journeyed with them through six millennia from present-day Iraq, to the Czech Republic,...
The Pilot's Manual: Access to Flight
Integrated Private and Instrument Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2019
Whether you fly for pleasure, business, or a career in aviation, the Private Pilot certificate with the Instrument Rating is your ticket into the full spectrum of the airspace system—it is the key to maximizing the utility of a general aviation aircraft. This book provides the information you need...
From a Nickel to a Token
The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
A fascinating micro-history of NYC’s subway system from LaGuardia’s public works achievements in 1940 to the creation of the MTA in 1968.
In 1940, New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia realized an ambitious plan to modernize the city’s public transit. He eliminated streetcars, demolished...
The United States Merchant Marine in World War I
Ships, Crews, Shipbuilders and Operators
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
During World War I, the American Merchant Marine meant dangerous duty. Sailors on cargo ships faced the daily threat of enemy submarines, along with the usual hazards of life at sea, and help was rarely close enough for swift rescues. Pre-war shipping in America depended mainly on foreign vessels,...
Circa 1903
North Carolina's Outer Banks at the Dawn of Flight
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2019
Standing along the coast of today's Outer Banks, it can be hard to envision the barrier island world at Kitty Hawk as it appeared to Wilbur and Orville Wright when they first arrived in 1900 to begin their famous experiments leading to the world's first powered flight three years later. Around 1903,...
Aviation Mental Health
Psychological Implications for Air Transportation
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
This book provides an authoritative and practical guide to the assessment, management, treatment and care of pilots and other professional groups within aviation; covering a range of relevant topics, for health and human resources practitioners working in the airline industry. Pilot mental health...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2015
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this Air Force publication tells the story of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF). Rooted in the late 1930s, the CRAF story revolved about two points: the military requirements and the economics of civil air transportation....
New Road & Transport Planning of Entire India
Under the Theme How to Revive India?
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2014
A globally customizable infrastructure plan can be adapted for other countries in minimal expenses, time, and changes. It has been presented in the world meeting of International Road Federation (IRF) on November 11, 2013, at Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). Our objective is, roads in the country must be like...
Plans, Ports and Politics
50 Years Helping Build British Columbia and the World
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2016
This memoir of a Canadian consulting engineer follows a lifetime planning new ports and transportation systems at a time of explosive growth in BCs infrastructures during the glory days of Premier W. A. C. Bennett and the Hon. Phil Gaglardi. The book also contains anecdotes from the authors work on...
Tales of the Underground
Observations of Madcap Life on London’S Transport Network
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
Several thousand people travel on the London underground daily where life is fully representative of the cosmopolitan nature and the diversity of everyday London. In Tales of the Underground, author Olayemi Karim offers a guide to help people understand the nuances and the cultural peculiarities of...