Aeronautics Astronautics category: 1620 books
Plane Sense
A Beginner's Guide to Owning and Operating Private Aircraft FAA-H-8083-19A
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2011
Plane Sense is an indispensable, must-have guide for aircraft owners, operators, and all aviation enthusiasts. It highlights the requirements involved in acquiring, owning, operating, and maintaining private aircraft. A valuable reference for understanding the basics of general aviation, this guide...
by Federal Aviation Administration
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
From the Federal Aviation Administration, Seaplane, Skiplane, and Float/Ski Equipped Helicopter Operations Handbook provides the most up-to-date, definitive information on piloting water-related aircraft. Along with full-color photographs and illustrations, detailed descriptions make complicated tasks...
by Federal Aviation Administration
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Compiled by the Federal Aviation Administration, this handbook is the ultimate technical manual for any flight instructor who must teach inexperienced students how to fly helicopters. Whether your course ends in students receiving private, commercial, or flight instruction pilot certificates, this...
by Federal Aviation Administration
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
With every deadly airplane disaster or near-miss, it becomes more and more clear that proper inspection and repair of all aircraft is essential to safety in the air. When no manufacturer repair or maintenance instructions are available, the Federal Aviation Administration deems Aircraft Inspection...
by Federal Aviation Administration
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
All the information you need to operate safely in US airspace, fully updated.
If you’re an aviator or aviation enthusiast, you cannot be caught with an out-of-date edition of the FAR/AIM. In today’s environment, there is no excuse for ignorance of the rules of the US airspace system. In...
by Federal Aviation Administration
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
If you’re an aviator or aviation enthusiast, you cannot be caught with an out-of-date edition of the FAR/AIM. In today’s environment, there is no excuse for ignorance of the rules of the US airspace system. In the newest edition of the FAR/AIM, all regulations, procedures, and illustrations are...
Stratonauts
Pioneers Venturing into the Stratosphere
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Just what does it take to be a stratonaut, soaring to higher and higher altitudes of Earth's atmosphere? Brave men and women have reached extreme heights in balloons, aircraft and rocket ships over the past two centuries, from the first untethered balloon flight to the first flights in the newly defined...
Liberty Bell 7
The Suborbital Mercury Flight of Virgil I. Grissom
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
NASA’s Mercury astronauts were seven highly skilled professional test pilots. Each of them seemed to possess the strength of character and commitment necessary to overcome apparently insurmountable obstacles as the United States entered into a Cold War space race with the Soviet Union. This was...
by Big Book of Photos
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2013
This is a wonderful collection of 30 high-quality amazing images produced by a series of today's top professional photographers. Enjoy and be inspired!
by Larry Reithmaier, Ron Sterkenburg
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
The practical, on-the-job aircraft manual--now fully updated
For more than 60 years, the Standard Aircraft Handbook for Mechanics and Technicians has been the trusted resource for building, maintaining, overhauling, and repairing aircraft. This illustrated guide provides clear, step-by-step procedures...
Making Starships and Stargates
The Science of Interstellar Transport and Absurdly Benign Wormholes
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
To create the exotic materials and technologies needed to make stargates and warp drives is the holy grail of advanced propulsion. A less ambitious, but nonetheless revolutionary, goal is finding a way to accelerate a spaceship without having to lug along a gargantuan reservoir of fuel that you blow...
Spaceshots and Snapshots of Projects Mercury and Gemini
A Rare Photographic History
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
The race to space between the United States and the Soviet Union captured the popular imagination. On April 12, 1961, the USSR launched cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on a one-orbit flight, making him the first human in space. Three weeks later, American astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. flew 116 miles above...
DIY Drone and Quadcopter Projects
A Collection of Drone-Based Essays, Tutorials, and Projects
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Drones, quadcopters, Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): whatever they're called, remotely-controlled aircraft have changed the way we see the world, the way we manage crops, the way we sell real estate, and the way we make war. This book contains tutorials about how to understand what drones can do,...
by Edward R. Maher
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2001
FIX THE MOST COMMON PROBLEMS IN AVIONICS
Keep planes flying smoothly and safely with the best guide ever written on caring for avionic components. Avionics Troubleshooting and Repair is packed with assembly, installation, and troubleshooting techniques for use by both pilots and technicians....