Aeronautics Astronautics category: 1620 books

Every ten years ICAO holds a worldwide air transport conference. The most recent such event - the 6th Worldwide Air Transport Conference (ATConf/6) - was held in Montreal from 18 to 22 March 2013. The questions posed by this book are: are the “clerical and administrative tasks” for ICAO which...

This book addresses emerging legal and economic issues in competition and investment in air transport, against the backdrop of the role governments and airlines should play in avoiding protectionism and encouraging innovation and creativity. It evaluates current trends in air transport and the direction...

Three Air Force documents provide unique information about USAF operations of the F-15E Strike Eagle Dual-Role Fighter Aircraft. Contents: Operations Procedures * Aircrew Evaluation Criteria * Aircrew Training Chapter 1 * GENERAL GUIDANCE * 1.1. Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terms * 1.2....

This is the milestone official comprehensive history of the United States Air Force with compelling stories about America's airmen and their aircraft. This document, Volume I, contains the first 12 chapters and begins with balloons and the earliest heavier-than-air machines. It carries the story through...

The true stories of the most daring of pilots—and the deadly risks they take to thrill the audiences below. In the early days of aviation, spectators gathered whenever a new flying machine attempted to leave the ground. The trick was to get them to pay. Takeoffs and landings did not sell...

This book follows on from my book 'The Carbon Footprint of Aircraft Operations in Australia – 2011' which is also available in the Kobo bookstore.  It contains a detailed breakdown of CO2 emissions from global scheduled international passenger aircraft operations in 2012.  The global...

Technology is changing expectations in the airline industry. Passengers want to be in control, and they expect airlines to become solution providers and aggregators of value, to provide them with personalized services. Airline employees expect to be given the tools to do their jobs and to meet passenger...

This book focuses on the Interkosmos program, which was formed in 1967, marking a fundamentally new era of cooperation by socialist countries, led by the Soviet Union, in the study and exploration of space. The chapters shed light on the space program that was at that time a prime outlet for the...

Resulting from the authors’ deep research into these two pre-Shuttle astronaut groups, many intriguing and untold stories behind the selection process are revealed in the book. The often extraordinary backgrounds and personal ambitions of these skilled pilots, chosen to continue NASA’s exploration...

This study addresses DELTA II and DELTA III space operations at Cape Canaveral, Florida, from the DELTA II's first launch in 1989 through the DELTA II's most recent launch in late March 2009. The 45th Space Wing has been - and continues to be - responsible for ensuring public safety for all space-related...

This study addresses ATLAS V and DELTA IV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) operations at Cape Canaveral, Florida. It features all the EELV missions launched from the Cape through the end of Calendar Year (CY) 2009. In addition, the first chapter provides an overview of the EELV effort in the...

This Air Force book provides an in-depth discussion of the integration of space operations to support the war fighter. The chapters in Space Power Integration address issues across a spectrum of air- and space-integration topics at the operational level of war. Several studies argue that current...

The mounting problem of space debris in low earth orbit and its threat to the operation of application satellites has been increasingly recognized as space activities increase. The efforts of the Inter Agency Space Debris Coordinating Committee (IADC) and UN COPUS have now led to international guidelines...

Three Air Force documents provide unique information about USAF operations of the F-16 Fighting Falcon Fighter aircraft. Contents: Operations Procedures * Aircrew Evaluation Criteria * Aircrew Training Chapter 1 * GENERAL GUIDANCE * 1.1. Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terms * 1.2. Responsibilities...