Aeronautics category: 1620 books
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
The United States Army has sponsored far fewer launches on the Eastern Range than either the Air Force or the Navy. Only about a tenth of the range's missile and space flights can be attributed to Army programs, versus more than a third sponsored by each of the other services. Nevertheless, numbers...
Sully's Challenge: "Miracle on the Hudson" – Official Investigation & Full Report of the Federal Agency
True Event so Incredible It Incited Full Investigation (Including Cockpit Transcripts) - Ditching an Airbus on the Hudson River with 155 People on Board after Both Engine Stopped by Canada Geese
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
How can a 10 pound bird bring down a 150,000 pounds aircraft? How would you feel if you were the captain on that aircraft, responsible for 155 souls? What would you do to prevent the disaster? How would you communicate with other crew members and the passengers? How would you determine where to try...
by Richard O. Reinhart
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2007
The #1 Guide to Flight Physiology_Now Updated and Expanded with the Latest INSIGHTS for ENHANCING AIRCREW SAFE PERFORMANCE!
The Third Edition of Basic Flight Physiology has been completely updated and expanded with information on THAT WILL REDUCE PILOT IMPAIRMENT IN FLIGHT. This definitive...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2014
This ebook provides the complete National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Aircraft Incident Report issued in November 2014 (plus a full compilation of documents and additional information) about the fires and smoke incidents involving lithium-ion batteries on Boeing 787 Dreamliner commercial airplanes...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2014
The purpose of this document is to provide a compilation of practices that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) believes are important and recommends for commercial human space flight occupant safety. The document is intended to enable a dialogue...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Two reports from NASA describe the "pogo" problem found in liquid-propellant rockets and launch vehicles: Prevention of Coupled Structure-Propulsion Instability (Pogo) - NASA Space Vehicle Design Criteria (Structures), NASA Experience with Pogo in Human Spaceflight Vehicles.
An overview...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2014
This is the second in a series of three pre-flight guidebooks to Apollo lunar landing missions written for the public. (Similar books were made for Apollo 15 and Apollo 17.) Published by NASA just prior to the launch of Apollo 16, it contains extensive information on the planned rover traverses and...
Topics in Modal Analysis, Volume 7
Proceedings of the 31st IMAC, A Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Topics in Modal Analysis*, Volume 7: Proceedings of the 31st IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2013,* the seventh volume of seven from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings...
Exercise in Space
A Holistic Approach for the Benefit of Human Health on Earth
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
This volume of the Series SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences summarizes the newest finding in the field of mental health and physiological exercise in Space. Currently two major challenges are impacting human health in the western societies, one being a move towards a sedentary society, the second...
by Mrinal Kaushik, Prashanth Reddy Hanmaiahgari
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
This book aims to provide a complete exposure about armaments from their design to launch from the combat aircraft. The book details modern ammunition and their tactical roles in warfare. The proposed book discusses aerodynamics, propulsion, structural as well as navigation, control, and guidance...
by Ethirajan Rathakrishnan
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014
This is an introductory level textbook which explains the elements of high temperature and high-speed gas dynamics.
written in a clear and easy to follow style, the author covers all the latest developments in the field including basic thermodynamic principles, compressible flow regimes and waves...
Sense and Avoid in UAS
Research and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
There is increasing interest in the potential of UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and MAV (Micro Air Vehicle) technology and their wide ranging applications including defence missions, reconnaissance and surveillance, border patrol, disaster zone assessment and atmospheric research. High investment levels...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013
Two critical mishap program documents, one for the USAF and one for the Air National Guard, are reproduced in this ebook. This instruction implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 91-2, Safety Programs. It establishes mishap prevention program requirements, assigns responsibilities for program...
Spacecraft Formation Flying
Dynamics, Control and Navigation
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
Space agencies are now realizing that much of what has previously been achieved using hugely complex and costly single platform projects—large unmanned and manned satellites (including the present International Space Station)—can be replaced by a number of smaller satellites networked together....