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Cover of 1927: A Brilliant Year in Aviation
by Dick DuRose
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013

Aviation exploded in 1927. First, there was Charles Lindbergh. Immediately after his solo flight to Paris in May, pilots from around the world attempted record breaking flights. In this book, the reader will become acquainted with a myriad of brave and ambitious adventurers. They include: Charles...
Cover of Fly Navy

Fly Navy

Discovering the Extraordinary People and Enduring Spirit of Naval Aviation

by Alvin Townley
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011

Top Gun was only part of the story. Fly Navy delves beyond the Hollywood image to reveal the true mettle and genuine story of the elite men and women of naval aviation. For one hundred years, the U.S. Navy's aviators and crews have made the difference on military and peacetime missions around...
Cover of One Hundred Years of U.S. Navy Air Power
by Douglas V. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013

Published to coincide with the centennial celebration of U.S. Navy aviation, this book details the history of U.S. Navy aviation from its earliest days, before the Navy s first aircraft carrier joined the fleet, through the modern jet era marked by the introduction of the F-18 Hornet. It tells how naval...
Cover of First Blue

First Blue

The Story of World War II Ace Butch Voris and the Creation of the Blue Angels

by Robert K. Wilcox
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007

The Remarkable Story of a True Hero of American Aviation The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels are the most famous flight demonstration team in the world. While millions of aviation enthusiasts see their shows every year, the story of the man who formed the squadron has never been told. He is Roy Marlin...
Cover of Aviation in Southern Oregon
by Bill Alley, Southern Oregon Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011

Medford, Oregon, pioneered aviation in Southern Oregon and has long enjoyed a reputation for being an air-minded city. When the City of Medford built Newell Barber Field in 1920, it established the first municipally owned airfield in the state. In 1926, Pacific Air Transport selected Medford as a station...
Cover of Eastern Iowa's Aviation Heritage
by Scott M. Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2011

Iowans embraced aviation from its very beginning. In the late 1800s, Keokuk�s Baldwin brothers headlined Lee County Chautauqua festivals with balloon ascensions. Two decades later, early powered-flight daredevils like Lincoln Beachey, Glenn Messer, and Eugene Ely thrilled huge crowds along the Mississippi...
Cover of Pistons to Jets: Diamond Anniversary 75th Year of Naval Aviation, Beginnings, Tactical Jet Missions, Power Projection, Korean War, Vietnam War
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013

Engines are the hearts of airplanes. Before the age of powered flight, variations of balloons and gliders challenged the sky and scored some victories. With the introduction of power plants, aircraft became more obedient to the human beings who manipulated those engines than to the meteorological...
Cover of Commercial Aviation—An Insider’S Story
by LeRoy Paine
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013

Why do we have airlines? How were they created? Was TWA Flight 800 an accident? How safe are airplanes, and why are they safe? What jobs are there in commercial aviation? This book provides answers to these questions and many more. Understanding how and why an airline is started, structured, and regulated...
Cover of 21st Century U.S. Military Manuals: Attack Reconnaissance Helicopter Operations Field Manual 3-04.126 (Professional Format Series)
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2012

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this field manual (FM) 3-04.126, is intended for use by commanders, staffs, and United States military personnel expecting to operate and employ Army aviation attack reconnaissance units. This FM is the Army's doctrine...
Cover of Building Safe Systems in Aviation

Building Safe Systems in Aviation

A CRM Developer's Handbook

by Norman MacLeod
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017

Building Safe Systems in Aviation provides a single source for those who need to progress beyond current models of Crew Resource Management (CRM) to developing safe systems in critical industries. Although the primary focus is on airline pilots, the principles apply to all sectors of aviation, particularly...
Cover of Facilitation and Debriefing in Aviation Training and Operations
by R. Key Dismukes, Guy M. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017

This practical guide is designed to enable individual pilots, training departments and airline managers to better understand and use the techniques of facilitation. Based on extensive field studies by the editors and invited contributors, it presents an easily accessible guide to the philosophy of...
Cover of Aerodynamics for Aviators
by Mark Dusenbury, Gary Ullrich, Shelby Balogh
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016

Aerodynamics is the study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air. Judging from the story of Daedalus and Icarus, humans have been interested in aerodynamics and flying for thousands of years, although flying in a heavier-than-air machine has been possible only in the last hundred...
Cover of You Can Fly!
by Greg Brown, Laurel Lippert
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2004

For those who have always dreamed about flying but didn't know where or how to start — now they can take that long-awaited first step with some guidance. You Can Fly! authors Greg Brown and Laurel Lippert write to those who are considering flight training, specifically to answer frequently asked...
Cover of Airplane Flying Handbook

Airplane Flying Handbook

ASA FAA-H-8083-3B

by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017

The FAA’s Airplane Flying Handbook has been required reading for all pilots for over 40 years, and introduces the basic pilot skills and knowledge essential for piloting airplanes. It benefits student pilots just beginning their aviation endeavors, as well as pilots preparing for additional certificates...
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