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Into the Blue: American Writing on Aviation and Spaceflight
A Library of America Special Publication
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
Into the Blue revisits the remarkable trajectory of Americans in air and space, gathering sixty of the best eyewitness and participant narratives from Benjamin Franklin's letters on the first hot air balloons to Chris Jones's account of being marooned on the International Space Station. Here are those...
by Eric Hodgins, F. Alexander Magoun
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
The history of aviation from antiquity until 1930: Primitive beginnings - Beginnings of modern theory (Balloons ; Airships) - Heavier than air (The 17th and 18th centuries ; The 19th Century) - The Pioneer Era (1903–1914) - World War I (1914–1918) - Post World War I (1918–1930)
by Bob Gartshore
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
Pilot Bob Gartshore’s 42-year flying career spanned a period of rapid aviation development - from fabric-covered Piper Cubs with a little 65-hp engine to Boeing 747s with four engines developing some 240,000 pounds of thrust. He logged over 21,000 hours in the cockpit, flying to six continents -...
Anthony Fokker
The Flying Dutchman Who Shaped American Aviation
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Comprehensive biography of Anthony Fokker, the famed Dutch pilot and daredevil aviator
Anthony Fokker: The Flying Dutchman Who Shaped American Aviation tells the larger-than-life true story of maverick pilot and aircraft manufacturer Anthony Fokker. Fokker came from an affluent Dutch family...
by Benjamin M. Carmina
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION (1919) - In the compilation of this book, the guiding principle has been to use matter of actual theorico-practical value to the aviation students to enable them to work knowingly. For a given aeroplane part, the most common term has been chosen out of the maze of confusing terminology,...
Flying High
Pioneer Women in American Aviation
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2002
In the beginning of the twentieth century, women were demanding more freedom. What could bring more freedom than a chance to fly? Women went up in those early wire-and-fabric contraptions to gain independence, to make money, or to make their names as pilots. They sought to prove that women pilots could...
Safer Skies
An Accident Investigator on Why Planes Crash and the State of Aviation Safety
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
The past and future of airline safety—a memoir of successes, crashes, and near misses—by a former FAA accident inspector.
Boarding an airplane strikes at least a small sense of fear into most people. Even though we all have heard the odds of being struck by lightning are greater than the...
Dream Aircraft
The Most Fascinating Airplanes I've Ever Flown
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
In Barry Schiff's flying career he has more than 26,000 hours in almost 300 types of aircraft, and has received worldwide recognition for his wide-ranging accomplishments. A rated Airline Transport Pilot at 21, he has earned every FAA category and class rating (except airship) and nearly every instructor's...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2013
This exceptional USMC history provides unique information about U.S. Marine aviation in the Korean War, with information about the Vought F4U Corsair, Grumman F7F Tigercat, Douglas F30 Skynight, Marine night-fighter squadrons, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Leaders, Marine Observation Squadron, Bell and...
Checklist for Success
A Pilot's Guide to the Successful Airline Interview
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Despite going into it with a wealth of technical experience, many pilots find the airline pilot selection process frustrating. Besides the technical expertise, today's airline pilot must also demonstrate highly developed leadership, decision-making and communication skills. Discussing one's abilities...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
This official Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) document - converted for accurate flowing-text ebook format reproduction - presents the updated air traffic controller workforce plan, incorporating changes in air traffic forecasts, controller retirements, and other factors.
Safety is the...
The Savvy Flight Instructor
Secrets of the Successful CFI
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
You've mastered the FAA handbooks and wrapped up one of the toughest orals of your flying career. You can now fly and talk at the same time, all from the right seat. You can create lesson plans, enter mysterious endorsements in student logbooks, and actually explain the finer points of a lazy eight....
by Ace Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
AN INSIDER’S LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF TIRED PILOTS BY A RETIRED COMMERCIAL PILOTDead Tired reversed equals tired dead, and this reversal stands out as the primary theme of this book, namely the problem of tired pilots who wind up dead.•The issue of tired pilots crashing airplanes is now out...
by Stephen Skinner
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Hawker Siddeley's history can be traced back to 1912 and the formation of the Sopwith Aviation Company by Tom Sopwith which metamorphosed into Hawker Aircraft after World War One. In 1934-35, Gloster, Avro, Armstrong Siddeley, Armstrong Whitworth and others were taken over to create the Hawker Siddeley...