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Flights of No Return
Aviation History's Most Infamous One-Way Tickets to Immortality
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Discover the mysterious, controversial, and sometimes downright eerie history of flights that didn't end as planned. The history of aviation is full of accounts of history's most spectacular flights. But what about the ones from which someone failed to return? - A celebrated millionaire--who also...
by Michael Kroes, William Watkins, Frank Delp
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
GET UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION TO PERFORM RETURN-TO-SERVICE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE AND PASS YOUR FAA AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION!
Aircraft Maintenance & Repair, Seventh Edition, is a valuable resource for students of aviation technology that provides updated information needed to prepare for an FAA airframe...
Assassins en herbe
Nouvelles autobiographiques
Language: French
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Mission délicate pour deux apprentis pilotes d'avion...
Où deux jeunes élèves pilotes dont l'enthousiasme n'a d'égal que leur naïveté se retrouvent en pleine tempête de neige à traverser l'approche de Londres en panne totale de radio.
Michel Vanvaerenbergh nous invite à embarquer...
by Thomas G. Matowitz Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2006
Enthusiasm for aviation exploded after Charles Lindbergh�s solo flight across the Atlantic in May 1927. The National Air Races, held in Cleveland between 1929 and 1949, collectively represent one of the most significant aviation events of the 20th century. Cleveland�s newly constructed municipal...
Secrets of the Spitfire
The Story of Beverly Shenstone, The Man Who Perfected the Elliptical Wing
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
This book tells the tale of the brilliant aerodynamicist Beverley Shenstone MASc, HonFRAes, FAIAA,AFIAS, FCASI, HonOSTIV. As R.J. Mitchells chief aerodynamicist, it was Shenstone who designed the Spitfires wing the wing that gave the Spitfire it crucial advantage in the Battle of Britain and beyond....
Pioneers of Aerial Combat
Air Battles of the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
When the Wright Brothers made their first flight in the early years of the twentieth century it sparked the imagination of those who wanted to fly, both in their country and around the world. In Britain, however, the spark wasn't strong enough to light a fire and it was in other parts of Europe, notably...
by Waiman Cheung, Lawrence C. Leung, George W.L. Hui
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Air traffic and the aviation industry have grown rapidly on the Chinese mainland in the two and a half decades since China's open door policy. Accession to the WTO will further stimulate trade and foreign direct investment (FDI), intensifying the demand for air cargo services. It will also open up...
Howard Pixton
Test Pilot and Pioneer Aviator
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2014
This book is a truly remarkable account that captures the atmosphere, thrills and danger of the pioneering days of aviation. Howard Pixton was flying for A V Roe at Brooklands in 1910 when S F Cody at Laffan's Plain tried to persuade him to join him. But in 1911 he test flew A V Roe's 'tractor biplane,...
Managing Risk
Best Practices for Pilots
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
Flying involves risks. Fortunately, most of these risks have been identified and managed down to remarkably low levels. However, accidents still occur, and the key to successful flight is an in-depth knowledge of the risks and how to effectively manage them.
"Managing Risk: Best Practices...
by Jim Walters, Robert Sumwalt
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2000
Fascinating and factual accounts of the world’s most recent and compelling crashes Industry insiders James Walters and Robert Sumwalt, trained aviation accident investigators and commercial airline pilots, offer expert analyses of notable and recent aircraft accidents in this eye-opening, lesson-filled...
by Joshua Stoff
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
Significant aircraft manufacturing began on Long Island in the early 20th century and boomed during the war years. Long Islanders helped transform aviation from a dangerous sport to a viable means of transportation, while also producing a large portion of the nation�s aerial arsenal in times of war....
by Martin Derry, Neil Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Developed to intercept increasingly capable Soviet bombers such as the Tupolev Tu-16, Tu-22 and Tu-95, the English Electric/BAC Lightning had a phenomenal rate of climb, a high ceiling, and a top speed of over 1,300mph at 36,000ft, and is a favourite of both aviation enthusiasts and aircraft modellers...
From Balloon to Boxkite
The Royal Engineers and Early British Aeronautics
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
The story of early British military aviation is one of trial and error, of triumph and adversity and it all began with a detachment of the Royal Engineers called the Air Battalion, which had previously been called the Balloon School. Created some forty years before the RAF, the Balloon School commenced...
Wyoming Warbird Survivors 2003
A Handbook on Where to Find Them
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2002
During the twentieth century, civil and military aviation has played a prominent role in the history and development of Wyoming. Commercial operators have exploited the advantages offered by aircraft to overcome its unique challenges of geography and climate. By virtue of Wyomings location in the...