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Combat Over the Trenches
Oswald Watt, Aviation Pioneer
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
'Father of the Flying Corps' and 'Father of Australian Aviation' were two of the unofficial titles conferred on Oswald ("Toby") Watt when he died in tragic circumstances shortly after the end of the First World War. He had become the Australian Army's first qualified pilot in 1911, but spent the first...
by Porter Lafayette
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
This is a documentary and exposé of my own personal journey as well as that of fellow co-workers who have dealt with the deception, lies, collusion and retaliation after encountering a 'fume event', which is the aviation industry's terminology for an engine wet seal 'bleed' affecting the aircraft...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
This comprehensive ebook presents fourteen unique reports and studies of the 1999 Clinton Administration military intervention in the Kosovo war, known as Operation Allied Force. Contents:Part 1: Religious and Ethnic Warfare: The Kosovo Case * Part 2: Analysis of the Modern Inter-Ethnic Conflict:...
by Keith Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
This photographic record of the RAF during the 1950s looks set to appear widely. Featuring varied and dynamic visual representation throughout, the events of this important decade are enlivened to great effect.
The 1950s was a pivotal decade in aviation for many reasons. The RAF were employed...
Oswald Boelcke
Germany's First Fighter Ace and Father of Air Combat
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
This biography of the pioneering WWI flying ace who mentored the Red Baron is “fascinating . . . [it] captures combat aviation at its inception” (MiG Sweep: The Magazine of Aviation Warriors).
With a total of forty victories, Oswald Boelcke was Germany’s first ace in World War I—and...
Missed Approach to Death
A Missed Approach Aborted, and Where It Leads
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2004
The aviation public is fascinated by accidents such as American 570, TWA, Egypt Air, and now the Columbia shuttle disaster, as well as the hundreds of private airplane accidents throughout the United States annually, including the pathos of the John F. Kennedy, Jr. flight to Marthas Vineyard. This...
by Daniel Alef
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2010
Kelly Johnson designed the Blackbird, a plane that flew non-stop from London to Los Angeles in less than four hours, outracing the sun and landing four hours before it had taken off, a remarkable feat--and this was more than 35 years ago. Johnson was the innovative genius behind Lockheed's "Skunk...
by Daniel Alef
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
On Jan. 2, 1910, leading aviators from around the globe converged on Dominguez Hills near Los Angeles for the Los Angeles Air Meet. During the 10-day event, 226,000 spectators saw a dazzling display of airplanes and flight. Many world records were shattered; one pilot soared to 4,164 feet, while Glenn...
The Wright Brothers
A study of early aviation
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
“For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man”. Wilbur Wright May 13, 1900. The following is an attempt to present the development of the Wright aircraft design over the period of history, using drawings for comparison. These drawings do not represent...
The Aviators
Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Written by gifted storyteller Winston Groom (author of Forrest Gump), The Aviators tells the saga of three extraordinary aviators--Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle--and how they redefine heroism through their genius, daring, and uncommon courage.
This is the fascinating...
Lucky 666
The Impossible Mission
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
“A fast-paced, well-researched…irresistible” (USA TODAY) World War II aviation account of friendship, heroism, and sacrifice that reads like Unbroken meets The Dirty Dozen from the authors of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Heart of Everything That Is.
It’s 1942, just after the...
Milestones of Flight
From Hot-Air Balloons to SpaceShipOne
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
Milestones of Flight takes readers soaring through the high points of American aviation: from the Wright brothers and their competitors to the military pilots who first circumnavigated the globe, from the initial space rocket to the moon walk, from the earliest manmade satellite to today’s spy drones....
Women Aviators
26 Stories of Pioneer Flights, Daring Missions, and Record-Setting Journeys
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Detailing the role of women in aviation, from the very first days of flight to the present, this rich exploration of the subject profiles 26 women pilots who sought out and met challenges both in the sky and on the ground. Divided into six chronologically arranged sections, this book composes a minihistory...
Advanced Avionics Handbook
FAA-H-8083-6
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
The Federal Aviation Administration’s Advanced Avionics Handbook is a critical tool for anyone seriously interested in flying modern airplanes. As modern technology continues to revolutionize the science of flight, it is the responsibility of every pilot, student, and flight engineer to be up to...