Aircraft and aviation Books

A pathbreaking history of the regulatory foundations of America's twentieth-century aerial preeminence.Today, the federal government possesses unparalleled authority over the atmosphere of the United States. Yet when the Wright Brothers inaugurated the...

Coast and Harbor Defenses: Or The Substitution of Steam Battering Rams for Ships of War is a book written by Charles Ellet Jr. and published in 1855. The book discusses the concept of using steam-powered battering rams as a replacement for traditional...

Ein Traum wird wahr für Oberleutnant Daniel Friedrichs, als er Kampfpilot des hochmodernen Abfangjägers „F-104G Starfighter" wird. Voller Entschlossenheit patrouillieren Daniel und seine Kammeraden entlang der innerdeutschen Grenze und drängen Flugzeuge...

The result of eighteen years of design and research, the A7L and A7LB spacesuits served during the Apollo, Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz missions. Designed by International Latex Corporation (ILC) Dover and with a life support backpack provided by Hamilton...

Created by Lockheed's brilliant designer Kelly Johnson, the SR-71 Blackbird is one of the most legendary aircraft to emerge from the famous "Skunk Works". Capable of Mach 3 flight, the SR-71 could survey 100,000 miles of the earth's surface from an...

The Cross in the Sky is the remarkable story of Charles 'Moth' Eaton. As a soldier, pioneer aviator and pathfinder for global peacekeeping, Charles emerges as a trail-blazer in many realms. His story is intertwined with tectonic world events and a...

If you have ever wondered what a transportation safety investigation looks like from the inside, or aspire to be an accident investigator yourself, this book is for you.Nearly four decades ago, I transitioned from being a full-time pilot to become a...

Bush pilots are known as rough, tough, resourceful people who fly their aircraft into tight spots in the worst of weather. Alaska's bush pilots are all of that and more. Acting as pioneers in a land with 43,000 miles of coastline and North America's...

From hot-air balloons to jets, no other location has a more diverse aviation history than the San Francisco Bay Area. Aside from private and commercial airline operations, the area has housed the NACA/NASA Research Center, the prestigious Boeing School...

Interested in aviation as early as 1910, William Boeing waited until 1914 for his first airplane ride. In 1916, he founded the airplane company that put Seattle on the aviation map. Before Boeing, Seattle featured aircraft builders like Eugene Romano, G...

Newark Airport was the first major airport in the New York metropolitan area. It opened on October 1, 1928, occupying an area of filled-in marshland. In 1935, Amelia Earhart dedicated the Newark Airport Administration Building, which was North America's...

John F. Kennedy International Airport opened in 1948, after the realization set in that the newly built LaGuardia Airport was unable to handle the volume of air traffic for New York City. Pushed through by New York's Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, the airport...

The history of Delta Air Lines can be traced back to 1924 and the start of an aerial crop dusting outfit, but it was in 1929 that scheduled passenger services began. From the small beginnings at Macon, Georgia and then Monroe, Louisiana and a small...

As computer and information systems technology advances, industries such as aviation stand to benefit from the overwhelming new advances in hardware, software, and best practices. Recent Advancements in Airborne Radar Signal Processing: Emerging Research...

The integration of technology into the aviation system planning has allowed for more stable, yet increasingly complex, models that enable better analysis techniques and new approaches to decision-making. These modern advances ensure higher productivity...

Bird strike is a common threat to flight safety, which can often be catastrophic.Birdstrike means a collision between a flying bird and the aircraft. Bird strikes cost $1.5 billion to $2 billion in damages worldwide and $600 million only in USA. Bird...

There have been countless books written on the history of aviation, beginning in 1896, but there has not been a book that tells the story of the history of aviation safety from its origins to the present day until now. This book features the story of the...

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In the past decade, the role of aircraft wreck hunting as a hobby has changed more toward protecting crash sites as memorials, honoring those whom were lost, bringing closure to families, and placing memorial plaques in honor of those who were lost in ...

""The Ocean Carrier"" is a book written by Joseph Russell Smith and published in 1908. It is a comprehensive history and analysis of the ocean transportation industry, focusing on the services provided by ocean carriers and the rates charged for their...

The Struggle In The Air, 1914-1918 (1919) is a historical account written by Charles Cyril Turner that details the aerial warfare during World War I. The book covers the evolution of air power during the war, from the early days of reconnaissance and...

Known as the "Beau", Bristol's Beaufighter was based on the design of the Beaufort torpedo bomber. Heavy and slow by fighter standards, it nevertheless had a long career as a fighter, fighter bomber and eventually replaced the Beaufort as a torpedo...

Designed as a replacement for the U.S. Navy's F2H Banshee, the McDonnell F3H Demon fighter served with the fleet for nearly a decade, including during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Although it could not fly at supersonic speeds, the Demon served admirably as...

""Railroad Consolidations In Texas: 1891-1903"" is a historical book written by Joseph Draper Sayers in 1903. The book provides a detailed account of the consolidation of railroads in Texas during the period of 1891-1903. It covers the various mergers...

Imagine being in an aircraft at 30,000 feet when suddenly the plane pitches down and takes a nosedive towards the ocean. Or that the autopilot takes its own descending path against the will of the pilots and crashes at the end of the runway. Sounds like...

Aucune découverte n'a excité, autant que celle des aérostats, la surprise, l'admiration, l'émotion universelles. Il n'y eut en Europe, qu'un cri d'enthousiasme pour les navigateurs intrépides qui, les premiers, osèrent s'élancer dans le vaste champ des...

Depuis la fin du dernier siècle, l'attention publique s'est portée plus d'une fois sur les aérostats et sur les applications qu'on pourrait faire de la locomotion aérienne à certaines recherches scientifiques. Presque toujours à ces périodes...

In May 1962, a plane fell from the sky over the heartland of America, disrupting the peace of the little towns of Centerville, Iowa, and Unionville, Missouri, and shaking the confidence of airline passengers nationwide. The story was shocking, puzzling,...

Used primarily as a long-range bomber escort in raids over Germany, the North American P-51 Mustang earned a reputation for toughness and agility in dogfights. Carrying a two-stage supercharged V-12 Merlin engine and armed with six .50 caliber machine...

The North Norfolk Railway is a heritage steam railway which has been in operation for over 40 years. The railway is separated from the national railway system by a tantalising 300 yards where it crosses a busy main road. For many years the railway...

The Plane Truth by an American Airlines Flight Attendant is a daunting and insightful account of the perils that exist from the Commercial Airline aircrafts that are flying in our skies. What you don't know when you fly could kill you! "As I write these...

"Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few". Sir Winston Churchill's homage to the pilots of the Battle of Britain could just have easily applied to "the other few" : men like Brabazon, Rolls, Sopwith, Grace, and...

The Early Development of the Aviation Industry: Entrepreneurs of the Sky provides an introduction to the world of the early aviation industry and the business endeavours of the original aviators. Many of the first pioneers who flew heavier-than-air...

Airline business models continue to be shaped by powerful forces relating to customers, complexities and regulators. However, at the same time, there are emerging technologies that can help airlines cater to the needs of their changing customer bases and...

Accidents are preventable, but only if they are correctly described and understood. Since the mid-1980s accidents have come to be seen as the consequence of complex interactions rather than simple threads of causes and effects. Yet progress in accident...

Flight disruptions continue to thrive unnoticed, invisibly eroding airline profitability and causing growing passenger dissatisfaction. This is especially critical at airports where traffic expansion outstrips airport capacities. Hampered by legacy...

Dieses Buch enthält Informationen über 154 Flugschulen in den U.S.A..Es gibt Auskunft über Art der Flugschule, Anzahl der Fluglehrer, angebotene Kurse, Anzahl und Modell der Hubschrauber, Preise, sowie Mietbedingungen für Selbstcharter.Weiterhin...

The U.S. Navy's front line, land-based maritime patrol aircraft, the Lockheed P-3 Orion is a highly capable anti-submarine warfare platform. Conceived as a replacement for the P-2 Neptune and P-5 Marlin, the P-3 first flew in 1961. It was loosely based...