Aircraft and aviation

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James Tobin, award-winning author of Ernie Pyle's War and The Man He Became, has penned the definitive account of the inspiring and impassioned race between the Wright brothers and their primary rival Samuel Langley across ten years and two continents to conquer the air.

Concisely capturing flying's special allure and excitement as well as its humor and tragedy, this follow-up to the author's popular Slipping the Surly Bonds: Great Quotations on Flight features 600 additional memorable thoughts on flight.

An in-depth history of the time when airpower became the great equalizer, changing military strategy forever and bringing once-safe targets in reach.

Among the world's military air arms, United States Marine Corps Aviation occupies a unique tactical niche.

2017 marks the 80th anniversary of the remarkable Hawker Hurricane formally entering service.

Founded by Thomas H.

Among the many twentieth-century explosions in technology that have made the world into a global village, few have had tangible or far-reaching an impact as aviation.

In May of 1944, American airman Gerald E.

This work details the methods of deciphering and reading the coding found on Individual Aircraft Record Cards (IARCs).

This firsthand account, never before published in English, details a secret World War II mission in 1944 called Operation Salamander, in which Tadeusz Chciuk (writing as Marek Celt) parachuted into German-occupied Poland with the enigmatic political adviser Dr.

As of 1975, the decades long insurgency in Angola appeared to be short of its conclusion.

Up-To-Date Coverage of Every Aspect of Commercial Aviation SafetyCompletely revised edition to fully align with current U.

Following the Civil War of 1994, Yemen experienced few years of relative peace.

Since September 1962, hardly a week passed without a major armed confrontation or an outright war in Yemen.

With a reputation as the hot-air balloon capital of the world and the home of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta(R), the skies of the southwestern desert city of Albuquerque frequently showcase the magic and adventure of ballooning.

In this gorgeously illustrated collection of airline route maps, Mark Ovenden and Maxwell Roberts look to the skies and transport readers to another time.

Born into a family of aviators, Merrill Wien was destined to become a pilot.

From World War II to high above the Earth to Vietnam, this memoir tells the story of fighter pilot Howard C.

There can be few world-class companies that boast the heritage and traditions inherent in the British Airways brand.

A history of the British airline company, featuring details on the aircrafts, routes, and operations, as well as stories from the crews and staff.

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.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, der weltberühmte Autor des Klassikers Der kleine Prinz, war nicht nur ein begnadeter Schriftsteller, sondern auch ein leidenschaftlicher Pilot.

Duncan Menzies flew with the RAF, the Aeroplane and Armament Evaluation Establishment, and Fairey Aviation in a twenty-five-year flying career, seeing the world of flying change from open cockpits and few rules to the jet age, with its complexities and crowded skies.

A teenager on a Maryland farm when World War II began, Betty Lussier went to England to help the British fight off an impending invasion.

“A thoughtful, well-organized overview from the beginning to the twilight days of this iconic airliner” by the highly regarded aviation historian (Large Scale Planes).

In this international bestseller from the critically acclaimedLittle People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Amelia Earhart, the American aviation pioneer.

The industry known as "e;general aviation"e;--encompassing all flying outside of the military and commercial airlines--dates from the early days of powered flight.

The Federal Aviation Administrations Airplane Flying Handbook provides pilots, student pi-lots, aviation instructors, and aviation specialists with information on every topic needed to qualify for and excel in the field of aviation.

*Explains the mathematics essential to flight, teaching basic principles and reasoning*Provides an understanding that allows pilots to utilize new technologies*Examines techniques of GPS (Global Positioning System), and other navigation forms, including calculations of distance and bearings*Covers chart construction, magnetic compasses, mental calculations, long-range flight planning

A gripping true account of warfare in the skies over Korea, when American bombers and North Korean jet fighters would change the course of air combat.

Air warfare was a decisive component of World War II, especially in western Europe and over Japan, where Allied bombers damaged 66 of the country's largest cities.

A detailed exploration of China's J-20 stealth fighter, its development, impact, and role in reshaping global power dynamics.

Scotland has a worldwide reputation for launching some of the greatest ships ever built, but far less is known about our pioneering work on aviation.

Two million people fly commercially every day in the United States, and every single passenger must interact with members of airport security.

Superbly written, this is an account by a participant in the airlift that supplied the blockaded capital of the Khmer Republic and several provincial capitals with food and other necessities of life during the last year of the United States' direct involvement in the Indochina War.

September 1962: On a moonless night over the raging Atlantic Ocean, a thousand miles from land, the engines of Flying Tiger flight 923 to Germany burst into flames, one by one.

Practical Airport Operations, Safety, and Emergency Management: Protocols for Today and the Future focuses on the airport itself, not the aircraft, manufacturers, designers, or even the pilots.

The fascinating history of how the radical delta-wing became the design of choice for early British and American high-performance jets, and of the role legendary aircraft like the Fairey Delta series played in its development.

Walter Hinton was a pilot on the first plane to cross the Atlantic (eight years before Lindbergh)--a four-engine, Navy-Curtiss flying boat with a crew of six, in May 1919.

Boarding an airplane strikes at least a small sense of fear into most people.

The four volumes of the encyclopedia of Cameroon aviation law are intended for students, lawyers, judges, scholars, and readers of all backgrounds with an interest in aviation law and to provide the definitive corpus of relevant national and regional legislation, including global aviation treaties and legislation, to enable all readers, without exception, to develop the background, knowledge, and tools to understand local, regional, and international aviation law in a contextual fashion.

The B-26 Marauder was a formidable weapon in the campaign to defeat Hitler's armies, and, in the words of his first copilot, "e;Louis Rehr "e;was the best there was"e; flying it.