Aircraft and aviation

The development of the F-5 lightweight supersonic fighter in the mid 1950s was almost a gamble for the Northrop Corporation, but ultimately resulted in one of most commercially successful combat aircraft in modern history.

Following the cataclysmic losses suffered in World War I, air power theorists in Europe advocated for long-range bombers to overfly the trenches and strike deep into the enemy's heartland.

Take a seat-the captain's seat, that is-and relax.

Using a wealth of archival material, including government documents, Liz Millward investigates the very idea of airspace.

Achieve excellence on the automated flight deck!

This is the FAA's primary pilot resource for instrument flight rules and training.

Wings Over Meir is a highly readable and meticulously researched account of the Potteries' now largely forgotten aerodrome.

Designed by Sydney Camm as a swept wing, daytime interceptor with excellent maneuverability, the Hunter became the first jet aircraft manufactured by Hawker for the Royal Air Force.

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From the moment news reached Peru in 1910 that Jorge Chavez Dartnell, a pilot of Peruvian parentage, had become the first man to fly across the Alps, aviation fired the imagination of the masses in his home country.

This Is Your Captain puts you inside the cockpit of a modern-day airliner for an insider's look at one of the most glamorized, yet deadly professions in the world.

Incorporating a wealth of new material, here is the riveting story of the bombing raids that broke the back of Nazi Germany, praised as "e;a well-researched, highly readable account of a B-17 combat crew's experience .

An incredible 30,000 flights at least arrive safely at their destinations every day.

In the seventy years since the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan during a flight over the Central Pacific, their fate has remained one of historys most debated mysteries.

When the B-52 Stratofortress entered operational service with the US Air Force in 1955, work was already underway on defining its successor.

To Caress the Air continues to track the progress of Augustus Herring as he prepares to fly his revolutionary powered aeroplane.

Bryan Webster started out his 10,000+ hour flying career by taking a ride in a two-seat single engine Cessna 150 and ending up inverted in the silty Fraser River beneath a large unmarked power line span east of Vancouver, BC, Canada.

This a story of pioneers, intrepid aviators, adventurers, tycoons and innovators.

The must-read summary of James Wynbrandt's book: "e;Flying High: How JetBlue Founder and CEO David Neeleman Beats the Competition.

This a story of pioneers, intrepid aviators, adventurers, tycoons and innovators.

The history of the Schneider Trophy is the history of aircraft development.

In July 2018, the nation looked skyward over Buckingham Palace in awe as the Royal Air Force celebrated its first 100 years with a spectacular parade and flypast over London.

Twenty-three compelling accounts of desperate circumstances and unbelievable survival when planes went down in remote and dangerous locations.

Extrait : "On se propose de retracer dans ces quelques pages les deux ascensions de montgolfières qui, en septembre 1783, eurent Versailles pour théâtre.

In April 1972, after six gruelling years of design and development, the then Lockheed California Company (now Lockheed Martin) delivered the most technologically advanced commercial jet of its era, the L-1011 TriStar, to its first client, Eastern Airlines.

Financial Times Business Book of the MonthSeptember 2017.

Of all the airplanes that defended Britain during World War Two, none inspired as much affection as the Spitfire, the plane that became a symbol of courage and determination during the Battle of Britain.

“This profusely illustrated and thoroughly researched book conveys a wealth of information” about the USAF’s B-1 bomber (Aviation History Magazine).

The New Science of the UFO now completes author and researcher Kenneth W.

Declassified government records shed additional light on the cancellation and subsequent destruction of the Avro Arrow.

After an uncontrollable engine fire, Duke Hyde, a pilot for Tropicargo, an air cargo company based in the Caribbean, is forced to ditch his plane before risking exploding amid air.

The must-read summary of Jan Carlzon's book: "e;Moments of Truth: New Strategies for Today's Customer-Driven Economy"e;.

The Aircraft Weight and Balance Handbook is the official U.

Now a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanksthe inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of our time, Capt.

In late May 1927 an inexperienced and unassuming 25-year-old Air Mail pilot from rural Minnesota stunned the world by making the first non-stop transatlantic flight.

In late May 1927 an inexperienced and unassuming 25-year-old Air Mail pilot from rural Minnesota stunned the world by making the first non-stop transatlantic flight.

An airline captain crafts a riveting, adventurous novel inspired by the remarkable true life of pioneer aviatrix Bessie Coleman, a Black woman who learned to fly at the dawn of aviation and found freedom in the airA few years after the Wright brothers' first flight, Bessie was working the Texas cotton fields with her family when an airplane flew over their heads.

"e;Human flight is not a simple matter of science and technology.

The Great War Display Team was founded in 1988 and has since gone on to become one of Britain's premier display teams, with a wealth of talented pilots passing through its ranks and amazing crowds with a variety of recreated aircraft including Fokker Dr1s, Royal Aircraft Factory S.

The 1970s were a decade of great change for Britain's military air arms.

The de Havilland DH 98 Mosquito was one of the fastest and most versatile aircraft of the Second World War.

From its introduction in the mid-1960s, when the first aircraft were delivered, through the various humanitarian missions, the Falkland Islands conflict and operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, right up to the introduction of the J version, the Lockheed C-130 Hercules continues to give outstanding service with the RAF and with an expected retirement date of 2030, this would total a service career lasting for a staggering sixty-four years of continuous operations.

Birmingham Airport has a history stretching back to the Second World War, when it was requisitioned for use by the military.