Astronautics category: 1620 books

This is the 2nd edition of the book, Flow Visualization: Techniques and Examples, which was published by Imperial College Press in 2000. Many of the chapters have been revised and updated to take into consideration recent changes in a number of flow visualization and measurement techniques, including...

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this excellent new book from NASA presents a series of in-depth studies on specific subjects on the societal impact of spaceflight. It represents an effort to understand the mutual interaction of space exploration and society—part...

From the Overview: Major issues have plagued the US military space community for years. Foremost among these issues is the relationship between air and space. At a recent airpower conference, military leaders from the western powers presented discussions of airpower and space issues with a pervasive...

The Yearbook on Space Policy is the reference publication analysing space policy developments. Each year it presents issues and trends in space policy and the space sector as a whole. Its scope is global and its perspective is European. The Yearbook also links space policy with other policy areas....

From the Foreword by General Fogleman, retired USAF Chief of Staff: This history documents a watershed event within the United States Air Force during my tenure as chief of staff—the creation of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). As the "high technology" service, the Air...

Air Force Doctrine Document (AFDD) 3-10, Force Protection, is the Air Force's operational level doctrinal publication on force protection. Force protection supports the core function of Agile Combat Support, and its supporting capability of "Protect the Force." Protecting Air Force personnel...

Are We Safe Enough? Measuring and Assessing Aviation Security explains how standard risk analytic and cost-benefit analysis can be applied to aviation security in systematic and easy-to-understand steps. The book evaluates and puts into sensible context the risks associated with air travel, the risk...

The U.S. economy is generally considered to run on free market or laissez faire principles, implying that U.S. policy makers do not provide government support for industrial or commercial sectors. While mostly true, it is not the case with strategic industries, such as aerospace. Support for the aerospace...

Every ten years ICAO holds a worldwide air transport conference. The most recent such event - the 6th Worldwide Air Transport Conference (ATConf/6) - was held in Montreal from 18 to 22 March 2013. The questions posed by this book are: are the “clerical and administrative tasks” for ICAO which...

This book addresses emerging legal and economic issues in competition and investment in air transport, against the backdrop of the role governments and airlines should play in avoiding protectionism and encouraging innovation and creativity. It evaluates current trends in air transport and the direction...

Three Air Force documents provide unique information about USAF operations of the F-15E Strike Eagle Dual-Role Fighter Aircraft. Contents: Operations Procedures * Aircrew Evaluation Criteria * Aircrew Training Chapter 1 * GENERAL GUIDANCE * 1.1. Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terms * 1.2....

This is the milestone official comprehensive history of the United States Air Force with compelling stories about America's airmen and their aircraft. This document, Volume I, contains the first 12 chapters and begins with balloons and the earliest heavier-than-air machines. It carries the story through...

The true stories of the most daring of pilots—and the deadly risks they take to thrill the audiences below. In the early days of aviation, spectators gathered whenever a new flying machine attempted to leave the ground. The trick was to get them to pay. Takeoffs and landings did not sell...

This book follows on from my book 'The Carbon Footprint of Aircraft Operations in Australia – 2011' which is also available in the Kobo bookstore.  It contains a detailed breakdown of CO2 emissions from global scheduled international passenger aircraft operations in 2012.  The global...