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by Richard Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
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John Moffat: Legend of the Bismarck tells the remarkable story of a Fleet Air Arm pilot and flying legend who, with a single torpedo strike, delivered from an obsolete biplane, in a force nine gale, in the middle of the Atlantic, brought about the sinking of Nazi Germany’s most...
Aviation at the Edge
42 Years of Comradeship, Tragedy and Adrenaline Fuelled Life in the Clouds
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
Three thousand feet above the Zambian bush, the DHC2 Beaver had only ten minutes' fuel remaining. Night was drawing in; ground features were indiscernible. I could not raise anyone on the radio. Would this be the end? John Flexman knew he wanted to be a pilot from moment he saw an RAF flypast as a boy...
by Rebecca Wallick
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Growing Up Boeing gives an insider’s perspective of the Boeing test pilots and engineers who regularly risked their lives as they tested and certified the early commercial jets, 707s through 767s, at the dawn of the jet age. Passionate about flying, Boeing test pilot S. L. “Lew” Wallick and...
by Tony Blackman
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
Tony Blackman OBE, MA FRAeS was educated at Oundle School and Trinity College Cambridge, where he obtained an honors degree in Physics. He learnt to fly in the RAF, trained as a test pilot, and then joined A V Roe where he became chief test pilot.
As an expert in aviation electronics he was...
by Steven A. Ruffin
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2005
Ever since the caveman gazed longingly at the winged creatures above him, mankind has been enamored with the idea of flightof just taking off and soaring away. Steven A. Ruffin celebrates that spirit, that sense of wonder, with Aviations Most Wanted™: The Top 10 Book of Winged Wonders, Lucky Landings,...
The Saga of the Tin Goose
The Story of the Ford Tri-Motor 3Rd Edition 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
It was the brainchild of Henry Ford and inventor William Bushnell Stout. It was the Ford Tri Motor, affectionately called the Tin Goose, the first all-metal passenger plane built in the United States. Only one hundred ninety-nine were ever manufactured, but they launched regular scheduled flights...
Famous First Flights
Sixteen Dramatic Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
An award-winning journalist explores the history of early aviation with sixteen tales of pioneering pilots—includes photos a forward by Buzz Aldrin.
Within this classic volume are the thrilling tales of tribulation and triumph behind some of the most spectacular aerodynamic feats of early twentieth...
...And Then What Happened?
Harold Harris and the Early Development of Aviation
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
And Then What Happened? reviews the career of Harold R. Harris that for a remarkable near-eighty years involved every aspect of aviation. An engineer, he was notable for his fearless innovations, from night flying and airport lighting to test piloting to techniques for overseeing the redesign of aircraft...
The Wright Company
From Invention to Industry
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
Fresh from successful flights before royalty in Europe, and soon after thrilling hundreds of thousands of people by flying around the Statue of Liberty, in the fall of 1909 Wilbur and Orville Wright decided the time was right to begin manufacturing their airplanes for sale. Backed by Wall Street tycoons,...
by C. Daniel Prather
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Airport Management is an up-to-date and industry-relevant textbook providing useful insight into all aspects of airports. With more than a decade of experience as an airport administrator, author Dr. Daniel Prather, A.A.E, CAM, provides a valuable, real-world perspective with an emphasis on the practical...
The Night Stalkers
Top Secret Missions of the U.S. Army's Special Operations Aviation Regiment
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2006
From the New York Times bestselling authors of In the Company of Heroes comes a thrilling account of military aviation for history buffs and “for those who love vivid tales of battlefield heroics” (Publishers Weekly).
In the world of covert warfare, Special Operations pilots are notoriously...
by Graham Simons
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland was one of the world’s true pioneers of powered flight, a man as important to Britain in aviation terms as the Wright brothers were to America. From humble beginnings, he went on to develop some of the finest aircraft to see action during the First World War, before...
Flight Testing to Win
An autobiograpghy of a test pilot
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2005
No aircraft is absolutely safe. This book is about Aviation, from learning to fly, becoming a test pilot, flight testing, demonstrating on some of the third world's worst airfields, then specializing in Avionics and finally joining the Board of the UK Civil Aviation Authority, helping to formulate...
by Graham Simons
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
This new volume from the respected and well-regarded aviation historian and author Graham Simons is sure to appeal to all aviation enthusiasts, including as it does a wide array of historical sources and archival information drawn together into one consolidated volume – the closest to a definitive...