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Skydancing
Aerobatic Flight Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2000
This manual covers al the basic aerobatic moves and much more, with clear instructions and diagrams. Includes the Aresti Notation for maneuvers plus a syllabus that compiles the lessons into an effective, integrated curriculum.
It begins with detailed definitions of aerobatic flight terminology...
North-West Aircraft Wrecks
New Insights into Dramatic Last Flights
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2007
This is a different approach to Aviation Archaeology. The book includes 18 crash sites and each chapter includes a description of how the incident occurred and the reasons behind the crash. Copious notes then reveal what the authors have discovered about the artifacts and the history surrounding the...
The Last War of the Superfortresses
MiG-15 vs B-29 over Korea
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
This work is an attempt by the authors to give as full and detailed a history as possible of the confrontation between Soviet fighters and the principal strike force of the United States Far East Air Force – the B-29 ‘Superfortress’ bombers during the course of the Korean War between 1950-1953....
Dragon's Jaw
An Epic Story of Courage and Tenacity in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
A riveting Vietnam War story--and one of the most dramatic in aviation history--told by a New York Times bestselling author and a prominent aviation historian
Every war has its "bridge"--Old North Bridge at Concord, Burnside's Bridge at Antietam, the railway bridge over Burma's River...
by Bruce A. Bleakley
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2013
Encompassing 27 square miles, Dallas/Fort Worth International is one of the world�s largest and busiest airports, accommodating more than 150,000 passengers each day. The 1974 opening of �D/FW� was preceded by nearly half a century of an often acrimonious aviation rivalry between Dallas and Fort...
by David Myhra
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2014
In the early 1960s, Sukhoi’s OKB “skunk works” had a very capable aviation designer, highly interested in vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) flying machines. Most of the world’s aviation companies had pretty much given up on VTOLs. This was pre-computer days and landing a VTOL manually proved...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
Famous as the "boots on the ground," U.S. Marines have long played a vital role in the air as well. In these pages, readers will find both history and analysis as Naval Institute authors record and assess this lesser-known but significant aspect of "Leatherneck" combat over the last century.
by Tadeusz Januszewski
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
The Mitsubishi A5M, the Japanese Imperial Navy's first metal monoplane fighter, was the creation of Jiro Horikoshi, father of the legendary A6M "Zero". Labeled "Claude" in the Allies' code, the A5M was a transitional fighter which marked in significant step in the development of...
by Morris
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
Strategic bombing is likely the most studied element in Aviation History. The shelves of libraries are filled with books on the topic, yet relatively little is known about where the concept originated or how it evolved. Most of the books on strategic bombing fall into three categories: descriptions of...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
These four independent essays provide a perspective on airpower doctrine development that varies somewhat from the usual view. Essay 1 describes the organization, doctrine, operational practices, and personality of the air forces in the western desert from 1940 to 1943. Essay 2 describes and analyzes...
Lone Eagle
The Fighter Pilot Experience—From World War I and World War II to the Jet Age
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
The author of With Wings as Eagles gets into the cockpit with generations of fighter pilots on an illustrated trip through military aviation history.
Take someone with superior intelligence, unusual strength, perfect vision, catlike reflexes, exceptional marksmanship, and nerves of steel and you...
Flights into History
Final Missions Retold By Research and Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
During the Second World War, men of many nations - Britons, Americans, air men from the Commonwealth and Occupied Europe - and their equally determined, courageous German foes - fought and died in the skies over Europe. Reconstructing events, often from wreckage recovered, new lines of research and...
Cobra! The Attack Helicopter
Fifty Years of Sharks Teeth and Fangs
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
The history of the Cobra helicopter is a long and varied one, characterised by extensive deployment in some of the most dynamic theatres of war. Designed in 1965, we are fast approaching the 50th Anniversary of the craft's inception into the world of combat flight, so it seems timely that we should...
The Red Baron
A History in Pictures
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Keen First World War aviation enthusiasts will be familiar with Norman Franks’ previous books covering the life of Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, so why this new one? Well Manfred, the iconic Red Baron, has constantly remained at the forefront of First World War studies and, in commemorating...