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by David Beaty
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Investigations into the causes of aircraft accidents have for decades focused on what happened and who did it -- very rarely Why? It is the question Why? that David Beaty has addressed here, fighting the misnomer of 'pilot error' and propounding that the cause should be sought deeper inside human...
Ditching Principles
Survival Guide to Ditching an Aircraft
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2005
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 experience left a lasting impression which 25 years later was...
by Kathleen C. Winters
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2010
When Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific in 1937, she was at the height of her fame. Fascination with Earhart remains just as strong today, as her mysterious disappearance continues to inspire speculation. In this nuanced and often surprising biography, acclaimed aviation historian Kathleen...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
Since the founding of the Dryden Flight Research Center History Office in 1996, its staff has conducted nearly a hundred interviews with retired and serving employees. Their recollections represent a unique resource in understanding the development of aerospace technology in the second half of the...
Amelia Earhart
Courage in the Sky
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1992
As a child, Amelia Earhart wondered why there were no heroines in her favorite adventure stories. She resolved to change that when she grew up. And so she did, becoming one of the pioneers of aviation. Not only was Amelia the first woman in the world to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, she was the first...
by Tony Blackman
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
The scrapping of the Nimrod program has been one of the most controversial events in the military aviation world for many a year.
For most of its operational life, from 1969 to date, its contribution to the defense of the realm and its role in offensive duties was, of necessity, often shrouded...
Spreading My Wings
One of Britain's Top Women Pilots Tells Her Remarkable Story from Pre-War Flying to Breaking the Sound Barrier
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2008
The remarkable autobiography of a pioneering female aviator who left a privileged life to serve in World War II.
Her father was a millionaire race-car driver who became chairman of Bentley Motors, and her grandfather cofounded the De Beers mining company. But by the late 1930s, debutante Diana...
by Bowman, Martin
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
The Wooden Wonder was probably the most versatile combat aircraft that operated on all fronts in World War Two and was still giving valuable service in first-line service after 1945 when it enjoyed a limited renaissance both at home, in Germany and abroad until the advent of jet aircraft. Martin Bowmans...
Hunter Boys
True Tales from Pilots of the Hawker Hunter
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
“Entertaining and informative tales of success, heroics, fear, relief and exhilaration in and around the Hunter cockpit” (Royal Air Force Historical Society Journal).
From the author of Lightning Boys, this is a fascinating look at the experiences of those who flew the iconic Hawker Hunter.
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Fighting Hitler's Jets
The Extraordinary Story of the American Airmen Who Beat the Luftwaffe and Defeated Nazi Germany
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
Fighting Hitler's Jets brings together in a single, character-driven narrative two groups of men at war: on one side, American fighter pilots and others who battled the secret “wonder weapons” with which Adolf Hitler hoped to turn the tide; on the other, the German scientists, engineers, and pilots...
TSR2 Precision Attack to Tornado
Navigation and Weapon Delivery
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
Included are details on the ground-breaking navigation and attack system, its Cold War context, its requirements and the development of ATF (advanced terrain following), and in-depth analysis of automatic flight control systems, analogue and digital simulations at Weybridge and the reconnaissance...
Falling Through Clouds
A Story of Survival, Love, and Liability
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
"Mommy burned up."
On a cloudy day in August 2003, Grace and Lily Pearson, 4 and 3, were flying in their uncle's plane along with their mother on their way to their grandpa's birthday party near Lake Superior, when Lily noticed the trees out the window were growing close; so close...
The Flight 981 Disaster
Tragedy, Treachery, and the Pursuit of Truth
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
On June 12, 1972, a powerful explosion rocked American Airlines Flight 96 a mere five minutes after its takeoff from Detroit. The explosion ripped a gaping hole in the bottom of the aircraft and jammed the hydraulic controls. Miraculously, despite the damage and ensuing chaos, the pilots were able...
by John Fredrickson
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
In 1916, an airplane company was established in the previous Heath shipyard along the Duwamish River, situated a short distance south of Seattle's Elliott Bay. Work on the first two airplanes was already well underway as the articles of incorporation for Pacific Aero Products Company established three...