Aeronautics & Astronautics

Much-needed, fresh approach that brings a greater insight into the physical understanding of aerodynamics Based on the author's decades of industrial experience with Boeing, this book helps students and practicing engineers to gain a greater physical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668031650Author Tim MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint ScribnerPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm * 18mm

Drones quite possibly represent the most transformative military innovation since jet engines and atomic weaponry. No longer do humans have to engage in close military action or be in the same geographical vicinity as the target. Now, through satellite...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608883110Author Nasa OtpsFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Nimble BooksPublisher Nimble BooksWeight(grams) 340g

The flyers of the Luftwaffe spearheaded the German blitzkrieg during the early years of World War II, providing a key aerial element to the German war machine that swept all before it. Later in the war, the Luftwaffe concentrated on defence, producing...

In this exciting story of the Galileo mission to investigate Jupiter, noted astronomer Daniel Fischer weaves together the many disparate facts learned about this most fascinating planet and its satellites. Fischer tells the entire story of Galileo: a...

The invention of the airplane ushered in the modern age-a new era of global commerce, revolutionary technologies, and total war. Whatever the practical consequences, the sheer exhilaration of flight captured the imagination. No longer bound to the...

Although not as well-known as the V-1 buzz bomb and the V-2 missile, the first German missiles to see combat were anti-ship missiles, the Henschel Hs.293 guided missile and the Fritz-X guided bomb. These began to see extensive combat in the Mediterranean...

The six Douglas D-558 research aircraft, built as two variants, were produced for a US Navy and NACA collaborative project to investigate flight in the high subsonic and supersonic regimes and to develop means of coping with the dangerous phenomena of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780922915972Author John CarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.Weight(grams) 379g

Mailer's superb account, written as it was happening, of the first attempt to land men on the moon'Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.'A Fire on the Moon tells the scarcely credible story of the Apollo 11 mission. It is suffused with...

The incredible story of spaceflight before the establishment of NASA. NASA's history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with Neil Armstrong taking his small step on the Moon in 1969. But America's space agency wasn't created in a vacuum. It...

This revised edition contains 26 stories about World War II airmen who came to grief on the Pennine Hills of North Derbyshire. Wartime aviation history is recorded in the crash sites, for each pile of rusting metal represents a chapter in the air war...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781874783237Author Jeremy M PrattFormat PaperbackImprint Airplan Flight Equipment LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing

Picturing Apollo 11 is an unprecedented photographic history of the space mission that defined an era. Through a wealth of unpublicized and recently discovered images, this book presents new and rarely-seen views of the people, places, and events...

Gorgeously illustrated with NASA photography, the large-format (12 x 12 inches) NASA Missions to Mars examines everything from the first tentative steps toward the fourth planet to the 2021 landing of rover Perseverance and beyond. Space exploration has...

Safety Management Systems in Aviation presents the quality management underpinnings of SMS. The four components that must be designed into proactive safety are: Safety Policy, Safety Risk Management, Safety Assurance, and Safety Promotion.Including...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375758935Author Martha AckmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307389374Author Michael NeufeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 697gDimensions(mm) 232mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781504051958Author Henry S. F. Cooper, Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Open Road MediaPublisher Open Road Media

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780964107090Author Thomas ValoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Integrity Research InstitiutePublisher Integrity Research InstitiuteWeight(grams) 233g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486605869Author IRA H. AbbottFormat PaperbackPage Count 703Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Written by veteran aerospace journalist Bob Ward, who spent years investigating his subject, the father of modern rocketry, this biography presents a revealing but even-handed portrait of the one-time Nazi Party member who brought the United States into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410206749Author Yuri GagarinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the PacificWeight(grams)...

On a moonless night in January 1991, a dozen U.S. aircraft appeared in the skies over Baghdad. To the Iraqi air defenses, the planes seemed to come from nowhere. Their angular shape, making them look like flying origami, rendered them virtually...

The New York Times bestselling, "meticulously researched and absorbingly written" (The Washington Post) story of the trailblazers and the ordinary Americans on the front lines of the epic Apollo 11 moon mission.President John F. Kennedy astonished the...

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking Apollo 11 mission, this lavishly illustrated book--featuring stunning photographs and many rarely seen images and documents--tells the incredible story of the first men on the Moon. Acclaimed...

Make: Drones will help the widest possible audience understand how drones work by providing several DIY drone projects based on the world's most popular robot controller--the Arduino. The information imparted in this book will show Makers how to build...

Melding a pilot's practical view of life in the cockpit with the expertise of an engineering professor to give readers an insider look at plane crashes.One of the most amazing feats of modern life is the frequency with which airplanes safely take off and...

In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three astronauts had burned to death in their spacecraft, and since then the Apollo program had...

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Golden Globe-winner Taraji P. Henson and Academy Award-winners Octavia Spencer and Kevin Costner Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow South and the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262547369Author Aaron BatemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476728759Author David McCulloughFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

Make: High-Power Rockets is for all the science geeks who look at the moon and try to figure out where Neil Armstrong walked, watch in awe as rockets lift off, and want to fly their own model rockets. Starting with an overview of mid- and high-power...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590033098Author J. Allen HynekFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserWeight(grams) 1g

How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive Beat America to the Moon. "Fascinating ...packed with technical and historical detail for the space expert and enthusiast alike ...Great stuff!"-New Scientist "In this exceptional book, James...

Learn to effectively operate and maintain reciprocating and turbine aircraft enginesThis hands-on guide succinctly covers all aspects of reciprocating and turbine aircraft engines. The book serves as a study guide for candidates preparing for the FAA...

Here is the full and fascinating story of Brian Trubshaw's life as an experimental test pilot. Written from his own unique viewpoint on the flight deck, it covers a period of tremendous upheaval in the British aircraft industry.About the AuthorBRIAN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840335149Author Arthur W. J. G. Ord-HumeFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 272mm *...

Designing and building a miniature aero-engine is an exciting and rewarding task. Whether a professional engineer or an amateur looking to build an engine to fly your model aeroplane, this book will safely guide you through all the stages of designing...