Aviation

Conspiracy theories of sabotage, murder and even UFOs flourish around the greatest unsolved mysteries of aviation from the twentieth century. This account of the most intriguing loose ends from aeronautical history provides the known details of five...

Famously dubbed 'Bandit Country' by a UK government minister in 1975, South Armagh was considered the most dangerous part of Northern Ireland for the British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary during the years of violence known as the 'Troubles' that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906559120Author Jeremy M PrattFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Airplan Flight Equipment LtdPublisher Airplan Flight Equipment Ltd

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...

The de Havilland DH.106 Comet was the first jet airliner. Prototypes first flew in 1949, deliveries of production aircraft began in 1951, and the type entered commercial service in 1952. It was expected to deliver great prestige and prosperity to the...

It was early Cold War days when 17-year-old David Eagles applied to the Fleet Air Arm hoping to be a fighter pilot for his national service. He little imagined the career that would follow. After flying training with the US Navy and Australian Fleet Air...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809334Author Craig KastonFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

From Battle of Britain fighter station to commercial airport, this is the inspiring story of Biggin Hill. Biggin Hill, world-famous as a Battle of Britain fighter station, has had many lives. First used as an airfield in 1917, Biggin Hill saw brutal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911704201Author Dan SharpFormat HardbackPage Count 150Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 960g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907558184Author Anthony KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint How2become LtdPublisher How2become LtdDimensions(mm) 194mm * 128mm * 75mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800352483Author Yefim GordonFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859790239Format PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Air Data PublicationsPublisher Crecy Publishing

Flying up the Edgware Road tells the story of how an area of what is now north-west London became a hub of the British aircraft industry in the very early years of the twentieth century. From the Edwardian suburb of Cricklewood out towards the semi-rural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739819484Author Matt FalcusFormat HardbackPage Count 124Imprint Destinworld Publishing LtdPublisher Destinworld Publishing Ltd

Soaring high above the fields and cities of Europe and Asia as well as the vast expanse of the Pacific, Allied and Axis pilots engaged in a deadly battle for control of the skies in World War II. Whoever won the skies would win the war. Published in...

Take to the (virtual) skies with help from Microsoft Flight Simulator Microsoft Flight Simulator has offered a great way to fly aircraft of all sizes without ever leaving the ground for nearly 40 years. With help from Microsoft Flight Simulator For...

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In 1948, Hawker Aircraft, faced with new jet projects that could not use their existing airfield at Langley, began the process of searching for alternative accommodation for their flight-testing requirements. It would, however, take three hard years...

Drawing on rare, historical photography and specially commissioned artwork, Matthew Willis explores the heroic feats of the few Royal Navy's obsolescent biplanes that stood between the state-of-the-art Axis warships and their objectives. Focusing on...

Area 51, a top-secret military installation hidden in the desert northwest of Las Vegas, has been shrouded in mystery since 1955. Now, aerospace historian Peter Merlin cuts through the myths and conspiracy folklore to reveal in extraordinary detail the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416559269Author Lynn SpencerFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Simon Spotlight EntertainmentPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 475gDimensions(mm)...

It's impossible to tell the story of Court Line without telling that of Autair, founded by helicopter pioneer William 'Bill' Armstrong. Autair itself was an offshoot of his global helicopter operation, but Bill also had his finger in many aviation 'pies'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995117013Author Fletcher McKenzieFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Squabbling Sparrows PressPublisher Squabbling Sparrows PressWeight(grams) 440g

An airfield was first established at Filton, just north of Bristol, in 1911 after the establishment of the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company. The company and its descendents have used the airfield ever since to develop aviation technology. Filton...

The legendary Grumman A-6 Intruder was born into battle, making its first deployment off the decks of the USS Independence into Southeast Asia in 1966. For the next three decades, it was the ""main battery"" of the U.S. fleet and the primary strike...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911096252Author Tom CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911704089Author Ronny BarrFormat HardbackPage Count 242Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 1309g

With over two million YouTube subscribers, Sam Chui is one of the world's best-known travel and aviation personalities, known for his million-hit vlogs and pioneering photography. This book, his fourth, is dedicated to his greatest love, the Boeing 747...

First flown in 1952, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress became the ultimate expression of Cold War very heavy bomber design. The last of the famous 'Fortress' series of aircraft produced by the legendary Seattle-based company, the B-52 was created over a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905414130Author Martin DerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingPublisher Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingWeight(grams)...

Richard Pike became a flight cadet in 1961, at the RAF College, Cranwell where, on graduation, he was awarded the Dickson Trophy and Michael Hill memorial prize for flying. In the early stages of his forty-year flying career he flew the English Electric...

Willy Messerschmitt (1898-1978) was indisputably one of the most significant of Germany's aeronautical design engineers. This book examines Messerschmitt's life as a designer, aircraft builder, and businessman; it begins with the Harth-Messerschmitt...

Laika began her life as a stray dog on the streets of Moscow and died in 1957 aboard the Soviet satellite Sputnik II. Initially the USSR reported that Laika, the first animal to orbit the earth, had survived in space for seven days, providing valuable...

If you are one of the millions of airline passengers who take to the air daily and have no idea how an aeroplane flies or how it is flown - but would like to find out - then this is the book for you. It is written by an airline pilot who knows from...

Flying is one of the safest modes of transportation, but should we and can we make it even safer? Elmar Lutter, President & CEO at Lufthansa Technik Philippines, believes unequivocally that we should. But how, in a field mired with technical and design...

This book details the exploits of the highly skilled Naval Aviators charged with achieving air supremacy over New Guinea in their A6M2/3 Zero-sens. The combat record of the Zero-sen in New Guinea has mostly been overstated, with little due being...

Flight Vehicle Dynamics and Control Rama K. Yedavalli, The Ohio State University, USA A comprehensive textbook which presents flight vehicle dynamics and control in a unified framework Flight Vehicle Dynamics and Control presents the dynamics and...

In the 1970s Shiva Naipaul travelled to Africa, visiting Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia for several months. Through his experiences, the places he visited and his various encounters, he aimed to discover what 'liberation', 'revolution' and 'socialism' meant...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588347350Author Tony ReichhardtFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian Books