Aviation

Written by a pilot for the non-aviator, Strike Eagle puts the reader inside the cockpit of one of the world's most advanced fighters-the F-15E. It is a human-scale account of men at war.About the AuthorWILLIAM L. SMALLWOOD is the author of numerous...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506288345Author Terry L DuranFormat PaperbackPage Count 708Imprint Kaplan PublishingPublisher Kaplan PublishingWeight(grams) 1111gDimensions(mm) 277mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905414093Author Martin DerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingPublisher Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingWeight(grams)...

Aero Oy, which was later rebranded as Finnair, is one of the oldest surviving airlines in the world. The airline was established in 1923 and started up domestic flights alongside routes to the Nordic and Baltic regions. In the beginning, Aero Oy used...

This book tells the full story of the BAe 146, a short-haul airliner produced between 1983 and 2002. It has been operated by several airlines around the world and an adapted version with a countermeasures suite is also part of Britain's Royal Squadron...

Amelia Earhart's prominence in American aviation during the 1930s obscures a crucial point: she was but one of a closely knit community of women pilots. Although the women were well known in the profession and widely publicized in the press at the time,...

While airlines such as Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines became synonymous with service and reliability around the world, one airline in South America was enjoying similar status within the Americas. Varig began life in the southernmost state of...

The Isle of Sheppey in north Kent was the birthplace of aviation in the UK and early pioneers, including the Wright Bros and Charles Rolls, gathered on its low, flat ground to undertake experimental flights. By 1909 the Short bros had established the...

It was in 1911, on a beach by the North Sea, that Robert Blackburn's Second Monoplane made its first successful flight. By 1914, the Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co Ltd had been formed, based in Leeds, and had taken its place in the ranks of the British...

This title clarifies air power's role in modern warfare. It explores its involvement in operations other than war and low-intensity campaigns. It affords an overall global perspective because of its internationally diverse contributors. This one-volume...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560272113Author Jeremy M. PrattFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Aviation Supplies & Academics IncPublisher Aviation Supplies & Academics...

Among the iconic aircraft of World War II, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt not only was physically the biggest single-engine fighter, it also had an enormous impact on history. In terms of its combat effectiveness, P-47 fliers destroyed 7,067 hostile...

This is a rare day-to-day account by a young German squadron leader in Jagdstaffel 35 during the grim last year of the war. Originally published in 1933, it provides minute descriptions of kills, losses, and the Germans' step-by-step retreat in the face...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857802689Author David WadmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Midland PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Only in America could Walter A. Soplata, the son of penniless Czech immigrants, accomplish so much single-handedly saving historic aircraft from World War II and other periods. After a childhood spent building model airplanes while dreaming about having...

Airwork Ltd/Airwork Services, now owned by VT group plc, has a long and distinguished history. It played an important role in defence support services to the RAF, Fleet Air Arm and overseas air forces, as well as in the development of civil aviation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937684174Author Travel Air Manufacturing CoFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Periscope Film LLCPublisher Periscope Film LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994603869Author Owen ZuppFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint There and BackPublisher There and BackWeight(grams) 268g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800555976Author John WintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Sapere BooksPublisher Sapere BooksWeight(grams) 245g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840335545Author Arthur W. J. G. Ord-HumeFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing

This book is an illustrated history of Panshanger Aerodrome in Hertfordshire. Much smaller today than its heyday, it was originally 248 acres acquired by the Air Ministry in 1940. A decoy factory was constructed there to divert enemy bombers from the de...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935700449Author United States NavyFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Periscope Film, LLCPublisher Periscope Film, LLCWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm)...

In Aviation Engineering: Navigating Through the Golden Years, Marijan candidly shares his journey through the world of avionics. Covering the 40-year period between 1980 and 2020, he discusses his experiences, observations, challenges faced, obstacles...

The authors believe that a systematic organizational approach to aviation safety must replace the piecemeal approaches largely favoured in the past, but this change needs to be preceded by information to explain why a new approach is necessary. Accident...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911703235Author Clive RowleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 439g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911639756Author JP VieraFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 421gDimensions(mm) 295mm *...

First launched in 1965, the Boeing 737, by many measures, is the most successful and long-standing jetliner in the history of aviation. This volume provides an in-depth look into the story of this extremely significant jetliner and the environment that...

Incident Command: Tales From the Hot Seat presents a unique examination of the skills of the on-scene or incident commander who is in charge of an emergency or major incident. Experienced commanders from the police and fire services, the armed forces,...

The airline industry is in a state of radical restructuring as its markets and key stakeholders (customers, airline labour and management groups, governments, and the financial community) adjust to the new aviation realities. Airline executives can be...

Drawing on a unique collection of postcards and other period memorabilia, David Marks tells the story of the Zeppelin raids during the First World War. While the German Kaiser and his military advisers hoped that the Zeppelins would strike terror into...

This important project brings together the early histories of the development of the turbojet, turboprop and turboshaft engines for the first time. The work of twelve nations [Great Britain, Germany, the Soviet Union, the United States, Japan, France,...

Accidents are preventable, but only if they are correctly described and understood. Since the mid-1980s accidents have come to be seen as the consequence of complex interactions rather than simple threads of causes and effects. Yet progress in accident...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338706Author Arthur W J G Ord-HumeFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing

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Many books have been produced which detail the lives and thoughts of famous individuals. A View from the Wings is unique, recalling a wartime boyhood in which aircraft flying constantly overhead played a large part. This experience led to a lifetime...

Stereotypes sometimes lead us to make poor judgements of other people, but they also have the potential to facilitate quick, efficient, and accurate judgements. How can we discern whether any individual act of stereotyping will have the positive or...

The Jet Age began in Britain in May 1941 when the Gloster E.28/39, the first British jet aircraft, made its first flight. The first British jet fighter was the Gloster Meteor, which entered service with the RAF in 1944 and went on to serve with air...

The new activity of trans-continental civil flying in the 1930s is a useful vantage point for viewing the extension of British imperial attitudes and practices. Cultures and caricatures of British imperial aviation examines the experiences of those...

This book, originally written in 1931 by "Vigilant" (the pen name for Claude Sykes), tells the dramatic tales of air combat as fought by the best German pilots of the First World War. Manfred von Richthofen, Max Immelmann, Oswald Boelcke and other famous...

Thrilling helicopter exploits with the Royal Navy.Sometimes you do everything right, but it just isn't your day. A part fails and your helicopter comes apart in flight, or, another aircraft runs into you and the pieces of both fall to the ground below,...