Aviation

In the latter half of World War Two, the War Cabinet sanctioned the formation of a committee to consider a post-war world of air transport. Appointed to chair the group, which included politicians, engineers, businessmen and aircraft builders, was John...

The story of the first European fighter jetBook InformationISBN 9780752450858Author Christopher JohnFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 270g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619549920Author Federal Aviation AdministrationFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Aviation Supplies & Academics IncPublisher Aviation Supplies &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434818843Author Air MinistryFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 535gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 14mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857802009Author John K MortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint AerofaxPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979506857Author Liz MarinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint A-E-Link Publications, LimitedPublisher A-E-Link Publications, LimitedWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644252413Author ASA Test Prep BoardFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Aviation Supplies & AcademicsPublisher Aviation Supplies &...

This book invites you to discover the history of the aircraft, with their often spectacular liveries, of jet-equipped display teams which have today disappeared, or those still flying, be it the most famous, such as the American Blue Angels, or the...

The past and future of airline safety a memoir of successes, crashes, and near misses by a former FAA accident inspector.Boarding an airplane strikes at least a small sense of fear into most people. Even though we all have heard that the odds of being...

"The Luftwaffe - the German Air Force - will no longer have a decisive influence on the outcome of World War II, no matter how long it takes to beat Hitler." It is more than two years since I first heard these words. The man who spoke them...

"Turkish Airlines' origins go back to 1933, when the Turkish government established the State Airlines Administration with a fleet of just five aircraft and a staff of 24 people. Initially, the route network only included domestic destinations, but it...

This book provides a comprehensive guide to the economics of airports for all managers, regulators and educators within the aviation industry. Written by three renowned experts but made accessible and relevant for all those working within the industry,...

Former FAA chief counsel and senior aviation policy official Mark Gerchick unravels the unseen forces and little-known facts that have reshaped our air travel experience since September 11, 2001. With wry humor and unique insight, Gerchick takes us past...

The first half of the 20th century saw the birth of the aeroplane and its development as an instrument of war and commerce. Within five decades, contraptions barely able to take to the air had given way to jet-powered aircraft, a rate of technological...

This is the FAA's official primary pilot resource for instrument flight rules and training, with chapters on flight instruments, navigation, emergency operations, and much more.It covers everything pertinent to operating an aircraft, both in instrument...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909384941Author Lt Col Earl J. McGill USAF (Ret.)Format PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909384385Author Lt Col Earl J. McGill USAF (Ret.)Format PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 loaded 239 people on board and took off for what should have been a six-hour flight. It never made it and it's still missing. It's been a year since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished, and there's still...

The C-130 Hercules first flew in 1954, an easily maintained aircraft which entered service with the USAF Tactical Air Command. Ten years later the 'Charlie 130' was providing the essential logistical support in Vietnam where a new landing technique, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781494875657Author R J HoganFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

In this book the author applies contemporary error theory to the needs of investigators and of anyone attempting to understand why someone made a critical error, how that error led to an incident or accident, and how to prevent such errors in the future...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644252277Author Dale CranePage Count 392Imprint Aviation Supplies & Academics IncPublisher Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc

On January 26, 1949, Garuda Indonesia was officially established as Indonesia's government-owned flag carrier. To begin with, the airline focused on domestic and regional travel. However, in 1962, the Dutch-occupied island of Dutch New Guinea was added...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588346155Author Marc DierikxFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 1g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911703082Author JP VieraFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 436g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595305865Author Core F KellerFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 209g

Take an action-packed flight through the history of aircraft and discover the intrepid pioneers who made a dream realityUncover the engineering behind more than 800 aircraft models, from military jets to commercial planes. This visual history book...

The objective of this book is to present a number of related chapters on the subject of gender issues in the workplace of the aviation industry. More specifically, the chapters address the continuing shortfall in the number of women pilots in both...

Dubbed by The New York Times as one of the "most vexing and unexplained" mysteries in aviation history, the crash of Pan American World Airways Flight 7 in November 1957 resulted in many deaths and remains officially unsolved to this day. But Ken...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644250785Author Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)Format PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Aviation Supplies & AcademicsPublisher Aviation Supplies &...

Do you ever wonder why an airline's communication strategy can crash and burn in a crisis? A lack of understanding an acceptable aviation communication strategy can, in this fast world of social media, ruin a company's credibility in the aviation...

This book provides a flight plan for riding the impending connectivity transformation curve. It takes the perspective of actionability, highlighting initiatives that executives in airlines and related businesses can use from the insights of...

****Included on the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force's reading list for 2008 and the Royal Air Force's Centre for Air Power Studies 2008 Reading List****Dr. John Andreas Olsen has written an insightful, compelling biography of retired U.S...

Luftwaffe versus USAAF 8th Air Force Vol. I - Another remarkable book in Air Battles series gives its readers exceptional chance to follow the history of relentless combat fought between Luftwaffe and USAF in the skies over Europe. The story begins with...

Every day there are tens of thousands of transoceanic flights. In the 1930s, the invention of planes able to traverse the Atlantic changed the world. However, there were already aircraft crossing vast oceans over a decade earlier. Lighter than air, these...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644252819Author Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)/Aviation Supplies & Academics (Asa)Format PaperbackPage Count 1120Imprint Aviation Supplies &...

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

The iconic Hawker-Siddeley Harrier was designed to fight the Cold War from the fields of West Germany but won its battle spurs in the Falklands, Belize and Afghanistan. It was controversially scrapped by the British Government fifty years after entering...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781477414187Author Golgotha PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

The flying machines that pushed the boundaries of aerospace development. "A close-up survey of 50 of arguably the most remarkable and influential aircraft in aviation history.... Beautifully presented... this book will grace the coffee table of any...