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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999647049Author Martyn CartledgeFormat PaperbackImprint Destinworld Publishing LtdPublisher Destinworld Publishing Ltd

Scotland has a worldwide reputation for launching some of the greatest ships ever built, but far less is known about our pioneering work on aviation. Yet in the great industrial cities and remote islands across the country, men and women risked their...

London City Airport was first conceived as part of the regeneration of the London Docklands at the start of the 1980s, a pilot landing on Heron Quays to prove it could be done. Built on the land between the Royal Albert Dock and the King George V Dock,...

Home to the famous biennial Farnborough Air Show, the town of Farnborough in the South of England has had a pivotal role in the history of British aviation since flying commenced from the site in 1905. The Royal Aeronautical Establishment was set up...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911703280Author Dan SharpFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 432g

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...

It was Tuesday, 15 July 1919 and for the residents of Clifden on Ireland's west coast this was not to be a normal day. Just before 08.40 hours, descending out of the gloom, came a large, twin-engine aeroplane lining up for final approach. One or two...

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...

Want to make something that can fly? How about a flying robot? In this book, you'll learn how drones work, how to solve some of the engineering challenges a drone presents, and how to build your own--an autonomous quadcopter that you can build,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993095047Author Matt FalcusFormat PaperbackPage Count 103Imprint Destinworld Publishing LtdPublisher Destinworld Publishing Ltd

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 *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909384415Author Igor SeidovFormat PaperbackPage Count 600Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

Designed and produced by North American Aviation in response to a British order for aircraft in 1940, the P-51 Mustang went on to become one of the most successful aircraft in the Second World War and beyond. In this fascinating book, aircraft expert...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400078721Author John NewhouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 200mm *...

The Sud Aviation S.E. 210 Caravelle was a 1950s-era French-built jet airliner named after the famed 15th-century caravela ships used during the Age of Exploration. Along with the British de Havilland Comet, on which it was partially based, the Caravelle...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902109619Author Babak TaghvaeeFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Hikoki PublicationsPublisher Hikoki Publications

The RFC used the Ramsgate site for emergency landings during December 1914, but it was not developed until the 1930s when Ramsgate councillors proposed an airport be established, and flying commenced in June 1935. Popularity was increased by Sir Alan...

On 19 July 1989, while United Airlines flight 232 wallowed drunkenly northwest of the airport at Sioux City, Iowa, hundreds of fire and rescue workers waited. The plane slammed onto the runway, broke into pieces and burst into a fireball. The rescue...

****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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781425188283Author Chris HeintzFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 689gDimensions(mm) 280mm...

Developed in the 1960s/1970s, the Tu-144 was the Soviet Union's only practical venture into supersonic commercial aviation. Though its career was all too brief, it was a major technological achievement for the Soviet aircraft industry. The book provides...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911704133Author David BakerFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 1002g

Over the years, de Havilland Canada has manufactured a number of remarkable commercial aircraft: the Beaver (considered the ultimate bush plane, against which every other bush plane is measured), Otter, Twin Otter, Dash 7 and Dash 8. It also developed...

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,...

As space continues to attract substantial public and private investment and has become ever more active, the third edition of this successful book has been fully updated to cover recent developments. This includes the legal bases of UN Resolution 76/3...

Model flying is a challenging and exciting hobby as well as a recognized international sport. The broad principles of flight as applied in full-size aviation are just as important to flying models, but these principles are not always recognized or...

Before Amelia is the remarkable story of the world's women pioneer aviators who braved the skies during the early days of flight. While most books have only examined the women aviators of a single country, Eileen Lebow looks at an international spectrum...

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...

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 9780965760706Author Lauran Paine JrFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Cascade PublishingPublisher Cascade PublishingWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

From Topgun to Squadron Command You're in the cockpit of the legendary F-14 Tomcat fighter, blazing along at twice the speed of sound seven miles above the ocean and the carrier that hurled you off its deck. You're practicing dogfighting with...

Numerous books have been written on airships, but few concentrate on the bases and infrastructure which supported their operations. British Airship Bases of the Twentieth Century documents the development of airship facilities, beginning with their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743255363Author James TobinFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 585gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 133mm...

The jet powered "Volksjager" actually saw combat during the late war months.Book InformationISBN 9780887404788Author Heinz J. NowarraFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 272g

During the Second World War, more than 9,000 flying boats were produced by the main protagonists, fulfilling a multitude of roles including maritime reconnaissance, bombing, fleet spotting, search and rescue, long-range transport and communications...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781836321767Author Mark AytonFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Key Publishing LtdPublisher Key Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781836321514Author Tim RipleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Key Publishing LtdPublisher Key Publishing Ltd

Bomber Command faced mounting challenges as poor bombing results and heavy losses strained aircrews to their limits. The formation of the Pathfinders Force marked a turning point, introducing improved methods for finding and marking targets. The...

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