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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888392527Author Manley FredlundFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684420483Author Richard BakFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Turner Publishing CompanyPublisher Turner Publishing Company

Over the last century air travel has evolved from a high-risk experiment involving a few visionary pioneers to an efficient--and often irritating--means for distributing masses of people to the far reaches of the globe. During the hundred-year history of...

This richly illustrated book chronicles lighter-than-air flight from Archimedes' discovery of the principle of buoyancy to the latest in sport balloons and plans for future airships. Far more than a timeline of events, Lighter Than Air focuses on the...

Around the world, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is synonymous with air and space flight. This book covers NASA's aerospaceresearch from the agency's beginnings as NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) in 1915 to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312655389Author Professor William LangewiescheFormat PaperbackPage Count 193Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 249g

A biography of one of the most significant figures in the history of American aviation. It also provides a documented history of the development of the field of aviation and those involved in it through the first three decades of the 20th century.Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550178135Author Douglas M. GrantFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Harbour PublishingPublisher Harbour PublishingWeight(grams) 1075gDimensions(mm)...

A detailed study of United States Air Force, Army, Army Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps aircrew survival equipment. Items covered are: survival vests, leggings, and chaps, life preservers, survival (ejection) seat and back pad kits, personal survival...

Howard Hughes, the movie mogul, aviation pioneer and political hound dog, has always fascinated the public with his mixture of secrecy, dashing lifestyle and reclusiveness. Companies responsible for major technological leaps often become household names...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780762449422Author Paul SimpsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Running Press,U.S.Publisher Running PressWeight(grams) 390g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641601306Author Sue NelsonFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Chicago Review PressPublisher Chicago Review PressWeight(grams) 467gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588344618Author Amy PastanFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888391674Author Al WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Hancock HousePublisher Hancock HouseWeight(grams) 140g

Throughout 100-plus years of flight, Purdue University has propelled unique contributions from pioneer educators, aviators, and engineers who flew balloons into the stratosphere, barnstormed the countryside, helped break the sound barrier, and left...

The wonder of flight has long captured the human imagination. In this beguiling history - ranging from the first aircraft to astronauts and beyond - David Darling tells the stories of the true life adventurers whose wonder has translated into bizarre...

At the height of the Watergate scandal, Delta Flight 723 crashed into a fog-shrouded seawall at the end of Runway 4R at Logan Airport in Boston. While this incident and Watergate seemed unrelated at first, President Richard Nixon and his subordinate's...

Republic Airlines and its twelve predecessors formed one of the finest national airlines that ever spanned the nation. Although in existence for only six years, it created a legacy of dependability and service while flying into more locations that any...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550177572Author Rex TerpeningFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Harbour PublishingPublisher Harbour PublishingWeight(grams) 213g

Masquerading as a civilian airliner during the mid-1930s, the Heinkel He 111 medium-range bomber saw its first combat in 1936 with Germany's Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War. The initial stages of World War II confirmed the design's prominent...

From the dawn of flight, Chicago has played a vital role in the development of aviation. Favored by geography and a superb network of railroads, the Windy City rapidly became the nation's crossroad. Young's richly illustrated history portrays the...

With over 4,000 entries on all aspects of aviation, past and present, this dictionary by expert David Wragg is the definitive reference work on the subject.Book InformationISBN 9780750945271Author David WraggFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint The...

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)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738549958Author Sergei I SikorskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm)...

This is a tale of the generation of test pilots flying experimental aircraft powered by rocket motors during the period from 1945 to the mid-1970s. It is not a technical description of the aircraft they flew but the narrative of the men who built the...

As World War II drew to a close, Boeing, realizing that its huge Wichita factory would be out of work at war's end, began working on a light personal airplane. It nabbed the contract for what became the L-15 Scout despite the plane's third-place finish...

The Lockheed Constellation is the definitive postwar prop airliner. The type was developed during the Second World War by a talented and famous development team, which included Howard Hughes and Kelly Johnson. This book provides a colorful illustrated...