History

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) 390gDimensions(mm) 200mm * 130mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888391674Author Al WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd...

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...

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...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935700616Author Department Of the ArmyFormat PaperbackPage Count 586Imprint Periscope Film LLCPublisher Periscope Film LLCWeight(grams) 1148g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935327769Author United States NavyFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint CKE PublicationsPublisher CKE PublicationsWeight(grams) 806gDimensions(mm) 254mm...

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...

From the dawn of human flight to today, Seattle has hosted flying history from dirigibles and fabric biplanes to jumbo jets, from epic pioneering flights to innovative companies making world travel routine. This book recaptures that historical awe and...

When Orville and Wilbur Wright soared over Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina's outer banks and solved the problem of aerial navigation, they wrote the last chapter in a long story. For decades prior, a small community of engineers, scientists, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935700548Author United States Air ForceFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Periscope Film, LLCPublisher Periscope Film, LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937684723Author U S NavyFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Periscope Film LLCPublisher Periscope Film LLCWeight(grams) 658g

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)...

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This new photographic book is packed with stunning colour photographs of Concorde aircraft throughout the history of the aircraft in service. Compiled by Robbie Shaw, ex air traffic controller and lifetime aviation photographer and enthusiast, it covers...

The aeroplanes of the Shuttleworth Collection span the first 40 years of aviation from the 1909 Bleriot to the late 1940s; these rare and often unique machines are still regularly flown and displayed over the aerodrome at Old Warden in Bedfordshire. This...