Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
Vickers Aircraft Since 1908
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
Vickers Aircraft Since 1908
Author: Charles Ferdinand Andrews
Publisher: Putnam Aeronautical Books
ISBN: 9780851778150
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
Publisher: Putnam Aeronautical Books
ISBN: 9780851778150
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
Avro Aircraft Since 1908
Author: Aubrey Joseph Jackson
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Blackburn Aircraft Since 1909
Author: A.J. Jackson
Publisher: Naval Inst Press
ISBN: 9780870210242
Category : Blackburn aircraft
Languages : en
Pages : 571
Book Description
Traces the history of the British aircraft company and describes the development and characteristics of each model of commercial and military aircraft they produced
Publisher: Naval Inst Press
ISBN: 9780870210242
Category : Blackburn aircraft
Languages : en
Pages : 571
Book Description
Traces the history of the British aircraft company and describes the development and characteristics of each model of commercial and military aircraft they produced
Fairey Aircraft Since 1915
Author: Harold Anthony Taylor
Publisher: Brassey's
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Beretter om den engelske flyfabrik Fairey og dens flytyper gennem tiderne
Publisher: Brassey's
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Beretter om den engelske flyfabrik Fairey og dens flytyper gennem tiderne
Aircraft
Author: David Pascoe
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1861894686
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
In his celebrated manifesto, "Aircraft" (1935), the architect Le Corbusier presented more than 100 photographs celebrating airplanes either in imperious flight or elegantly at rest. Dwelling on the artfully abstracted shapes of noses, wings, and tails, he declared : "Ponder a moment on the truth of these objects! Clearness of function!" In Aircraft, David Pascoe follows this lead and offers a startling new account of the form of the airplane, an object that, in the course of a hundred years, has developed from a flimsy contraption of wood, wire and canvas into a machine compounded of exotic materials whose wings can touch the edges of space. Tracing the airplane through the twentieth century, he considers the subject from a number of perspectives: as an inspiration for artists, architects and politicians; as a miracle of engineering; as a product of industrialized culture; as a device of military ambition; and, finally, in its clearness of function, as an instance of sublime technology. Profusely illustrated and authoritatively written, Aircraft offers not just a fresh account of aeronautical design, documenting, in particular, the forms of earlier flying machines and the dependence of later projects upon them, but also provides a cultural history of an object whose very shape contains the dreams and nightmares of the modern age.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1861894686
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
In his celebrated manifesto, "Aircraft" (1935), the architect Le Corbusier presented more than 100 photographs celebrating airplanes either in imperious flight or elegantly at rest. Dwelling on the artfully abstracted shapes of noses, wings, and tails, he declared : "Ponder a moment on the truth of these objects! Clearness of function!" In Aircraft, David Pascoe follows this lead and offers a startling new account of the form of the airplane, an object that, in the course of a hundred years, has developed from a flimsy contraption of wood, wire and canvas into a machine compounded of exotic materials whose wings can touch the edges of space. Tracing the airplane through the twentieth century, he considers the subject from a number of perspectives: as an inspiration for artists, architects and politicians; as a miracle of engineering; as a product of industrialized culture; as a device of military ambition; and, finally, in its clearness of function, as an instance of sublime technology. Profusely illustrated and authoritatively written, Aircraft offers not just a fresh account of aeronautical design, documenting, in particular, the forms of earlier flying machines and the dependence of later projects upon them, but also provides a cultural history of an object whose very shape contains the dreams and nightmares of the modern age.
Lockheed Aircraft Since 1913
Author: René J. Francillon
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
The History of Air Intercept Radar & the British Nightfighter 1935–1959
Author: Ian White
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526743469
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
This detailed history of Air Intercept radar traces the development of this vital military technology with the Royal Air Force during WWII. In the years after World War I, the United Kingdom was desperate to develop some form of protection from an enemy air strike. As early as 1923, the British Army had devised “sound mirrors” that could detect aircraft up to twelve miles away. This technical history traces the development of military radar technology from this early, experimental phase to the creation of the first air-to-air radar systems and their uses in battle. Historian Ian White sets this fascinating narrative within the larger political, military, economic and technological context of the era. Through World War II, Air Intercept radar was a vital asset in protecting RAF bomber forces as well as the country itself. But developing the technology required the tireless work of physicists and engineers in the Air Ministry Research Establishment, particularly members of the Establishment’s Airborne Group working under Dr. Edward Bowen. Their Airborne Interception radars, such as the AI Mk. IV, were used in Blenheim night-fighters during the winter Blitz and by Mosquito during the Baedeker Raids. This in-depth history covers the introduction of centimetric technology at the Telecommunications Research Establishment, the creation of centimetric AI, and their installation in the Beaufighter and later marks of the Mosquito. It describes the creation of the Radiation Laboratory at MIT and concludes with a section on further developments during the Cold War.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526743469
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
This detailed history of Air Intercept radar traces the development of this vital military technology with the Royal Air Force during WWII. In the years after World War I, the United Kingdom was desperate to develop some form of protection from an enemy air strike. As early as 1923, the British Army had devised “sound mirrors” that could detect aircraft up to twelve miles away. This technical history traces the development of military radar technology from this early, experimental phase to the creation of the first air-to-air radar systems and their uses in battle. Historian Ian White sets this fascinating narrative within the larger political, military, economic and technological context of the era. Through World War II, Air Intercept radar was a vital asset in protecting RAF bomber forces as well as the country itself. But developing the technology required the tireless work of physicists and engineers in the Air Ministry Research Establishment, particularly members of the Establishment’s Airborne Group working under Dr. Edward Bowen. Their Airborne Interception radars, such as the AI Mk. IV, were used in Blenheim night-fighters during the winter Blitz and by Mosquito during the Baedeker Raids. This in-depth history covers the introduction of centimetric technology at the Telecommunications Research Establishment, the creation of centimetric AI, and their installation in the Beaufighter and later marks of the Mosquito. It describes the creation of the Radiation Laboratory at MIT and concludes with a section on further developments during the Cold War.
NASA Reference Publication
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
Quest for Performance
Author: Laurence K. Loftin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
This provides access to a NASA History Office publication, NASA SP-468, by Laurence K. Loftin, Jr, NASA Scientific and Technical Information Branch, Washington, D.C. 1985. It traces the technical development of the airplane since World War I. It describes significant aircraft that incorporated important technical innovations and served to shape the future course of aeronautical development, as well as aircraft that represented the state of the art of aeronautical technology in a particular time frame or that were very popular and produced in great numbers. Primary emphasis has been placed on aircraft originating in the United States. The discussion is related primarily to aircraft configuration evolution and associated aerodynamic characteristics and, to a lesser extent, to developments in aircraft construction and propulsion. The material is presented in a manner designed to appeal to the nontechnical reader who is interested in the evolution of the airplane, as well as to students of aeronautical engineering or others with an aeronautical background.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
This provides access to a NASA History Office publication, NASA SP-468, by Laurence K. Loftin, Jr, NASA Scientific and Technical Information Branch, Washington, D.C. 1985. It traces the technical development of the airplane since World War I. It describes significant aircraft that incorporated important technical innovations and served to shape the future course of aeronautical development, as well as aircraft that represented the state of the art of aeronautical technology in a particular time frame or that were very popular and produced in great numbers. Primary emphasis has been placed on aircraft originating in the United States. The discussion is related primarily to aircraft configuration evolution and associated aerodynamic characteristics and, to a lesser extent, to developments in aircraft construction and propulsion. The material is presented in a manner designed to appeal to the nontechnical reader who is interested in the evolution of the airplane, as well as to students of aeronautical engineering or others with an aeronautical background.