Author: Joe Christy
Publisher: Tab Books
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Presents facts about the development of United States civilian and military aviation, including air races, airlines, rockets, and the space shuttle.
The Illustrated Handbook of Aviation and Aerospace Facts
Author: Joe Christy
Publisher: Tab Books
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Presents facts about the development of United States civilian and military aviation, including air races, airlines, rockets, and the space shuttle.
Publisher: Tab Books
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Presents facts about the development of United States civilian and military aviation, including air races, airlines, rockets, and the space shuttle.
The Big Book of Aviation Facts
Author: Marbella Publishing
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
An illustrated compilation of curiosities, statistics, military, history and fun facts. Includes over 100 facts and awesome pictures.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
An illustrated compilation of curiosities, statistics, military, history and fun facts. Includes over 100 facts and awesome pictures.
The Little Book of Aviation
Author: Norman Ferguson
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752492853
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
The Little Book of Aviation is a collection of facts, figures and interesting stories from the world of flight. Sad, humorous, baffling and astounding stories abound, from the pioneering days of the Wright Brothers to the present day, and covering everything from great milestones, famous names who’ve served, and the greatest of aircraft icons; phantom pilots and aircraft and a glossary of slang; the origins of plane-spotting and unusual aircraft names; great feats and enduring mysteries; lucky escapes and great aircraft in the movies... the trivia is limitless and will appeal to everyone, whether you want help telling your Spitfire from your Messerschmitt or you know a Spitfire I from a Spitfire II!
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752492853
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
The Little Book of Aviation is a collection of facts, figures and interesting stories from the world of flight. Sad, humorous, baffling and astounding stories abound, from the pioneering days of the Wright Brothers to the present day, and covering everything from great milestones, famous names who’ve served, and the greatest of aircraft icons; phantom pilots and aircraft and a glossary of slang; the origins of plane-spotting and unusual aircraft names; great feats and enduring mysteries; lucky escapes and great aircraft in the movies... the trivia is limitless and will appeal to everyone, whether you want help telling your Spitfire from your Messerschmitt or you know a Spitfire I from a Spitfire II!
Guide to Airport Airplanes
Author: William Berk
Publisher: Wow Toys
ISBN: 9781882663101
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The second edition of a handbook designed to facilitate rapid identification of 66 different airliners. Each one appears in a two-page entry featuring three-view silhouettes, a colour photograph, plus details of capacity, cruising speed, range, country of origin and date of the first flight.
Publisher: Wow Toys
ISBN: 9781882663101
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The second edition of a handbook designed to facilitate rapid identification of 66 different airliners. Each one appears in a two-page entry featuring three-view silhouettes, a colour photograph, plus details of capacity, cruising speed, range, country of origin and date of the first flight.
The Smithsonian Book of Air & Space Trivia
Author: Smithsonian Institution
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588344622
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Who was the first person to dine in space? How long was the Wright brothers's first successful flight? What famous aircraft was named after a grape-flavored soft drink? What toy based on an animated film accompanied astronauts on a shuttle mission in 2000? These questions and many more are answered in The Smithsonian Book of Air & Space Trivia. In addition to the canon of space and aviation information, the pages are illustrated with more than 125 objects from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's collections.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588344622
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Who was the first person to dine in space? How long was the Wright brothers's first successful flight? What famous aircraft was named after a grape-flavored soft drink? What toy based on an animated film accompanied astronauts on a shuttle mission in 2000? These questions and many more are answered in The Smithsonian Book of Air & Space Trivia. In addition to the canon of space and aviation information, the pages are illustrated with more than 125 objects from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's collections.
Introduction to Aircraft Design
Author: John P. Fielding
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107393353
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This book provides an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of civil and military aircraft design. Giving a largely descriptive overview of all aspects of the design process, this well-illustrated account provides an insight into the requirements of each specialist in an aircraft design team. After discussing the need for new designs, the text assesses the merits of different aircraft shapes from micro-lights and helicopters to super-jumbos and V/STOL aircraft. Following chapters explore structures, airframe systems, avionics and weapons systems. Later chapters examine the costs involved in the acquisition and operation of new aircraft, aircraft reliability and maintainability, and a variety of unsuccessful projects to see what conclusions can be drawn. Three appendices and a bibliography give a wealth of useful information, much not published elsewhere, including simple aerodynamic formulae, aircraft, engine and equipment data and a detailed description of a parametric study of a 500-seat transport aircraft.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107393353
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This book provides an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of civil and military aircraft design. Giving a largely descriptive overview of all aspects of the design process, this well-illustrated account provides an insight into the requirements of each specialist in an aircraft design team. After discussing the need for new designs, the text assesses the merits of different aircraft shapes from micro-lights and helicopters to super-jumbos and V/STOL aircraft. Following chapters explore structures, airframe systems, avionics and weapons systems. Later chapters examine the costs involved in the acquisition and operation of new aircraft, aircraft reliability and maintainability, and a variety of unsuccessful projects to see what conclusions can be drawn. Three appendices and a bibliography give a wealth of useful information, much not published elsewhere, including simple aerodynamic formulae, aircraft, engine and equipment data and a detailed description of a parametric study of a 500-seat transport aircraft.
Testing Aircraft, Exploring Space
Author: Roger E. Bilstein
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801871580
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2003 The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics—forerunner of today's NASA—emerged in 1915, when airplanes were curiosities made of wood and canvas and held together with yards of baling wire. At the time an unusual example of government intrusion (and foresight, given the importance of aviation to national military concerns), the committee oversaw the development of wind tunnels, metal fabrication, propeller design, and powerful new high-speed aircraft during the 1920s and '30s. In this richly illustrated account, acclaimed historian of aviation Roger E. Bilstein combines the story of NACA and NASA to provide a fresh look at the agencies, the problems they faced, and the hard work as well as inventive genius of the men and women who found the solutions. NACA research during World War II led to critical advances in U.S. fighter and bomber design and, Bilstein explains, contributed to engineering standards for helicopters. After 1945 the agency's test pilots experimented with jet-powered aircraft, testing both human and technical limits in trying to break the so-called "sound barrier." In October 1958, when the launch of the Soviet Sputnik signaled the beginning of the space race, NACA formed the nucleus of the new National Aeronautics and Space Agency. The new agency's efforts to meet President Kennedy's challenge—safely landing a man on the Moon and returning him to Earth before the end of the 1960s—is one of the great adventure stories of all time. Bilstein goes on to describe NASA's recent planetary and extraplanetary exploration, as well as its less well-known research into the future of aeronautical design.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801871580
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2003 The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics—forerunner of today's NASA—emerged in 1915, when airplanes were curiosities made of wood and canvas and held together with yards of baling wire. At the time an unusual example of government intrusion (and foresight, given the importance of aviation to national military concerns), the committee oversaw the development of wind tunnels, metal fabrication, propeller design, and powerful new high-speed aircraft during the 1920s and '30s. In this richly illustrated account, acclaimed historian of aviation Roger E. Bilstein combines the story of NACA and NASA to provide a fresh look at the agencies, the problems they faced, and the hard work as well as inventive genius of the men and women who found the solutions. NACA research during World War II led to critical advances in U.S. fighter and bomber design and, Bilstein explains, contributed to engineering standards for helicopters. After 1945 the agency's test pilots experimented with jet-powered aircraft, testing both human and technical limits in trying to break the so-called "sound barrier." In October 1958, when the launch of the Soviet Sputnik signaled the beginning of the space race, NACA formed the nucleus of the new National Aeronautics and Space Agency. The new agency's efforts to meet President Kennedy's challenge—safely landing a man on the Moon and returning him to Earth before the end of the 1960s—is one of the great adventure stories of all time. Bilstein goes on to describe NASA's recent planetary and extraplanetary exploration, as well as its less well-known research into the future of aeronautical design.
Illustrated Book of Fighter Aircraft
Author: Francis Crosby
Publisher: Southwater
ISBN: 9781780194066
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This illustrated book provides both the general enthusiast and the historian with key information about the world's fighter aircraft, from the pioneering days of WWI through to the present day, and includes the Spitfire, P-51 Mustang, MiG-15, Hunter, Harrier and F-14 Tomcat.
Publisher: Southwater
ISBN: 9781780194066
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This illustrated book provides both the general enthusiast and the historian with key information about the world's fighter aircraft, from the pioneering days of WWI through to the present day, and includes the Spitfire, P-51 Mustang, MiG-15, Hunter, Harrier and F-14 Tomcat.
Mach 1 and Beyond: The Illustrated Guide to High-Speed Flight
Author: Lawrence W. Reithmaier
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 9780070520219
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. This compelling book opens up the world of high-speed flight to readers who do not have extensive technical backgrounds Covering both subsonic and supersonic flight, it demystifies the world of high-speed aerodynamics, flight principles, gas turbine jets, and more. You'll learn why there are no supersonic airliners, what problems confront designers of 2,000-mph aircraft, and whether or not a hypersonic, or Mach 5, airplane is likely to be built.
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 9780070520219
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. This compelling book opens up the world of high-speed flight to readers who do not have extensive technical backgrounds Covering both subsonic and supersonic flight, it demystifies the world of high-speed aerodynamics, flight principles, gas turbine jets, and more. You'll learn why there are no supersonic airliners, what problems confront designers of 2,000-mph aircraft, and whether or not a hypersonic, or Mach 5, airplane is likely to be built.
An Illustrated Dictionary of Aviation
Author: Bharat Kumar
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071396063
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
Annotation. An A-Z compilation of terms, definitions, and illustrations from the general aviation, commercial airline, and military sectors. It can be used as a dictionary, reference, or learning tool.
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071396063
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
Annotation. An A-Z compilation of terms, definitions, and illustrations from the general aviation, commercial airline, and military sectors. It can be used as a dictionary, reference, or learning tool.