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Overlord's Eagles: Operations of the United States Army Air Forces in the Invasion of Normandy in World War II
ISBN: 9780786423385 / Angielski / Miękka / 223 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched Operation Overlord, the largest, most hazardous amphibious assault in history. The objective: establishment of a lodgment area in Normandy from which the Allies could strike at the heart of Germany and destroy the German armed forces. Air supremacy over northwest Europe was an absolute prerequisite for the success of the invasion, and to achieve it the U.S. Army Air Forces launched two campaigns aimed at destroying the Germans' transportation advantages in the area. In the months and days leading up to the assault, the Army Air Forces ceaselessly bombed...
On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched Operation Overlord, the largest, most hazardous amphibious assault in history. The objective: establishment of a ...
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166,12 |
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A Mig-15 to Freedom: Memoir of the Wartime North Korean Defector Who First Delivered the Secret Fighter Jet to the Americans in 1953
ISBN: 9780786431069 / Angielski / Miękka / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On September 21, 1953, U.S. airmen at Kimpo Air Base near Seoul, Korea, were startled to see landing a MiG-15, the most advanced Soviet-built fighter plane of the era, piloted by Senior Lieutenant No Kum-Sok, a 21-year-old North Korean Air Force officer. Once he landed, Lieutenant No found that his mother had escaped to the South two years earlier, and they were soon reunited. At his request, No came to the United States and became a U.S. citizen. His story provides a unique insight into how North Korea conducted the Korean War and how he came to the decision to leave his homeland.
On September 21, 1953, U.S. airmen at Kimpo Air Base near Seoul, Korea, were startled to see landing a MiG-15, the most advanced Soviet-built fighter ...
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112,97 |
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International Harvester (Farmall) Tractor Service Repair Manual
ISBN: 9780872881013 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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156,56 |
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Wingless Flight: The Lifting Body Story
ISBN: 9781410221223 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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125,94 |
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It Started with a Steamboat: An American Saga
ISBN: 9781425967192 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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117,88 |
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Tactical Missile Propulsion
ISBN: 9781563471186 / Angielski / Twarda / 529 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With contributions from the leading researchers and scientists in the field, this volume is a compendium of the latest advances in tactical missile propulsion. The objectives of the book are to provide todays designer with a summary of the advances in potential propulsion systems as well as provide a discussion of major design and selection considerations. Authors were chosen for their demonstrated knowledge of and excellence in their respective fields to ensure a complete and up-to-date summary of the latest research and developments.
With contributions from the leading researchers and scientists in the field, this volume is a compendium of the latest advances in tactical missile pr...
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518,72 |
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Aerothermodynamics of Gas Turbine Rocket Propulsion [With *]
ISBN: 9781563472411 / Angielski / Twarda / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This seminal book on gas turbine technology has been a bestseller since it was first published in 1984. It now includes a comprehensive set of software programs that complement the text with problems and design analyses. Software topics include atmosphere programs, quasi-one-dimensional flow programs, gas turbine programs, and rocket combustion programs.
This seminal book on gas turbine technology has been a bestseller since it was first published in 1984. It now includes a comprehensive set of softwar...
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339,98 |
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Advances in Missile Guidance Theory
ISBN: 9781563472756 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work is about terminal guidance of intercepting missiles. It contains a variety of newly developed guidance methods based on linear quadratic optimization problems. This application-oriented book employs widely used and thoroughly developed theories such as LQ and H-infinity to the problem of missile guidance.
This work is about terminal guidance of intercepting missiles. It contains a variety of newly developed guidance methods based on linear quadratic opt...
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436,31 |
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Modelling the F-4 Phantom II
ISBN: 9781841767468 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 'Phabulous' Phantom first took to the air on 27 May 1958 and has been in service around the world for many decades. The United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Iran, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Spain and Turkey have all operated this powerful aircraft. The Phantom starred in both the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm, and in its service career has flown every traditional military mission. With many F-4 variants in service (from FG.1s to 'Wild Weasels'), and some 25 scale model kits currently available, the possibilities for modelling this subject are...
The 'Phabulous' Phantom first took to the air on 27 May 1958 and has been in service around the world for many decades. The United States, the United ...
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81,60 |
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Towards Sustainable Aviation
ISBN: 9781853838170 / Angielski / Twarda / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Aviation is integral to the global economy but it is also one of the main obstacles to environmentally sustainable development. It is one of the world's fastest growing - and most polluting - industries. What can be done to retain the economic and other benefits it brings, without the associated pollution, noise, congestion and loss of countryside? In this volume, industry, policy and research experts examine how to address the problems, and what it would take to achieve genuinely sustainable aviation - looking at technological, policy and demand-management options.
Aviation is integral to the global economy but it is also one of the main obstacles to environmentally sustainable development. It is one of the world...
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702,94 |
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Flying High: Hamilton's Airport & Economy Soar to New Heights
ISBN: 9781897453018 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Flying High explains how Hamilton is turning its economy around after major industries downsized. Provides insight into how the city's international airport is proving a catalyst for growth, as businesses and individuals take advantage of the community's lower real estate and business costs - and its low-cost, efficient and convenient air transportation. Author Greg McMillan is a veteran journalist with the Globe & Mail, Canada's leading national newspaper.
Flying High explains how Hamilton is turning its economy around after major industries downsized. Provides insight into how the city's international a...
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91,84 |
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CloudDancer's Alaskan Chronicles
ISBN: 9780595471478 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At a certified average of 1.2 belly laughs and two good chuckles per page, this book is a must read for flying and Alaska enthusiasts alike. Even non-aviators can comfortably follow along as drama and nail biting suspense usually result in knee slapping good, clean humor. These are completely true Arctic adventure flying stories written by the central "character" himself CloudDancer. This first-time author was literally raised at airports and on airliners by two parents who worked for major airlines since his birth. CloudDancer spent his formative years growing up in Fort Worth,... At a certified average of 1.2 belly laughs and two good chuckles per page, this book is a must read for flying and Alaska enthusiasts alike. Even n... |
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76,04 |
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Pilots Travel & Recreation Guide Northeast
ISBN: 9780070017436 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This travel guide for aviators provides information on airports, attractions, lodgings, where to eat, rental cars and even where to get special discounts just for pilots. Airport information is detailed, giving traffic patterns, runway lengths, navigational data, fuel costs and more.
This travel guide for aviators provides information on airports, attractions, lodgings, where to eat, rental cars and even where to get special discou...
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114,35 |
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Speed of Heat: An Airlift Wing at War in Iraq and Afghanistan
ISBN: 9780786437986 / Angielski / Miękka / 273 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book tells the story of one Air National Guard airlift wing as related by its members. The 167th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard consisted of a squadron of 12 C-130 cargo planes, their crews, and all the supporting sections. The author, a former Associated Press reporter turned aviator, flew as an active member of that unit and interviewed nearly 70 service personnel for this book.
This book tells the story of one Air National Guard airlift wing as related by its members. The 167th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National G...
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112,97 |
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CloudDancer's Alaskan Chronicles: Volume II
ISBN: 9780595487707 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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83,66 |
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War Hawgs: A-10s of the USAF
ISBN: 9780764325861 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Don Logan's all-new pictorial book is intended as both a complementary and supplementary volume to his first A-10 book (see page 20). This book bridges the gap between 1997, when his first A-10 book was published, and summer 2006 with 550 current action A-10 photographs and updated Squadron information, including the effect of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2006 on A-10 units. All twelve continental U.S. bases operating A-10s are covered, as well as A-10s on the Nellis AFB range complex, Bollen Range at Fort Indiantown Gap near Harrisburg Pennsylvania, Razorback Range at Fort Chaffee...
Don Logan's all-new pictorial book is intended as both a complementary and supplementary volume to his first A-10 book (see page 20). This book bridge...
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Aeromedical Transportation: A Clinical Guide
ISBN: 9780754641483 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents the principles of aeromedical transport, featuring research, references and information on the transport of intensive care patients, and medical emergencies/death in flight. This book also discusses the administration and organisation, addressed f
Presents the principles of aeromedical transport, featuring research, references and information on the transport of intensive care patients, and medi...
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252,04 |
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The Best of Professional Pilot's WxBrief: The First Ten Years
ISBN: 9781434376244 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Best of Professional Pilot s WxBrief is a compilation of aviation weather articles that have appeared in Professional Pilot magazine over the past decade. With WxBrief, Pro Pilot has taken aviation weather knowledge to the next level explaining the whys and hows behind some of aviation s most important weather considerations. The articles in this book are ones that have been selected by Pro Pilot s readers aviation professionals as the best articles of the issues in which they appeared. This book is a must have for any pilot or aviation enthusiast who wants to know a bit more about the...
The Best of Professional Pilot s WxBrief is a compilation of aviation weather articles that have appeared in Professional Pilot magazine over the past...
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181,38 |
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Selling Air Power: Military Aviation and American Popular Culture After World War II
ISBN: 9781603441001 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In "Selling Air Power," Steve Call provides the first comprehensive study of the efforts of post-war air power advocates to harness popular culture in support of their agenda. In the 1940s and much of the 1950s, hardly a month went by without at least one blatantly pro-air power article appearing in general interest magazines. Public fascination with flight helped create and sustain exaggerated expectations for air power in the minds of both its official proponents and the American public. Articles in the "Saturday Evening Post," "Reader's Digest," and "Life" trumpeted the secure future...
In "Selling Air Power," Steve Call provides the first comprehensive study of the efforts of post-war air power advocates to harness popular culture in...
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95,10 |
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Selling Air Power
ISBN: 9781603440912 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In "Selling Air Power," Steve Call provides the first comprehensive study of the efforts of post-war air power advocates to harness popular culture in support of their agenda. In the 1940s and much of the 1950s, hardly a month went by without at least one blatantly pro-air power article appearing in general interest magazines. Public fascination with flight helped create and sustain exaggerated expectations for air power in the minds of both its official proponents and the American public. Articles in the "Saturday Evening Post," "Reader's Digest," and "Life" trumpeted the secure future...
In "Selling Air Power," Steve Call provides the first comprehensive study of the efforts of post-war air power advocates to harness popular culture in...
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203,61 |