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Bigger Bombs for a Brighter Tomorrow: The Strategic Air Command and American War Plans at the Dawn of the Atomic Age, 1945-1950
ISBN: 9780786494194 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Right after World War II, the United States felt secure in its atomic monopoly. With the American "Pax Atomica" in place, the free world held an apparent strategic advantage over the Soviet bloc and saw itself as a bulwark against communist expansion. But America's atomic superiority in the early postwar years was more fiction than fact. From 1945 until 1950, the U.S. atomic arsenal was poorly coordinated, equipped and funded. The newly formed Atomic Energy Commission inherited from the Manhattan Engineer District a program suffering from poor organization, failing infrastructure and internal...
Right after World War II, the United States felt secure in its atomic monopoly. With the American "Pax Atomica" in place, the free world held an appar...
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167,87 |
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Bridge Innovation: Technique that tranformed past failure into success.
ISBN: 9781482849752 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Construction of Bridge is one of the most difficult sciences in civil engineering field. This book illustrates a case study of Chenab Bridge which was unsuccessful for 26 years because of both technical and administrative reasons. The author - who was an engineer for this project - with help of team, adopted innovative approach to eliminate the root cause of the failures. The author identified that inappropriate structural design and lack of planning was the main cause of the failure. The author changed planning and design philosophy of the bridge by selecting continuous cantilever...
The Construction of Bridge is one of the most difficult sciences in civil engineering field. This book illustrates a case study of Chenab Bridge which...
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41,22 |
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Flying High: Hamilton's Airport and Economy Soar to New Heights (Business/Airport)
ISBN: 9781897453933 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 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 citys international airport is proving a catalyst for growth, as businesses and individuals take advantage of the communitys 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, Canadas leading national newspaper.
Flying High explains how Hamilton is turning its economy around after major industries downsized. Provides insight into how the citys international ai...
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172,42 |
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Aircraft System Safety: Assessments for Initial Airworthiness Certification
ISBN: 9780081008898 / Angielski / Miękka / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Aircraft Failure Assessments: A Practical Guide for System Safety presents a practical guide for the novice safety practitioner in the more specific area of assessing aircraft system failures to show compliance to regulations such as FAR25.1302 and 1309. A case study and safety strategy beginning in chapter two shows the reader how to bring safety assessment together in a logical and efficient manner. Written to supplement (not replace) the content of the advisory material to these regulations (e.g. AMC25.1309) as well as the main supporting reference standards (e.g. SAE ARP... Aircraft Failure Assessments: A Practical Guide for System Safety presents a practical guide for the novice safety practitioner in the more ... |
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543,65 |
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Reclaiming the Sky: 9/11 and the Untold Story of the Men and Women Who Kept America Flying
ISBN: 9780814437650 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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73,03 |
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International Freight Transport: Cases, Structures and Prospects
ISBN: 9780749474348 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. International Freight Transport presents the key changes and issues in the fast-moving industries of trade and transport. It includes regional trade groupings, emergence of new large economies (i.e. BRIC countries), and pivotal regions such as the Middle East and Central America where major projects, such as new and widened canals, are underway or planned. These changes could redraw the trade map with major implications for transport patterns and solutions. Blending geography, economics, politics and trade, International Freight Transport provides insight... International Freight Transport presents the key changes and issues in the fast-moving industries of trade and transport. It includes... |
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309,28 |
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The Flying Adventures of Jessie Keith Chubbie Miller: The Southern Hemisphere's First International Aviatrix
ISBN: 9781476665313 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pioneer aviatrix Jessie "Chubbie" Miller made a significant contribution to aviation history. The first woman to fly from England to her native Australia (as co-pilot with her close friend Captain Bill Lancaster), she was also the first woman to fly more than 8000 miles, to cross the equator in the air and to traverse the Australian continent north to south. Moving to America, Miller was a popular member of a group of female aviators that included Amelia Earhart, Bobby Trout, Pancho Barnes and Louise Thaden. As a competitor in international air races and a charter member of the first...
Pioneer aviatrix Jessie "Chubbie" Miller made a significant contribution to aviation history. The first woman to fly from England to her native Austra...
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167,87 |
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John Dixon's Air Hawk and the Flying Doctor
ISBN: 9780980653533 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "AIR HAWK and the FLYING DOCTOR" was an Australian adventure strip that ran in most metropolitan Australian newspapers (and many overseas) from 1963 to 1986. It was considered "the finest aviation strip ever" (GIFFORD). Full of fast-paced action and adventure to the backdrop of the Australian bush, AIR HAWK was written and drawn by John Dixon. Dixon was winner of the inaugural Australian Black and White Artists' Club Award for best Illustrated/Adventure Strip Artist in 1985, and won the award on two other occasions (1986 for AIR HAWK, and 1992 for his work for an American comics publisher)....
"AIR HAWK and the FLYING DOCTOR" was an Australian adventure strip that ran in most metropolitan Australian newspapers (and many overseas) from 1963 t...
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129,27 |
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Adventures in the Rotor Wind
ISBN: 9781498497299 / Angielski / Miękka / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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94,91 |
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Voyage of the Southern Sun: An Amazing Solo Journey Around the World
ISBN: 9781863959308 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With limited flying experience, no support team, and only basic instruments in his tiny single-engine flying boat, Smith risked his life to make modern aviation history. His historic flight lasted seven months, and took him from Australia all around the world. In 2016 he was named "Australian Geographic's" Adventurer of the Year.
With limited flying experience, no support team, and only basic instruments in his tiny single-engine flying boat, Smith risked his life to make moder...
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146,70 |
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Just Winging It: Prayers for My Pilot
ISBN: 9781495188640 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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71,70 |
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Just Winging It: Prayers for My Pilot Wife
ISBN: 9781495188657 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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71,70 |
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Shackleton Boys: Volume 1: True Stories from the Home-Based ‘Kipper Fleet’ Squadrons
ISBN: 9781911621126 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Essentially a development of the Avro Lancaster via the later Lincoln, the Avro Shackleton was the RAF's first line of defence in the maritime role from 1951 for twenty years, thereafter continuing to serve as an airborne early warning aircraft for another twenty, until 1991.
Essentially a development of the Avro Lancaster via the later Lincoln, the Avro Shackleton was the RAF's first line of defence in the maritime role fr...
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125,80 |
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Aeromedical Transportation: A Clinical Guide
ISBN: 9781138430853 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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1004,03 |
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Towards Future Technologies for Business Ecosystem Innovation
ISBN: 9788793609778 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Describes CONASENSE within the broad platform of the CTIF Global Capsule (CGC) covering future technologies and its enablers, smart cities, telemedicine, crowd computing, satellite, unmanned air vehicles, cooperative wireless sensor network, remotely piloted aircraft system, network neutrality as well as virtual business model.
Describes CONASENSE within the broad platform of the CTIF Global Capsule (CGC) covering future technologies and its enablers, smart cities, telemedici...
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426,05 |
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The History of Navigation
ISBN: 9781526731692 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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125,80 |
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Airports, Cities and Regions
ISBN: 9780367109691 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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225,25 |
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Composite Structures & Construction: : Modern Methods In Wet Lay-up & Prepreg Construction for Aerospace / Automotive / Marine Applications
ISBN: 9781973890133 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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44,47 |
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Project Apollo: The Moon Odyssey Explained
ISBN: 9780750989787 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A miscellany of facts, figures and stories from the Apollo mission programme, representing the furthest humankind has ever travelled
A miscellany of facts, figures and stories from the Apollo mission programme, representing the furthest humankind has ever travelled
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100,64 |
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Design of Unmanned Aerial Systems
ISBN: 9781119508700 / Angielski / Twarda / 664 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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608,09 |