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Flying High: Pioneer Women in American Aviation
ISBN: 9781531606503 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the beginning of the twentieth century, women were
demanding more freedom. What could bring more freedom than a chance to fly? Women went up in those early wire-andfabric contraptions to gain independence, to make money, or to make their names as pilots. They sought to prove that women pilots could do just as well as men--and some did far better. Flying High: Pioneer Women in American Aviation tells the story of Blanche Stuart Scott, who made $5,000 a week and broke forty-one bones; of Harriet Quimby, who flew the English Channel handily and then fell to her death in five feet... In the beginning of the twentieth century, women were
demanding more freedom. What could bring more freedom than a chance to fly? Women went u... |
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Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines: Early aviation pioneers and the drama behind the 1910 London to Manchester Air Race
ISBN: 9781541169586 / Angielski / Miękka / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines: This is a fascinating new book about many of the early aviators, their mishaps and their initial attempts to set unique air records. It also includes exclusive details from the Daily Mail Air Race drama first launched in 1906 and competed for in 1910 - promoting the quest to win 10,000 prize money: It is a unique diary of an incredible event. Based upon my grandmother's own recollections of the event, including diary entries, coupled with cuttings from news reports and papers of the day, this book gives a wonderful insight into the problems and...
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines: This is a fascinating new book about many of the early aviators, their mishaps and their initial attem...
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Grumman F-14 Tomcat Manual: All models 1970–2006
ISBN: 9781785211003 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All models 1970-2006. Probably best-known for its starring role in the Hollywood movie Top Gun, the variable geometry two-seat carrier-based Grumman F-14 Tomcat was the US Navy's primary maritime air superiority fighter and fleet defence interceptor between 1974 and 2006. The author reviews the design, constuction and use of the Tomcat, as well as its combat career in Operation Desert Storm (1991), Deliberate Force (Bosnia-Hertzegovina, 1995), and Allied Force (Bosnia and Kosovo, 1999). in 2001, F-14s led some of the first strikes into Afghanistan (Operation Enduring...
All models 1970-2006. Probably best-known for its starring role in the Hollywood movie Top Gun, the variable geometry two-seat carrier-based Grumman...
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112,60 |
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Firsts in Flight: Alexander Graham Bell and His Innovative Airplanes
ISBN: 9781459504783 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Alexander Graham Bell and his team of innovative young engineers created groundbreaking new technologies during three years of furious activity in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, in the early 1900s. The knowledge and skills of this group allowed them to innovate flight technologies which have continued to be fundamental to aircraft design. In this book, aviation author Terrance MacDonald puts together, for the first time, the full story of their achievements. Bell's unique group of engineers, a mechanical specialist and a military officer, built over twenty airplanes, which incorporated many... Alexander Graham Bell and his team of innovative young engineers created groundbreaking new technologies during three years of furious activity in ... |
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73,42 |
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F-4 Phantom: A Pilot's Story
ISBN: 9781909269637 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'The best book I've ever read about flying fast jets for the Cold War RAF. Both thrilling and elegaic, F-4 Phantom makes poetry of complex, exacting world of the fighter pilot. This is as close as you'll ever get to flying the Phantom yourself.' Rowland White, author of Vulcan 607
'The best book I've ever read about flying fast jets for the Cold War RAF. Both thrilling and elegaic, F-4 Phantom makes poetry of complex, exacting w...
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B-17 Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions
ISBN: 9781940453569 / Angielski / Twarda / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the first mass-produced, four-engine heavy bomber. Used throughout World War II for strategic bombing, the plane earned a reputation for its toughness and versatility. Carrying a crew of ten, and 8,000 pounds of bombs on long range missions, the '17 wreaked havoc on Germany during the critical years 1942-45. The "Memphis Belle," the first B-17 to fly 25 missions over Europe, is perhaps the most famous plane to emerge from the European Theatre. Originally printed by the U.S. Army Air Force in December of 1942, this... The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the first mass-produced, four-engine heavy bomber. Used throughout World War II for strategic ... |
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126,98 |
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Bachem Ba 349 Natter
ISBN: 9781472820099 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Two Up
ISBN: 9781908135391 / Angielski / Twarda / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Two Up' is a collection of aviation anecdotes and photographs covering five decades and going back to the brothers' early fascination with aircraft in the sixties. It includes a wealth of insider information from two brothers who spent their working lives in the aviation industry.. From the sixties both Smith brothers have spent their life, leisure and working time in and around an industry that has seen phenomenal changes over the last fifty years. Ron Smith has had a long and varied association with aviation. He is an aerospace engineer, a... 'Two Up' is a collection of aviation anecdotes and photographs covering five decades and going back to the brothers' early fascination ... |
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240,88 |
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The Vickers Viscount: The World's First Turboprop Airliner
ISBN: 9781526701954 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A detailed examination of the most successful British medium-range airliner ever produced.
A detailed examination of the most successful British medium-range airliner ever produced.
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85,50 |
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Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Ceres: Australia's Heavyweight Crop-Duster
ISBN: 9780994571304 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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250,48 |
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The Lewis Letters: The Exploits of a 20th Century Aviator and Adventurer
ISBN: 9781525511127 / Angielski / Twarda / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Lewis Letters: The Exploits of a 20th Century Aviator and Adventurer
ISBN: 9781525511134 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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60,38 |
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Chasing the Demon: A Secret History of the Quest for the Sound Barrier, and the Band of American Aces Who Conquered It
ISBN: 9780062845702 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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C-130 Hercules in the RAF
ISBN: 9781445652078 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A celebration of fifty years of the Hercules in service with the Royal Air Force.
A celebration of fifty years of the Hercules in service with the Royal Air Force.
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80,47 |
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Bound for the Backcountry
ISBN: 9780615787312 / Angielski / Miękka / 572 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Bound for the Backcountry II: A History of Airstrips in the Wallowas, Hells Canyon, and the Lower Salmon River
ISBN: 9780692305065 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Wright Brothers: A History From Beginning to End
ISBN: 9781977720177 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Grand Designers: The Evolution of the Airplane in the 20th Century
ISBN: 9780521817875 / Angielski / Twarda / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examines the historical development of the conceptual design process of the airplane through six case studies.
Examines the historical development of the conceptual design process of the airplane through six case studies.
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The Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told: Nineteen Amazing Tales From The Sky
ISBN: 9781493019694 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At 10:35 in the morning of Thursday, December 17, 1903, man got his wings. On the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright flew the motorized aircraft he and his brother Wilbur had constructed to a distance less than the length of the wingspan of today's 747 jet. They made three other flights the same day, the final lasting 59 seconds for a distance over the ground of 852 feet. The world would never be the same after that day. Mankind was finally off the ground in powered flight. And man's experiences in the air would forevermore join the literature of human endeavors, to be...
At 10:35 in the morning of Thursday, December 17, 1903, man got his wings. On the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright flew the mo...
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77,28 |
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Electric Airplanes and Drones: A History
ISBN: 9781476669618 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Attempts at electric powered flight date to well before the 19th century. Battery weight and low energy output made it impractical until the 1990s. The author describes the diverse designs of modern electric flying machines--from tiny insect-styled drones to stratospheric airships--and explores developing trends, including flying cars and passenger airliners"--
"Attempts at electric powered flight date to well before the 19th century. Battery weight and low energy output made it impractical until the 1990s. T...
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