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Wilbur & Orville Wright: A Bibliography Commemorating the One-Hundredth Anniversary of the First Powered Flight- December 17, 1903
ISBN: 9781492948094 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Published in 2002 as volume 27 in the NASA "Monograph in Aerospace History" series, this bibliography commemorates the One-Hundredth Anniversary of the First Powered Flight- December 17, 1903
Published in 2002 as volume 27 in the NASA "Monograph in Aerospace History" series, this bibliography commemorates the One-Hundredth Anniversary of th...
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Zeppelin: The Story of the Zeppelin Airships: The Story of the Zeppelin Airships
ISBN: 9780764344787 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On July 2, 1900, Ferdinand Graf Zeppelin made the first ascent in an airship of his own design. The flight was initially viewed with skepticism, however public opinion changed after the destruction of his fourth airship at Echterdingen. Zeppelin received so many donations that not only was he able to found his own companies for the purpose of building airships, but also production facilities for the development and manufacture of engines, transmissions, shells, gas cells, airship hangars and even the construction of aircraft. All of these companies enjoyed a tremendous upswing during the...
On July 2, 1900, Ferdinand Graf Zeppelin made the first ascent in an airship of his own design. The flight was initially viewed with skepticism, howev...
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American Airlines, Us Airways and the Creation of the World's Largest Airline
ISBN: 9780786477838 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 2013 merger of American Airlines and US Airways marked a major step in the consolidation of the U.S. airline industry. A young management team that began plotting mergers a decade earlier designed a brilliant strategy to seize an industry prize. In doing so, it enlisted the help of unions who engineered one of the labor movement's biggest corporate victories. The airlines' histories and the inside story of the takeover is told by two veteran airline reporters.
The 2013 merger of American Airlines and US Airways marked a major step in the consolidation of the U.S. airline industry. A young management team tha...
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F-111 Aardvark Pilot's Flight Operating Manual
ISBN: 9781940453316 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The F-111 Aardvark flew 4000 combat missions during the Vietnam War, struck Libya in 1986, and saw action during Operation Desert Storm. Originally designed as a medium-range fighter-bomber, the versatile aircraft proved its meddle as a strategic bomber, tactical strike aircraft, and reconnaissance platform. When it debuted in 1964, the F-111 ushered in a new era. Equipped with variable-geometry wings, afterburning turbofan engines, and terrain-following radar, the high-tech F-111 was truly groundbreaking. Originally printed by General Dynamics and the United States Air Force in the 1960s,...
The F-111 Aardvark flew 4000 combat missions during the Vietnam War, struck Libya in 1986, and saw action during Operation Desert Storm. Originally de...
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Brave, Splendid Fools: A Life in Aviation
ISBN: 9781499706468 / Angielski / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is nothing quite like the stories of those who were present at the creation of aviation, who knew aviation in its rag-wing infancy, and whose careers progressed along with the march of technology-- flying faster, higher and more precisely with a particularly interesting foundation of knowledge. One of these exceptional people was Captain William L. Bacheler who, as a boy of eight years old, strained to catch a glimpse of his hero, Charles Lindbergh during a Seattle parade. From that moment on, he looked to the skies as his passion and ambition in life. His dream was realized when...
There is nothing quite like the stories of those who were present at the creation of aviation, who knew aviation in its rag-wing infancy, and whose ca...
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Hawker Siddeley Aviation and Dynamics 1960-77
ISBN: 9781847977397 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The story of the Hawker Siddeley Group that built some of the most important aircraft and missiles of the 1960s, 70s and beyond. Charts the progress of the Group and follows their development after they became British Aerospace in 1977 to the present day. Hawker Siddeley's history can be traced back to 1912 and the formation of the Sopwith Aviation Company by Tom Sopwith, which metamorphosed into Hawker Aircraft after World War One. In 1934-35, Gloster, Avro, Armstrong Siddeley, Armstrong Whitworth and others were taken over to create the Hawker Siddeley Group. The story of the Hawker Siddeley Group that built some of the most important aircraft and missiles of the 1960s, 70s and beyond. Charts the progres... |
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Canadian Aviation and the Avro Arrow
ISBN: 9781500545994 / Angielski / Miękka / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With its first flight in 1958, the Avro Aircraft CF-105 Arrow appeared to be Canada's greatest aeronautical achievement. As the world's fastest and most advanced aircraft at that time, the Arrow, flying at twice the speed of sound over the Canadian north, was to attack Soviet bombers with air-to-air nuclear missiles. Also during the mid-1950's, the Royal Canadian Air Force, with its 27 fighter jet squadrons assigned to NATO and NORAD, was respected as one of the great air forces in the western alliance. But Canada quickly tumbled from this threshold of aeronautical leadership with the sudden...
With its first flight in 1958, the Avro Aircraft CF-105 Arrow appeared to be Canada's greatest aeronautical achievement. As the world's fastest and mo...
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Race - Canard Air Racing - Color Edition: A History of Racing Burt Rutan Inspired Designs, 1983-2005
ISBN: 9780692256329 / Angielski / Twarda / 568 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. RACE - Canard Air Racing - A History of Racing Burt Rutan Designs, 1983-2005 is a pictorial history of the Air Race events held by the RACE -Rutan And Composites Enthusiasts covering the first event in 1983, through the last in 2005. It is a photo rich document with over 950 color photos, and features maps (aviation charts) of the events, and stories by some of the racers. Burt Rutan's designs (or other Rutan inspired designs) that raced with us include the Varieze, Long-Ez, Cozy, Defiant, Quickie, and we were later had Glasairs, Lancairs, RVs, and Questair Ventures enter and compete in these...
RACE - Canard Air Racing - A History of Racing Burt Rutan Designs, 1983-2005 is a pictorial history of the Air Race events held by the RACE -Rutan And...
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Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies
ISBN: 9780345538055 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From acclaimed historian Lawrence Goldstone comes a thrilling narrative of courage, determination, and competition: the story of the intense rivalry that fueled the rise of American aviation.
The feud between this nation's great air pioneers, the Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss, was a collision of unyielding and profoundly American personalities. On one side, a pair of tenacious siblings who together had solved the centuries-old riddle of powered, heavier-than-air flight. On the other, an audacious motorcycle racer whose innovative aircraft became synonymous in the... From acclaimed historian Lawrence Goldstone comes a thrilling narrative of courage, determination, and competition: the story of the intense rivalr...
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Clipping the Clouds: How Air Travel Changed the World
ISBN: 9781440836084 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mixing in elements of pop culture, Dierikx provides a chronological history of the evolution of air travel. He covers the significant challenges and developments in air transportation for a specific period, starting with how and why aviation came to play an important role in international politics and economic relations. He follows with an examination of how improvements in technology influenced existing concepts of distance, created new travel patterns, and what effect the growth in numbers of passenger and cargo had on air transportation. Finally, Dierikx looks at how airlines have... Mixing in elements of pop culture, Dierikx provides a chronological history of the evolution of air travel. He covers the significant challenges an... |
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The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor
ISBN: 9781502449320 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Mr. Haddock's Narrative of His Hazardous and Exciting Voyage in the Balloon Atlantic, with Prof. Jno. LaMountain
ISBN: 9781473320734 / Angielski / Miękka / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 21st century - the age of the budget airline - where quick and reliable air travel is available to a large segment of society, it seems hard to comprehend that it is less than 250 years since the first human took to the skies. Although the wing of the bird seemed like the most obvious natural mechanism to attempt replicate, it was actually contained hot air, as demonstrated by the Montgolfiers and their balloon, that gave birth to the era human aviation. Since the first manned balloon flight in 1783, developments have come thick and fast, the airship, the aeroplane, and finally the...
In the 21st century - the age of the budget airline - where quick and reliable air travel is available to a large segment of society, it seems hard to...
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Adventures in the Air - Being Memorable Experiences of Great Aeronauts
ISBN: 9781473320666 / Angielski / Miękka / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 21st century - the age of the budget airline - where quick and reliable air travel is available to a large segment of society, it seems hard to comprehend that it is less than 250 years since the first human took to the skies. Although the wing of the bird seemed like the most obvious natural mechanism to attempt replicate, it was actually contained hot air, as demonstrated by the Montgolfiers and their balloon, that gave birth to the era human aviation. Since the first manned balloon flight in 1783, developments have come thick and fast, the airship, the aeroplane, and finally the...
In the 21st century - the age of the budget airline - where quick and reliable air travel is available to a large segment of society, it seems hard to...
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Thoughts on the Farther Improvement of Aerostation; Or, the Art of Travelling in the Atmosphere: With a Description of a Machine, Now Constructing, on
ISBN: 9781473320789 / Angielski / Miękka / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 21st century - the age of the budget airline - where quick and reliable air travel is available to a large segment of society, it seems hard to comprehend that it is less than 250 years since the first human took to the skies. Although the wing of the bird seemed like the most obvious natural mechanism to attempt replicate, it was actually contained hot air, as demonstrated by the Montgolfiers and their balloon, that gave birth to the era human aviation. Since the first manned balloon flight in 1783, developments have come thick and fast, the airship, the aeroplane, and finally the...
In the 21st century - the age of the budget airline - where quick and reliable air travel is available to a large segment of society, it seems hard to...
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Travels in the Air by James Glaisher, Camille Flammarion, W. de Fonvielle, and Gaston Tissander
ISBN: 9781473320796 / Angielski / Miękka / 466 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 21st century - the age of the budget airline - where quick and reliable air travel is available to a large segment of society, it seems hard to comprehend that it is less than 250 years since the first human took to the skies. Although the wing of the bird seemed like the most obvious natural mechanism to attempt replicate, it was actually contained hot air, as demonstrated by the Montgolfiers and their balloon, that gave birth to the era human aviation. Since the first manned balloon flight in 1783, developments have come thick and fast, the airship, the aeroplane, and finally the...
In the 21st century - the age of the budget airline - where quick and reliable air travel is available to a large segment of society, it seems hard to...
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By Land and Sky
ISBN: 9781473320765 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 21st century - the age of the budget airline - where quick and reliable air travel is available to a large segment of society, it seems hard to comprehend that it is less than 250 years since the first human took to the skies. Although the wing of the bird seemed like the most obvious natural mechanism to attempt replicate, it was actually contained hot air, as demonstrated by the Montgolfiers and their balloon, that gave birth to the era human aviation. Since the first manned balloon flight in 1783, developments have come thick and fast, the airship, the aeroplane, and finally the...
In the 21st century - the age of the budget airline - where quick and reliable air travel is available to a large segment of society, it seems hard to...
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The Early History of Ballooning - The Age of the Aeronaut
ISBN: 9781473320864 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 21st century - the age of the budget airline - where quick and reliable air travel is available to a large segment of society, it seems hard to comprehend that it is less than 250 years since the first human took to the skies. Beginning with the weird and wonderful early attempts at flight, such as the Benedictine monk who launched himself off Malmesbury Abbey, this book illustrates the history of the earliest and most majestic of aviation technologies, the balloon. When the Montgolfier brothers demonstrated the first hot air balloon in 1783 they ushered in 'the age of the aeronaut' an...
In the 21st century - the age of the budget airline - where quick and reliable air travel is available to a large segment of society, it seems hard to...
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The Balloon - Noteworthy Aerial Voyages, from the Discovery of the Balloon to the Present Time - With a Narrative of the Aeronautic Experiences of Mr.
ISBN: 9781473320710 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 21st century - the age of the budget airline - where quick and reliable air travel is available to a large segment of society, it seems hard to comprehend that it is less than 250 years since the first human took to the skies. Although the wing of the bird seemed like the most obvious natural mechanism to attempt replicate, it was actually contained hot air, as demonstrated by the Montgolfiers and their balloon, that gave birth to the era human aviation. Since the first manned balloon flight in 1783, developments have come thick and fast, the airship, the aeroplane, and finally the...
In the 21st century - the age of the budget airline - where quick and reliable air travel is available to a large segment of society, it seems hard to...
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Balloons, Airships and Flying Machines
ISBN: 9781473320727 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 21st century - the age of the budget airline - where quick and reliable air travel is available to a large segment of society, it seems hard to comprehend that it is less than 250 years since the first human took to the skies. Although the wing of the bird seemed like the most obvious natural mechanism to attempt replicate, it was actually contained hot air, as demonstrated by the Montgolfiers and their balloon, that gave birth to the era human aviation. Since the first manned balloon flight in 1783, developments have come thick and fast, the airship, the aeroplane, and finally the...
In the 21st century - the age of the budget airline - where quick and reliable air travel is available to a large segment of society, it seems hard to...
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110,64 |
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Quest for Performance: The Evolution of Modern Aircraft
ISBN: 9781503105027 / Angielski / Miękka / 564 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. More than 75 years have passed since the Wright brothers' historic first flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903. During this relatively brief period, the airplane has developed from a useless freak to a highly significant force in modern society. The transformation of the airplane during this period must be ranked as one of the great engineering accomplishments of all time. The magnitude of the achievement is emphasized by the nature of the vehicle and the rigorous requirements for precise design of every element. In no other type of...
More than 75 years have passed since the Wright brothers' historic first flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,...
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