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Blue Skies, Black Wings: African American Pioneers of Aviation
ISBN: 9780275991951 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the age of 17, Samuel L. Broadnax--enamored with flying--enlisted and trained as a pilot at the Tuskegee Army Air Base. Although he left the Air Corps at the end of the Second World War, his experiences inspired him to talk with other pilots and black pioneers of aviation. "Blue Skies, Black Wings" recounts the history of African Americans in the skies from the very beginnings of manned flight. From Charles Wesley Peters, who flew his own plane in 1911, and Eugene Bullard, a black American ace with the French in World War I, to the 1945 Freeman Field mutiny against segregationist... At the age of 17, Samuel L. Broadnax--enamored with flying--enlisted and trained as a pilot at the Tuskegee Army Air Base. Although he left the Air... |
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Airplanes: The Life Story of a Technology
ISBN: 9780313331503 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The invention of the airplane redefined the way in which people travel, conduct commerce, spend their leisure time, and wage war. From the Wright brothers' wood-and-fabric Flyer to the modern jet aircraft, the airplane has evolved in countless ways as its many uses have unfolded. The development of safe and efficient air travel required solving multiple engineering riddles about aerodynamics, control, propulsion, and structures. This volume in the Greenwood Technographies series shows how the solutions to these riddles helped spur dramatic changes in the world's social and cultural... The invention of the airplane redefined the way in which people travel, conduct commerce, spend their leisure time, and wage war. From the Wright b... |
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Flight 427: Anatomy of an Air Disaster
ISBN: 9780387952567 / Angielski / Twarda / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Boeing's 737 is indisputably the most popular and arguably the safest commercial airliner in the world. But the plane had a lethal flaw, and only after several disastrous crashes and years of painstaking investigation was the mystery of its rudder failure solved. This book tells the story of how engineers and scientists finally uncovered the defect that had been engineered into the plane. One of its novel features is that it portrays the complex interaction of different experts and opposing interests in investigating and solving the mystery of this single crash.
Boeing's 737 is indisputably the most popular and arguably the safest commercial airliner in the world. But the plane had a lethal flaw, and only afte...
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Lost Star: The Search for Amelia Earhart
ISBN: 9780393313116 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "In this book, I deal only with the truth about Amelia Earhart's last flight, a truth withheld by our government because of a tenuous peace with Japan in the Pacific and concerns for the national security at home. . . . Those who knew the truth, and held it close, knew that Earhart and Noonan had survived. They believed it was their duty to hide the truth, and so they did." from the Introduction"
"In this book, I deal only with the truth about Amelia Earhart's last flight, a truth withheld by our government because of a tenuous peace with Japan...
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Lindbergh
ISBN: 9780425170410 / Angielski / Miękka / 688 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few American icons provoke more enduring fascination than Charles Lindbergh renowned for his one-man transatlantic flight in 1927, remembered for the sorrow surrounding the kidnapping and death of his firstborn son in 1932, and reviled by many for his opposition to America's entry into World War II. Lindbergh's is "a dramatic and disturbing American story," says the Los Angeles Times Book Review, and this biography the first to be written with unrestricted access to the Lindbergh archives and extensive interviews of his friends, colleagues, and close family members is "the definitive...
Few American icons provoke more enduring fascination than Charles Lindbergh renowned for his one-man transatlantic flight in 1927, remembered for the ...
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114,03 |
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The Airplane in American Culture
ISBN: 9780472068333 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few journeys have had as great an impact on American culture as Orville Wright's first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903--a twelve-second, one-hundred-twenty-foot trip that has captivated American thought and influenced American life ever since.
Although countless books for aviation buffs have appeared since World War II, none has attempted to place the airplane in its full social, cultural, and interdisciplinary context until now. The first book of its kind, The Airplane in American Culture presents essays by distinguished contributors including historians, literary scholars, scholars... Few journeys have had as great an impact on American culture as Orville Wright's first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903--a twelve-second, one-hundred-twen...
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New Mexico Warbird Survivors 2002: A Handbook on where to find them
ISBN: 9780595224265 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Arizona Warbird Survivors 2002: A Handbook on where to find them
ISBN: 9780595238811 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Inside the Sky: A Meditation on Flight
ISBN: 9780679750079 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. William Langewiesche's life has been deeply intertwined with the idea and act of flying.Fifty years ago his father, a test pilot, wrote Stick and Rudder, a text still considered by many to be the bible of aerial navigation.Langewiesche himself learned to fly while still a child.Now he shares his pilot's-eye view of flight with those of us who take flight for granted--exploring the inner world of a sky that remains as exotic and revealing as the most foreign destination.
Langewiesche tells us how flight happens--what the pilot sees, thinks, and feels.His description is not merely... William Langewiesche's life has been deeply intertwined with the idea and act of flying.Fifty years ago his father, a test pilot, wrote Stick and R...
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Russian Aviation and Air Power in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780714643809 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the light of newly-released archival material, the editors take a fresh look at Russian aviation in the 20th century. Presenting a comprehensive view of Russian aviation, from its genesis in the late Czarist period to the present era, the approach is essentially chronological with a major emphasis on the evolution of military aviation. There is appropriate attention to civilian and institutional themes.
In the light of newly-released archival material, the editors take a fresh look at Russian aviation in the 20th century. Presenting a comprehensive vi...
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Russian Aviation and Air Power in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780714647845 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the light of newly-released archival material, the editors take a fresh look at Russian aviation in the 20th century. Presenting a comprehensive view of Russian aviation, from its genesis in the late Czarist period to the present era, the approach is essentially chronological with a major emphasis on the evolution of military aviation. There is appropriate attention to civilian and institutional themes.
In the light of newly-released archival material, the editors take a fresh look at Russian aviation in the 20th century. Presenting a comprehensive vi...
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The Spirit of St. Louis
ISBN: 9780743237055 / Angielski / Miękka / 562 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The classic, bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning account of Charles A. Lindbergh's historic transatlantic flight Along with most of my fellow fliers, I believed that aviation had a brilliant future. Now we live, today, in our dreams of yesterday; and, living in those dreams, we dream again... Charles A. Lindbergh captured the world's attention--and changed the course of history--when he completed his famous nonstop flight from New York to Paris in 1927. In The Spirit of St. Louis, Lindbergh takes the reader on an extraordinary journey, bringing to life the thrill and...
The classic, bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning account of Charles A. Lindbergh's historic transatlantic flight Along with most of my fellow f...
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North Star over My Shoulder: A Flying Life
ISBN: 9780743262309 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Captain Robert N. Buck retired from TWA after having flown well over two thousand Atlantic crossings and thirty-seven years of service as chief pilot and director of thunderstorm research. During World War II he was engaged in weather research for the U.S. Air Corps, for which he was awarded, as a civilian, the Air Medal by President Harry Truman. More recently, Buck has worked with the International Civil Aviation Organization -- the UN's body for aviation -- to develop a new plan of world airspace.
In North Star over My Shoulder, Bob Buck tells of a life spent up and over the... Captain Robert N. Buck retired from TWA after having flown well over two thousand Atlantic crossings and thirty-seven years of service as chief pilot ...
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Mayday Over Wichita: The Worst Military Aviation Disaster in Kansas History
ISBN: 9781540208491 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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They Broke the Mold
ISBN: 9780759657823 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Before frequent flyer miles, before the "Thunderbirds," before Mission Control, there was trial and error. From the Curtiss Pusher to the space age, one eccentric man's biography serves as a microcosm for those adventursome days of early aviation.
Before frequent flyer miles, before the "Thunderbirds," before Mission Control, there was trial and error. From the Curtiss Pusher to the space age, o...
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What Engineers Know and How They Know It: Analytical Studies from Aeronautical History
ISBN: 9780801845888 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To solve their design problems, engineers draw on a vast body of knowledge about how things work. Examining previously unstudied historical cases, this author shows how engineering knowledge is obtained and presents a model to help explain the growth of such knowledge.
To solve their design problems, engineers draw on a vast body of knowledge about how things work. Examining previously unstudied historical cases, thi...
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Blind Landings: Low-Visibility Operations in American Aviation, 1918-1958
ISBN: 9780801884498 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When darkness falls, storms rage, fog settles, or lights fail, pilots are forced to make -instrument landings, - relying on technology and training to guide them through typically the most dangerous part of any flight. In this original study, Erik M. Conway recounts one of the most important stories in aviation history: the evolution of aircraft landing aids that make landing safe and routine in almost all weather conditions. Discussing technologies such as the Loth leader-cable system, the American National Bureau of Standards system, and, its descendants, the Instrument Landing System,... When darkness falls, storms rage, fog settles, or lights fail, pilots are forced to make -instrument landings, - relying on technology and training... |
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The Happy Bottom Riding Club: The Life and Times of Pancho Barnes
ISBN: 9780812992526 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pancho Barnes was a force of nature, a woman who lived a big, messy, colorful, unconventional life. She ran through three fortunes, four husbands, and countless lovers. She outflew Amelia Earhart, outsmarted Howard Hughes, outdrank the Mexican Army, and out- maneuvered the U.S. government. In The Happy Bottom Riding Club, award-winning author Lauren Kessler tells the story of a high-spirited, headstrong woman who was proud of her successes, unabashed by her failures, and the architect of her own legend. Florence "Pancho" Barnes was a California heiress who inherited a love of...
Pancho Barnes was a force of nature, a woman who lived a big, messy, colorful, unconventional life. She ran through three fortunes, four husbands, and...
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Jannus, an American Flier
ISBN: 9780813015446 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Jannus, an American Flier recounts the life and exploits of one of the forgotten figures of early aviation, a colleague of Curtiss and Benoist who pioneered in military and commercial aviation but died early and was all but lost amid the high-speed developments of the industry. Reilly s account will appeal to aviation historians in particular and to the many general readers interested in the pioneer era of flight." Louis S. Casey, curator, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian InstitutionThomas Reilly presents the first complete account of one of America's aviation pioneers. Tony...
"Jannus, an American Flier recounts the life and exploits of one of the forgotten figures of early aviation, a colleague of Curtiss and Benoist...
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Lindbergh Alone
ISBN: 9780873514262 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The day after which nothing would be the same for him was Friday, May 20, 1927. That morning, alone in a little plane powered by a single engine, Charles A. Lindbergh took off from a muddy runway on the outskirts of New York. His destination was Paris."
So begins Brendan Gill's book about the most extraordinary feat of one of our country's most extraordinary men. With clarity of vision and characteristic elegance, Gill gives us in Lindbergh Alone a meditation on one man's unprecedented accomplishment, and the world's overwhelming response to it. Originally published for... "The day after which nothing would be the same for him was Friday, May 20, 1927. That morning, alone in a little plane powered by a single engine, Cha...
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