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This is the story of dedicated men and women who are and were the
backbone of aviation. They took all they had and bought 60 acres of
land 35 miles from the city and proceeded to build an airport
mostly with the blood, sweat and tears from their brows. None of
them saw great wealth from their endeavor however, they were doing
what they loved: living and sleeping with airplanes. They fueled
them, repaired them, stored them and in some cases even taught in
them.
It's 1918. An American pilot, flying for the Lafayette Flying
Corps, finds himself fighting for his life in what could be his
last dogfight. Escape seems impossible - a crash seems inevitable.
He will need a lot of help and a lot of luck to survive.
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Catalina by Air
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Jeannine L. Pederson, Catalina Island Museum
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Flying is sometimes defined as "hours and hours of sheer boredom
punctuated by moments of stark panic." In HANGER FLYING, Lt/Col
Alfred J. D'Amario shares many of those "moments of stark panic"
that punctuated the 5,000 or so flying hours he accumulated during
his twenty years in the Air Force. The author, who much prefers to
be called Joe, takes the reader through Basic and Advanced pilot
training, transition to jets, fighter gunnery and fighter bomber
training and real combat in Korea. Then there are six years of
"peace time" flying in Training Command followed by eleven years of
Cold War missions in the six engine B-47 and eight engine B-52.
But, Hanger Flying is about in-flight emergencies and hair-raising
experiences, not about the hours and hours of just boring holes in
the sky. Hanger Flying (the practice, not the book) is what
assembled pilots do when they aren't flying. It is a "Can you top
this?" exercise in story telling. And that is what the author does
in this easy reading, fast paced account of many of the close calls
he had both in and out of combat.
Sherwood recounts the story of American Air Force pilots in the
Korean War and the development of a lasting fighter-pilot culture
The United States Air Force fought as a truly independent service
for the first time during the Korean War. Ruling the skies in many
celebrated aerial battles, even against the advanced Soviet MiG-15,
American fighter pilots reigned supreme. Yet they also destroyed
virtually every major town and city in North Korea, demolished its
entire crop irrigation system and killed close to one million
civilians. The self-confidence and willingness to take risks which
defined the lives of these men became a trademark of the fighter
pilot culture, what author John Darrell Sherwood here refers to as
the flight suit attitude. In Officers in Flight Suits, John Darrell
Sherwood takes a closer look at the flight suit officer's life by
drawing on memoirs, diaries, letters, novels, unit records, and
personal papers as well as interviews with over fifty veterans who
served in the Air Force in Korea. Tracing their lives from their
training to the flight suit culture they developed, the author
demonstrates how their unique lifestyle affected their performance
in battle and their attitudes toward others, particularly women, in
their off-duty activities.
General Aviation Aircraft Design, Second Edition, continues to be
the engineer's best source for answers to realistic aircraft design
questions. The book has been expanded to provide design guidance
for additional classes of aircraft, including seaplanes, biplanes,
UAS, high-speed business jets, and electric airplanes. In addition
to conventional powerplants, design guidance for battery systems,
electric motors, and complete electric powertrains is offered. The
second edition contains new chapters: Thrust Modeling for Gas
Turbines Longitudinal Stability and Control Lateral and Directional
Stability and Control These new chapters offer multiple practical
methods to simplify the estimation of stability derivatives and
introduce hinge moments and basic control system design.
Furthermore, all chapters have been reorganized and feature updated
material with additional analysis methods. This edition also
provides an introduction to design optimization using a wing
optimization as an example for the beginner. Written by an engineer
with more than 25 years of design experience, professional
engineers, aircraft designers, aerodynamicists, structural
analysts, performance analysts, researchers, and aerospace
engineering students will value the book as the classic go-to for
aircraft design.
Aviation safety is of global concern. This book is about one
person's experience as a non-hypocritical safety regulator in a
challenging environment. The author has found her amazing career
experience interesting to share. The hazards of playing politics
and being hypocritical with safety regulation are clearly reflected
in this book. From the human angle, it shows the ugly face of
office politics and power play and their detrimental effects on
those at the receiving end. The rather slow pace of progress in the
aviation regulatory entity since the author's ordeal and her
subsequent forceful retirement is a lesson in why responsible
authorities shouldn't be cutting their noses to spite their faces.
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Delaware Aviation
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Jan (Atp Cfii Uscgaux) Churchill, Brig Gen K Wiggins (de Ang Retired)
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The three volumes of the Encyclopaedia of International Aviation
Law are intended for students, lawyers, judges, scholars, and
readers of all backgrounds with an interest in aviation law and to
provide the definitive corpus of relevant national and regional
legislation, including global aviation treaties and legislation, to
enable all readers without exception to develop the background,
knowledge, and tools to understand local, regional, and
international aviation law in contextual fashion.
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.
"Curious about the specifications and particulars of a
canvas-covered, seat-of-the-pants biplane of the fledgling U.S.
Army Air Corps? Or a computer-laden, titanium-clad supersonic
modern jet? Here are 327 instant portraits (complete with
dimensions, weight, power plant, performance, armament) of the most
famous as well as lesser-known American fighters, bombers,
transports, flying boats, trainers, helicopters, and reconnaissance
aircraft."--BOOK JACKET. "Each entry includes a photograph of the
aircraft, service dates, manufacturer, records set, engineering and
performance history, technical innovations, and even operational
problems. Special attention is paid to the aircraft of America's
"Golden Age, " 1919-1939, and the important technological
developments that took place during that period."--BOOK JACKET.
Jim Reed has had a life of diverse adventure. From sending U-2's to
the North Pole, retrieving missiles in the open ocean, and a flying
and boating career that spanned the world, he has done just about
everything that you could pack into one lifetime. "Turning Final"
captures those adventures and shares it with all of us who dream of
meeting exciting challenges. This story is about a real life
pilot/sailor who accomplished things that most people only dream
about while at the same time he and his lovely wife raised a family
of four boys. His life truly spans the world.
Concorde can surely claim to be the world's favourite aircraft. Its
sleek lines and glamorous design made it an icon recognised all
over the world. Travelling at twice the speed of sound at 60,000ft,
to fly Concorde was the dream of many and the regular pastime of
the lucky few. The rich and famous graced its all-first-class
cabins, some time and again; Sir David Frost notably undertook
around twenty flights a year on Concorde for an average of twenty
years. Photographer Adrian Meredith spent many years photographing
Concorde from every conceivable angle. Here he has collated his
artwork to present a full-colour account of this remarkable and
memorable aircraft. Including information and photos from behind
the scenes as well as significant milestones and detail on the
passengers and personalities on board, this is a unique and
beautiful photographic tribute. In this new and updated edition,
ten years after Concorde's momentous last flight, Meredith looks at
the potential of supersonic and hypersonic travel with fascinating
speculations and images of what the future holds.
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