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First launched in 1965, the Boeing 737, by many measures, is the
most successful and long-standing jetliner in the history of
aviation. This volume provides an in-depth look into the story of
this extremely significant jetliner and the environment that has
contributed to this amazing story. Many of the actual people who
designed, marketed, and flew this airplane have contributed greatly
to this book, with widespread quotes throughout. This study is rich
with many photographs and drawings that are published for the first
time and take the reader deeper into the story. Included in this
book is a technical chapter that defines the systems and provides a
detailed pilot's walk-around. For the hobbyist, a well detailed,
pictorial chapter demonstrates the building of airliner models, and
provides many techniques for new and experienced modelers alike.
In the latter half of World War Two, the War Cabinet sanctioned the
formation of a committee to consider a post-war world of air
transport. Appointed to chair the group, which included
politicians, engineers, businessmen and aircraft builders, was John
Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon (later Lord Brabazon of Tara).
This was an inspired choice, as Brabazon was the first man in
Britain to hold a Private Pilot's Licence. He had advocated and
promoted aviation in Britain from the earliest days. The Brabazon
Committee also had the foresight to embrace an emerging method of
propulsion: gas-turbine or jet engine technology. They, rightly,
placed piston-engines - which were quite advanced at the time - at
the forefront but made a case for the gas-turbine. This enabled
Geoffrey de Havilland and Ronald Bishop to begin building a
pure-jet airliner to be powered by engines designed by Frank
Halford. A very brave move from de Havilland and one that gave
Britain the lead over the rest of the world. The de Havilland DH
106 Comet aircraft made history as the first jet airliner to fly
and also as the first to off er a scheduled jet passenger service.
Even though more than sixty years have elapsed since that first
flight, the story of the Comet continues to excite and inspire.
Rumours of buried Spitfires from the Second World War have spread
around the world for seventy-five years. In April 2012, the press
reported that the UK had negotiated an agreement with Myanmar for
the recovery of twenty crated Spitfires, reportedly buried after
WW2. Astonishingly the agreement came about through the
single-minded determination of a farmer, David Cundall. Armed with
a high-tech survey showing mysterious shapes under the surface of
Yangon International Airport, David's expedition is equipped with
JCB excavators. But instead of Spitfires, the team unearths a tale
of fake history. The Buried Spitfires of Burma explores what
happened next as David Cundall's dream unravelled over the course
of a historical 'whodunnit' that spans seven decades and three
continents. It follows one of the most bizarre stories since the
sensational Hitler Diaries hoax.
Broken Wings is a fascinating history of Alaska aviation,
encompassing numerous civil aircraft disasters over a period of
seventy years. Derived from official accident reports, newspaper
accounts, magazine articles and years of research, the author draws
the reader into the true stories of aviation tragedy that have
occurred in the Last Frontier.
In the early morning of 20 April 1942, forty-seven Spitfire Vs of
601 and 603 Squadrons of the Auxiliary Air Force launched from the
deck of the American aircraft carrier the USS Wasp, which had
sailed to a position north of Algiers. The planes were bound for
Malta. At the time, the island was under heavy siege by Axis
forces. Salvatore Walcott's Spitfire never made it; he crash-landed
in North Africa, part of Vichy France, and was interned. After
attempting to escape, Walcott was liberated at the end of 1942. He
returned to the UK and joined the US Army Air Corps and continued
to serve as a pilot until the end of the war and afterwards with
the USAF during the Berlin airlift. These are the bare bones of the
story. But was that landing in Africa 'an inexplicable defection',
as it has been described? Here is the evidence, alongside an
exploration of American and British attitudes to men like Walcott
who served under foreign flags. Walcott's story has been discussed
for many years, but here is the truth. Did the Spitfire's
undercarriage fail to retract, as Walcott claimed, or did he lose
his nerve? Does the fact that Walcott later gained a reputation as
a risk-taker indicate a 'Lord Jim' narrative, whereby he tried to
make up for a moment of cowardice? Walcott's ultimately tragic tale
is set against the larger narrative of Irish/American and
British/Vichy France relations, of the Mediterranean theatre,
aircraft design, and the US entry into the war.
The NASM's 60,000 objects comprise the world's largest collection
of historic aircraft and spacecraft. The content is culled from the
museum's two public display facilities, one on the National Mall in
Washington, D.C. and the second at the museum's Steven F.
Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. Among the 100 artifacts
profiled are the original 1903 Wright Flyer; Charles Lindbergh's
Spirit of St. Louis; Chuck Yeager's Bell X-1; John Glenn's
Friendship 7 spacecraft; the Apollo 11 command module; Lockheed
SR-71 Blackbird; the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay; the Dash
80 prototype for the 707; the sole-surviving Boeing 307
Stratoliner; and space shuttle Discovery.
Drones and Journalism explores the increased use of unmanned aerial
vehicles, or drones, by the global media for researching and
newsgathering purposes. Phil Chamberlain examines the technological
development and capabilities of contemporary drone hardware and the
future of drone journalism. He also considers the complex place of
the media's drone use in relation to international laws, as well as
the ethical challenges and issues raised by the practice. Chapters
cover topics including the use of drones in investigative
reporting, in reporting of humanitarian crises, and the use of this
new technology in more mainstream media, like film and TV. The book
also presents exclusive interviews with drone experts and
practitioners and draws on a wide range of disciplines to put the
practice into a historical, political and social context.
Professionals and students of Journalism and Media Studies will
find this an important critical contribution to these fields, as
Phil Chamberlain astutely charts the rise of the reliance on drones
by the media worldwide.
Ethiopian Airlines was founded in 1945 by the Ethiopian government
with the assistance of Western airlines. With a fleet of
war-surplus Dakotas, the airline took to the sky. At first, only
domestic and regional destinations were served, forcing the airline
to build makeshift airstrips. However, in 1957, Douglas DC-6s and a
Lockheed Constellation were obtained and flights to Europe
commenced. In the 1960s, Ethiopian entered the jet age with the
purchase of Boeing 720s, later supplemented with 707s. Despite
various political, economic, and social obstacles, Ethiopian
Airlines continued to invest and grow, expanding to other African
countries and further abroad. As passenger transport has declined,
as a result of the global pandemic, it currently utilizes its cargo
business to transport medical supplies. Illustrated with over 100
images, this book shows how Ethiopian Airlines has remained the
powerhouse of African aviation.
This book tells the story of every jetliner produced by the Soviet
Union, including the Tupolev Tu-104 (the world's first successful
passenger jet), the Ilyushin Il-62 (Aeroflot's flagship) and the
supersonic rival to Concorde, the Tu-144. Other chapters cover the
Tu-154 workhorse, the Il-86/-96 jumbo jet and the world's first
regional jet, the Yak-40 (and -42). The meltdown of political
certainties coincided with the Tu-204, which was able to form a
bridge out of the old Soviet era into the current age. The story of
commercial aviation and aero engineering behind the Iron Curtain is
told in fascinating detail accompanied by beautiful illustrations
taken from Russian archives by Charles Kennedy, one of aviation's
best-known writers. Not only for aviation fans but also a
fascinating look Soviet history, European socialism and the
evolution of technology.
First flown in 1963, the Boeing 727 was skillfully designed to
outclass its competitors and remained without a direct rival for
nearly two decades. This jetliner was capable of being operated
from short, unimproved airfields, while requiring minimal ground
service equipment. In flight, it was a dream-fast, efficient,
quiet, and comfortable. Although this book is about an airplane, it
is as much about the people at Boeing who were undaunted and took
the financial risks necessary to build a truly outstanding machine.
Readers will learn technical aspects of the 727, along with taking
a close look at the brilliant minds and reasoning behind the design
through personal interviews and examining archival data. For the
hobbyist, a model-building chapter is also included, which covers
techniques for both first-time and experienced modelers.
The helicopter came on the scene too late to play other than a
minor role in the Second World War but by the Korean conflict the
Bell H-13 Sioux, OH-23 Raven and Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw were in
service. It was in Vietnam that the US military helicopters really
came into their own and the best known were the Bell UH-1 Iriquois
(known as the Huey), the Boeing CH-47 Chinook and the massive CH-37
Mojave. The USAF combat search and rescue Jolly Green Giant was
indispensable. Attack helicopters have evolved from the early Huey
Cobra or Snake and the Boeing AH-64 Apache came into service in the
late 80s when the Sikorsky UH-60 series became the military general
purpose chopper. All these formidable aircraft and many more are
covered in detail in this superbly illustrated and comprehensive
book.
A unique insight into the UK air-ambulance service, with the aim of
raising awareness of the remarkable work carried out by the
services, and the effort required behind the scenes to ensure the
successful, safe and efficient operation of helicopters and crew
around the country. This book looks at the history of air ambulance
services, the various different models for their structure, how
they are funded, organised and run, the helicopters used and the
roles of crew members and support staff, with case studies of
typical missions undertaken. Written with the cooperation of
Haynes’ local air ambulance service – Dorset and Somerset Air
Ambulance – a donation from each copy sold will be made to the
national Air Ambulances UK charity.
This book tells the story of an incredibly capable naval aircraft,
based primarily on the words of those who flew and maintained it.
Beginning with the Lynx's entry into service in 1976, it goes on to
discuss its remarkable performance in the Falklands War. Here it
was used in both its primary roles of anti-submarine and
anti-surface warfare, as well as several others for which it had
never been designed, such as Airborne Early Warning and anti-Exocet
missile counter measures. The Lynx has been continuously employed
in the Gulf from 1980 until the present day. What is not generally
known is the fact that these aircraft were responsible for
effectively destroying the Iraqi navy, sinking over fifteen
warships in a matter of a weeks. All related operational details
are included here. Also included are accounts of operations
conducted around the world, including anti-drug interdiction,
Arctic deployments, Search and Rescue, hurricane relief, as well as
a few notable mishaps. Also described is the development of the
aircraft from the Mark 2 to the current Mark 8 (SRU), bringing the
narrative fully up to date.Although only a snapshot, the stories
narrated here offer the reader a real understanding of the
capabilities of an aircraft with a truly remarkable history of
service.
On January 26, 1949, Garuda Indonesia was officially established as
Indonesia's government-owned flag carrier. To begin with, the
airline focused on domestic and regional travel. However, in 1962,
the Dutch-occupied island of Dutch New Guinea was added to the
Indonesian territory and Garuda faced the huge challenge of
starting up flights to the very remote and isolated settlements of
Irian Jaya. Fortunately, the airline had the assistance of another
Indonesian government-owned airline, Merpati, which would later
become a feeder and subsidiary of Garuda.In the mid-1980s, a
massive reorganisation led to Garuda offering international
flights, which required the modernisation of the entire fleet. The
late '90s saw a new management having to cope with the disastrous
effects of the Asian financial crisis closely followed by the
deregulation of the aviation industry in 2000, which greatly
increased competition in the domestic market. Over subsequent
years, Garuda has faced many more challenges, from the effects of
the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the Bali bombings to the 2003 SARS
epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic. However, despite these
setbacks, it has successfully transitioned from a small domestic
carrier to a player on the international stage. This fully
illustrated volume looks at Garuda's turbulent history from its
involvement in Indonesia's postwar struggle for independence to
operations during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. 120 colour
photographs
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