Aircraft and aviation Books
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc Plane Sense: General Aviation Information:
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£12.99
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc Together We Fly: Voices from the DC-3: Voices
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£14.99
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc The Standard Pilot Master Log: ASA-SP-6
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£19.99
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc Helicopter Maneuvers Manual: A step-by-step
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£19.93
Smithsonian Books Amelia Earhart: A Biography
Book SynopsisShe died mysteriously before she was forty. Yet in the last decade of her life Amelia Earhart soared from obscurity to fame as the best-known female aviator in the world. She set record after record—among them, the first trans-Atlantic solo flight by a woman, a flight that launched Earhart on a double career as a fighter for women's rights and a tireless crusader for commercial air travel. Doris L. Rich's exhaustively researched biography downplays the “What Happened to Amelia Earhart?” myth by disclosing who Amelia Earhart really was: a woman of three centuries, born in the nineteenth, pioneering in the twentieth, and advocating ideals and dreams relevant to the twenty-first.
£14.24
Smithsonian Books Into the Teeth of the Tiger
Book SynopsisInto the Teeth of the Tiger provides a vivid, pilot?s-eye view of one of the most extended projections of American air power in World War II Asia. Lopez chronicles every aspect of fighter combat in that theater: harrowing aerial battles, interludes of boredom and inactivity, instances of courage and cowardice. Describing different pilots? roles in each type of mission, the operation of the P-40, and the use of various weapons, he tells how he and his fellow pilots faced not only constant danger but also the munitions shortages, poor food, and rat-infested barracks of a remote sector of the war. The author also offers keen observations of wartime China, from the brutalities of the Japanese occupation to the conflict between Chiang Kai-shek''s Nationalists and the Communist movement.This edition of Lopez''s acclaimed account features new photographs, most of which have never before been published. Relating how the 23rd Fighter Group continued to win battles even as the Japanese gained ground, Into the Teeth of the Tiger is the humorous and insightful memoir of an ace pilot caught in the paradox of victory in retreat.
£13.77
Smithsonian Books Mustang Designer: Edgar Schmued and the P-51
Book SynopsisMustang Designer tells the story of American wartime fighter development, including engines and armaments, as part of a nationwide program of aircraft builders and fliers, focusing on Edgar Schmued, the designer of the Mustang. The P-51 Mustang is widely regarded as the best propeller-driven fighter that ever flew. What many might not realize is that the plane''s developer was a German migrant. This book tells of how Schmued created a weapon that would ultimately prove lethal to the aspirations of those who had seized control over his native land.
£19.82
Turner Publishing Company The C-5 Galaxy History: Crushing Setbacks,
Book SynopsisThe C-5 Galaxy is truly an effective military aircraft. It remains an essential, successful component of the U.S. military airlife capability. This book reveals the events that led to the C-5 requirement; and the controversies of its early operational existence. Details of testing, flight characteristics, operational accomplishments and world flight records are presented. Interviews from senior Lockheed management and experienced flight crews validate the C-5's decisive accomplishments.
£22.94
Turner Publishing Company Reflections of a Teenage Barnstormer
Book SynopsisReflections of a Teenage Barnstormer is the story of a 1933 two-month barnstorming tour of the Ohio River Valley of southern Indiana when the author was 16 years old. It is told in a first person, present tense in the manner he would have told it at the time it occurred.
£19.79
Impact Publications Flying High with A Frank Steward: More Air Travel
Book SynopsisA Frank Steward, the pen name for seasoned flight attendant James Wysong, is back again with his fourth book on hilarious things that happen at 35,000 feet. One of today''s most popular weekly air travel columnists with Tripso and MSN, he advises thousands of travellers on surviving the challenges of airports, security, planes, and fellow passengers. With refreshing humour, he again shares dozens of stories about air travel that reveal the human side of what really goes on in the air travel industry. Packed with stories about the crazy, humorous, and sad events that happen to passengers and flight personnel alike, he gives sound advice on coping with life''s curve balls and navigating the complex world of air travel. Readers again will be fascinated by the outrageous things that happen in the cockpit, in-flight dramas, surviving security checks, keeping healthy, and much more. Dedicated to "the people who smile and thank you for your trashrubbish", this revealing book once again puts a whole new face on the travel industry.
£14.39
Prometheus Books Air Rage: Crisis in the Skies
Book SynopsisIn the last few years, several planes have almost gone down because of the aberrant or abusive behavior of one or more individuals. Unfortunately, such outbursts are becoming increasingly common. These dangerous actions -known as air rage - are by far the greatest threat to the safety and security of the 1.5 billion passengers who travel annually by air. Although the number of air-rage cases continues to rise, airlines, airports, and even governmental agencies consistently underreport the scope of the problem, thus exacerbating an already volatile situation. This intensively researched book by an anonymous veteran insider of the airline industry and an experienced investigative journalist provides reliable, detailed research never before reported. The book fully explores the fundamental causes of air rage: alcohol and illegal drug abuse, mental illness, overcrowded airplanes, the economic realities of the airline business, the failure to report air-rage incidents, and the lack of consequences for perpetrators. Each point is illustrated through recounting actual air-rage incidents that the authors have collected from interviews with flight crews and passengers and/or through their Web site at www.AirRage.org. Without being alarmist in tone, this important book will make readers aware of the scope and magnitude of the air-rage problem and what might be done to solve this emerging crisis in the skies. See also Andrew Thomas's Aviation Insecurity: The New Challenges of Air Travel.
£13.49
Avery Publishing Group Inc.,U.S. Jet Age: The Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World
Book SynopsisIn "Jet Age", journalist Sam Howe Verhovek explores the advent of the first generation of jet airliners and the people who designed, built, and flew them. The path to jet travel was triumphal and amazingly rapid-less than fifty years after the Wright Brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk, Great Britain led the world with the first commercial jet plane service. Yet the pioneering British Comet was cursed with a tragic, mysterious flaw, and an upstart Seattle company put a new competitor in the sky: the Boeing 707 Jet Stratoliner. "Jet Age" vividly re-creates the race between two nations, two global airlines, and two rival teams of brilliant engineers for bragging rights to the first jet service across the Atlantic Ocean in 1958. In the spirit of Stephen Ambrose's "Nothing Like It in the World", Verhovek's "Jet Age" offers a gorgeous rendering of an exciting age and fascinating technology that permanently changed our conception of distance and time.Trade Review"Breezy and fact-filled history...Mr. Verhovek spins a fine yarn that includes big money, war, sex and power." — The Wall Street Journal"Jet Age is a page-turning detective story with characters as finely drawn as those in a work of fiction, and infused with an infectious sense of wonder that drove ordinary men and women to reach for extraordinary heights." — The New York Times
£16.26
Rowman & Littlefield Bush Pilot Angler
Book SynopsisMost people know the late Lee Wulff as the world's foremost salmon angler. Few, if any, think of him as a skilled bush pilot and explorer. But he was both, as Lee reveals in this extraordinary memoir. Based on an unpublished manuscript that was rediscovered only recently by his widow, Joan Wulff, this book tells the story of Lee's years pioneering the Atlantic salmon and brook trout fisheries on the remote coasts of northeastern Newfoundland and Labrador. Having established a handful of outpost sporting camps by boat, Wulff quickly realized that getting clients and supplies in and out efficiently would require an airplane. So he cut a deal with Piper Aircraft and learned to fly a new bright-yellow J-3 Cub equipped with floats. Throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s, he ferried his sports one-by-one into isolated lakes and rivers where the fishing went beyond their wildest dreams. Soar with Wulff through unpredictable mountain gusts, low over muskeg bogs, and blind through thick fog and smothering darkness. Meet his sons, Barry and Allan, and feel their father's pride as both become good anglers and valuable contributors to the operation of the camps. Get to know the warm, hard-working Newfoundlanders recruited as guides and camp staff. And share salmon pools with some of World War II's most notable generals, who fished with Lee during brief breaks from the horrors of the European front. Bush Pilot Angler is an unforgettable story of courage, flying, love, and fishing. It is a fitting tribute to Lee Wulff, an extraordinary man who fought tirelessly for the conversation of his beloved Atlantic salmon in Newfoundland and throughout North America.
£15.42
Smithsonian Books The Mystery of Flight 427: Inside a Crash
Book SynopsisThe immediate human toll of the 1994 Flight 427 disaster was staggering: all 132 people aboard died on a Pennsylvania hillside. The subsequent investigation was a maze of politics, bizarre theories, and shrouded answers. Bill Adair, an award-winning journalist, was granted special access to the five-year inquiry by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) while its investigators tried to determine if the world's most widely used commercial jet, the Boeing 737, was really safe. Their findings have had wide-ranging effects on the airline industry, pilots, and even passangers. Adair takes readers behind the scenes to show who makes decisions about airline safety—and why.
£13.49
Smithsonian Books On the Frontier: Experimental Flight at NASA Dryden
£28.32
Smithsonian Books The Nation's Hangar: Aircraft Treasures of the
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£22.79
Smithsonian Books The Smithsonian Book of Air & Space Trivia
Book SynopsisWho was the first person to dine in space? How long was the Wright brothers's first successful flight? What famous aircraft was named after a grape-flavored soft drink? What toy based on an animated film accompanied astronauts on a shuttle mission in 2000? These questions and many more are answered in The Smithsonian Book of Air & Space Trivia. In addition to the canon of space and aviation information, the pages are illustrated with more than 125 objects from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's collections.
£10.99
Smithsonian Books Southern Storm: The Tragedy of Flight 242
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£15.19
Smithsonian Books The Flight 981 Disaster: Tragedy, Treachery, and
Book SynopsisOn June 12, 1972, a powerful explosion rocked American Airlines Flight 96 a mere five minutes after its takeoff from Detroit. The explosion ripped a gaping hole in the bottom of the aircraft and jammed the hydraulic controls. Miraculously, despite the damage and ensuing chaos, the pilots were able to land the plane safely. Less than two years later, on March 3, 1974, a sudden, forceful blowout tore through Turk Hava Yollari (THY) Flight 981 from Paris to London. THY Flight 981 was not as lucky as Flight 96; it crashed in a forest in France, and none of the 346 people onboard survived. What caused the mysterious explosions? How were they linked? Could they have been prevented? The Flight 981 Disaster addresses these questions and many more, offering a fascinating insiders' look at two dramatic aviation disasters.
£14.39
Smithsonian Books Best of the National Air and Space Museum
Book SynopsisExperience the thrill of flying some of the world's most important airplanes and spacecraft. Best of the National Air and Space Museum provides unprecedented access to the most popular museum in the world. The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum hosts an average of seven million visits every year. The Udvar-Hazy Center—three football fields long and ten stories high—receives more than one million visits annually. Best of the National Air and Space Museum features the best of both museums, from the Challenger space shuttle and the Wright flyer to the Spirit of St. Louis and the stealth bomber. Robert Van der Linden, curator of aeronautics, has selected the most important, popular, and just plain impressive aircraft and spacecraft from the collections of both museums to be showcased in this beautiful book. Each page spread includes intriguing facts of the item's design, use, mission, specifications, and dimensions. A must-have for space and aviation buffs.
£24.65
Smithsonian Books Anthony Fokker: The Flying Dutchman Who Shaped
Book SynopsisComprehensive biography of Anthony Fokker, the famed Dutch pilot and daredevil aviatorAnthony Fokker: The Flying Dutchman Who Shaped American Aviation tells the larger-than-life true story of maverick pilot and aircraft manufacturer Anthony Fokker. Fokker came from an affluent Dutch family and developed a gift for tinkering with mechanics. Despite not receiving a traditional education, he stumbled his way into aviation as a young stunt pilot in Germany in 1910. He survived a series of spectacular airplane crashes and rose to fame within a few years. A combination of industrial espionage, luck, and deception then propelled him to become Germany's leading aircraft manufacturer during World War I, making him a multimillionaire by his midtwenties.When the German Revolution swept the country in 1918 and 1919, Fokker made a spectacular escape to the United States. He set up business in New York and New Jersey in 1921, and shortly thereafter became the world's largest aircraft manufacturer. The U.S. Army and Navy acquired his machines, and his factories equipped legendary carriers such as Pan American and TWA at the dawn of commercial air transport.Yet despite his astounding success, his empire collapsed in the late 1920s after a series of ill-conceived business decisions and deeply upsetting personal dramas. In 1927, aviator Richard Byrd solicited a Fokker three-engine plane to be the first to fly non-stop across the Atlantic. The plane was damaged on a test flight and Charles Lindbergh beat him to it. Lindbergh's solo adventure in the Spirit of St. Louis earned him--and cost Fokker--a lasting place in the history books. Using previously undiscovered records and primary sources, Marc Dierikx traces Fokker's extraordinary life and celebrates his spectacular achievements.
£23.40
Prometheus Books Aviation Insecurity: The New Challenges of Air
Book SynopsisThe events of September 11 compelled the American public to look at air travel as much more than merely another way of getting from point A to point B. An industry that was previously viewed as a routine component of modern transport is now seen as both a vital national asset and vulnerable security risk. In this probing critique of aviation security since 9/11, Andrew Thomas, a globally recognised aviation security expert, examines the recent overhaul of the national aviation security system.
£16.88
Advantage Media Group Flight 3407: Compassionate Leadership In The Face
Book SynopsisLead through the Chaos Learn from Tragedy Leadership: How does such a simple concept come to play in the most tragic of situations? How do you know if you have what it takes to lead through unimaginable tragedy? David and Traci Bissonette were faced with the type of devastation that molds character and significant purpose—fueling their passion to help others hone in on leadership skills and learn from what they experienced when Continental Flight 3407 crashed in their town of Clarence, NY. In Flight 3407, David and Traci reveal proven tactics and strategies to help you, the leader, navigate through any situation—from the everyday inconvenience to the unimaginable tragedy. In this recount of leadership paired with tragedy, you will: •Recognize the value of being a strong, yet compassionate leader. •Understand the emotional strain leaders face during and after a crisis. •Learn leadership best practices.
£18.89
Bluewaterpress LLC Pan American World Airways: Images of a Great Airline
£28.98
Bluewaterpress LLC Pan American World Airways Aviation History Through the Words of Its People
£21.80
Rowman & Littlefield Robert Bryan: The Flying Parson of Labrador and
Book SynopsisSince his boyhood days watching test pilots roar through the sky over his Long Island, NY, home, Robert Bryan was fascinated with flight. Add to that his love of a good story and his vocation as an Episcopal priest and you have the three great themes of his life. After his graduation from Yale Divinity School—where he met Marshall Dodge and the two created the immensely popular storytelling duo “Bert and I”—Bryan became a minister to the remote settlements of Quebec’s North Shore. In the mid-20th century, the best way to reach parishioners was by bush plane, so Robert rose to the task. He went on to spend 50 years as a bush pilot and minister, logging more than 12,000 hours at the controls. This endearing memoir traces his life and adventures during that time and weaves in his experiences performing and recording with Dodge.Trade ReviewIn this fascinating autobiography, Robert Bryan recounts his life as the flying parson of maritime Quebec and Labrador who piloted float planes alone through the wilderness. . . .The Flying Pastor of Labrador remains an inspiring book about a life well lived. * Maine Sunday Telegram *“His memories pour from the pages like maple syrup from a jug…Read [this book] to share the thrill of Bryan’s 50 years of flying or simply to discover a hidden corner of the planet where people and nature remain, if not isolated, still unspoiled.” – Atlantic Salmon Journal
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History Press The Early Days of Aviation in Grand Rapids
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Casemate Publishers The Dawn of the Drone: From the Back Room Boys of
Book SynopsisIn the dark days of World War I, when flying machines, radio, and electronics were infant technologies, the first remotely controlled experimental aircraft took to the skies and unmanned radio controlled 40-foot high-speed Motor Torpedo Boats ploughed the seas in Britain. Developed by the British Army’s Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Navy these prototype weapons stemmed from an early form of television demonstrated before the war by Prof. A. M. Low. The remote control systems for these aircraft and boats were invented at RFC Secret Experimental Works commanded by Prof. Low, which was part of the organization of ‘back-room boys’ in the Munitions Inventions Department. These audacious projects of Low and his contemporaries led to the hundreds of remotely controlled Queen Bee aerial targets in the 1930s and hence to all the machines that we now call ‘drones'.Starting well before WWI and, for the lucky ones, extending well beyond it, the lives of Archibald Low and many of his contemporaries were extraordinary as were the times they lived through. They witnessed many dawns, the coming of the oil and plastics age and of domestic electricity. They experienced vast social improvements and the pasturing of the working horse in favor of motor transport. They were around for the first epic aircraft flights and with the aid of the very technologies that had enabled the development of drones, they saw air travel transformed from the precarious to the routine. It is astonishing that the origins of the first drones are not common knowledge in Britain and that the achievement of these maverick inventors is not commemorated.
£23.34
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc Aircraft Inspection, Repair & Alterations:
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Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc Making Perfect Takeoffs and Landings in Light
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£14.99
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc Airport Management
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£49.99
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc Flight Notes: 3-Pack Notebooks with Quick
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£10.96
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc The Standard Pilot Logbook ? Pink: The Standard
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£13.37
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc Aerodynamics for Aviators
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£43.55
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc Aerodynamics for Aviators eBundle
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£52.54
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc Finding Carla: The Story that Forever Changed
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£14.33
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc Practical Electricity for Aviation Maintenance
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£37.04
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc The Flight Instructor's Survival Guide: true,
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£18.93
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc The Standard UAS Operator Logbook: The Standard
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£11.69
Aviation Supplies & Academics Beyond Flight Training
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Aviation Supplies & Academics Fly the Wing: A Flight Training Handbook for
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£35.96
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc An Aviators Field Guide to Buying an Airplane
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£12.59
Aviation Supplies & Academics An Aviators Field Guide to Owning an Airplane
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£12.59
Aviation Supplies & Academics Practical Safety Management Systems A Practical
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£42.46
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc Remote Pilot Airman Certification Standards
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£8.54
GLOBAL PUBLISHER SERVICES AVIATION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT NOTEBOOK
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£21.84
GLOBAL PUBLISHER SERVICES AVIATION HIGH SCHOOL FACILITATOR GUIDE
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£53.96
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc Checklist for Success: A Pilot's Guide to the
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£22.46
