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This text examines the harsh lessons of air tragedies, detailing some of the operational experiences which, for all their grim consequences, helped to evolve a global mass-transport system to a...

The book titled Farther and Faster: Aviation's Adventuring Years, 1909-39 by the author Terry Gwynn-Jones. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In May 1930, Amy Johnson, a typist from Hull, took off from Croydon Airport with a thermos flask and a packet of sandwiches to try to beat the world solo...

Glines provides a full and compelling portrait of a Norwegian American pilot overshadowed in his lifetime by Admiral Richard Byrd but whose expertise and vision continue to guide trans-Artic a...

This fabulously illustrated volume contains the vital statistics to more than 5,000 air and space craft. Organized in directory format from airlines to warplanes. With records, specs and specific function...

'Mayday' details close calls where aircrew have been able to nurse their crippled aircraft back to earth saving many lives in the process. Written by Capt. John Winslow, a highly...

This is a comprehensive reference to every type and manufacturer of business and light aircraft constructed in the Western World since World War II. This book identifies: every manufacturer of...

The book titled Percival Aircraft by the author Norman Ellison. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Alex Henshaw had the luck to grow up in the '20s and '30s during the golden age of flying. The Blue Riband of flying in the British Isles between the...

Beyond its famed role as the Luftwaffe's long-serving Schnellbomber (fast bomber), this book tells the story of the Junkers Ju 88 as a day- and nightfighter. In addition to the...

'We all need heroes to look up to and to emulate.' - Sir Arvi Parbo AC Blending sound research with enlightening anecdotes, Jack Davenport, Beaufighter Leader charts Jack's development from...

How the determination of young pilots transformed the Corsair from an aircraft considered too dangerous to fly from carriers into a successful carrier fighter. "Despite everything I felt very lucky...

Lt. Colonel Jimmy Doolittle was both a daring military pilot and an aeronautical pioneer. Daso examines Doolittle's innovations in both the civilian and military fields of aviation and also provides...

When Wilbur and Orville Wright arrived on North Carolina's Outer Banks in the year 1900, they were unknown bicycle mechanics who dreamed of powered flight. Even after they achieved the...

With the full force of culture and convention ranged against them, women have nonetheless been taking to the air almost from the first. And because of all the obstacles they...

The book titled Manned Space Flight Log by the author Tim Furniss. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

From her first taste of the air when she joined Bert Hinkler in the cockpit for a joy ride in 1928, Lores Bonney was hooked. With her aviation licence and...

Still relevant decades after its 1950 publication, this legendary reference text on aircraft stress analysis is considered the best book on the subject. It emphasizes basic structural theory, which remains...

Following training in Australia, Canada and the UK, Fred Riley flew Spitfires with No 130 (Punjab) Squadron RAF from October 1943 until December 1944. Flying the Spitfire Mk.V, he escorted...

The book titled Chronicle of Aviation by the author Bill Gunston, OBE. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A sequel to "Antiques and Classic Airplanes", this book attempts to capture the charm of private and sport flying across five decades from "stick and string" pre-World War I aeroplanes...

When the R101 first took to the skies, she was the largest aircraft ever to fly. What followed was a tragic finale to a tale of human folly on a...

The book titled The Guinness Book of Helicopter Facts and Feats by the author Mark Lloyd. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled By the Seat of Their Pants: More Great Australian Air Stories by the author Terry Gwynn-Jones. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

The book titled Yeager: An Autobiography by the author Chuck Yeager. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Former USAF F-16 legend Dan Hampton tells the thrilling story of how fighter pilots have ruled the skies for 100 years, from the Red Baron to today's supersonic jets. Former...

The ultimate "hands on" guide to the Supermarine Spitfire, the famous fighter plane from the Battle of Britain. At the Controls takes you on a typical interceptor mission. Spectacular artwork...

In this book, author Rosalie Schwartz uses the 1933 RKO-Radio Pictures production Flying Down to Rio to examine the interplay of technology and popular culture that shaped a distinctive twentieth-century...

Reference for engineers and students progresses from elementary materials to methods used in design of NACA low-drag airfoils. Presents techniques for using wing-section data to predict wing characteristics. "Most useful...

Designed by Grumman's brilliant Tom Kelly, the Apollo Lunar Excursion Module (or "LEM" for short) was a triumph of purpose-built engineering. In the six years 1962-1968 between drawing board and...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING EDDIE REDMAYNE AND FELICITY JONES A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY TELEGRAPH BEST...

Space expert David West Reynolds takes you on a historical journey through the worlds most renowned space program. Featuring a wealth of rare photographs, artwork, and cutaway illustrations, Apollo recaptures...

The book titled Flying: The Golden Years - A Pictorial Anthology by the author Rupert Prior. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

It was for Alberto Santos-Dumont, who could not check his pocket watch because he was using both hands to steer a balloon, that Louis Cartier, in 1901, created the first...

Accessible and engaging text and spectacular full-color photographs and illustrations bring to life great moments in the timeline of space exploration.

Even in these days of frequent flying, the idea of flight still holds a special fascination in our minds. In this work, the aviation writer T.A. Heppenheimer captures the essence...

The history of the birth and development of human flightthe technology that defined the twentieth century. The invention of the airplane ushered in the modern agea new era of global...

A fleet of modern rockets among the most powerful in the world. A lunar land rush that has sparked a competition over the strategic high ground. Scientific discoveries that could...

'People often say that non-fiction books read like fast-moving thrillers, but this one genuinely does... This is a splendid book - and highly recommended.' Daily Mail A remarkable piece of...

A fleet of modern rockets among the most powerful in the world. A lunar land rush that has sparked a competition over the strategic high ground. Scientific discoveries that could...

A noted space expert explains the current revolution in spaceflight, where it leads, and why we need it.A new space race has begun. But the rivals in this case are...

Fully updated and revised, the second edition of this introductory text on air-breathing jet propulsion focuses on the basic operating principles of jet engines and gas turbines. A state-of-the-art review...

Judy Leden has been three times champion of the world - twice in hang gliding and once in paragliding - and six times British Women's Champion. In Patagonia, she realized...

Fully revised to match the more traditional sequence of course materials, this full-color second edition presents the basic principles and methods of thermodynamics using a clear and engaging style and...

The riveting exploits of a fighter aircraft - and an underrated aerial hero of the Second World War The Hawker Hurricane was flying on the outbreak of war in 1939....

From as early as the beginning of the nineteenth century, Britain was at the forefront of powered flight. Across the country many places became centres of innovation and experimentation, as...

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This collection of writing about flying spans the 20th century, featuring poems and prose by pioneer aviators, war pilots, amateurs and writers from Julian Barnes to Nicholson Baker.