Ashgate, 2009, 278 p. — ISBN-10: 0754678741, ISBN-13: 9780754678748. This book explains the different functions and tactics performed by airlines during their planning and operation phases. Each function receives a full explanation of the challenges it brings and a solution methodology is presented, supported by numerical illustrative examples wherever possible. The book also...
Springer London Heidelberg New York Dordrecht, 2013. XV, 182 p. 39 illus., 27 illus. in color. — ISBN: 978-1-4471-5093-0, ISBN: 978-1-4471-5094-7 (eBook), DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-5094-7 — (Advances in Industrial Control). Shows the reader how to adapt ideas of academic control theory to the difficulties imposed by the real world in which system knowledge is sometimes lacking...
Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York, 2012. XVIII, 267 p. — ISBN: 978-3-642-25834-3, e-ISBN: 978-3-642-25835-0, DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-25835-0. Book addresses air navigation law exclusively Comprehensive discussion on all air navigation issues The aviation community, in which the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the International Air Transport...
Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2014, 218 p., ISBN: 3319010409 Every ten years ICAO holds a worldwide air transport conference. The most recent such event - the 6th Worldwide Air Transport Conference (ATConf/6) - was held in Montreal from 18 to 22 March 2013. The questions posed by this book are: are the clerical and administrative tasks for ICAO which were...
Information Science Reference (IGI Global), 2012. XVIII, 411 p. — ISBN: 978-1-60960-887-3 (hbk.), ISBN: 978-1-60960-888-0 (ebook). As computer and information systems technology advances, industries such as aviation stand to benefit from the overwhelming new advances in hardware, software, and best practices. Technology Engineering and Management in Aviation: Advancements and...
Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, 296 p. — ISBN10: 140518261X, ISBN13: 9781405182614. This theoretically informed research explores what the development and transformation of air travel has meant for societies and individuals. Brings together a number of interdisciplinary approaches towards the aeroplane and its relation to society Presents an original theory that our societies are aerial...
Rutgers University Press, 2009, 288 p. — ISBN10: 0813544793, ISBN13: 9780813544793. Why Don't Jumbo Jets Flap Their Wings? offers a fascinating explanation of how nature and human engineers each arrived at powered flight. What emerges is a highly readable account of two very different approaches to solving the same fundamental problems of moving through the air, including lift,...
Second Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2010. 293 p. — ISBN: 0071626964 Discover how planes get-and stay-airborne Now you can truly master an understanding of the phenomenon of flight. This practical guide is the most intuitive introduction to basic flight mechanics available. Understanding Flight, Second Edition, explains the principles of aeronautics in terms, descriptions, and...
The McGraw-Hill, 2001. 249 p. ISBN10: 0071363777 The simplest, most intuitive book on the toughest lessons of flight-addresses the science of flying in terms, explanations, and illustrations that make sense to those who most need to understand: those who fly. Debunks long-rooted misconceptions and offers a clear, minimal-math presentation that starts with how airplanes fly and...
The McGraw-Hill, 2001. 249 p. ISBN10: 0071363777 The simplest, most intuitive book on the toughest lessons of flight-addresses the science of flying in terms, explanations, and illustrations that make sense to those who most need to understand: those who fly. Debunks long-rooted misconceptions and offers a clear, minimal-math presentation that starts with how airplanes fly and...
WCB/McGraw-Hill, 1999. 580 p. — ISBN: 0070019711. Written by one of the most succesful aerospace authors, this new book develops aircraft performance techniques from first principles and applies then to real airplanes. It also address a philosophy of, and techniques for aircraft design. By developing and discussing these two subjects in a single text, the author captures a...
7th ed. — McGraw-Hill, 2012. — XVIII, 925 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-07-338024-7; ISBN10: 0-07-338024-5. Noted for its highly readable style, the new edition of this bestseller provides an updated overview of aeronautical and aerospace engineering. Introduction to Flight blends history and biography with discussion of engineering concepts, and shows the development of flight through...
9th Edition. — McGraw-Hill Education, 2021. — 960 p. — ISBN: 978-1-260-59799-8. Anderson's Introduction to Flight is designed for first or second-year engineering students and any reader looking for an introduction to aerospace engineering. It is written in an intentionally easy-to-understand style. Readers are introduced to the basic areas of aerodynamics, flight dynamics,...
Education And Training Programme, Aviator Training Manual by Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization-Geneva-Switzerland. English language. 59 p. 2007. Turbulence and windshear Turbulence due to convection - convective turbulence Description Effects on aircraft Diagnosis of hazard using appropriate imagery Empirical forecasting techniques Associated nwp products...
Mortons Media Group, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, 2013, 132 p. — ISBN10: 1909128236, ISBN13: 9781909128231. The research that made Concorde possible Concorde was the embodiment of decades of research and aircraft design development. The dream of supersonic flight began during the Second World War when ever more powerful and technologically advanced military aircraft began to...
InTech, 2011. 296 p. ISBN: 9789533072180 Nonlinear problems in flight control have stimulated cooperation among engineers and scientists from a range of disciplines. Developments in computer technology allowed for numerical solutions of nonlinear control problems, while industrial recognition and applications of nonlinear mathematical models in solving technological problems is...
Princeton University Press, 2012. XIII, 300 p. — ISBN: 978-0-691-14921-9. Designed for advanced undergraduate or graduate students in engineering or the sciences, this book offers a bridge to the aerodynamics and control of Autonomous unmanned air vehicles (UAV) flight. This book presents a unique and broad introduction to the necessary background, tools, and methods to design...
John Wiley & Sons, 2009. — 518 p. In today's rapidly changing air transport environment, the aviation professionals require access to advanced and comprehensive knowledge, coupled with an in-depth understanding of the needs of the airline industry. Drawing on the editors’ extensive experience with airline and air transport issues, The Global Airline Industry provides a...
Butterworth-Heinemann, 2018. — 236 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-812581-6. This book explores the relationship between air transportation and energy use, starting with an analysis of air transport energy sources and their potential development. The book examines how different elements of the air transport system make use of energy, with an analysis of various methods for optimizing...
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013. XXII, 325 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-4665-1088-3 (eBook - PDF). After 9/11, the initial focus from the U.S. government, media, and the public was on security at commercial airports and aboard commercial airlines. Soon, investigation revealed the hijackers had trained at flight schools operating out of general aviation airports, leading to a huge...
Wiley-IEEE Press, 2018. — 512 p. — ISBN: 1119259541. This text examines the developments in aviation as it relates to instruments, radio navigation and communication. Beginning with the traditional systems and then examining the latest developments and technologies likely to emerge in the future. The author presents the topics in the order of instruments, radio propagation,...
Ian Allan, 2009. — 227 p. — ISBN: 1906537070. Imperial Airways is a name redolent of the excitement and glamor of the pioneering years of flight. Founded in the 1920s, Imperial Airways flew to destinations all over the world. This beautiful and evocative book on the 'golden age' of passenger flight is the result of years of research, and the text is complemented by a wealth of...
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. 346 p. — ISBN 978-3-642-34737-5, ISBN 978-3-642-34738-2 (eBook). The book presents a synopsis of the main results achieved during the 3 year EU-project "Advanced Inflight Measurement Techniques (AIM)" which applied advanced image based measurement techniques to industrial flight testing. The book is intended to be not only an overview on...
2nd edition. — McGraw-Hill, 2012. — 368 p. Get your career off the ground with this updated guide to acing the technical pilot interview! Written by an experienced airline pilot, Ace the Technical Pilot Interview, Second Edition is filled with more than 1000 questions and answers, many of them all-new. This practical study tool asks the right questions so you'll know the right...
Mit einem Geleitwort von Mare Pelegrin. — Zweite, neu bearbeitete Auflage. — Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2001. — XXII, 802 p. — ISBN: 978-3-662-07265-3, ISBN: 978-3-662-07264-6 (eBook), DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-07264-6. Das Buch stellt die notwendigen Grundlagen für den Vorentwurf und die Beurteilung von Flugregelungssystemen bereit. Das mathematische Modell der...
3., neu bearbeitete Auflage. — Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. XXIII, 931 S. 544 Abb. — ISBN 978-3-642-01442-0, e-ISBN 978-3-642-01443-7, DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-01443-7. Systematischer Stoffaufbau, ergänzt durch Definitionen Neubearbeitung greift aktuelle Entwicklungen, Verfahren und Vorgehensweisen auf Flugmechanische Daten ausgewählter Flugzeuge ermöglichen eigene...
Routledge, 2016. — 178 p. — ISBN: 9781472464590. This updated edition includes fatigue and sleep definitions as well as strategies for the measurement and assessment of fatigue. The aviation performance, mood, and safety problems associated with sleep restriction and circadian disruptions in operational settings are highlighted. The biological bases of fatigue are discussed so...
Third Edition, Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford, 2002. 196 p. — ISBN: 0632059656 Human error is cited as a major cause in over 70% of accidents, and it is widely agreed that a better understanding of human capabilities and limitations - both physical and psychological - would help reduce human error and improve flight safety. This book was first published when the UK Civil...
Free Press; First Edition, 2002. — 388 p. — ISBN-10 0743234790, ISBN-13 978-0743234795. On December 17, 1903, on the windswept beaches of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright piloted the world's first powered flight, in one of the most famous moments in history. Within a few short years, airplanes of various designs were lifting into the air over Europe and America. Soon,...
Wiley, 2012. — 227 p. Unmanned systems and robotics technologies have become very popular recently owing to their ability to replace human beings in dangerous, tedious, or repetitious jobs. This book fill the gap in the field between research and real-world applications, providing scientists and engineers with essential information on how to design and employ networked unmanned...
Bantam Books, 2007. — 376 p. — ISBN13: 978-0553383522. From transforming the ways of war to offering godlike views of inaccessible spots, revolutionizing rescues worldwide, and providing some of our most-watched TV moments — including the cloud of newscopters that trailed O. J. Simpson’s Bronco — the helicopter is far more capable than early inventors expected. Now James Chiles...
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data, 2007. 329 p. — eISBN: 978-0-307-48548-9. From transforming the ways of war to offering godlike views of inaccessible spots, revolutionizing rescues worldwide, and providing some of our most-watched TV moments — including the cloud of newscopters that trailed O. J. Simpson’s Bronco — the helicopter is far more capable than...
Wiley, 2017. — 928 p. — ISBN: 978-1-118-95336-5. Comprehensive textbook which introduces the fundamentals of aerospace engineering with a flight test perspective This book is an introductory level text in aerospace engineering with a unique flight test perspective. Flight test, where dreams of aircraft and space vehicles actually take to the sky, is the bottom line in the...
Osprey Publishing, Botley, Oxford, 1999, 96 p. — ISBN10: 1855328763, ISBN13: 9781855328761. Osprey Aviation Pioneers 1 The development of aviation inevitable included not only breakthrough moments of genius but also blind alleys, some of them deadly. Manned flight was bound to attract the attentions of the photographer, the exponent of a science which was itself in its infancy,...
Springer Science+Business Media, B.V., 2009. 217 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4020-8671-7, e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-8672-4. Commercial interest for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) has seen a steady increase over the last decade. Nevertheless, UAS operations have remained almost exclusively military. This is mainly due to the lack of a regulatory framework that allows only limited public and...
2nd ed. — Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York, 2012. XX, 308 p. — ISBN: 978-94-007-2478-5 e-ISBN: 978-94-007-2479-2, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-2479-2 — (Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering, Vol. 54). Improved history of unmanned aviation and over 50 color photos of modern systems Current unmanned aviation regulation from several countries...
Engineering Science Reference, Hershey ,2010, 371 p. — ISBN10: 1605668001, ISBN13: 9781605668000. As the air transportation system s capacity increase has not met the rapid growth in demand, maximizing the utilization of the infrastructure is preferred over expanding it. To make the most efficient use of the existing resources, it is then necessary to develop and implement...
The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2003. 1039 p. — ISBN: 978-0-07-177660-8 This is a book for all those with a major interest in airport planning, management, and design: owners and operators; architects and engineers; government officials; airlines, concessionaires, and other providers of airport services; travelers and shippers; neighbors and communities, as well as members of the...
NAVAIR-00-80V-49. Air Training Command, Randolph AFB, 1973. - 453 p. This manual provides information on all phases of air navigation for navigators and student navigators in training. It develops the art of navigation from the simplest concepts to the most advanced procedures and techniques. The text contains explanations on how to measure, map, and chart the earth; how to use...
McFarland & Company, 2018. — 314 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4766-3341-1. Attempts at electric powered flight date to well before the 19th century. Battery weight and low energy output made it impractical until the 1990s, when the advent of lightweight materials, more efficient solar power, improved engines and the Li-Po (lithium polymer) battery opened the skies to a wide variety of...
Wiley, 2009. 382 p. ISBN: 0470018402 This first volume of Computational Modeling of Aircraft and the Environment provides a comprehensive guide to the derivation of computational models from basic physical & mathematical principles, giving the reader sufficient information to be able to represent the basic architecture of the synthetic environment. Highly relevant to...
MBI Publishing Company Osceola coutry, 2000. — 132 p. The air war over occupied Europe and Nazi Germany is illustrated from the unique and dramatic point of view of gun cameras mounted on Allied aircraft. The story begins as American bombers fall prey to Nazi flak and fighters and continues through the recapture of European skies as seen from American P-51 Mustangs and P-47...
Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London, 2014. XIV, 269 p. 139 illus., 95 illus. in color. — ISBN: 978-3-642-41195-3, ISBN: 978-3-642-41196-0 (eBook), DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-41196-0. The only book focused on the bio-inspired computation in UAVs. Proposes the conceptual framework and the implementation procedures. Investigates the challenging issues in multiple UAVs...
Practical Methods for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. — Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York, 2009. XXI, 267 p. - ISBN: 978-1-84882-560-4, e-ISBN: 978-1-84882-561-1, DOI 10.1007/978-1-84882-561-1 — (Advances in Industrial Control). Gives the reader a complete overview of fault-tolerant flight control techniques including modeling equations and extended Kalman filter...
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2017. — 299 p. — ISBN10: 1118827791 An authoritative work on aircraft control allocation by its pioneers Aircraft Control Allocation addresses the problem of allocating supposed redundant flight controls. It provides introductory material on flight dynamics and control to provide the context, and then describes in detail the geometry of the problem. The...
Auerbach Publications, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2010, 439 p. —ISBN10: 1420070290, ISBN13: 9781420070293. The response of the U.S. federal government to the events of September 11, 2001 has reflected the challenge of striking a balance between implementing security measures to deter terrorist attacks while at the same time limiting disruption to air commerce....
Elsevier, 2019. — 462 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-814062-8. This book explores the design, processing, metallurgy and applications of additive manufacturing (AM) within the aerospace industry. The book's editors have assembled an international team of experts who discuss recent developments and the future prospects of additive manufacturing. The work includes a review of the advantages...
Butterworth-Heinemann, 2017. — 291 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-805189-4. This book presents the necessary and sufficient theoretical basis for those interested in working in unmanned aerial vehicles, providing three different approaches to mathematically represent the dynamics of an aerial vehicle. The book contains detailed information on fusion inertial measurements for orientation...
Springer-Verlag, London, 2005, 251 p. — ISBN10: 1852339578, ISBN13: 9781852339579. This book presents a systematic study of modeling and nonlinear control of aerial vehicles taking into account mini-aircraft physical nonlinearities and aerodynamical forces, sensors and actuators limitations, and the effects of delays due to the computation time. The objective is to obtain...
Specialty Press, 2000. — 102 p. — ISBN: 1580070027. Scot Germain's Airbus A340 includes coverage of flight tests, pilot reports, FMGS details and latest 500/600 versions of this workhorse of the sky. Profusely illustrated with 160 b/w photos in addition to four pages of color photography, Airbus A340 is a definitive introduction to one of the most technologically advanced...
Ashgate Publishing Limited, Farnham, Surrey, 2010, 312 p. — ISBN10: 0754674975, ISBN13: 9780754674979. Vision is the dominant sense used by pilots and visual misperception has been identified as the primary contributing factor in numerous aviation mishaps, resulting in hundreds of fatalities and major resource loss. Despite physiological limitations for sensing and perceiving...
Atlantic Books, October 1, 2015. — 320 p. In Concorde, Jonathan Glancey tells the story of this magnificent and hugely popular aircraft anew, taking the reader from the moment Captain Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947 through to the last commercial flight of the supersonic airliner in 2003. It is a tale of national rivalries, technological leaps, daring...
2 edition. — Gan Corporation, 2008. — 309 p. — ISBN: 978-0-9816076-1-0 — Язык: English. Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicle Structures by Elmer Franklin Bruhn may as well have been written in Latin when I purchased my first copy more than twenty-five years ago. It is arguably the most comprehensive book on aircraft stress analysis ever written. While many of the methods in...
John Wiley & Sons,2012. 342 p. — (Technology & Engineering). In the last decade the development and control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has attracted a lot of interest. Both researchers and companies have a growing interest in improving this type of vehicle given their many civilian and military applications. This book presents the state of the art in the area of UAV...
Textbook. — Englewood, Colorado: Jeppesen Sanderson, 2004. — 743 p. — ISBN: 0-88487-333-1. This book is your primary source for initial study and review. The text contains complete and concise explanations of the fundamental concepts and ideas that every private pilot needs to know. The subjects are organized in a logical manner to build upon previously introduced topics....
Wiley-Scrivener, 2025. — 688 p. With the evolution of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), its applications can be observed in the fields of monitoring for fire detection, sustainable computing, emergencies, and law enforcement. They can be useful for monitoring or screening applications, as well as the deployment of smart cities, security monitoring, and communication...
Sixth Edition, Blackwell Science Ltd, 2004, 220 p., ISBN10: 0632059516 3,4 MB This well regarded series for students taking the commercial and airline transport pilot licences has been substantially revised to bring it into line with the new European Joint Aviation Requirements (JARs) for flight crew licensing. Each volume deals with the material required by one of the new JAR...
Dreamflyer, 1997. — 152 p. — ISBN: 0-9660156-0-6. I have found over the years that there are common problem areas in learning to fly, such as those faced by a student pilot learning to land, that are elusive to teach and to learn because of their dynamic nature. How can an instructor teach someone to feel the airplane as it sinks into ground effect, especially when you...
Midland Publishing, 1998, 319 p. — ISBN10: 1857800672, ISBN13: 9781857800678. Details the major airlines of the world, including base, call-signs and codes, brief history, route structure, and types operated or on order. This second edition is completely revised and updated to take into account the fast-changing airline business. New types have come into service such as the...
Springer Vieweg, 2014, XII, 155 S. 50 Abb. — ISBN: 978-3-642-53706-6, ISBN: 978-3-642-53707-3 (eBook). Für Praktiker: Übertragung der Normensprache in verständliche Sprache Orientierung am Zertifizierungsprozess Autor ist Auditor für die EN 9100 Die Europäische Norm EN 9100 ist die branchenspezifische Norm der Luft-, Raumfahrt- und Verteidigungsindustrie. Für die Zusammenarbeit...
Ashgate Publishing Company, 2011. — XXXII, 282 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4094-1786-6 (hbk); ISBN: 978-1-4094-1787-3 (ebk). Applied ethics has been gaining wide attention in a variety of curriculums, and there is growing awareness of the need for ethical training in general. Well-publicized ethical problems such as the Challenger disaster, the Ford Pinto case and the collapse of...
Industry Canada Contract 5011101 Version: 0.2 (DRAFT) Date: 16 December 2004 77 p. This Technology Insight Document is the product of collaboration between Industry Canada, the Canadian aerospace industry and the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC). The objective of this activity is to enhance Canadian Aerospace and Defence sector competitiveness through...
Chicago: Charles C. Thompson Co, 1910. — 221 p. This book is written for the guidance of the novice in aviation--theman who seeks practical information as to the theory, construction andoperation of the modern flying machine. With this object in view thewording is intentionally plain and non-technical. It contains somepropositions which, so far as satisfying the experts is...
New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2009. XIV, 275 p. — ISBN: 978-1-61761-560-3 (E-Book). Airports are components of the air transport system together with the ATC (Air Traffic Control), and airlines. Many existing airports have been confronted with increasing requirements for providing the sufficient airside and landside capacity to accommodate generally growing but...
Putnam Aeronautical, London, 2002, 256 p. — ISBN10: 0851778690, ISBN13: 9780851778693. This volume covers aviation from its earliest beginnings up to the outbreak of the First World War. It begins with the first theories and experiments in flight, including the attempts to fly by jumping from towers and the experiences of the lighter-than-air flight using balloons. It then...
John Wiley & Sons, 2011. 1344 p. ISBN: 0470398353 According to the author and reviewers, more than 50% of the material taught in courses such as Advanced Dynamics, Mutibody Dynamics, and Spacecraft Dynamics is common to one another. Where graduate students in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering may have the potential to work on projects that are related to any of the...
Jeppesen Sanderson Inc., 2004. — 344 p. This book has been written and published to assist students enrolled in an approved JAA Air Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) course in preparation for the JAA ATPL theoretical knowledge examinations. Nothing in the content of this book is to be interpreted as constituting instruction or advice relating to practical flying. The History of...
Butterworth-Heinemann, 2018. — 954 p. — ISBN: 978-0-08-100540-8. This book is a one-stop-shop for practitioners and researchers in the field of aircraft sustainment, adhesively bonded aircraft joints, bonded composites repairs, and the application of cold spray to military and civil aircraft. Outlining the state-of-the-art in aircraft sustainment, this book covers the use of...
Karakoc T.H., Ozerdem M.B., Sogut M.Z., Colpan C.O., Altuntas O., Açıkkalp E. — Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2016. – 413 p. – ISBN10: 3319341790. Provides a full range of engineering solutions and methodologies for sustainable aviation Includes hard-to-find information on the entire aviation engineering lifecycle, from planning, design and modeling, to...
Routledge, 2018. — 394 p. Fundamentals of International Aviation, designed for the next generation of aviation professionals, flips the traditional approach to aviation education. Instead of focusing on one career in one country, it has been designed to introduce the aviation industry on a global scale with a broad view of all the interconnected professional groups. Therefore,...
Aviation Supplies & Academics, 2015. — 392 p. The ultimate volume in the Kershner Flight Manuals Series,The Advanced Pilot's Flight Manual is for pilots transitioning to advanced models and types, and preparing for their Commercial Pilot knowledge and flight tests. It bridges the gap between theory and practical application, covering the fundamentals of airplane aerodynamics...
Aviation Supplies & Academics, 2010. — 462 p. A classic for beginning aviators, this manual provides ground and flight information for student pilots working towards private certification. This comprehensive reference describes flying fundamentals in a step-by-step, accessible manner and covers all procedures including the solo, cross-country, and night flights. An...
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, Virginia, 2010. 473 p. — ISBN: 978-1-60086-725-5. This book presents results from a major European research project, Value Improvement through a Virtual Aeronautical Collaborative Enterprise (VIVACE), on the collaborative civil aeronautical enterprise. In this context the virtual product refers to all components that...
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Jan 1, 2006. 484 p. — (Technology & Engineering). This book provides a comprehensive overview of both the theoretical underpinnings and the practical application of aircraft modeling based on experimental data also known as aircraft system identification. Much of the material presented comes from the authors own extensive...
Cepad, 2008. 228 p. — ISBN: 978-2-85428-777-6 — French. La formation des navigants n'est certainement pas le dernier domaine où il est indispensable de redoubler d'efforts. Il s'agit ici non seulement d'enseigner au lecteur un grand nombre de connaissances, de la façon la plus claire possible et quelquefois sous un jour nouveau voire inédit, mais aussi d'expliquer à tous le...
Cepad, 2008. 236 p. — ISBN: 978-2-85428-778-3 — French. La formation des navigants n'est certainement pas le dernier domaine où il est indispensable de redoubler d'efforts. Il s'agit ici non seulement d'enseigner au lecteur un grand nombre de connaissances, de la façon la plus claire possible et quelquefois sous un jour nouveau voire inédit, mais aussi d'expliquer à tous le...
Cepad, 2008. 256 p. — ISBN: 978-2-85428-779-0 — French. La formation des navigants n'est certainement pas le dernier domaine où il est indispensable de redoubler d'efforts. Il s'agit ici non seulement d'enseigner au lecteur un grand nombre de connaissances, de la façon la plus claire possible et quelquefois sous un jour nouveau voire inédit, mais aussi d'expliquer à tous le...
Royal Aeronautical Society, Flight Operations Group. Command Course Training Module. Published by The Royal Aeronautical Society in conjunction with The Guild of Air Pilots & Air Navigators, 2010. — 308 p. The objective of a Command course is to prepare co-pilots for the transition from the right hand seat as a follower, monitoring in a supporting role, to move over to the left...
3rd Edition. — Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2015. — XXII, 534 p. — ISBN: 978-3-527-33178-9 (Print); ePDF ISBN: 978-3-527-69351-1; ISBN: 978-3-527-69350-4 (EPUB); ISBN: 978-3-527-69349-8 (MOBI); ISBN: 978-3-527-69348-1 (oBook). This third edition of the classic on the thermochemical aspects of the combustion of propellants and explosives is completely revised and updated...
Chelsea House Publications, 2008. — 121 p. — ISBN: 0791097390. These lively narratives are highly illustrated with full-color and black-and-white photographs, drawing readers into the accounts of these historical events. Beginning with the historical context of the event to depict life in that time and place, each book’s story builds to a vivid description of the disaster,...
CRC Press, 2013, 642 p. — ISBN: 1439871167. Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics Series Since the very earliest years of aviation, it was clear that human factors were critical to the success and safety of the system. As aviation has matured, the system has become extremely complex. Bringing together the most recent human factors work in the aviation domain, Advances in...
ISTE Ltd, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014. XIV, 138 p. — ISBN: 978-1-84821-764-5. The design, implementation and validation of avionics and aeronautical systems have become extremely complex tasks due to the increase of functionalities that are deployed in current avionics systems and the need to be able certify them before putting them into production. This book proposes a...
AIAA, 1996. — 280 p. Showing how loads analysis theory and practice has changed from 1953 to the present, this important text covers all aspects of structural loads analysis and provides some continuity between what was done on earlier airplane designs and what the current applications of the present regulations require. This masterful text also considers how the personal...
Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc. 1725 DeSales street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. November 1983. — 55 p. An ad hoc study project of the Aviation Division Aerospace Technical Council. Study participants: Bell Mollcoptor Toxtron, Inc. Boeing Vortol Company Hughes Helicopters. Inc. Sikorsky Aircraft, Division of UTC. The mission of the Aerospace Research Center...
Project Air Force, Rand, Santa Monica, California, USA, 1995, ISBN: 0-8330-2341-1, 93 p. This report assesses the major trends in the history of jet bomber design and development in the United States since World War II to evaluate the role of prior bomber and related research and development (R&D) experience among prime contractors. It builds on earlier RAND research reported...
Project Air Force, Rand, 1995. — 74 p. — ISBN: 0-8330-2305-5. During World War II, Japanese fighters, such as the famed Zero, were among the most respected and feared combat aircraft in the world. But for decades following the defeat of Japan in 1945, a variety of political and economic factors prevented Japan from developing its own modern national fighter. This changed in the...
ISTE (London) + Wiley (Hoboken, NJ), 2010, 332 p. — ISBN: 1848211279. This book presents the basic tools required to obtain the dynamical models for aerial vehicles (in the Newtonian or Lagrangian approach). Several control laws are presented for mini-helicopters, quadrotors, mini-blimps, flapping-wing aerial vehicles, planes, etc. Finally, this book has two chapters devoted to...
InTeOp, 2012. - 184 p. ISBN: 9535106869 9789535106869 This book provides do-not-forget-peculiarities insight into the elements of new business model of air navigation services provision as evolution of the latter became essential. Provision of air navigation services entered a new era of performance scheme. The performance scheme provides binding targets on four key performance...
Maker Media, 2016. — 118 p. — (Make). — ISBN: 978-1680451290. Drones, quadcopters, Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): whatever they're called, remotely-controlled aircraft have changed the way we see the world, the way we manage crops, the way we sell real estate, and the way we make war. This book contains tutorials about how to understand what drones can do, and projects about...
Plymouth Press ltd and Ian Allan Ltd., Vergennes, VT, 1997, 112 p. — ISBN10: 1882663152, ISBN13: 9781882663156. Fully revised and re-illustrated, this is an indispensable pocket guide for all aviation enthusiasts, detailing the myriad light aircraft types visible in the skies and at provincial airfields around Britain. The book's aim is to provide a recognition guide to some of...
Science and Curriculum Consultant: Debra Voege, M.A. , Science Curriculum Resource Teacher. From the Series: Science in the Real World. Published: 09/01/2009. Reading Level: Grades 3-5. If you go outside on a windy day, you realize just how strong air can be. It can lift a kite high in the sky and grab onto a balloon and carry it away. But even when the air is calm, you can...
ISTE Press - Elsevier, 2018. — 176 p. — ISBN: 978-1-78548-263-2. This book describes the principles of model-oriented design used in the aeronautical field, specifically for the UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle). The book focuses on designing an embedded system for drones to carry out ad hoc communication within a drone fleet. In this context, an original methodology for rapid...
Prentice Hall, 1990. — 593 p. — ISBN: 0-13-054008-0. A treatment of automatic flight control systems (AFCS) for fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft. The text covers in detail the subject of stability and control theory. All the principal AFC modes are covered and the effects of atmospheric turbulence and structural flexibility are charted.
Plymouth Press, 1999. — 246 p. Mellberg chronicles the evolution of the modern airliner, beginning with the Boeing Model 80, whose 12 passengers flew at a little more than 100 miles per hour, to the Concorde, which travels at more than twice the speed of sound.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA History Office Washington, D.C., 2009. X, 112 p. Illustrated in black & white and color photographs. The story of the Ikhana, a remotely piloted vehicle used by NASA researchers to conduct Earth science research and which became an unexpected flying and imaging helper to emergency workers battling California wildfires. In 2006,...
Chancellor Press England, 1996. 256 p. This book provides a useful guide to some 120 aircraft that served with the US Air Force from 1939-1945. Both combat and non-combat aircraft are covered by text detailing each type's origin, history, and variants, followed by a full technical specification.
Chancellor press England, 1994. 239 p. An in-depth reference provides elaborate descriptions of 113 major British aircrafts, and includes more than two hundred color drawings, 126 photographs, and eighty-six diagrams.
Issue. Cleveland. USA: NASA.- 2001. pp. 251. This report selectively summarizes NASA Glenn Research Center’s research and technology accomplishments for fiscal year 2001. It comprises 156 short articles submitted by the staff scientists and engineers. The report is organized into five major sections: Aeronautics, Research and Technology, Space, Engineering and Technical...
European and North Atlantic Office of ICAO (North Atlantic Systems Planning Group (NAT SPG)). Edition 2011. - 153 p. This Document is primarily for the information of Aircraft Operating Agencies, Pilots and Dispatchers planning and conducting operations in or above the North Atlantic (NAT) Minimum Navigation Performance Specifications (MNPS) Airspace. It is also expected to be...
NAS Press, 2011. 155 p. ISBN: 0309162750, 9780309162753. The book considers best practices from both government and industry to distill appropriate recommendations that can be implemented within the USAF. Leaders in the Air Force responsible for science and technology and acquisition are trying to determine the optimal way to utilize existing policies, processes, and resources...
Student guide. Department of the Navy: NAS Pensacola, Florida, 2007. — 182 p. NAVAVSCOLSCOM-SG-141 Introduction to Air Navigation is issued for information, standartization of instruction, and guidance to instructors and student in Naval Aviation Schools Command (NAVAVSCOLSCOM), as well as for reference during Naval Aviation Training Commands. This publication will be issued to...
Airlife Publishing Ltd Shrewsbury, 1998. 176 p. The aircraft designed and built during the crisis of war were marvels of technology and ingenuity, but they were hardly built for comfort. Nor did they offer more than a thin sheet of aluminum and glass as protection from the hostile environment at 30,000 feet. "Cockpit" details the cockpits and aircraft of a classic period in the...
Zenith Press, 2010, 157 p. — ISBN10: 076032218X, 0760338388. The first commercial flight of the Airbus A380 fast approaches — and rarely has a debut been so hotly debated and keenly anticipated. Tensions run high as airlines push for add-ons, manufacturers fret over weight and performance standards, and designers make the mundane but critical decisions over such details as...
MBI Publishing Company, Osceola, Wl, US, 2000. 176 p. — ISBN10: 0760309043, ISBN13: 9780760309049. Descriptions and illustrations of todays most visionary combat aircraft designs are published for the first time. The authors examine how such world events as the end of the Cold War and the challenges of recent small-scale conflicts have triggered the likelihood in the 21st...
Oxford University Press, Oxford, USA, 1992, 224 p. — ISBN10: 0195072235, ISBN13: 9780195072235. This work examines the causes of airplane accidents and what private and public policies are needed to improve aviation safety. It begins by examining the safety record of the United States commuter airline industry in the post-deregulation era characterized by increased emphasis by...
Granada Publishing, London, 1979, 234 p. — ISBN: 0-246-11167-4. This book provides an introduction to the pinciples of automatic flight of fixed–wing and rotary wing aircraft. Representative types of aircraft (UK and US) are used to show how these principles are applied in their systems. The revised edition includes new material on automatic flight control systems and...
4th ed. — Blackwell Science Ltd., 1993, X, 323 p. — ISBN10: 0632034955, ISBN13: 978-0632-03495-6. This book provides an introduction to the pinciples of automatic flight of fixed–wing and rotary wing aircraft. Representative types of aircraft (UK and US) are used to show how these principles are applied in their systems. The revised edition includes new material on automatic...
Reaktion Books Ltd, London, 2001. — 303 p. — ISBN: 1861890907. As mass air transport shrinks the world and requires airport complexes large enough to be regarded as self-contained cities, this book argues that airspace – that transitional area stretching from terminal to terminal, across time zones or between the check-in desk and the baggage carousel – must be regarded as a...
Military Press, Salamander Books, New York, 1991, 166 p. — ISBN: 0517-05242-3. This book is full with generous details and color photographs. Worthwhile for military enthusiast, writers, historians, etc. More than 150 national entries, over 200 full color photographs, dozens of equipment tables, plus color maps, flags and force-level diagrams. The Worldfs Air Forces is THE...
Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2015. — XVI, 336 p. — ISBN: 9781472445605 (hbk); ISBN: 9781472445636 (pbk); ISBN: 9781472445612 (ebk – PDF); ISBN: 9781472445629 (ebk – EPUB). Foundations of Aviation Law is an easy-reading general primer into the often complex world of aviation law, written for aviation students as well as legal professionals who are looking for broad-based,...
Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2015. — XXI, 409 p. — ISBN: 978-3-662-46797-8; ISBN: 978-3-662-46798-5 (eBook). Der Einsatz von Brennstoffzellensystemen im Flugzeug bietet die Möglichkeit, die Funktionen Strom, Wasser- und Inertgaserzeugung mit Hilfe eines einzigen Systems zu gewährleisten, Hilfssysteme (Wassertanks, die konventionelle APU und das FTIS) können ebenso...
Second Edition. — ITAvE, 2016. — 390 p. — ISBN: 9533076259. The aim of this book is to edit the ensemble of newest contributions and research results in the field of future aeronautical communications. The book gives the readers the opportunity to deepen and broaden their knowledge and problems / methods in the field of aeronautical communications: current trends are...
Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2000. 416 p. ISBN10: 0852967667 A complete reference on modern flight control methods for fixed wing aircraft. Also available: Non-linear Predictive Control: theory and practice - ISBN: 0852969848 Robots and Automated Manufacture - ISBN: 0863410537 The Institution of Engineering and Technology is one of the world's leading professional...
3rd ed. — Woodford Halse, Northants (Northamptonshire), UK: Ituri, 2008. — 212 p. — ISBN: 9780953643080. Binge flying is a terrific party for which the bills are coming in. Climate change, noise, health, safety, land take aviation ticks all the boxes. Yet the UK government, in denial about the consequences, has embarked on an almost threefold increase in flying by 2030. In Air...
New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Lisbon, London, Madrid: McGraw-Hill, 2004. X, 230 p. — DOI: 10.1036/0071457259. From the author of "The $100 Hamburger" and "The $500 Round of Golf" comes a flight plan to the world's greatest aviation attractions. For pilots and aviation enthusiasts who love fun and adventure, here's a thrilling guidebook - to the best of everything touching...
World Scientific Publishing Company, Hackensack, NJ, 2010. — 234 p. — ISBN10: 9812836993, ISBN13: 9789812836991 This book provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances in the analysis and design of health management systems for cooperating unmanned aerial vehicles. Such systems rely upon monitoring and fault adaptation schemes. Motivation for their study comes from the...
Wiley, 2013. — 260 p. — ISBN: 978-0-470-97118-5. From the earliest days of aviation where the pilot would drop simple bombs by hand, to the highly agile, stealthy aircraft of today that can deliver smart ordnance with extreme accuracy, engineers have striven to develop the capability to deliver weapons against targets reliably, safely and with precision. Aircraft Systems...
Second Edition. — Academic Press, Elsevier, 2010. 732 p. — ISBN: 0123745187. This edited textbook will be a fully updated and expanded version of the highly successful first edition of Human Factors in Aviation. Written for the widespread aviation community - students, engineers, scientists, pilots, managers, government personnel, etc. ? HFA offers a comprehensive overview of...
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2000. 362 p. — ISBN10: 0805823158. Although cognitive engineering has gained widespread acceptance as one of the most promising approaches to addressing and preventing difficulties with human-machine coordination and collaboration, it still meets with considerable skepticism and resistance in some of the industries that could benefit from its...
Airman Knowledge Test Question Bank with Text Explanations. Sheffield School of Aeronautics – Eric Morris, 2016. ‘ADX’ stands for Aircraft Dispatcher. This is a standardized 80-question, multiple choice examination taken at an authorized testing center. A passing score of at least 70% is required – this would meet one of the prerequisites for passing an FAA-approved Aircraft...
Sheffield School of Aeronautics — Eric Morris, 2016. — 767 p. An Aircraft Dispatcher is an individual holding a valid Aircraft Dispatcher certificate issued by the Administrator (FAA) who exercises responsibility with the pilot-in-command for the operational control of each flight. Aircraft Dispatchers play a vital role in airline safety and are crucial to airline economy and...
Engineering Science Reference, 2019. — 488 p. — ISBN: 9781522575887, 152257588X, 9781522575900, 1522575901. Because trainees need to learn about the underlying technologies to use automation safely and efficiently, the development of automated aviation systems training is a growing challenge. Task analysis has been singled out as the basis of the training, but it can be more...
Springer, 2018. — 216 p. This thesis proposes new power converter topologies suitable for aircraft systems. It also proposes both AC-DC and DC-DC types of converters for different electrical loads to improve the performance these systems. To increase fuel efficiency and reduce environmental impacts, less efficient non-electrical aircraft systems are being replaced by electrical...
Minneapolis, MN: Motorbooks International, 1995. — 96 p. Fire bombers are aircraft that play a specific role: they carry water or chemical fire retardant to put out brush and forest fires. The low-level flights over hot and high terrain, along with the up- and down drafts place a huge load on the airframe. Only the sturdiest of aircraft are up to such demanding tasks. Yet, it...
Cambridge University Press, First published 1989. - First paperback edition 2004. 1989. XIII, 359 p. ISBN: 0-521-33186-2 (hardback), ISBN: 0-521-61699-9 (paperback). Aircraft Noise traces the origins of this problem to the introduction of the jet engine into the airline fleet in the late 1950s and describes the legal restrictions now placed on the industry. It explains the...
Wiley, Chichester, 2008, 370 p. — ISBN10: 0470018593, ISBN13: 9780470018590. Typically, there are over twenty radio systems on board the average commercial jet aircraft dealing with communication, navigation and surveillance functions. Very high frequency (VHF) air-to-ground communication is usually the main method of information and control exchange between pilot and air...
New York: Arco Publishing, Inc., 1985. 285 p. — ISBN: 0668063467. Chapter by chapter the reader is taken gently from the basics of the big jets to the sophistication of the 'glass cockpit' in preparation for the pilot's seat on a Boeing 777 flight from London to Boston. Examine the weather forecast with the pilots, monitor the take-off from the flight deck, listen to the radio...
Naval Air Training Command. — Texas: NAS Corpus Christi, 1993. — 196 p. This coursebook is designed to guide you through your study assignments in the most logical sequence. It is broken into seven INAV units: Six units of instruction and one review unit. The Learning Objectives in each unit are stated in behavioral terms and identify exactly what you are expected to accomplish...
Harper Perennial, Smithsonian Books, 2006. — 304 p. 747 is the thrilling story behind "the Queen of the Skies" - the Boeing 747 - as told by Joe Sutter, one of the most celebrated engineers of the 20th century, who spearheaded its design and construction. Sutter's vivid narrative takes us back to a time when American technology was cutting-edge and jet travel was still...
White Word Publications, 2012. 89 p. — ISBN: 978-81-323-4446-9. Aviator How to Become an Airline Pilot How to Become Qualified to Fly a Plane How to Takeoff and Land on a Soft Runway How to Land an Airplane in an Emergency How to Learn Aerobatics How to Choose a Flight Instructor How to Become a Navy Pilot Aircraft Pilot Licensing and Certification Air Safety
National Academies Press (February 28, 1997). — 192 p. The commercial aviation industry is a major part of the U.S. transportation infrastructure and a key contributor to the nation's economy. The industry is facing the effects of a reduced role by the military as a source of high-quality trained personnel, particularly pilots and mechanics. At the same time, it is facing the...
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1974, 176 p. — ISBN: 0684141345. There was a time when civil aircraft were far less interesting and spectacular than military types. Today all that has changed. The supersonic Concorde, developed at a cost of more than two and a half billion dollars, fills newspaper headlines almost daily, making there-and-back flights across the Atlantic...
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Press, 2009. 176 p.— ISBN: 0262513137. From the smallest gnat to the largest aircraft, all things that fly obey the same aerodynamic principles. In The Simple Science of Flight, Henk Tennekes investigates just how machines and creatures fly: what size wings they need, how much energy is required for their journeys, how they cross...
AIAA, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., Reston, Virginia, 1996. 465 p. — ISBN: 1563471906. As aircraft flight speeds have increased and orbital missions have mandated complex space structures, the need for a deeper understanding of aerospace thermal structural behavior has grown. The purpose of this book is to study the basic problems of complex computer...
AIAA, 2006. XXXV, 523 p. — ISBN: 978-1563478376. Although many books have been written on the theory of system identification, few are available that provide a complete engineering treatment of system identification and how to successfully apply it to flight vehicles. This book provides the unique perspective of over 20 years of flight-test applications to both aircraft and...
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, 2003. VI, 146 p. Neural-net computer software makes possible self-repairing flight control aircraft systems that can compensate for damage to an aircraft and render it not only flyable, but nearly as controllable as it was before the damage. NASA has played an integral role in the development and airborne testing of these systems, systems...
First edition. — Elsevier, 2007. — 329 p. The books in this series have been designed for both independent and tutor assisted studies, They are particularly useful to the ‘self-starter’ and to those wishing to update or upgrade their aircraft maintenance licence. The series also provides a useftil source of reference for those taking ab initio training programmes in EASA Part...
John Wiley & Sons, 2011. 214 p. ISBN: 0470741295 An invaluable addition to the literature on UAV guidance and cooperative control, Cooperative Path Planning of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles is a dedicated, practical guide to computational path planning for UAVs. One of the key issues facing future development of UAVs is path planning: it is vital that swarm UAVs/ MAVs can cooperate...
Comdtinst M13020.1G APRIL 11 2011. — 113 p. It is tempting to title this book ‘Flights of Fancy’ as this captures the excitement and expectations at the start of a new design project. The main objective of this book is to try to convey this feeling to those who are starting to undertake aircraft conceptual design work for the first time. This often takes place in an educational...
Earthscan Publications Ltd, London, 2003. — 248 p. —ISBN: 1853838187, 9781853838187, 1853838179, 9781853838170 Aviation is integral to the global economy but it is also one of the main obstacles to environmentally sustainable development. It is one of the world's fastest growing - and most polluting - industries. What can be done to retain the economic and other benefits it...
Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, New York, London, 2015. — 2468 p. — ISBN: 9048197066. The Handbook of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles is a reference text for the academic and research communities, industry, manufacturers, users, practitioners, Federal Government, Federal and State Agencies, the private sector, as well as all organizations that are and will be using unmanned aircraft...
Indianapolis: Wiley Publishing, 2007. — 744 p. Get ready to take flight as two certified flight instructors guide you through the pilot ratings as it is done in the real world, starting with Sport Pilot training, then Private Pilot, followed by the Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, and Air Transport Pilot. They cover the skills of flight, how to master Flight Simulator, and...
Varga A., Hansson A., Puyou G. Springer, 2012. - 476 p. ISBN10: 3642226264. This book summarizes the main achievements of the EC funded 6th Framework Program project COFCLUO – Clearance of Flight Control Laws Using Optimization. This project successfully contributed to the achievement of a top-level objective to meet society’s needs for a more efficient, safer and...
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015. — XXIV, 650 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-4665-7336-9 (eBook - PDF). Explore Key Concepts and Techniques Associated with Control Configured Elastic Aircraft A rapid rise in air travel in the past decade is driving the development of newer, more energy-efficient, and malleable aircraft. Typically lighter and more flexible than the traditional rigid...
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, New York, 2012. 256 p. — ISBN10: 1433114909, ISBN13: 9781433114908. Studies in Modern European History Army of the Sky addresses the development of military aviation from 1904 to 1914 in order to explore the relationship of modernization and Russian Imperial officer culture. Utilizing archival material, army reports, the military...
Amazon Digital Services LLC, 2019. — 29 p. — ASIN B07MVJG4XN. In this book, we will be taking a holistic and expository look at drones. We will delve into the various parts that make a drone including; How they work, The different classifications and types of drones, Their applications, How to properly maintain a drone, and all you need to know for your next or current drone.
Berlin: Springer, 1988. — 293 p. — ISBN: 3-540-19119-4 Flight dynamics and automatic flight control represent an extensively studied field of technical sciences. This research area has doubtlessly stimulated the development of many aspects of automatic control and systems theory in general. A salient feature of flight control systems is that the requirements imposed are often...
Butterworth-Heinemann, 2017. — 313 p. — ISBN: 978-0-08-100721-1. This book provides guidelines and methods for conducting a safety assessment process on civil airborne systems and equipment. As civil aircraft electrical systems become more complicated, electrical wiring failures have become a huge concern in industry and government — especially on aging platforms. There have...
2nd edition. — Kendall Hunt Publishing, Dubuque, Iowa, 2001, 320 p. —ISBN10: 0757551513, ISBN13: 9780757551512. This volume provides a thorough overview on the implications of new technologies in the planning and shaping of cost effective flight testing, and the skill requirements of the work force. The value of the book is enhanced by a series of figures and chronological...
Naval Institute Press, Annopolis, Maryland, 1990. 255 p. — ISBN: 0-87021-233-8. This volume traces the development of ten companies which eventually led to the production of aircraft under the General Dynamics title and over one hundred aircraft designs - including the Consolidated Commodore and Fleetster, the Catalina and Liberator are dealt with. Thus this work covers some of...
Thunder Bay Press, San Diego, CA, 2004. 258 p. — ISBN: 1592232264 The Aviation Factfile Boeing and Airbus may dominate today’s commercial aircraft market, but there are dozens of smaller manufacturers producing excellent airplanes to service short- and medium-distance routes. Dozens of these commercial aircraft — from the immortal Douglas DC-3 to the unrivaled Boeing 747 — are...
First edition. — London: Grande Books, 2005. — 256 p. — ISBN 1-84013- 809-2 Climb into the cockpit of some of the world's most exciting experimental and test aircraft, like the revolutionary Vought XF5U. Nicknamed the "Flying Pancake," the XF5U's unique saucer shape fueled rumors that the United States government was secretly testing a UFO! Fascinating stories about fabled...
Thomas R. Yechout, Steven L. Morris, David E. Bossert, Wayne F. Hallgren. — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc., 2003. XV, 634 p. Winner of the Summerfield Book Award! This textbook is based on a successful 15-year approach to teaching aircraft flight mechanics at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Intended for junior-level students presented with the material for...
Butterworth-Heinemann, 2019. — 494 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-814056-7. This book not only presents an overview on the topic, but also delves into the fundamental mathematic models of electro hydraulic control and the application of key hydraulic components under extreme environments. The book contains chapters on hydraulic system design, including thermal analysis on hydraulic power...
Wiley, 2018. — 671 p. — (Aerospace Series). — ISBN: 978-1-118-38486-2. This book presents a detailed and comprehensive treatment of performance analysis techniques for jet transport airplanes. Uniquely, the book describes key operational and regulatory procedures and constraints that directly impact the performance of commercial airliners. Topics include : rigid body dynamics;...
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1915. — 258 p. Aeroplanes was written by J. S. Zerbe in 1915. This is a 251 p. book, containing 47527 words and 73 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. This work is not intended to set forth the exploits of aviators nor to give a history of the Art. It is a book of instructions intended to point out the theories of flying, as...
New York: Springer, 2017. — 244 p. This book focuses on different facets of flight data analysis, including the basic goals, methods, and implementation techniques. As mass flight data possesses the typical characteristics of time series, the time series analysis methods and their application for flight data have been illustrated from several aspects, such as data filtering,...
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