Search results for “[Subject: aviation-history]”

• Author(s): Bruce Hales-Dutton • Publisher: Air World • Publisher Imprint: Air World • BISAC: Aviation - GeneralBritain's aviation history began with Sir George Cayley in 1799 at Brompton Hall, followed by experimental flights at Hendon, Stamfor...

• Author(s): Mark Ovenden • Publisher: Penguin Books • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books • BISAC: Maps & Road Atlases (see also Reference - Atlases, GazetteerA nostalgic and celebratory look back at one hundred years of passenger flight, featu...

• Author(s): Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume • Publisher: Stenlake Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Stenlake Publishing

• Author(s): Aaron Aaberg • Publisher: Independently Published • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published • BISAC: Modern - 20th Century - GeneralConcorde was more than an aircraft-it was a vision of the future. Born of Cold War ambition and tr...

• Author(s): Paul Bingley • Publisher: Amberley Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Amberley Publishing • BISAC: Aviation - GeneralEssex is not known for being the cradle of British aviation, but perhaps it should be. From the establishment of Britai...

• Author(s): David Morris • Publisher: History Press • Publisher Imprint: History Press • BISAC: Aviation - Repair & MaintenanceIn 2000, the Fleet Air Arm Museum conservation team embarked on an ambitious project to explore what remained of a...

• Author(s): Robert Jackson • Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation • Publisher Imprint: Pen and Sword Aviation • BISAC: Military - AviationThis is the fascinating story of army fixed-wing cooperation units who were made up of specially trained volun...

• Author(s): Mark Lardas • Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) • Publisher Imprint: Osprey Publishing (UK) • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War IIn 1910 the first aircraft was successfully launched from a small wooden platform on a stationary ...

• Author(s): Anonymous • Publisher: Nabu Press • Publisher Imprint: Nabu Press • BISAC: General This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, ...

• Author(s): Aaron Aaberg • Publisher: Independently Published • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published • BISAC: Aviation - HistoryFor most of the twentieth century, jet travel belonged to airlines and a select circle of corporate elites. The...

• Author(s): Biblioteca Aeronáutica • Publisher: Biblioteca Aeronautica • Publisher Imprint: Biblioteca Aeronautica • BISAC: Aviation - CommercialThroughout history, mastery of the skies has been one of mankind's greatest desires. From the first ...

• Author(s): Biblioteca Aeronáutica • Publisher: Biblioteca Aeronautica • Publisher Imprint: Biblioteca Aeronautica • BISAC: Aviation - Commercial空を飛ぶことは、人類が空を見上げる鳥の飛ぶ姿に思いを馳せた黎明期以来、人間の欲望であった。数千年の時が流れ、ついに彼は鳥の、姿を思い浮かべるのをやめ征服者としての情熱と原始的な本能に目覚めた。 ライト...

• Author(s): Anonymous • Publisher: Legare Street Press • Publisher Imprint: Legare Street Press • BISAC: GeneralThis comprehensive book covers everything you need to know about aviation and aeronautical engineering. Whether you want to learn abo...

• Author(s): Michael C. Hardy • Publisher: History Press • Publisher Imprint: History Press • BISAC: United States - State & Local - South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,History Beyond Kitty Hawk Millions of North Carolina license plates affirm the st...

• Author(s): Graham Hoyland • Publisher: Key Publishing Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Key Publishing Ltd • BISAC: Aviation - HistoryThe invention of the jet engine had a profound effect on the world. Commercial jet aircraft revolutionized travel, open...

• Author(s): Biblioteca Aeronáutica • Publisher: Biblioteca Aeronautica • Publisher Imprint: Biblioteca Aeronautica • BISAC: Aviation - CommercialIm Laufe der Geschichte war die Beherrschung des Himmels eine der gr� ten Sehns�chte der Menschheit....

• Author(s): Nicholas H Lancaster • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCBrooklands, near Weybridge in Surrey, holds a unique and highly important place in the histories of both motoring and aviation....

• Author(s): Ron Mak • Publisher: Key Publishing Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Key Publishing Ltd • BISAC: Subjects & Themes - Military

• Author(s): Hugh Morgan • Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) • Publisher Imprint: Osprey Publishing (UK) • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceThe Third Reich's last ditch efforts to sweep the massed Allied bomber formations from the skies of G...

• Author(s): Dilip Sarkar • Publisher: Amberley Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Amberley Publishing • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - GeneralAlthough there were many more Hawker Hurricanes than Supermarine Spitfires engaged in the ep...

• Author(s): Key Publishing • Publisher: Key Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Key Publishing • BISAC: Aviation - CommercialThe desire for airliners that could fly faster and higher than all that had gone before them was ingrained into the commerci...

• Author(s): E. Charles Vivian • Publisher: Legare Street Press • Publisher Imprint: Legare Street Press • BISAC: GeneralTake to the skies with this comprehensive history of aeronautics, from the early days of hot air balloons to the cutting-edge...

• Author(s): Sean J. Lopez • Publisher: Independently Published • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published • BISAC: Aviation - HistoryThe Airbus A380 was the largest passenger aircraft ever built, a double-deck, four-engine giant designed to ca...

• Author(s): Aaron Aaberg • Publisher: Independently Published • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published • BISAC: Aviation - HistoryThe Antonov An-124 Ruslan and An-225 Mriya stand as milestones in aviation history-aircraft so vast they redefi...

• Author(s): Scott M. Fisher • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) • Publisher Imprint: Arcadia Publishing (SC) • BISAC: United States - State & Local - Midwest(IA,IL,IN,KS,MI,MN,MOIowans embraced aviation from its very beginning. In the late ...

• Author(s): Aaron Aaberg • Publisher: Independently Published • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceFrom the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan, helicopters h...