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Author : Michael Strasser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781792332647
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (326 download)
Download or read book Moments in Aviation History written by Michael Strasser and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Kessner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199752648
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)
Download or read book The Flight of the Century written by Thomas Kessner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In late May 1927 an inexperienced and unassuming 25-year-old Air Mail pilot from rural Minnesota stunned the world by making the first non-stop transatlantic flight. A spectacular feat of individual daring and collective technological accomplishment, Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris ushered in the modern age of commercial aviation. In The Flight of the Century, Thomas Kessner takes a fresh look at one of America's greatest moments, explaining how what was essentially a publicity stunt became a turning point in history. Kessner vividly recreates the flight itself and the euphoric reaction to it on both sides of the Atlantic, and argues that Lindbergh's amazing feat occurred just when the world--still struggling with the disillusionment of WWI--desperately needed a hero to restore a sense of optimism and innocence. Kessner also shows how new forms of mass media made Lindbergh into the most famous international celebrity of his time, casting him in the role of a humble yet dashing American hero of rural origins and traditional values. Much has been made of Lindbergh's personal integrity and his refusal to cash in on his fame, but Kessner reveals that Lindbergh was closely allied with, and managed by, a group of powerful businessmen--Harry Guggenheim, Dwight Morrow, and Henry Breckenridge chief among them--who sought to exploit aviation for mass transport and massive profits. Their efforts paid off as commercial air traffic soared from 6,000 passengers in 1926 to 173,000 passengers in 1929. Kessner's book is the first to fully explore Lindbergh's central role in promoting the airline industry--the rise of which has influenced everything from where we live to how we wage war and do business.
Author : Charles A. Lindbergh
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9780743237055
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (37 download)
Download or read book The Spirit of St. Louis written by Charles A. Lindbergh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-12-09 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lindbergh's own account of his historic transatlantic solo flight in 1927.
Author : Harold Rabinowitz
Publisher : MetroBooks (NY)
ISBN 13 : 9781567993813
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (938 download)
Download or read book Conquer the Sky written by Harold Rabinowitz and published by MetroBooks (NY). This book was released on 1996 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary: Traces the history of humankind's attempts to shrug off the shackles of gravity and take to the air.
Author : F. Robert van der Linden
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN 13 : 0760351511
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)
Download or read book Milestones of Flight written by F. Robert van der Linden and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2016-05-15 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the history of flight with the world-class aviation collection at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, which attracts millions and millions of visitors each year in Washington, D.C.From the moment the Wright Brothers first took flight in 1903 to the modern-day reliance on stealth aircraft and drones, there have been significant advances made in aviation. Milestones of Flight celebrates each era of advancements by showcasing the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's world-class aircraft collection. Authored by Dr. Robert van der Linden, a leading expert on aviation and Chairman of the Aeronautics Department at the NASM, this book is a stunning profile of the advancements in flight from decade to decade, illustrated with beautiful, large-scale photography and enhanced with little-known facts, anecdotes, and insights from major players in the aviation industry.Climb inside the cockpit of the Spirit of St. Louis that Charles Lindbergh piloted solo across the Atlantic Ocean, making history. Contrast that with a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. The full-page photos of each milestone-making aircraft are accompanied by timelines to showcase related aircraft as well as sidebars with interesting and little-known facts, stories, and related research.Milestone categories include:- Era of Early Flight- World War I First Fighters- Long-Range Record-Setting Flight- Popular Flight- First Commercial Airliners- World War II Aircraft- Experimental Flight- Cold War Military/Korean Conflict Aircraft- Commercial Jets- Modern Military AircraftWhat will the next milestone be?
Author : Keith O'Brien
Publisher : Clarion Books
ISBN 13 : 1328618420
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (286 download)
Download or read book Fly Girls written by Keith O'Brien and published by Clarion Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From NPR correspondent O' Brien comes this thrilling Young Readers' edition that celebrates a little-known slice of history wherein tenacious, trailblazing women braved all obstacles to achieve greatness in the skies. Photos.
Author : George E. Hopkins
Publisher : Nicholson
ISBN 13 : 9780960970810
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Flying the Line written by George E. Hopkins and published by Nicholson. This book was released on 1996 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Wohl
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300057782
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (577 download)
Download or read book A Passion for Wings written by Robert Wohl and published by . This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prize-winning historian offers an exhilarating book--the first cultural history of the pioneering phase of aviation--which tells the stories of the artists, writers, and intellectuals whose imaginations were captured by the power of flight. Over 300 illustrations, some in color.
Author : Stephen Lee McFarland
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book A Concise History of the U.S. Air Force written by Stephen Lee McFarland and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1997 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Except in a few instances, since World War II no American soldier or sailor has been attacked by enemy air power. Conversely, no enemy soldier orsailor has acted in combat without being attacked or at least threatened by American air power. Aviators have brought the air weapon to bear against enemies while denying them the same prerogative. This is the legacy of the U.S. AirForce, purchased at great cost in both human and material resources.More often than not, aerial pioneers had to fight technological ignorance, bureaucratic opposition, public apathy, and disagreement over purpose.Every step in the evolution of air power led into new and untrodden territory, driven by humanitarian impulses; by the search for higher, faster, and farther flight; or by the conviction that the air way was the best way. Warriors have always coveted the high ground. If technology permitted them to reach it, men, women andan air force held and exploited it-from Thomas Selfridge, first among so many who gave that "last full measure of devotion"; to Women's Airforce Service Pilot Ann Baumgartner, who broke social barriers to become the first Americanwoman to pilot a jet; to Benjamin Davis, who broke racial barriers to become the first African American to command a flying group; to Chuck Yeager, a one-time non-commissioned flight officer who was the first to exceed the speed of sound; to John Levitow, who earned the Medal of Honor by throwing himself over a live flare to save his gunship crew; to John Warden, who began a revolution in air power thought and strategy that was put to spectacular use in the Gulf War.Industrialization has brought total war and air power has brought the means to overfly an enemy's defenses and attack its sources of power directly. Americans have perceived air power from the start as a more efficient means of waging war and as a symbol of the nation's commitment to technology to master challenges, minimize casualties, and defeat adversaries.
Author : Leonardo (da Vinci)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (624 download)
Download or read book Codex on the Flight of Birds in the Royal Library At Turin written by Leonardo (da Vinci) and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brian Shul
Publisher : Lickle Pub Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780929823089
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Sled Driver written by Brian Shul and published by Lickle Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 1991 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No aircraft ever captured the curiosity & fascination of the public like the SR-71 Blackbird. Nicknamed "The Sled" by those few who flew it, the aircraft was shrouded in secrecy from its inception. Entering the U.S. Air Force inventory in 1966, the SR-71 was the fastest, highest flying jet aircraft in the world. Now for the first time, a Blackbird pilot shares his unique experience of what it was like to fly this legend of aviation history. Through the words & photographs of retired Major Brian Shul, we enter the world of the "Sled Driver." Major Shul gives us insight on all phases of flying, including the humbling experience of simulator training, the physiological stresses of wearing a space suit for long hours, & the intensity & magic of flying 80,000 feet above the Earth's surface at 2000 miles per hour. SLED DRIVER takes the reader through riveting accounts of the rigors of initial training, the gamut of emotions experienced while flying over hostile territory, & the sheer joy of displaying the jet at some of the world's largest airshows. Illustrated with rare photographs, seen here for the first time, SLED DRIVER captures the mystique & magnificence of this most unique of all aircraft.
Author : Octave Chanute
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Progress in Flying Machines written by Octave Chanute and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beskriver gennerelle principper for at flyve og fortæller om de første forsøg på at bygge en egentlig flyvemaskine før det lykkedes at gennemføre en bemandet, motordrevet flyvning
Author : Robert Wohl
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300122657
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (226 download)
Download or read book The Spectacle of Flight written by Robert Wohl and published by . This book was released on 2007-05-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From historian Wohl comes an extraordinary account of the development of aviation and the heroism, romance, adventure, and shattered dreams that followed. Archival photos.
Author : Franklyn E. Dailey, Jr.
Publisher : Dailey International Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780966625134
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (251 download)
Download or read book The Triumph of Instrument Flight written by Franklyn E. Dailey, Jr. and published by Dailey International Pub. This book was released on 2004 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The years 1921-31 saw U.S. aviation marking its first quarter century with record after record demonstrating the speed and reliability of aircraft and the developed skill of pilots who flew them. By 1929, the technology was greatly advanced beyond the fragile craft and the sputtering engine of the Wright Brothers. The ultimate tribute to them was the fact their aircraft, its engine and its controls proved to be the foundation for aviation. In 1932-35, technology and pilot skill breached weather's wall with the ability to fly instruments. A breakthrough flight control system, first demonstrated in 1929, had to be deconstructed to put the pilot into the knowledge loop. The result was a trio of pilot flight instruments that serve aviation to this day.
Author : Patrick O'Brien
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802788807
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Fantastic Flights written by Patrick O'Brien and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-07-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes seventeen twentieth-century historic flights and their pilots, from the Wright brothers to those of the space shuttles.
Author : M. J. Armitage
Publisher : Jl International Pub.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 988 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Chronicle of Aviation written by M. J. Armitage and published by Jl International Pub.. This book was released on 1992 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of aviation / development / events and facts.
Author : Gerald Butt
Publisher : Rimal Publications, Cyprus
ISBN 13 : 9789963610730
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (17 download)
Download or read book History in the Arab Skies written by Gerald Butt and published by Rimal Publications, Cyprus. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History in the Arab Skies reveals the close relationship between the Middle East and flying from the earliest days of flight and analyses the decisive impact it had on the political complexion of the region.--from publisher description.
