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Book Synopsis Restoring Museum Aircraft by : Robert C. Mikesh
Download or read book Restoring Museum Aircraft written by Robert C. Mikesh and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 2009 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Mikesh takes the reader step by step through the process of aircraft restoration from the initial decision to prepare for an exhibit: Does it fit the museums aims? How will it be displayed? Will it fly? And of course: Is it good value? Initial preparation before disassembly are noted and then the principal techniques in working with wood-and-fabric, and metal aircraft are discussed, using many interesting real examples. Types of propulsion, tires, colors and markings are covered systematically and the different requirements for indoor or outdoor exhibition are shown. This book is considered the authoritative reference to the wide and complex subject of aircraft preservation and restoration.
Book Synopsis Smithsonian Institution by : U S Government Accountability Office (G
Download or read book Smithsonian Institution written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed aircraft restoration at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum (NASM), focusing on: (1) the adequacy of facilities for preserving aircraft; and (2) options to improve NASM aircraft restoration efforts. GAO found that NASM: (1) commits fewer resources to aircraft restoration than it does to its other museum activities; (2) lacks adequate space to properly display or store restored aircraft; (3) must determine how to better preserve its aircraft collection despite its limited financial resources and lack of space; (4) needs to develop criteria for what constitutes historically significant aircraft and consider which aircraft should be kept in its collection; (5) could help preserve its aircraft collection, alleviate its storage capacity problems, and share its collection with the public by using second-party restorations; (6) expansion plans at Dulles Airport could help alleviate storage facility problems, but funding is uncertain and the extension could take years to complete; (7) could reduce short-term costs by limiting the new storage space to the same size as current storage facilities; and (8) does not have a management plan describing how each aircraft will be used in future exhibits, the extent that each aircraft will be restored, and who is responsible for monitoring the condition of each aircraft.
Book Synopsis Flying Vintage Aircraft Museum and Restoration Center by : Robert Jonathan Carmac
Download or read book Flying Vintage Aircraft Museum and Restoration Center written by Robert Jonathan Carmac and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Flying Vintage Aircraft Museum and Restoration Center was a project used to explore the issues of architecture related to personal ideas of structure, light, and space. The goal of the project was to enhance display through the structure of a building and the quantity and quality of light allowed to penetrate the interior gallery. The end result was an attempt to show that architecture is ever changing. It is unpredictable and formed upon the basis of expanded uses, contexts, and needs defined by the current era's technology and society. The exploration of the issues structure, light, and space are incorporated into a piece of architecture that represents the design of a building that considers space within, as well as, its relation to the site and context. The articulation of these architectural elements dramatically altered the expression of the space and can have an emotional impact to each inhabitant. The design problem of an aircraft museum allows the chance to explore these ideas. The nature of the building required the issue of structure to become central and play a major impact in the overall building form. In addition, by using the idea of contrast, material choices helped advance the design to a stronger connection with the stated issues of the project.
Book Synopsis Hidden Warbirds by : Nicholas A. Veronico
Download or read book Hidden Warbirds written by Nicholas A. Veronico and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veronico explores the romantic era of World War II warbirds and the stories of some of its most famous wrecks, including the "Swamp Ghost" (a B-17E which crashed in New Guinea in the early days of World War II and which was only recently recovered), and "Glacier Girl" (a P-38, part of "The Lost Squadron," which crashed in a large ice sheet in Greenland in 1942). Throughout, Veronico provides a history of the aircraft, as well as the unique story behind each discovery and recovery with ample illustrations.
Book Synopsis The Nation's Hangar by : Robert Van Der Linden
Download or read book The Nation's Hangar written by Robert Van Der Linden and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Air & Space Museum preserves more than 350 aircraft at its restoration facility in Maryland, many of which are the last of their kind in existence. This magnificent book walks the reader through the restoration and preservation facility and provides photographs and histories of some of its most notable aircraft.
Book Synopsis DH9: From Ruin to Restoration by : Guy Black
Download or read book DH9: From Ruin to Restoration written by Guy Black and published by Grub Street Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How two British World War I-era planes came to be found many decades later in India and returned to their former glory. In 2000, upon hearing rumors of aircraft parts being found in a maharaja’s palace in India, Guy Black took a trip that would lead to the most unexpected discovery of his life. Hidden away in a former elephant stable of the maharaja’s palace in Bikaner, Rajasthan, were the hulks of at least two DH9 bombers. This was no example of this WWI aircraft in existance in Britain. Recognizing their importance to the UK’s aviation heritage, and excited by the challenge of restoration, Guy set about negotiating their purchase and returning them back to England. In DH9: From Ruin to Restoration, Guy Black details the intriguing history of how these two rare aircraft (D-5649 and E-8894) came to be in India under the Imperial Gift Scheme. He also reveals the extraordinary efforts in recovering these two planes and the extensive restoration project undertaken to bring them to their former glory. With D-5649 restored as a static and proudly on display at IWM Duxford, he then set about getting E-8894 back to airworthy status. The book then moves on to the highly anticipated flight of E-8894 and the years of frustration that followed until its maiden flight with “Dodge” Bailey at the controls on May 13, 2019—making it the only WWI bomber flying anywhere in the world. Told in meticulous detail, this fully illustrated book includes a foreword by Andy Saunders and is a must-have of all WWI and aircraft enthusiasts.
Book Synopsis Forgotten Widow by : Sharon Wells Wagner
Download or read book Forgotten Widow written by Sharon Wells Wagner and published by . This book was released on 2010-06-06 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 6, 1945, a P-61 Black Widow night fighter crashed into the slopes of Mount Cyclops on the island of New Guinea. Forty years later, a team from the Mid Atlantic Air Museum set out to recover the wreckage and restore the rare aircraft to its original flying condition.This is their story.The Mid Atlantic Air Museum was founded in 1980 under the direction of World War II veteran Gene Strine and his son, Russ. As experienced pilots, aircraft mechanics, and businessmen, the Strines were the perfect candidates to recover the Black Widow from Indonesia. Together, they would spend twelve years and thousands of man hours negotiating salvage rights and traveling halfway around the world to the remote jungle mountainside where the Black Widow lay. They risked everything to save this important piece of aviation history, negotiating difficult terrain, dangerous working conditions, and a maze of bureaucracy. But their gamble paid off, and in the end they emerged victorious.Today, the museum proudly displays its collection of more than eighty aircraft at its facility in Reading, Pennsylvania. With the goal of restoring their planes to award-winning airworthy museum condition, the Strines work tirelessly. The P-61 Black Widow is nearing the end of its long restoration process, and will soon take to the skies once again. When it does, it will be the only known P-61 in the world to fly.
Book Synopsis Hidden Warbirds by : Nicholas A. Veronico
Download or read book Hidden Warbirds written by Nicholas A. Veronico and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2013-06-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If you only have room in your collection for one book on WWII-era warbird wreck histories and recoveries, then it should be this one. . . . Fascinating.” —Alan Griffith, author of Consolidated Mess Aviation historian Nicholas A. Veronico has been investigating and writing about aircraft wrecks for many years. His website, wreckchasing.com, is the go-to source for enthusiasts who want to know more about how to locate vintage airplane wrecks and then tell their stories. In this engaging new book, Veronico explores the romantic era of World War II Warbirds and the stories of some of its most famous wrecks, including the “Swamp Ghost” (a B-17E which crashed in New Guinea in the early days of World War II and which was only recently recovered), and “Glacier Girl” (a P-38, part of “The Lost Squadron,” which crashed in a large ice sheet in Greenland in 1942). Throughout, Veronico provides a history of the aircraft, as well as the unique story behind each discovery and recovery with ample illustrations. Hidden Warbirds is aviation history at its best.
Book Synopsis B-17 Flying Fortress Restoration by : Jerome J. McLaughlin
Download or read book B-17 Flying Fortress Restoration written by Jerome J. McLaughlin and published by Dudley Court Press, LLC. This book was released on 2016-07-13 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The arrival of the WWII B-17 bomber at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in January of 2009 ini-tiated a great adventure for a group of warbird lovers from the nearby commu-nities as they united to restore that B-17. The dream of the volunteers was to honor the WWII veterans of the Eighth Air Force – some of whom were literally their fathers – by restoring the B-17 to its original pristine condition. The group was challenged by the fact that the airplane had been in storage for more than two decades following a long working life, and was far from the gleaming symbol of power that it had been in 1945. This book is the story of the six year effort by a team of volunteers to over-come the challenges they faced and to fulfill their dream to create a lasting sym-bol to honor their fathers and grandfa-thers and all of the veterans who served in the Mighty Eighth during WWII.
Author :Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Publisher :[Hamilton? Ont.] : Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum ISBN 13 : Total Pages :30 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis The Mynarski Memorial Lancaster in Review by : Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
Download or read book The Mynarski Memorial Lancaster in Review written by Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum and published by [Hamilton? Ont.] : Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. This book was released on 1988 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Chance Vought V-173 "Flying Pancake" Aircraft Restoration and Preservation Program by : Don L. Norwood
Download or read book Chance Vought V-173 "Flying Pancake" Aircraft Restoration and Preservation Program written by Don L. Norwood and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Vought Aircraft Heritage Foundation (VAHF) restored the unique Chance Vought V-173 aircraft under contract from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM). Restoration and preservation of the V-173 aircraft was documented in seventeen (17) six-month progress reports submitted to NASM as required by contract. In 2012 the authors were asked ... to prepare a report that summarized the complete restoration process. This result is this book"--Page iii.
Book Synopsis The Fairey Barracuda by : Matthew Willis
Download or read book The Fairey Barracuda written by Matthew Willis and published by MMP. This book was released on 2017-01-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fairey Barracuda was the first monoplane torpedo bomber operated by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. The Barracuda experienced a difficult birth and development during the Second World War, and this, added to a number of fatal crashes, led to a poor reputation which the aircraft would never truly shake. Despite this, the Barracuda proved highly successful in service, carrying out raids against the Tirpitz, and against Japanese forces in the East Indies that contributed greatly to the war effort. It also undertook a variety of less well known roles, and remained in Fleet Air Arm service into the 1950s. This new book by naval aviation historian Matthew Willis contains an extensive history and technical description of the Barracuda, drawing from a wide range of archive materials and accounts from the men who flew and operated the aircraft in service, together with over 100 photographs, many never before published. Scale plans and color profiles also included.
Download or read book Race of Aces written by John R Bruning and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The astonishing untold story of the WWII airmen who risked it all in the deadly race to become the greatest American fighter pilot. In 1942, America's deadliest fighter pilot, or "ace of aces" -- the legendary Eddie Rickenbacker -- offered a bottle of bourbon to the first U.S. fighter pilot to break his record of twenty-six enemy planes shot down. Seizing on the challenge to motivate his men, General George Kenney promoted what they would come to call the "race of aces" as a way of boosting the spirits of his war-weary command. What developed was a wild three-year sprint for fame and glory, and the chance to be called America's greatest fighter pilot. The story has never been told until now. Based on new research and full of revelations, John Bruning's brilliant, original book tells the story of how five American pilots contended for personal glory in the Pacific while leading Kenney's resurgent air force against the most formidable enemy America ever faced. The pilots -- Richard Bong, Tommy McGuire, Neel Kearby, Charles MacDonald and Gerald Johnson -- riveted the nation as they contended for Rickenbacker's crown. As their scores mounted, they transformed themselves from farm boys and aspiring dentists into artists of the modern dogfight. But as the race reached its climax, some of the pilots began to see how the spotlight warped their sense of duty. They emerged as leaders, beloved by their men as they chose selfless devotion over national accolades. Teeming with action all across the vast Pacific theater, Race of Aces is a fascinating exploration of the boundary between honorable duty, personal glory, and the complex landscape of the human heart. "Brings you into the cockpit of the lethal, fast-paced world of fighter pilots . . . Fascinating." -- Sara Vladic"Extraordinary . . . a must-read." -- US Navy Captain Dan Pedersen"A heart-pounding narrative of the courage, sacrifice, and tragedy of America's elite fighter pilots." -- James M. Scott"Vivid and gripping . . . Confirms Bruning's status as the premier war historian of the air." -- Saul David
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Book Synopsis Conserving an Aircraft by : Ben Nussbaum
Download or read book Conserving an Aircraft written by Ben Nussbaum and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Horten Ho airplane was made in Nazi Germany during WWII. Germany needed a new weapon, and hoped this experimental aircraft would help them win the war. The Horten Ho would have been a fighter jet with incredible speed, but it did not fly as planned. Learn about the Smithsonian Institution’s efforts to restore this fascinating historical artifact and the challenges they faced during the restoration process. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Smithsonian Informational Text builds reading skills while engaging students’ curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. Packed with factoids and informative sidebars, it features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for use in a makerspace and teaches students every step of the engineering design process. Make STEAM career connections with career advice from actual Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields. Discover engineering innovations that solve real-world problems with content that touches on all aspects of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math!
Download or read book CRM written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Hidden Warbirds II by : Nicholas A. Veronico
Download or read book Hidden Warbirds II written by Nicholas A. Veronico and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2014-06 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The second installment in a series exploring the stories of famous wrecks and recoveries of World War II-era aircraft. Features over 150 photographs depicting more than 20 warbird stories around the world"--
