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Author : Dennis Baldry
Publisher : Osprey Publishing (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9780850458299
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (582 download)
Download or read book The DEC Schneider Trophy Race written by Dennis Baldry and published by Osprey Publishing (UK). This book was released on 1988 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ralph Pegram
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781781551790
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (517 download)
Download or read book The Schneider Trophy Seaplanes and Flying Boats written by Ralph Pegram and published by . This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timed to coincide with the one hundredth anniversary of the Schneider Trophy, this book is a history of over one hundred different aircraft that contested the trophy between 1913 and 1931. The book includes amazing drawings and photographs of the aircraft that have never been seen before.
Author : Jerry Murland
Publisher : Pen and Sword Aviation
ISBN 13 : 1526770024
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book The Schneider Trophy Air Races written by Jerry Murland and published by Pen and Sword Aviation. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the Schneider Trophy is the history of aircraft development. When Jacques Schneider devised and inaugurated the Coupe d’Aviation Maritime race for seaplanes in 1913, no-one could have predicted the profound effect the Series would have on aircraft design and aeronautical development, not to mention world history. Howard Pixton’s 1914 victory in a Sopwith Tabloid biplane surprisingly surpassed the performance of monoplanes and other manufacturers turned back to biplanes. During The Great War aerial combat was almost entirely conducted by biplanes, with their low landing speeds, rapid climb rates and maneuverability. Post-war the Races resumed in 1920. The American Curtiss racing aircraft set the pattern for the 1920s, making way for Harold Mitchell’s Supermarines in the 1930’s. Having won the 1927 race at Venice Mitchell developed his ground-breaking aircraft into the iconic Spitfire powered by the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine. This new generation of British fighter aircraft were to play a decisive role in defeating the Luftwaffe and thwarting the Nazis’ invasion plans. This is a fascinating account of the air race series that had a huge influence on the development of flight.
Author : Derek N. James
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781781554180
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (541 download)
Download or read book Schneider Trophy Aircraft 1913-1931 written by Derek N. James and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-14 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of 1912 Jacques Schneider announced his intention of presenting an annual trophy for an international seaplane contest. There were only twelve Schneider contests but they were major international events with the major rivals being Britain and Italy, followed by France and the US. Biplane seaplanes and flying-boats predominated the early contests and some very advanced twin-float biplanes were among the winners as late as 1925. However, it was the monoplane which was to become the symbol of Schneider Trophy, with Supermarine and Macchi designs reaching the peak of racing seaplane performance. The final winning combination of Supermarine airframe and Rolls-Royce engine was to make a vital contribution to Britain's defence in 1940 in the form of the Rolls-Royce powered Hurricane and Spitfire. This book records the contests and, in considerable detail, the design, development and achievements of the participating aircraft; those which failed to take part; and the projects, some of which embodied very advanced ideas even if they were proved to be unrealistic.
Author : John Shelton
Publisher : Haynes Publishing UK
ISBN 13 : 9781844255306
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (553 download)
Download or read book Schneider Trophy to Spitfire written by John Shelton and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2009-02-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to give a comprehensive account of the entire design career of legendary aircraft designer Reginald J. Mitchell. Renowned as the creator of the iconic Supermarine Spitfire fighter, Mitchell was also responsible for the sleek record-breaking seaplane aircraft that won outright the Schneider Trophy in 1931, and other classic designs such as the Stranraer and Southampton flying boats. John Shelton examines Mitchell’s 28 designs and recounts how each of his aircraft emerged in response to contemporary requirements and to prevailing design philosophies.
Author : Mike Roussel
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780750967914
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (679 download)
Download or read book The Quest for Speed written by Mike Roussel and published by History Press. This book was released on 2016-08-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book charts the impact of the Schneider Trophy on aircraft design, and how air racing focused both flying skills and aircraft capability. In the early 20th century, interest in flying, building, and competing aircraft developed at a furious pace. The Trophy's enforced break during World War I saw the loss of some of the pilots and an increased focus on speed in aircraft construction; when the contests restarted in 1919, a new breed of pilots took part, with combat and aerobatic experience. During the "Golden Years of Aviation," there were clashes between government sponsorship and private venture, and resounding defeats that focused designers such as Reginald Mitchell into designing specific racing machines. The government eventually began to sponsor the British entries, and the RAF HighSpeed Flight was formed to fly the racers, finally winning the Trophy outright in 1931, when the shadow of war was looming.
Author : Vali Chandrasekaran
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805087400
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Ridiculous Race written by Vali Chandrasekaran and published by Macmillan. This book was released on with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Miles Macnair
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473879388
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Lady Lucy Houston DBE written by Miles Macnair and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life-story of Lady Lucy Houston DBE must surely be one of the most romantic and dramatic epics of the last one hundred and fifty years, yet nowadays she is a woman unknown. She was a renowned beauty with a sharp intelligence, and over the years she would exploit her charismatic charm, first as a teenager to entice a wealthy lover, and subsequently to lead three husbands to the altar.She was an ardent and productive campaigner for womens rights, conducting outstanding works of charity during the Great War, such as providing a convalescent home for nurses returning from the front line. In recognition of these endeavours, she was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1917. After the death of her third husband, a known misogynist, under mysterious circumstances, she was temporarily certified mad, but his Will was to make her the richest woman in England. During the rest of her eventful and eccentric lifetime, she spent her fortune on a vast number of charitable causes, whilst waging a feisty political campaign against weak British politicians of all parties. As a great admirer of how Mussolini had restored Italys patriotic self-esteem, she championed men like Winston Churchill as the future saviour of her own beloved country. But her greatest legacy arose from her steadfast support for the Royal Air Force, whose finances were being crippled. She funded the 1931 Schneider Trophy Race as well as the Houston-Mount Everest Expedition of 1933. This funding had a crucial bearing on the development of the Merlin engine and the Spitfire aircraft, essentially kick starting the chain of events that would ultimately end in allied victory during the Battle of Britain. She died before the cataclysmic war that she so accurately predicted however, her death being precipitated by an infatuation with Edward, Prince of Wales.In spite of her many eccentricities, the enchanting, infuriating, inspiring and endlessly controversial Lucy Houston deserves to be remembered as a very patriotic lady indeed.
Author : Jasper Fforde
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547738471
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (477 download)
Download or read book The Last Dragonslayer written by Jasper Fforde and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As magic fades from the world, 15-year-old Jennifer Strange is having trouble keeping her magician employment agency business afloat, until she begins having visions that foretell the death of the last dragon and the coming of Big Magic.
Author : Robert S. Hirsch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780976196020
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Aircraft of Air Racing's Golden Age written by Robert S. Hirsch and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hardbound. History of Air Racing between 1928 and 1939. 487 pages.
Author : Stéphane Nicolaou
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 0760306214
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)
Download or read book Flying Boats & Seaplanes written by Stéphane Nicolaou and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with races that were staged at elegant French resorts in the early part of the century, flying boats and seaplanes have played an integral part in aviation history. World War I spurred the development of these machines, and by the 1930s, flying boats and seaplanes had become pioneers in transcontinental flight. This photo-filled history recalls the role of flying boats and seaplanes in civil and military aviation history, and the enthusiasm of the engineers and pilots who are associated with their development. In addition to the golden years of hydraviation prior to World War II, author Nicolaou examines the decline of the seaplane, and its subsequent renaissance in nations that are today considered seaplane paradises. The saga is illustrated by more than 200 rare photographs uncovered in archives around the globe.
Author : Calum E. Douglas
Publisher : HarperTempest
ISBN 13 : 9781911658870
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (588 download)
Download or read book The Secret Horsepower Race: Western Front Fighter Engine Development - Special Edition Merlin written by Calum E. Douglas and published by HarperTempest. This book was released on 2021-04-25 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The piston engines that powered Second World War fighters, the men who designed them, and the secret intelligence work carried out by both Britain and Germany would determine the outcome of the first global air war. Advanced jet engines may have been in development but every militarily significant air battle was fought by piston-engined fighters. Whoever designed the most powerful piston engines would win air superiority and with it the ability to dictate the course of the war as a whole. This is the never before told story of a high-tech race, hidden behind the closed doors of design offices and intelligence agencies, to create the war's best fighter engine. Using the fruits of extensive research in archives around the world together with the previously unpublished memoirs of fighter engine designers, author Calum E. Douglas tells the story of a desperate contest between the world's best engineers - the Secret Horsepower Race.
Author : United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bibliography of Aeronautics written by United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)
Download or read book International Civil Aeronautics Conference, Washington, D.C., December 12-14, 1928 written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book International Civil Aeronautics Conference, Washington, D.C., December 12-14, 1928, Papers Submitted by the Delegates for Consideration by the Conference written by United States. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Competition in Defense Procurement--1969 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Catalogue of Title-entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, Under the Copyright Law ... Wherein the Copyright Has Been Completed by the Deposit of Two Copies in the Office written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
