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Aero Engines, World Encyclopaedia
of, Bill Gunston, Patrick Stephens Limited, ISBN
1-85260-597-9, 208 pages, 1998
Every major aeroplane engine manufacturer throughout the
world is featured, together with its products, from the
pioneering days of the Wright Brothers through to the latest
jet engines such as the Rolls Royce Trent.
Aircraft Engineering Principles,
Lloyd Dingle and Mike Tooley, Elsevier, ISBN
978-0-7506-5015-1, 646 pages, 2008
The first volume in a definitive series of textbooks
dedicated to aircraft maintenance, this book provides a
crucial outline of aircraft enginerring principles. It is
valuable for anyone pursuing a career in aircraft
maintenance engineering or a related aerospace engineering
discipline, and in particular will be suitable for those
studying for licensed aircraft maintenance engineer
status.
Aircraft of World War II, Kenneth
Munson, Ian Allan, ISBN 7110-0344-0, 272 pages, 1972
This book includes basic data and photographs of more than
300 of the principal aircraft of the period, together with
brief notes on nearly 200 more experimantal or minor
operational types.
A History of Aircraft Piston
Engines, Herschel Smith, Sunflower University Press,
ISBN 0-89745-079-5, 254 pages, 1998
Herschel Smith, an engine-buff extraordinaire, is as avid an
engineering fan as some people asr sports fans. He learned
to fly in his teens and has followed the development of all
types of engines so closely that he has published articles
on engines and engineering in 'Sport Aviation' and 'Design
News'.
Allison The People and The Power,
Joan Everling Zigmunt, Turner Publishing Company, ISBN
1-56311-315-5, 200 pages, 1997
This is the story of Allison, its people, and how a small
precision machine shop, built to support race cars, made
incredible aviation history that would make Allison a true
leader in military aircraft power.
Amelia Earhart - The Mystery
Solved, Elgen M. & Marie K. Long, Simon &
Schuster, ISBN 978-1-4391-6466-2, 309 pages, 2009
In 1937, Amelia Earhart disappeared into the Pacific Ocean
only days from completing her famous around-the-world
flight. Her plane was never found. Now, with the discovery
of long-lost radio messages, combined with authors Elgen M.
Long and Marie K. Long's twenty-five years of research, the
mystery surrounding Earhart has been solved.
Amy Johnson-Enigma in the Sky,
David Luff, Airlife Publishing, ISBN 1-84037-319-9, 368
pages, 2002
Admiration surrounded Amy Johnson throughout most of the
1930s. Around the world men and women admired this young
girl who had flown solo from England to Australia in a small
single-engined biplane, a girl with less than one hundred
hours of flying experience.
Avro Vulcan, Kev Darling, Crowood
Press, ISBN 1-86126-771-1, 208 pages, 2005
The Avro Vulcan is probably the most famous best loved of
the three V-Bombers that constituted the Royal Air Force's
nuclear strike force during the 1960s. Immediately
recognizable thanks to its huge delta wing, it was at the
forefront of Britain's strategic nuclear defences for over a
decade.
Bader-The Man and his Men, Michael
G. Burns, Cassell, ISBN 0-304-35052-4, 320 pages, 1998
The memorable Story of a real hero of the skies, a man who
become a legend around the world.
Boeing 747, Martin W. Bowman,
Crowood Aviation Series, ISBN 1-86126-242-6, 192 pages,
2000
The introduction of the Boeing 747 into service in 1970
heralded a new era in air transport. The first wide-bodied
airliner and the first to be powered by turbofans, it
immediately captured the imagination of the press who dubbed
it the 'Jumbo Jet'.
Boeing Field, Images of Aviation,
Cory Graff, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7385-5615-4, 128
pages, 2008
Even before there were runways, the area south of the city
of Seattle was Washington's aviation hub. Charles Hamilton,
a daredevil dubbed "Crazy Man of the Air," became the first
flyer in the state when he coaxed his Curtiss biplane into
the sky over Meadows Racetrack in 1910. He promptly crashed.
With the help of William Boeing and his growing aviation
company, Boeing Field opened in 1028.
Concorde, Kev Darling, Crowood
Aviation Series, ISBN 1-86126-654-5, 192 pages, 2004
The product of years of research, and enormous monetary
investment, this joint effort of the French and British
aircraft industries first flew in 1969. Its first commercial
flight was in 1976, making supersonic flight available to
anyone who could afford the fare.
Das grosse
Luftschiffbuch, Peter Meyer, Elsbeth Rütten Verlag,
ISBN 3-921447-11-9, 243 Seiten, 1976
Es hat wahrlich lange gedauert bis das Land, in dem Graf
Zeppelin 1838 geboren wurde und das erste motorisch bewegte,
lenkbare Luftschiff starren Systems erfand und erprobte, die
Geschiche der Zeppeline und verwandter Luftschiffe im
"Grossen Luftschiffbuch" von Peter Meyer herausgab. In
leicht verständlicher, historisch gegliederter form
wird hier erstmals in deutscher Sprache die Geschichte und
Bedeutung des Zeppelins für die Entwicklung der
Luftschiffahrt beschrieben.
De Havilland Comet, Kev Darling,
Crowood Press, ISBN 1-86126-733-9, 208 pages, 2005
The De Havilland Comet was the first jet airliner. Powered
by four de Havilland Ghost turbojets, it first flew
commercially in 1952 and attracted the attention of the
world. Unfortunately, however, the Comet suffered a series
of fatal crashes, subsequently traced to metal
fatigue.
Donald W. Douglas, A Heart with
Wings, Wilbur H. Morrison, Iowa State University Press, ISBN
0-8138-1834-6, 266 pages, 1991
This is the story of how Donald Douglas, with $2000 of his
wife's savings, created the huge corporation that made air
travel safe, economical, and commonplace. Quiet and
self-effacing, Douglas had one basic creed,
integrity.
English Electric Lightning, Martin
W. Bowman, Crowood Aviation Series, ISBN 1-86126-737-1, 188
pages, 2005
The Lightning was one of the most famous products of the
great boom in British aviation in the 1950s. The first
British aircraft capable of Mach 2, it was the mainstay of
the country's air defence during most of the cold
war.
Equations of Motion, An
Engineering Autobiography, William F. Milliken, Bentley
Publishers, ISBN 978-0-8376-1348-2, 683 pages, 2006
William F. Milliken's eight-decade adventure of pushing
vehicles to and beyond their limits is the real-world
engineering experience that underlies the discipline of
vehicle dynamics, and is the source of Milliken's definitive
chassis engineering book Race Car Vehicle
Dynamics.
Failure is not an Option, Mission
control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond, Gene Kranz,
Berkley Books, ISBN 978-0-425-17987-1, 415 pages, 2001
Eugene F. Kranz joined the NASA Space Tadk Froup in 1969 and
was assistand flight director for Project Mercury (the
original manned space missions). He continued as flight
director for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
Jimmy Stewart Bomber Pilot, Starr
Smith, Zenith Press, ISBN 978-0-7603-2824-8, 287 pages,
2005
Of all the celebrities who served their country during World
War II, Jimmy Stewart was unique. at the height of his fame,
Jimmy Stewart enlisted in the army several months before the
Pearl Harbor attacks woke Hollywood and the rest of the
nation to the reality of war.
North American F-100 Super Sabre,
Peter E. Davies with David W. Menard, Crowood Aviation
Series, ISBN 1-86126-577-8, 176 pages, 2003
The F-100 was the world's first jet fighter capable of
supersonic speed in level flight. Initially employed in the
interceptor and nuclear strike roles, the aircraft came into
its own in the skies over Laos, Cambodia and
Vietnam.
OKB Mikoyan, A History of the
Design Bureau and its Aircraft, Yefim Gordon, Dmitriy
Komissarov, Midland Publishing, 543 pages, 2009
This book is the complete and definitive history of the
famous Mikoyan Design Bureau from its establishment in 1939
right to the present day. Every type of aircraft ever
developed by the Mikoyan OKB is dealt with in detail, with
descriptions of all known versions and a wealth of recently
declassified data.
Palace Cobra, Ed Rasimus, St.
Martin's Paperback, ISBN 978-0-312-94876-4, 338 pages,
2006
When F-105 pilot Ed Rasimus completed his 100 missions over
Vietnam, he returned stateside to a normal life: sitting at
a desk and teaching student pilots. Two years later, he
volunteered to go for a second tour of duty. Determined not
to die in a losing cause, and relentlessly searching for
that next adrenalin rush, Rasimus and the other F-4 Phantom
pilots continued the ferocious air war in the North -
dodging SAMs and gunning for MiGs - and routinely cheated
death.
Queen of the Skies, the Lockheed
Constellation, Claude G. Luisada, Ivy House Publishing, ISBN
1-57197-417-2, 404 pages, 2005
This is the story of the Lockheed Constellation, one of the
most important airplanes in aviation history. This
extensively researched account, gathered from archival
documents, interviews, and the author's own personal
experiences, sets the history of the Constellation against
the backdrop of the years 1940 to 1980, a period that
extends through World War II, Vietnam, and the Cold
War.
R-2800 Pratt & Whitney's
Dependable Masterpiece, Graham White, Airlife Publishing
Ltd., ISBN 1-84037-335-0, 718 pages, 2001
This book is on what is arguably the finest aircraft piston
engine that was put together with the invaluable help of
those who were actually there at the drawing boards, in the
test cells and at the test flights.
R-4360 Pratt & Whitney's Major
Miracle, Graham White, Specialty Press, ISBN
1-58007-097-3, 608 pages, 2006
Aviation technology progressed at a blindingly fast pace
during the first half of ot the 20th century. Demands were
placed upon aircraft to fly higher, fly faster, carry
heavier loads, take off and lond on shorter runways, fly
greater distances, and consume less fuel with perfect
dependability. Eventually, airframe manufacturers were
demanding even more power from bigger and bigger
engines.
Pratt & Whitney's R-4360, or Wasp Major as it was known
in the commercial marketplace, was a relatively large
engine, displacing 4,360 cubic inches.
Rolls-Royce 1904-2004 a century of
innovation, David Howie, Rolls-Royce Group plc, 232
pages, 2004
Rolls-Royce began as a car company but became so much more.
But how did it all begin? Who were Rolls and
Royce?
Skunk Works, Ben R. Rich &
Leno Janos, Little, Brown and Compamy, ISBN 0-316-74300-3,
372 pages, 1994
From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth Fighter, the
never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest
to dominate the skies. Sunk Works is the true story of
America's most secret and successful aerospace
operation.
Slacks and Calluses - Our Summer in a
Bomber Factory, Constance Bowman Reid, Smithsonian
Books, ISBN 1-56098-368-X, 180 pages, 1999
In 1943 two spirited young teachers decided to do their part
for the war effort by working the swing shift on a B-24
production line at a San Diego bomber plant. Entering a
male-dominated realm of welding torches and bomb bays, they
learned to use tools that they had never seen before, live
with aluminium shavings in their hair, and get along with
supervisors and coworkers from all walks of life.
Snakes in the Cockpit, Images of
Military Aviation Disasters, L. Douglas Keeney, MBI
Publishing Company, ISBN 0-7603-1250-8, 118 pages, 2002
Military Aviation is demanding, challenging and sometimes
unforgiving. Every day our military aircrews face possible
disasters, and when confronted with danger they use every
ounce of their training-and more than a quick prayer-to get
down in one piece.
Strike Eagle - Flying the F-15E in the
Gulf War, William L. Smallwood, Brassey's Inc., ISBN
1-57488-122-1, 218 pages, 1997
The author served in the Air Force during the Korean War and
is an experienced pilot. An aviation book for non-aviators
and aviators alike. It is a good war story - a good flying
story - a great book.
Testpilot, Neville Duke, Grub
Street, ISBN 1-898697-66-3, 194 pages, 1997
The name of Neville Duke is well-known in aviation circles,
not only as a successful wartime fighter pilot, but also as
a peacetime test pilot with the Hawker Aviation
Company.
The American Aircraft Factory in World
War II, Bill Yenne, Zenith Press, ISBN
978-0-7603-2300-7, 192 pages, 2006
In 1939, a totoal of 921 military aircraft were built in the
United States. A mere five years later the industry reached
peak annual production of 96,318. The United States had
become the largest producer of aircraft that the world has
ever seen, or will almost certainly ever see
again.
The Day we bombed Switzerland,
Jackson Granholm, Airlife Publishing, ISBN 1-84037-371-7,
246 pages, 2002
This is the story of the author's military service spent
flying aerial bombing combat missions over Europe in the 8th
USAAF, stationed in England. The book describes operational
events and the horrors of massive daylight bombing raids
over Germany and its occupied territories.
The History of the
U.S. Air Force, David A. Anderton, Hamlyn Aerospace,
ISBN 0-600-34985-3, 250 pages, 1981
This book chronicles the events of this service form its
earliest days as balloon unit during the Civil War to its
current tenous foothold on the doorstep of space. World War
I, World War II in Europe and the Pacific, Korea, the Cold
War, Cuba and Vietnam are all featured in this fascinating
account.
Thud Ridge - F-105 missions over
Vietnam, Colonel Jack Broughton, Crécy
Publishing, ISBN 0-85979-116-5, 280 pages, 1969
Thud Ridge is the classic story of a special breed of
warrior, the fighterbomber pilot who flew the F-105
Thunderchief 'Thud' Fighter-Bomber over the hostile skies of
North Vietnam.
Vickers VC10, Lance Cole, Crowood
Press, ISBN 1-86126-231-0, 172 pages, 2000
The Vickers VC10 was a superb aeroplane that could have been
a world beater but for the politics that surrounded it.
Lance Cole tells the full story of its design and
development in this welcome addition to the Crowood Aviation
Series. Using original Vickers documentation and interviews
with the design and flight team, he has amassed a wealth of
material.
Warthog, Flying the A-10 in the Gulf
War, William L. Smallwood, Potomac Books, ISBN
1-57488-886-2, 240 pages, 1993
This book war researched during the summer of 1991, just
after all the A-10 pilots who flew in the Persian Gulf War
returned to their home bases: RAF Alconbury in East Anglia,
Grat Britain; Myrtle Beach Air Force Base in South Carolina;
England Air Force Base in Alexandria, Louisiana; New Orleans
Naval Air Station; and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in
Tucson, Arizona.
When Thunder rolled, Ed Rasimus,
Presidio Press, ISBN 978-0-89141-854-2, 286 pages, 2003
Between 1965 and 1968 , more than 330 F-105s were lost - the
highest loss rate in Southeast Asia - and many pilots were
killed, captured, or wounded because of the Air Force's
disastrous tactics.
Yeager, an autobiography by
General Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos, Bantam Books, ISBN
0-553-25674-2, 436 pages, 1986
Now Chuck Yeager tells his whole incredible life story with
the same "wide-open, full-throttle" approach that has marked
his astonishing career. What it was really like engaging in
do-or-die dogfights over Nazi Europe. How, after being shot
down over occupied France, Yeager somehow managedto
escape.
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Anderton David
A.,
The History of the
U.S. Air Force, Hamlyn Aerospace, ISBN 0-600-34985-3, 250
pages, 1981
This book chronicles the events of this service form its
earliest days as balloon unit during the Civil War to its
current tenous foothold on the doorstep of space. World War
I, World War II in Europe and the Pacific, Korea, the Cold
War, Cuba and Vietnam are all featured in this fascinating
account.
Bowman Martin W., Boeing 747,
Crowood Aviation Series, ISBN 1-86126-242-6, 192 pages,
2000
The introduction of the Boeing 747 into service in 1970
heralded a new era in air transport. The first wide-bodied
airliner and the first to be powered by turbofans, it
immediately captured the imagination of the press who dubbed
it the 'Jumbo Jet'.
Bowman Martin W., English Electric
Lightning, Crowood Aviation Series, ISBN 1-86126-737-1, 188
pages, 2005
The Lightning was one of the most famous products of the
great boom in British aviation in the 1950s. The first
British aircraft capable of Mach 2, it was the mainstay of
the country's air defence during most of the cold
war.
Bowman Reid Constance, Slacks and
Calluses - Our Summer in a Bomber Factory, Smithsonian
Books, ISBN 1-56098-368-X, 180 pages, 1999
In 1943 two spirited young teachers decided to do their part
for the war effort by working the swing shift on a B-24
production line at a San Diego bomber plant. Entering a
male-dominated realm of welding torches and bomb bays, they
learned to use tools that they had never seen before, live
with aluminium shavings in their hair, and get along with
supervisors and coworkers from all walks of life.
Broughton Jack, Thud Ridge - F-105
missions over Vietnam, Crécy Publishing, ISBN
0-85979-116-5, 280 pages, 1969
Thud Ridge is the classic story of a special breed of
warrior, the fighterbomber pilot who flew the F-105
Thunderchief 'Thud' Fighter-Bomber over the hostile skies of
North Vietnam.
Burns Michael G., Bader-The Man
and his Men, Cassell, ISBN 0-304-35052-4, 320 pages,
1998
The memorable Story of a real hero of the skies, a man who
become a legend around the world.
Cole Lance, Vickers VC10, Crowood
Press, ISBN 1-86126-231-0, 172 pages, 2000
The Vickers VC10 was a superb aeroplane that could have been
a world beater but for the politics that surrounded it.
Lance Cole tells the full story of its design and
development in this welcome addition to the Crowood Aviation
Series. Using original Vickers documentation and interviews
with the design and flight team, he has amassed a wealth of
material.
Darling Kev, Avro Vulcan, Crowood
Press, ISBN 1-86126-771-1, 208 pages, 2005
The Avro Vulcan is probably the most famous best loved of
the three V-Bombers that constituted the Royal Air Force's
nuclear strike force during the 1960s. Immediately
recognizable thanks to its huge delta wing, it was at the
forefront of Britain's strategic nuclear defences for over a
decade.
Darling Kev, Concorde, Kev
Darling, Crowood Aviation Series, ISBN 1-86126-654-5, 192
pages, 2004
The product of years of research, and enormous monetary
investment, this joint effort of the French and British
aircraft industries first flew in 1969. Its first commercial
flight was in 1976, making supersonic flight available to
anyone who could afford the fare.
Darling Kev, De Havilland Comet,
Crowood Press, ISBN 1-86126-733-9, 208 pages, 2005
The De Havilland Comet was the first jet airliner. Powered
by four de Havilland Ghost turbojets, it first flew
commercially in 1952 and attracted the attention of the
world. Unfortunately, however, the Comet suffered a series
of fatal crashes, subsequently traced to metal
fatigue.
Davies Peter E. with Menard David
W., North American F-100 Super Sabre, Crowood Aviation
Series, ISBN 1-86126-577-8, 176 pages, 2003
The F-100 was the world's first jet fighter capable of
supersonic speed in level flight. Initially employed in the
interceptor and nuclear strike roles, the aircraft came into
its own in the skies over Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Dingle Lloyd, Tooley Mike,
Aircraft Engineering Principles, Elsevier, ISBN
978-0-7506-5015-1, 646 pages, 2008
The first volume in a definitive series of textbooks
dedicated to aircraft maintenance, this book provides a
crucial outline of aircraft enginerring principles. It is
valuable for anyone pursuing a career in aircraft
maintenance engineering or a related aerospace engineering
discipline, and in particular will be suitable for those
studying for licensed aircraft maintenance engineer
status.
Duke Neville, Testpilot, Grub
Street, ISBN 1-898697-66-3, 194 pages, 1997
The name of Neville Duke is well-known in aviation circles,
not only as a successful wartime fighter pilot, but also as
a peacetime test pilot with the Hawker Aviation
Company.
Everling Zigmunt Joan, Allison The
People and The Power, Turner Publishing Company, ISBN
1-56311-315-5, 200 pages, 1997
This is the story of Allison, its people, and how a small
precision machine shop, built to support race cars, made
incredible aviation history that would make Allison a true
leader in military aircraft power.
Gordon Yefim, Komissarov Dmitriy,
OKB Mikoyan, A History of the Design Bureau and its
Aircraft, Midland Publishing, 543 pages, 2009
This book is the complete and definitive history of the
famous Mikoyan Design Bureau from its establishment in 1939
right to the present day. Every type of aircraft ever
developed by the Mikoyan OKB is dealt with in detail, with
descriptions of all known versions and a wealth of recently
declassified data.
Graff Cory, Boeing Field, Images
of Aviation, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7385-5615-4, 128
pages, 2008
Even before there were runways, the area south of the city
of Seattle was Washington's aviation hub. Charles Hamilton,
a daredevil dubbed "Crazy Man of the Air," became the first
flyer in the state when he coaxed his Curtiss biplane into
the sky over Meadows Racetrack in 1910. He promptly crashed.
With the help of William Boeing and his growing aviation
company, Boeing Field opened in 1028.
Granholm Jackson, The Day we
bombed Switzerland, Airlife Publishing, ISBN 1-84037-371-7,
246 pages, 2002
This is the story of the author's military service spent
flying aerial bombing combat missions over Europe in the 8th
USAAF, stationed in England. The book describes operational
events and the horrors of massive daylight bombing raids
over Germany and its occupied territories.
Gunston Bill, World
Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines, Patrick Stephens Limited,
ISBN 1-85260-597-9, 208 pages, 1998
Every major aeroplane engine manufacturer throughout the
world is featured, together with its products, from the
pioneering days of the Wright Brothers through to the latest
jet engines such as the Rolls Royce Trent.
Howie David, Rolls-Royce 1904-2004
a century of innovation, Rolls-Royce Group plc, 232 pages,
2004
Rolls-Royce began as a car company but became so much more.
But how did it all begin? Who were Rolls and
Royce?
Keeney L. Douglas, Snakes in the
Cockpit, Images of Military Aviation Disasters, MBI
Publishing Company, ISBN 0-7603-1250-8, 118 pages, 2002
Military Aviation is demanding, challenging and sometimes
unforgiving. Every day our military aircrews face possible
disasters, and when confronted with danger they use every
ounce of their training-and more than a quick prayer-to get
down in one piece.
Kranz Gene, Failure is not an
Option, Mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and
beyond, Berkley Books, ISBN 978-0-425-17987-1, 415 pages,
2001
Eugene F. Kranz joined the NASA Space Tadk Froup in 1969 and
was assistand flight director for Project Mercury (the
original manned space missions). He continued as flight
director for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
Long, Elgen M. & Marie K.,
Amelia Earhart - The Mystery Solved, Simon & Schuster,
ISBN 978-1-4391-6466-2, 309 pages, 2009
In 1937, Amelia Earhart disappeared into the Pacific Ocean
only days from completing her famous around-the-world
flight. Her plane was never found. Now, with the discovery
of long-lost radio messages, combined with authors Elgen M.
Long and Marie K. Long's twenty-five years of research, the
mystery surrounding Earhart has been solved.
Luff David, Amy Johnson-Enigma in
the Sky, Airlife Publishing, ISBN 1-84037-319-9, 368 pages,
2002
Admiration surrounded Amy Johnson throughout most of the
1930s. Around the world men and women admired this young
girl who had flown solo from England to Australia in a small
single-engined biplane, a girl with less than one hundred
hours of flying experience.
Luisada Claude G., Queen of the
Skies, the Lockheed Constellation, Ivy House Publishing,
ISBN 1-57197-417-2, 404 pages, 2005
This is the story of the Lockheed Constellation, one of the
most important airplanes in aviation history. This
extensively researched account, gathered from archival
documents, interviews, and the author's own personal
experiences, sets the history of the Constellation against
the backdrop of the years 1940 to 1980, a period that
extends through World War II, Vietnam, and the Cold
War.
Meyer
Peter,
Das grosse
Luftschiffbuch, Elsbeth Rütten Verlag, ISBN
3-921447-11-9, 243 Seiten, 1976
Es hat wahrlich lange gedauert bis das Land, in dem Graf
Zeppelin 1838 geboren wurde und das erste motorisch bewegte,
lenkbare Luftschiff starren Systems erfand und erprobte, die
Geschiche der Zeppeline und verwandter Luftschiffe im
"Grossen Luftschiffbuch" von Peter Meyer herausgab. In
leicht verständlicher, historisch gegliederter form
wird hier erstmals in deutscher Sprache die Geschichte und
Bedeutung des Zeppelins für die Entwicklung der
Luftschiffahrt beschrieben.
Milliken William F., Equations of
Motion, An Engineering Autobiography, Bentley Publishers,
ISBN 978-0-8376-1348-2, 683 pages, 2006
William F. Milliken's eight-decade adventure of pushing
vehicles to and beyond their limits is the real-world
engineering experience that underlies the discipline of
vehicle dynamics, and is the source of Milliken's definitive
chassis engineering book Race Car Vehicle
Dynamics.
Morrison Wilbur H., Donald W.
Douglas, A Heart with Wings, Iowa State University Press,
ISBN 0-8138-1834-6, 266 pages, 1991
This is the story of how Donald Douglas, with $2000 of his
wife's savings, created the huge corporation that made air
travel safe, economical, and commonplace. Quiet and
self-effacing, Douglas had one basic creed,
integrity.
Munson Kenneth/Allan Ian, Aircraft
of World War II, ISBN 7110-0344-0, 272 pages, 1972
This book includes basic data and photographs of more than
300 of the principal aircraft of the period, together with
brief notes on nearly 200 more experimantal or minor
operational types.
Rasimus Ed, Palace Cobra, St.
Martin's Paperback, ISBN 978-0-312-94876-4, 338 pages,
2006
When F-105 pilot Ed Rasimus completed his 100 missions over
Vietnam, he returned stateside to a normal life: sitting at
a desk and teaching student pilots. Two years later, he
volunteered to go for a second tour of duty. Determined not
to die in a losing cause, and relentlessly searching for
that next adrenalin rush, Rasimus and the other F-4 Phantom
pilots continued the ferocious air war in the North -
dodging SAMs and gunning for MiGs - and routinely cheated
death.
Rasimus Ed, When Thunder rolled,
Presidio Press, ISBN 978-0-89141-854-2, 286 pages, 2003
Between 1965 and 1968 , more than 330 F-105s were lost - the
highest loss rate in Southeast Asia - and many pilots were
killed, captured, or wounded because of the Air Force's
disastrous tactics.
Rich Ben R. & Janos
Leno, Skunk Works, Little, Brown and Compamy, ISBN
0-316-74300-3, 372 pages, 1994
From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth Fighter, the
never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest
to dominate the skies. Sunk Works is the true story of
America's most secret and successful aerospace
operation.
Smallwood William L., Strike
Eagle, Flying the F-15E in the Gulf War, Brassey's Inc.,
ISBN 1-57488-122-1, 218 pages, 1997
The author served in the Air Force during the Korean War and
is an experienced pilot. An aviation book for non-aviators
and aviators alike. It is a good war story - a good flying
story - a great book.
Smallwood William L., Warthog,
Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War, Potomac Books, ISBN
1-57488-886-2, 240 pages, 1993
This book war researched during the summer of 1991, just
after all the A-10 pilots who flew in the Persian Gulf War
returned to their home bases: RAF Alconbury in East Anglia,
Grat Britain; Myrtle Beach Air Force Base in South Carolina;
England Air Force Base in Alexandria, Louisiana; New Orleans
Naval Air Station; and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in
Tucson, Arizona.
Smith Herschel, A History of
Aircraft Piston Engines, Sunflower University Press, ISBN
0-89745-079-5, 254 pages, 1998
Herschel Smith, an engine-buff extraordinaire, is as avid an
engineering fan as some people asr sports fans. He learned
to fly in his teens and has followed the development of all
types of engines so closely that he has published articles
on engines and engineering in 'Sport Aviation' and 'Design
News'.
Smith Starr, Jimmy Stewart Bomber
Pilot, Zenith Press, ISBN 978-0-7603-2824-8, 287 pages,
2005
Of all the celebrities who served their country during World
War II, Jimmy Stewart was unique. at the height of his fame,
Jimmy Stewart enlisted in the army several months before the
Pearl Harbor attacks woke Hollywood and the rest of the
nation to the reality of war.
White Graham, R-2800 Pratt &
Whitney's Dependable Masterpiece, Airlife Publishing Ltd.,
ISBN 1-84037-335-0, 718 pages, 2001
This book is on what is arguably the finest aircraft piston
engine that was put together with the invaluable help of
those who were actually there at the drawing boards, in the
test cells and at the test flights.
White Graham, R-4360 Pratt &
Whitney's Major Miracle, Specialty Press, ISBN
1-58007-097-3, 608 pages, 2006
Aviation technology progressed at a blindingly fast pace
during the first half of ot the 20th century. Demands were
placed upon aircraft to fly higher, fly faster, carry
heavier loads, take off and lond on shorter runways, fly
greater distances, and consume less fuel with perfect
dependability. Eventually, airframe manufacturers were
demanding even more power from bigger and bigger
engines.
Pratt & Whitney's R-4360, or Wasp Major as it was known
in the commercial marketplace, was a relatively large
engine, displacing 4,360 cubic inches.
Yeager Chuck and Janos Leo,
Yeager, an autobiography, Bantam Books, ISBN 0-553-25674-2,
436 pages, 1986
Now Chuck Yeager tells his whole incredible life story with
the same "wide-open, full-throttle" approach that has marked
his astonishing career. What it was really like engaging in
do-or-die dogfights over Nazi Europe. How, after being shot
down over occupied France, Yeager somehow managedto
escape.
Yenne Bill, The American Aircraft
Factory in World War II, Zenith Press, ISBN
978-0-7603-2300-7, 192 pages, 2006
In 1939, a totoal of 921 military aircraft were built in the
United States. A mere five years later the industry reached
peak annual production of 96,318. The United States had
become the largest producer of aircraft that the world has
ever seen, or will almost certainly ever see again.
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