Air shows are high-risk activities that must be conducted with careful thought towards the general public, spectators, and flying and nonflying participants to ensure that the activity is as safe as reasonably possible. The impromptu, ad hoc, unre...Loe edasi...
This book introduces aerospace components, such as rivets, used in subsonic and supersonic/hypersonic aircraft. It explores the various alloys used to manufacture rivets/fasteners and the heat treatment of those alloys and includes real-world case...Loe edasi...
The Chance Vought F7U Cutlass was ahead of its time. In 1948, when it first flew, it could hardly have been more exotic or state-of-the-art: a tail-less fighter to be powered by two afterburning jet engines. It was not only to be carrier-based but al...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Feb-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Fonthill Media Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781781558713)
John Cunningham became a well-known personality following his WW2 combat successes, and his demonstrations of the Comets and Tridents at the Farnborough Air Shows. He was a modest man who did not seek publicity, but was a highly skilled test pilot in...Loe edasi...
This book aims to close the knowledge gap on safety management in air shows. It imparts to the aviation sector and other high-risk, high-performance industries the experience and knowledge that airshow performers have gained regarding risk assessm...Loe edasi...
Hydrogen Powered Drones examines hydrogen as an energy carrier during generation and storage, and use as a drone fuel, laying the groundwork for the design and safe operation of liquid fuel powered drones. The book educates readers on funda...Loe edasi...
This is the first textbook designed to teach statistics to students in aviation courses. All examples and exercises are grounded in an aviation context, including flight instruction, air traffic control, airport management, and human factors. Struct...Loe edasi...
This is the first textbook designed to teach statistics and quantitative methods to students on aviation courses. All examples and exercises are grounded in an aviation context, including flight instruction, air traffic control, airport management an...Loe edasi...
Whirl Flutter of Turboprop Aircraft Structures, Second Edition explores the whirl flutter phenomenon, including theoretical, practical, analytical and experimental aspects of the matter. Sections provide a general overview regarding aeroela...Loe edasi...
This work tells the full story of the weapons, including fighter-planes, tanks, ships, and guns, that America produced during the war to defeat the Axis powers, and how they were “sold” to those at home through the countless advertisements that appea...Loe edasi...
The astoundingly well reported and beautifully told story of the downfall of what was once a great American company. A must-read Bethany McLean, bestselling author of The Smartest Guys in the Room Compelling and richly reported, Flyin...Loe edasi...
