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Best of the National Air and Space Museum
by F R Van Der Linden
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Curator of aeronautics Van der Linden has selected the most historically important, popular, and just plain impressive aircraft and spacecraft from the collection of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and the Dulles Center.... (read more)
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The Airplane: How Ideas Gave Us Wings
by Jay Spenser
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In this entertaining history of the jetliner, Jay Spenser traces aviation's challenges from the outset, and follows the flow of the simple yet powerful ideas that led us to defy gravity. Here are the pioneers—innovators such as Otto Lilienthal... (read more)
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Fly by Wire
by William Langewiesche
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In Fly by Wire, one of Americas greatest journalists takes us on a "fascinating" (The New York Times) and sometimes humorous journey into the rapidly changing aviation industry. Langewiesche concisely and artfully renders forty years of history in... (read more)
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100 Years of Aviation: Twentieth Century in Pictures
by Ammonite Press
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A pictorial history of the birth and development of manned flight. Contains around 300 photographs from PA Photos huge archives, spanning the whole of the 20th Century. From the first powered, heavier-than-air flight by the Wright brothers in 1903 to... (read more)
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Aircraft and Rotorcraft System Identification
by Robert Tischler
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Although many books have been written on the theory of system identification, few are available that provide a complete engineering treatment of system identification and how to successfully apply it to flight vehicles. This book provides the unique... (read more)
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Vagabonds of the Sky
by Bruce Mcallister
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VAGABONDS OF THE SKY documents the lives of the barnstormers and wing walkers, from the roaring 1920s to present day. Historical photography captures the excitement, thrills, and spills of their aerial exploits. Some of these famous barnstormers are... (read more)
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Baling Out: Amazing Dramas of Military Flying
by Robert Jackson
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To bale out of a stricken airplane is a pilot's or aircrew's final chance to escape death. It is a traumatic and hazardous exercise that is only practiced in extremis and is in itself full of danger with no guarantee of survival. Many struggled free of a... (read more)
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Come Fly with Us!: A Global History of the Airline Hostess
by Johanna Omelia
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When the first commercial flights took off in the 1930s, stewardesses were registered nurses whose duties included swatting flies and helping passengers read railroad timetables in the event of forced landings. In the 1950s, stewardesses were viewed as... (read more)
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