Archive for Items Categorized 'Aviation', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Control in the Sky: The Evolution & History of the Aircraft Cockpit
by L.F.E. Coombs
This meticulously detailed account examines not only specific cockpit and flight deck arrangements but also how basic human skeletal and cognitive factors influence the design of the pilot’s “office.”
Secret Wonder Weapons of the Third Reich: German Missiles 1934–1945
by J. Miranda & P. Mercado
View hundreds of offensive and defensive jet-and rocket-powered robot and piloted weapons that the Germany military tried to make operational during World War Two.
The Flying Wings of Jack Northrop, A Photo Chronicle
by Pape, Campbell & Campbell
A flying wing is about as clean a machine as you could have. Today’s B-2 Stealth bomber wouldn’t exist without Northrop’s efforts. If photos of his contraptions are what you’re looking for, this is the book.
Killer Rays: Story of the Douglas F4D Skyray and F5D Skylancer
by Mark Frankel
From concept to first prototype, flight testing, carrier qualifications and operational history, this solid book presents the history of the U.S. Navy’s first operational delta-wing aircraft.
Queen of Speed: The Racy Life of Mary Petre Bruce
by Nancy R. Wilson
First to fly from England to Japan, first to cross the Yellow Sea, first woman to circumnavigate the world alone; first, first, first, record, record, record, on sea/air/land. What this lady accomplished in her 95 years on this Earth defies absolutely anything.
50 Years of the U-2
by Chris Pocock
You cannot understand world events without understanding the U-2 spy plane that provided decision makers the raw data to deal with them! This thorough book leaves no questions unanswered.
French Aeroplanes Before the Great War
by Leonard E. Opdycke
From the days of the balloonists, France played a leading role in the advancement of aeronautics. This comprehensive book looks at some 700 examples, from drawing-board flights of fancy to actual airworthy machinery.
American Secret Pusher Fighters of World War II: XP-54, XP-55, and XP-56
by Gerald H. Balzer
These creative aircraft proposals are an example of aerodynamic theory being way ahead of engine development. They are also examples of the US trying to regain ground to European aircraft development.
X-Planes of Europe: Secret Research Aircraft from the Golden Age 1947–1974
by Tony Buttler & Jean-Louis Delezenne
Showcasing European efforts, the aircraft in this excellent book did by and large not advance into production but some of the technologies they tested did—the lift fan, vectored thrust, supersonic flight, to name a few.
Secrets of the Spitfire
by Lance Cole
Adding a new chapter to the voluminous Spitfire literature, this book tells the story of a brilliant but quiet aerodynamicist whose seminal work is only in recent years being recognized.
Schneidige deutsche Mädel: Fliegerinnen zwischen 1918 und 1945
by Evelyn Zegenhagen
For women, even the sky has a “glass ceiling.” This book juxtaposes female German pilots’ desire to fly with the political and economic realities of the interwar years during which airmindedness and aviation blossomed.
The Handley Page Victor: The History and Development of a Classic Jet, Vol. 2
by Roger R. Brooks
After a last hurrah in the Falklands and then the first Gulf War, Victors were mustered out in 1993, after a long 30 years of service but with a relatively low 6500 flight hours. Specs and data here tell the story.
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