Archive for Items Categorized 'Aviation', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.

Sound Barrier: The Rocky Road to Mach 1.0+

by Peter Caygill

Shake, rattle, and roll—that’s the sound barrier at around 500 mph. This book explains how and why it happens, and how this difficult obstacle was overcome.

Douglas C-124 Globemaster II

by Earl Berlin

Meet Old Shaky, the primary heavy-lift military transport aircraft during the 1950s and ‘60s. Not sexy but very, very useful.

The Seaplane Years

by Tim Mason

Ever skipped a stone across water? Ever noticed the “suction” effect when lifting a flat-bottomed object out of water? Float and seaplanes have to overcome these and other problems, and this book explains how they were tested.

The Secret Years: Flight Testing at Boscombe Down 1939–1945

by Tim Mason 

Everything the Royal Navy, Army, and Air Force was supposed to put in the air needed to be tested first. Written by a test pilot of a later era, this book describes this once highly classified work.

American Flying Boats and Amphibious Aircraft

by E.R. Johnson

Concrete runways are expensive, water is free. Enter, the seaplane. From tiny leisure craft to gargantuan people hauler, Americans built a lot of them. Seemed like an idea with a future. Apparently not.

Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941–1945

by Anthony J. Mireles

War is bad; people die. But war isn’t just combat but also preparing for war. Did you realize that in aviation, more US lives were lost in training than in actual combat? Mireles started counting them—and isn’t done yet.

Architecture of Transportation

Planes, trains, automobiles—how does the task of keeping people moving affect buildings?

The ATL-98 Carvair: A Comprehensive History of the Aircraft and All 21 Airframes

by William Patrick Dean

Come fly with me—and bring your car along! Or a whale (no kidding)! That’s what the Carvair made possible. A good idea—but what happened to it?

Ultimate Spitfires

by Peter Caygill

This book looks at the later marks of the famous airplane and their special modifications.

On and Off the Flight Deck: Reflections of a Naval Fighter Pilot in World War II

by Henry A Adlam

If your eyes are glazing over at being proffered yet another memoir of WWII flyboy derring-do, relax, this one is different.

Why Not? The Story of the Honourable Charles Stewart Rolls

by David Baines

From ballooning to motor racing to seeing to it that Great Britain should have the capability of building a truly great car, Rolls did a whole lot more than he is remembered for today.

Frontline and Experimental Flying with the Fleet Air Arm

by Geoffrey R Higgs

A British naval flyer relates his 35 years of service at the controls of 100 different aircraft, from single-engine propeller plane to multi-engine jet.

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