Aerospace & Aviation Technology Books

A guide to flying that combines specially taken photographs and drawings with text to take the reader through the basics of flight.

This third edition has been revised and reset throughout. Therre are 50 new drawings and the expanded plates section has 248 photographs. ...a superb guie which will be invaluable to every birdwatcher. --Habitat

Provides an introduction to aircraft design, while also exploring the underlying procedures and practices in depth. This work concentrates on large scale commercial jet aircraft. It includes chapters on the design process; engine and structure design; aircraft performances; safety and environmental implications; and parametric studies.

Presents an introduction to the principles of aircraft electrical and electronic systems. This book presents useful principles and knowledge required by certifying mechanics, technicians and engineers engaged in engineering maintenance on commercial aircraft and in general aviation.

Presents an introduction to the principles of communications and navigation systems. This book delivers the essential principles and knowledge base required by Airframe and Propulsion (A&P) Mechanics for Modules 11 and 13 of the EASA Part-66 syllabus and BTEC National awards in aerospace engineering.

Presents an introduction to the principles of aircraft digital and electronic systems. This book covers the essential principles and knowledge base required by Airframe & Propulsion (A&P) Mechanics for Modules 5, 11 and 13 of the EASA Part-66 syllabus & BTEC National awards in aerospace engineering. It features self-test questions and exercises.

Inertial navigation is widely used for the guidance of aircraft, missiles ships and land vehicles, as well as in a number of novel applications such as surveying underground pipelines in drilling operations. This book sets out to provide a clear and concise description of the physical principles of inertial navigation, the associated growth of errors and their compensation. There is also detailed

A look at how the great story of airliner building in Britain developed postwar, and grew with great success over many years, and how now at the beginning of the 21st century, British-built airliners are a thing of the past.

A resource for market intelligence, threat assessment and recognition. It offers technical descriptions of both commercial and military aircraft. It provides insight into technological advances for the aviation industry from diesel engine performance upgrade to the precision targeting technology for military combat platforms.

The Story of Pratt Whitney. .

Details information for those interested in the world's armor and artillery subsystems. This title looks at up-armoring, situation awareness and the remote weapon station market.

This NEW Aircraft Guide from Pooleys covers everything you need to know about the Piper Warrior Plus it has been printed in full colour.

Covers the pre-war development of the Stuka concept in Germany and early dive-bomber prototypes. This book examines the Stuka's initial deployment, in the Nazi Legion Condor sent to assist Franco's forces in the Spanish Civil War. It concludes with the opening phases of Operation Barbarossa, the war against Russia.

A guide intended for those who are considering training to be a helicopter pilot, those undertaking training and those who have gained their Private Pilot's Licence for helicopters.

At the age of 17, Samuel L Broadnax was enlisted as a pilot at the Tuskegee Army Air Base. Although he left the Air Corps at the end of the WWII, his experiences inspired him to talk with other pilots and black pioneers of aviation. This book presents an account of the history of African Americans in the skies from the beginnings of manned flight.