An Illustrated Dictionary of Aviation

An Illustrated Dictionary of Aviation

Author: Bharat Kumar

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2005-01-12

Total Pages: 770

ISBN-13: 0071396063

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Annotation. An A-Z compilation of terms, definitions, and illustrations from the general aviation, commercial airline, and military sectors. It can be used as a dictionary, reference, or learning tool.


An Illustrated Dictionary of Aviation

An Illustrated Dictionary of Aviation

Author: Bharat Kumar

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2005-01-12

Total Pages: 769

ISBN-13: 0071782605

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This authoritative, heavily-illustrated reference features a comprehensive A-Z compilation of 7,000 terms and definitions encompassing all key areas of aviation: military, commercial, and general aviation -- highlighted by 2,400 illustrations that clarify and illuminate the expert text. If it concerns aviation, you'll find it in Illustrated Dictionary of Aviation: Navigation Meteorology Air Traffic Control Airports Aviation Medicine Avionics Aircraft Equipment Aircraft Engineering Aerial Photography Aircraft Operations Aviation Acronyms Aerodynamics And much more Written by an author with almost four decades of air military experience, this combination dictionary, reference, and learning tool will be of value to the full-spectrum of aviation industry professionals -- pilots, engineers, administrators, government agency personnel, air traffic controllers, mechanics and technicians, corporate flight departments -- as well as students and serious aviation hobbyists.


The Visual Dictionary of Flight

The Visual Dictionary of Flight

Author:

Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781564581013

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Text, exploded view photographs, and labels reveal everyday objects and their parts, including the telephone, camera, and bicycle.


An Illustrated Dictionary of the Third Reich

An Illustrated Dictionary of the Third Reich

Author: Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-01-23

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1476603693

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This dictionary gives an enormous amount of basic information on the Third Reich era by listing, and often depicting, German terms connected to Nazism and the Germany of World War II. It includes ranks, badges, insignia, regalia, medals, flags and banners, weapons, uniforms, equipment, vehicles, fortifications, airplanes, battleships, main Nazi concepts and organizations, slogans, sayings, code names, nicknames, slang words, places of importance, events and battles, treaties and alliances, industry and economics, justice, art, religion, education, political parties, newspapers, laws, institutions, and short biographies of Nazi leaders. To make the rise of Nazism comprehensible, aspects of the Weimar Republic have also been considered. In all there are 1,650 entries and 234 illustrations.


The Illustrated Directory of Modern Commercial Aircraft

The Illustrated Directory of Modern Commercial Aircraft

Author: Günter G. Endres

Publisher: Salamander Books

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 9781840652871

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This text provides a detailed analysis of all the major passenger-carrying airliners in service and under development. It provides information on the technology now being applied to commercial aircraft, including fly-by-wire systems, and quiet and fuel efficient engines.


Introduction to Aircraft Flight Mechanics

Introduction to Aircraft Flight Mechanics

Author: Thomas R. Yechout

Publisher: AIAA

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 666

ISBN-13: 9781600860782

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Based on a 15-year successful approach to teaching aircraft flight mechanics at the US Air Force Academy, this text explains the concepts and derivations of equations for aircraft flight mechanics. It covers aircraft performance, static stability, aircraft dynamics stability and feedback control.


Mach 1 and Beyond: The Illustrated Guide to High-Speed Flight

Mach 1 and Beyond: The Illustrated Guide to High-Speed Flight

Author: Lawrence W. Reithmaier

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9780070520219

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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. This compelling book opens up the world of high-speed flight to readers who do not have extensive technical backgrounds Covering both subsonic and supersonic flight, it demystifies the world of high-speed aerodynamics, flight principles, gas turbine jets, and more. You'll learn why there are no supersonic airliners, what problems confront designers of 2,000-mph aircraft, and whether or not a hypersonic, or Mach 5, airplane is likely to be built.


Amazons to Fighter Pilots: A-Q

Amazons to Fighter Pilots: A-Q

Author: Reina Pennington

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13:

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With entries overviewing groups such as the Amazons, women in the Spanish Civil War, and Native American women and entries profiling over 300 women, tells their stories, focusing particularly on women who fought. With a focus on those who fought, this two-volume reference for scholars and general readers contains alphabetically arranged entries on some 300 military women from antiquity to the present. The entries are also listed by geographic region, time period, branch of service, prisoner status, and by group or organization. Pennington (affiliation not cited) presents a historical overview of women in the military and in war in the introduction, while an extensive timeline traces the accomplishments of women in military history reaching back to 9000 BCE. Bibliographic surveys of women as prisoners of war and women's participation in military medicine are found in the appendix.