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The Dangers of Automation in Airliners
Accidents Waiting to Happen
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 9781526798275
Pub Date: 2024-03-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Air World
288 Pages
Automation in aviation can be a lifesaver, expertly guiding a plane and its passengers through stormy weather to a safe landing. Or it can be a murderer, crashing an aircraft and killing all on board in the mistaken belief that it is doing the right thing.
Pioneering Places of British Aviation
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399021265
Pub Date: 2024-06-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Air World
256 Pages
From as early as the beginning of the nineteenth century, Britain was at the forefront of powered flight. Across the country many places became centers of innovation and experimentation, as increasing...
A History of Aviation at Brooklands in 100 Objects
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781526790910
Pub Date: 2024-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
304 Pages
At the dawn of the twentieth century mankind had not yet achieved powered flight. The main motive power then was provided by steam engines – heavy, dirty and inefficient. If one wanted to travel ‘over...
A History of the New Aviation
The Development of Paragliding, Hang-gliding, Paramotoring and Microlighting
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781399048583
Pub Date: 2024-07-11
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
296 Pages
An in-depth narrative that stitches together the history and evolution of hang gliding, a pastime enjoyed by hundreds of thousands around the world.The New Aviation began with a hang-gliding meeting...
100 Years of Civil Aviation
A History from the 1919 Paris Convention to Retiring the Jumbo Jet
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781399065962
Pub Date: 2023-11-15
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
312 Pages
An examination of civil aviation history from the end of World War I to the retiring of the Jumbo Jet.The book examines a century of civil aviation; in 1919 a fledgling industry was born out of civilianizing...
Battle of Britain The Movie
The Men and Machines of one of the Greatest War Films Ever Made
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781399014755
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
232 Pages
Released in 1969, the film Battle of Britain went on to become one of the most iconic war movies ever produced. The film drew many respected British actors to accept roles as key figures of the battle, including Sir Laurence Olivier as Hugh Dowding and Trevor Howard as Keith Park.
Flying Blind to Australia
The Astounding Story of the Microlight Flight of a Blind Man and Sighted Pilots from the UK to Sydney
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781399042505
Pub Date: 2024-07-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
256 Pages
At 23.00 hours on a wintry Sunday evening in March 2007, a blind man called Miles Hilton Barber telephoned Brian Milton and asked: ‘Would you be my “sighted” pilot on a microlight flight to Australia,...
Barnstormers, Wing-Walking and Flying Circuses
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781526794185
Pub Date: 2022-04-13
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
192 Pages
While large numbers of airplanes had been produced in America for the war effort overseas at the Western Front, it was found that that the British, French and Germans were far ahead of them when it came to flight technology, which led to a huge surplus of airplanes in the United States.
The Dangers of Automation in Airliners
Accidents Waiting to Happen
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 9781526798275
Pub Date: 2024-03-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Air World
288 Pages
Pioneering Places of British Aviation
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399021265
Pub Date: 2024-06-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Air World
256 Pages
A History of Aviation at Brooklands in 100 Objects
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781526790910
Pub Date: 2024-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
304 Pages
A History of the New Aviation
The Development of Paragliding, Hang-gliding, Paramotoring and Microlighting
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781399048583
Pub Date: 2024-07-11
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
296 Pages
100 Years of Civil Aviation
A History from the 1919 Paris Convention to Retiring the Jumbo Jet
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781399065962
Pub Date: 2023-11-15
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
312 Pages
Battle of Britain The Movie
The Men and Machines of one of the Greatest War Films Ever Made
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781399014755
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
232 Pages
Flying Blind to Australia
The Astounding Story of the Microlight Flight of a Blind Man and Sighted Pilots from the UK to Sydney
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781399042505
Pub Date: 2024-07-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
256 Pages
Barnstormers, Wing-Walking and Flying Circuses
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781526794185
Pub Date: 2022-04-13
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
192 Pages