History of Military Aviation
Title | History of Military Aviation PDF eBook |
Author | Bill Gunston |
Publisher | Hamlyn (UK) |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780600608936 |
Photographs, illustrations, and plane specifications help trace the development of military aircraft from balloons to stealth bombers and unmanned fighters.
Military Aircraft in Flight
Title | Military Aircraft in Flight PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Sharpe |
Publisher | Taj Books Limited |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2006-08-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781844060849 |
American Military Aviation
Title | American Military Aviation PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Joseph Gross |
Publisher | Texas A&M University Press |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781585442553 |
Discusses major developments in aircraft, doctrine, training, and operations. The author also provides discussions of airlife, in-flight refueling, military budgets, industry, and inter-service squabbling. He deftly sketches the evolution of the air arms of each of the different services and provides clear analyisis of military budgets.
The United States Military Aviation Directory
Title | The United States Military Aviation Directory PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Kaminski |
Publisher | AIRtime Publishing |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Aeronautics, Military |
ISBN | 9781880588291 |
Presenting a complete analysis of air assets and organization of all five of America's air-focused military forces--Air Force, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, and Army--this book profiles every aircraft in service today, every unit, every air base, and every carrier. 500 photos; technical diagrams; maps, charts & insignia.
Manual of Military Aviation
Title | Manual of Military Aviation PDF eBook |
Author | Hollis LeRoy Muller |
Publisher | |
Pages | 506 |
Release | 1918 |
Genre | Aeronautics, Military |
ISBN |
Military Aviation
Title | Military Aviation PDF eBook |
Author | Clément Ader |
Publisher | |
Pages | 116 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Aeronautics, Military |
ISBN |
This book--the first English translation of Clm̌ent Ader's L'Aviation militaire--contains Ader's ideas about flight formed in the last decade of the nineteenth century, arranged in manuscript form by Ader in 1907, and published in 1909 in Paris by Berger-Levrault. The text is reproduced in its entirety, including notes added by Ader and explanatory notes and a bibliographical note by the editor and translator, Lee Kennett. Ader explains his ideas about the development of airplanes based on creatures in nature. He studied the bat and the bird, especially the vulture. Chapters detail the design of bases for aircraft, runway construction, naval airplanes, vertical artillery, air lanes, schools of aviation, and strategy for waging war in the air.
Military Aviation Disasters
Title | Military Aviation Disasters PDF eBook |
Author | David Gero |
Publisher | Haynes Publishing |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Every year, a number of military aircraft ranging from single-seat fighters to fully laden cargo planes are lost in accidents. Because these disasters often occur in remote corners of the world and rarely involve members of the general public, they seldom attract the sort of media attention given to those disasters which involve civil aircraft.