Pioneer Aircraft

Author : Philip Jarrett
Publisher : Brassey's
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pioneer Aircraft written by Philip Jarrett and published by Brassey's. This book was released on 2002 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume covers aviation from its earliest beginnings up to the outbreak of the First World War. It begins with the first theories and experiments in flight, including the attempts to fly by jumping from towers and the experiences of the lighter-than-air flight using balloons. It then analyses the experiments with kites and models in an attempt to understand the principles of aerodynamics. All this leads up to the first successful powered flights, culminating in the achievement of the Wright Brothers, whose flight at Kitty Hawk represented the first successful powered, sustained, and controlled flight. The remainder of the book covers the creation of an aeroplane industry putting aeroplanes to work, refining airframes and engines, adapting aeroplanes to fly from water, and understanding safety issues. The Series Editor Philip Jarrett, is a freelance author, editor and consultant specialiszing in aviation. He has been editor of Aeroplane, the Royal Aeronautical Society's newspaper, assistant editor of Aeroplane Monthly, and production editor of Flight International.

Author : Alden Hatch
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 146174931X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glenn Curtiss written by Alden Hatch and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic biography returns to print after 60 years! Although the Wright Brothers are remembered for performing the first human flight, Glenn Curtiss stands as the most important aviator in American history. Like his friend Alexander Graham Bell, Curtiss was a master inventor as well as a daredevil. He won the first airplane race in history (the 1909 Gordon Bennett Cup), and he was the first pilot to take off from and land an airplane on the deck of a ship. He invented the twin flying boat, which became a mainstay for the Allies during the First World War, and his NC-4 Flying Boat performed the first transatlantic flight in 1919—eight years before Charles Lindbergh's flight. Curtiss planes eventually trained 95 percent of all American pilots in the first half of the 20th century. Fans of aviation, history and compelling biographies of famous Americans such as Howard Hughes will be delighted to read about Glenn Curtiss.

Author : Robert Dye
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1462021689
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Pioneer in Aviation written by Robert Dye and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an early age, Brice H. Goldsborough exhibited an unending curiosity about the world around him; he was interested in almost anything mechanical, was inquisitive about weather patterns, and yearned to know more about aerodynamics. This lifelong quest for information led him to found Pioneer Instrument Company in New York in 1919, a firm that eventually became one of the worlds largest producers of reliable aviation instruments. In this biography, author Robert Dye, Goldsboroughs great-nephew, tells the story of a man who became an expert in meteorology, navigation, and aircraft instrument design and changed the course of aviation history. Based on personal letters, articles, and news clippings, A Pioneer in Aviation follows Goldsboroughs life as a teen, his time in the navy studying electricity, and his accomplishments, such as establishing Chinas first offshore radio station and supervising the construction of Haitis first radio station. Detailing one of aviations unsung heroes, A Pioneer in Aviation shows the man who designed, built, and installed the instrument panel for The Spirit of St. Louis and flew with Charles Lindbergh during September 1927 and how he came to be associated with other great names in aviation history such as Glenn Curtiss, Clyde Cessna, Walter Beech, and Igor Sikorsky.

Author : Kenneth Munson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pioneer Aircraft, 1903-1914 written by Kenneth Munson and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beskriver de tidligste flytyper fra flyvningens barndom og deres konstruktører. Bl.a. er vores Ellehammer og hans flytyper medtaget

Author : James Glassco Henderson
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1412038979
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shorty, an Aviation Pioneer written by James Glassco Henderson and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victor John "Shorty" Hatton started his aviation career in a near fatal crash of an Avro 504K and ended it with another Avro aircraft, the Arrow. The story of his working life, from the First World War to the Cold War, is the history of aviation.

Author : Michèle Dufresne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781584535607
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daisy's Airplane Trip written by Michèle Dufresne and published by . This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daisy goes on an airplane trip with Mom and Dad.

Author : Christopher Lynch
Publisher : Truman State University Press
ISBN 13 : 1612481558
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Albert Bond Lambert written by Christopher Lynch and published by Truman State University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Albert Lambert was born in Missouri and went into his father's pharmaceutical business, but he found his true love in the air. While visiting Paris in 1906, he became interested in ballooning, then in airplanes. In 1907, Albert helped form the St. Louis Aero Club to promote aviation, then helped form the first airport in the area. In 1923, he opened Lambert-St. Louis Flying Field. He also helped raise money to build The Spirit of St. Louis for Charles Lindbergh.

Author : Rachel Sherwood Roberts
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786482826
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art Smith written by Rachel Sherwood Roberts and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 1915, pioneer aviator Art Smith was as celebrated as any movie star might be today. He thrilled audiences with his barnstorming feats, doing "death spirals," sky writing, "loop-the-loops," and night flights using phosphorus fireworks. He was a consummate showman and had he not died in 1926, his name probably would be familiar to most Americans. He glamorized and popularized aviation while testing the boundaries of aeronautical principles. As a boy he longed to fly before he had ever seen an airplane. His parents believed in him, and he was fortunate to have a best friend named Al Wertman who helped him build an airplane. His fame spread around the globe and in 1916, the Japanese offered him $10,000 for a series of exhibitions. His flying skills inspired a young Wiley Post to a life of aviation. After Smith's death, when Lindbergh flew over Fort Wayne and dipped his wings, he gave credit to the "Bird Boy" Art Smith. The story of this rising star in American aviation is one of adventure, romance, scandal and history. Using Smith's own autobiographical writings, the story is also a factual account of events in early aviation. The book includes photographs and postcards in Art Smith's own handwriting mailed to Al Wertman.

Author : Grace Hansen
Publisher : Abdo Kids Jumbo
ISBN 13 : 9781680801217
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amelia Earhart written by Grace Hansen and published by Abdo Kids Jumbo. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes readers on a journey with Amelia Earhart, from her birth in Kansas to becoming one of the most famous aviators of all time.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 940 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aviation written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: