The Golden Years Of Flying

Author : Nina Hadaway
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0747813477
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Age of Air Travel written by Nina Hadaway and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-10 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For much of the twentieth century travel by air was a luxury available only to the wealthy, and accordingly the airlines – Pan Am, BOAC, TWA, BEA and many others – offered premium services that connected far-flung parts of the world with con trails of glamour. This book looks back at the golden age, from the 1920s to the 1970s, when well-appointed airliners whisked the rich and famous around the world on holiday and on business. It evokes the chink of champagne glasses, the aroma of expensive cigars and the roar of early jet engines: the experience of air travel before package holidays and budget airlines changed flying forever. The various types of aircraft, the routes and the airports, as well as the changes undergone by the industry, are all explored here and illustrated by fascinating historical material.

Author : Jane Rice
Publisher : Jetty House
ISBN 13 : 9781937721039
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bob Fogg and New Hampshire's Golden Age of Aviation written by Jane Rice and published by Jetty House. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Brendan I. Koerner
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307886115
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Skies Belong to Us written by Brendan I. Koerner and published by Crown. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true stroy of the longest-distance hijacking in American history. In an America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of '60s idealism, airplane hijackings were astonishingly routine. Over a five-year period starting in 1968, the desperate and disillusioned seized commercial jets nearly once a week, using guns, bombs, and jars of acid. Some hijackers wished to escape to foreign lands; others aimed to swap hostages for sacks of cash. Their criminal exploits mesmerized the country, never more so than when shattered Army veteran Roger Holder and mischievous party girl Cathy Kerkow managred to comandeer Western Airlines Flight 701 and flee across an ocean with a half-million dollars in ransom—a heist that remains the longest-distance hijacking in American history. More than just an enthralling story about a spectacular crime and its bittersweet, decades-long aftermath, The Skies Belong to Us is also a psychological portrait of America at its most turbulent and a testament to the madness that can grip a nation when politics fail.

Author : E.A. Chevrette
Publisher : The Troy Book Makers
ISBN 13 : 1614680507
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wings of Fortune written by E.A. Chevrette and published by The Troy Book Makers. This book was released on 2011-12-05 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the basic fabric covered Cub, to the sleek corporate jet, the author takes you page by page through what some have called “The Golden Age” of general aviation. Meet pilots and share in their camaraderie and humor; experience their tragedy and personal triumph. This is a fascinating real life account of the author’s life as a pilot, and his own personal “wings of fortune.” The thought of writing his personal memoirs proved to be a fascinating and irresistible idea for E.A. Chevrette, Jr.. Starting with the resources available at a public library, he gained computer expertise and knowledge of writing. Combining his determination and information gathered from editors and authors, a very unique book has been written.

Author : E. R. Wilson
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1552127761
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Left Mag' Is Out written by E. R. Wilson and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aviation's evolution could not have flourished without the technical support provided by thousands of men, and now women, who have gone before and are still to come. They have transcended the generic title of 'mechanic' and matured into truly masterful technicians. My Left Mag' is Out is not intended as a primer of aircraft and engine maintenance. The work will publicize to the flying public that there is life beyond the passenger gates and airport ramps where skilled technicians support aircrafts and arouse memories of incidents in the careers of other maintenance technicians. The author's maintenance career began when two biplanes chased two frightened boys across a field into the shelter of trees, seven years after Lindbergh's flight to Paris. His goal to be in aviation continues through the thirties and his enlistment in the Air Corps, where the airplanes were. Scrubbing engine parts in a cleaning shed, overhauling engines and maintaining aircraft; the attack on Pearl Harbor and the war years; post-war work at maintaining transports on the Korean Airlift followed by years of maintenance on aircrafts used for various purposes; private flying, commercial transports, research and corporate use. Finally, in structural engineering and consultant. The author was also a commercial pilot. My Left Mag' is Out has appeal to all who are interested in aviation, now, or have been, involved or are contemplating a career in aviation. *SPECIAL OFFER* send Earle a proof of purchase of his book My Left Mag' Is Out and you will receive an Aviation Maintenance Technician Log for the cost of mailing (actual value is $14.95).

Author : George J Marrett
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 161251426X
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contrails over the Mojave written by George J Marrett and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Contrails over the Mojave George Marrett takes off where Tom Wolfe’s The Right Stuff ended in 1963. Marrett started the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB only two weeks after the school’s commander, Col. Chuck Yeager, ejected from a Lockheed NF-104 trying to set a world altitude record. He describes life as a space cadet experiencing 15 Gs in a human centrifuge, zero-G maneuvers in a KC-135 “Vomit Comet,” and a flight to 80,000 feet in the F-104A Starfighter. After graduating from Yeager’s “Charm School,” he was assigned to the Fighter Branch of Flight Test Operations, where he flew the latest fighter aircraft and chased other test aircraft as they set world speed and altitude records. Marrett takes readers into the cockpit as he “goes vertical” in a T-38 Talon, completes high-G maneuvers in an F-4C Phantom, and conducts wet-runway landing tests in the accident-prone F-111A Aardvark. He writes about Col. “Silver Fox” Stephens setting a world speed record in the YF-12 Blackbird and Bob Gilliland testing speed stalls in the SR-71 spy plane, but he also relives stories of crashes that killed test pilot friends. He recounts dead-sticking a T-38 to a landing on Rogers Dry Lake after a twin-engine failure and conducting dangerous tail hook barrier testing in a fighter jet without a canopy. A mysterious UFO sighting in the night sky above the Mojave Desert, known as “The Edwards Encounter,” also receives Marrett’s attention. Whether the author is assessing a new aircraft’s performance or describing the experiences of test pilots as they routinely faced the possibility of death, this look at the golden age of flight testing both thrills and informs.

Author : Ole Steen Hansen
Publisher : New York ; St. Catharines, Ont. : Crabtree Pub.
ISBN 13 : 9780778712183
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amazing Flights written by Ole Steen Hansen and published by New York ; St. Catharines, Ont. : Crabtree Pub.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Golden Age of flight, planes were pushed beyond their limits, as pilots raced to be the first to cross oceans and continents. At home, out of work pilots gave rise to barnstormers and daredevils who thrilled crowds with their aerobatics. Read about such aviators and adventures as Charles Lindbergh, the MacRobertson Air Race, James Doolittle and speed records, and air mail.

Author : James Trautman
Publisher : Firefly Books
ISBN 13 : 9780228102304
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pan American Clippers written by James Trautman and published by Firefly Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Illustrated with rare period photographs, vintage travel posters, magazine ads and colorful company brochures, Pan American Clippers covers every aspect of the era of flying boats, from 1931-1946. Trautman explains PanAm's founding and growth, their wartime activities, and the design choices that made the company a symbol of luxury. "--

Author : Paul Jarvis
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445679280
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Airways written by Paul Jarvis and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stunning posters that chart the development and romance of air travel. In association with British Airways.

Author : Katherine S. Williamson
Publisher : Smithmark Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Age of Aviation written by Katherine S. Williamson and published by Smithmark Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Golden Age of Aviation, illustrated with 95 period photographs and works of art, tells the story of the visionaries, inventors, and daredevils whose soaring ambition and courage ushered in the era of modern air travel.