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Rocket Propulsion Elements by Sutton George P. Biblarz Oscar & Oscar Biblarz
epub |eng | 2016-11-07 | Author:Sutton, George P.,Biblarz, Oscar & Oscar Biblarz [Sutton, George P. & Biblarz, Oscar]

Figure 10–2 Exploded view of an advanced high‐speed, two‐stage experimental liquid hydrogen fuel pump driven by a radial flow turbine. Used with permission of Aerojet Rocketdyne. Adapted from Ref. 10–7. ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 21,2020 )
Modeling Flight by Joseph R. Chambers
epub |eng | 2010-06-16 | Author:Joseph R. Chambers [Chambers, Joseph R.]

Free-flight model of the Rutan Varieze canard airplane undergoes assessments of dynamic stability and control in the Full-Scale Tunnel. NASA researchers investigated the configuration for conditions far beyond its realistic ...
( Category: Piloting & Flight Instruction March 20,2020 )
Colours in the Sky by Graham M. Simons
epub |eng | 2018-08-18 | Author:Graham M. Simons

Hotel marketing was to be undertaken throughout North America by an organisation built up from a 51% holding in a New York agency, the Transair Marketing Development Corporation, into full ...
( Category: Aviation March 19,2020 )
No Visible Horizon by Joshua Cooper Ramo
epub |eng | 2004-07-15 | Author:Joshua Cooper Ramo

The highest-ranked American aerobatic pilot in the world is unemployed. The highest-ranked American aerobatic pilot in the world is unemployed. For the better part of the last twenty years, Robert ...
( Category: Aviation March 18,2020 )
Violence in the Skies - A History of Aircraft Hijacking and Bombing by Philip Baum
epub |eng | 2016-03-10 | Author:Philip Baum

American missile attacks on Tripoli and Benghazi resulted in the deaths of 37 people, including Gaddafi's adopted daughter. The American jets were granted permission by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ...
( Category: Piloting & Flight Instruction March 18,2020 )
Airline Industry by Taneja Nawal K.;
epub |eng | | Author:Taneja, Nawal K.;

Takeaways Airports have been changing their business models in four areas – general framework, low-cost terminals, customer experience, and airports as destinations. Airports are also adapting, although at a slower ...
( Category: Commercial March 17,2020 )
Human Factors Models for Aviation Accident Analysis and Prevention by Thomas G.C. Griffin Mark S. Young & Neville A. Stanton
epub |eng | 2015-03-15 | Author:Thomas G.C. Griffin, Mark S. Young & Neville A. Stanton

2.2 Creating a Database As described in section 2, GA events are released to the public in monthly bulletins and so in order to create a database of incidents these ...
( Category: Health & Safety March 16,2020 )
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk: Attack & Close-Support Fighter Bomber by Jim Winchester
epub |eng | 2004-09-30 | Author:Jim Winchester [Winchester, Jim]

Post war It is generally accepted that fifty-three to fifty-five Israeli Skyhawks were lost in the Yom Kippur War. Many of the losses were caused by infrared-guided SA-7 SAMs. The ...
( Category: Aviation March 15,2020 )
Comet! The World’s First Jet Airliner by Graham Simons
epub |eng | 2013-11-13 | Author:Graham Simons

( Category: Pictorial March 15,2020 )
Into the Blue by Joseph J. Corn
epub |eng | 2012-03-13 | Author:Joseph J. Corn [Corn, Joseph J.]

OVER KOREA: 1952 James Salter from The Hunters James Salter (b. 1925) graduated from West Point in 1945 and joined the Air Force. While serving as an F-86 Sabrejet pilot ...
( Category: History March 14,2020 )
Flying The Big Jets (4th Edition) by Stewart Stanley
azw3 |eng | 2014-09-29 | Author:Stewart, Stanley [Stewart, Stanley]

Fig. 8.2 Average surface pressures, worldwide, in January and July. Air on the surface flows from regions of high pressure to regions of low pressure. Since the areas are generally ...
( Category: Commercial March 14,2020 )
We Have a No Crash Policy! by Adam L. Alpert
epub |eng | | Author:Adam L. Alpert

“Mister Sulu, course 113, mark 7.” We watch as the navigator pushes a few colored buttons on the console and voila! The starship precisely alters course. “Standard orbit, Mister Sulu.” ...
( Category: Piloting & Flight Instruction March 14,2020 )
How to Land a Plane by Mark Vanhoenacker
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Mark Vanhoenacker

When the controller decides that you need to turn, he or she will give you a heading (known as a “vector”), measured in degrees, such as 090 degrees for east. ...
( Category: Piloting & Flight Instruction March 13,2020 )
Being Human in safety-critical organisations by Dik Gregory & Paul Shanahan
epub |eng | | Author:Dik Gregory & Paul Shanahan

Plans, goals and priorities An important aspect of being on target is planning. In most working situations, we have more things to do than it seems we have time to ...
( Category: Aviation March 13,2020 )
This is Your Captain: The Naked Truth about the Person Flying Your Plane by Captain Jack Watson
epub |eng | 2015-07-26 | Author:Captain Jack Watson

Chapter 10 : Typical Day Gone Bad The likelihood of a typical passenger’s involvement in an airliner accident is similar to the odds of being struck by lightning. Flying in ...
( Category: Piloting & Flight Instruction March 12,2020 )

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