A photographic gallery of the world's greatest aircraft with insights into the history and romance of aviation. It gives coverage of all types of aircraft from around the world, from early biplanes and airships to helicopters and the most recent military jets. It also gives gatefold treatment of four key aircraft: ME109, B17 (Flying Fortress) and B52 (Astratofortress) and the Boeing 747.

Ultimate Aircraft (The Ultimate)

Science & Math

Philip Jarrett

Technology

Dorling Kindersley H/B

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.

Pioneer Aircraft: Early Aviation to 1914 (Putnam's History of Aircraft)

History

Military

Not our Pub / Old Publisher

This is a study of aircraft, from biplanes to monoplanes between the years 1919-39. The book is part of a 12-volume series, which covers the production and operation of aircraft worldwide. Each volume is devoted to essays on aircraft types, their development and option, systems and equipment. As well as outlining developments. Each article seeks to explain why progress was in a particular direction, emphasizing the political, strategic or economic factors that dictated that development. Moving from the general to the specific, graphs and tabular data relating to typical or significant aircraft or allied subjects are provided in each section. The series concentrates on the development of aircraft from the viewpoint of their technical development, the effect of technical development on the use of aircraft, and the effect of their usage on technical development. Contributors to this title include: Ken Munson, John Stround, Ted Hooton, Peter Hearn, Norman Friedman, Darrol Stinton, Patrick Hassell, Mike Hirst, Morman Barfield, Harry Woodman, Ralph Barker, Sebastian Ritchie and Christopher Shores.

BIPLANE TO MONOPLANE: Aircraft Development 1919-39 (Putnam's History of Aircraft)

This volume concentrates on the key developments that prepared the way for the sophisticated civil and military aeroplanes of the 21st century. The first chapter makes a study of the way transonic and supersonic aerodynamics have shaped aeroplane design. The next essay explains how aerodynamic developments have led to technological developments in the cockpit to keep pace with the faster speeds and higher altitudes possible. The third major step in post-war aircraft technology came with the development of in-flight refuelling technologies, and the next chapter covers this. Succeeding chapters cover such technological developments as the use of new materials, the need to make jet engines more fuel efficient, developments in avionics and the problems of mass-producing high-technology aircraft.  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.

FASTER, FURTHER, HIGHER: Leading-edge Aviation Technology since 1945 (Putnam's History of Aircraft)

Written by a team of recognised authorities, the essays in this volume are wide-ranging and include topics as varied as the evolution of the airliner since the end of World War II; the regulation of airline markets; and specializations such as polar surveys, firefighting, and flying doctors.

Modern Air Transport: Worldwide Air Transport from 1945 to the Present (Putnam History of Aircraft)

Written by recognized authorities, the essays in this volume include topics such as the development of the jet engine; guided weapon systems; warplane structures and aerodynamics; modern defensive, logistical and pilotless aircraft; attack helicopters and stealth aircraft.

MODERN WAR MACHINE: Military Aviation since 1945 (Putnam's History of Aircraft)

Putnam Aeronautical

British aviation pioneer Percy Pilcher was a determined inventor who designed, built and flew hang gliders from 1895 until his death in a flying accident in 1899. He was a courageous individual who struggled to build a stable, controllable glider and was the first Briton to fly in a heavier-than-air aircraft. He was also the first to lose his life in a flying accident to such a machine. This book looks at his life and work, and the influence of other pioneers in Europe, Australia and the USA. It also appraises his accomplishments and his influence on others. The story of a visionary man who gave his life to the conquest of the skies over one hundred years ago.

Percy Pilcher and the Challenge of Flight

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Natl Museums of Scotland

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