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Paper View: The Best of the "Sunday Times" Television Columns (Hardback)

A. A. Gill

Humor & Entertainment

Explains basic concepts of astronomy from aberration to zenith, and identifies important astronomers, stars, and celestial objects

The International Encyclopedia of Astronomy

Reference

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Today's generation of high-performance combat aircraft is among the most potent and awe-inspiring of man's technological creations. The millions of people who flock to airshows, build model kits, and buy aviation books and magazines testify to the enduring fascination. It should not be forgotten, however, that all this glamorous hardware exists to flight--most combat aircraft are weapons platforms, and their mission is to carry and deliver ordnance to a specific target. However simplistic it may sound, it is worth stressing that without aircraft armament, the fighting aircraft would not exist. This book provides the reader with a fully illustrated directory of all the airborne weapon systems that are currently in service, or being actively developed, worldwide. It falls into 2 distinct sections. The first 50 pages are devoted to examining the evolution of aircraft armament from the earliest days to the present. This historical survey is split into 3 segments: pre-1920, pre-1950, and post-1950. It takes the reader from the dawn of fighting in the air and the initial problems of fitting weapons onto aircraft, through World War II and the proliferation of guns, turrets, rockets, and bombs, to the conflicts in Korea, Israel, Vietnam, and Afghanistan, a period that has witnessed very rapid development of a wide range of guided missiles, torpedoes, "smart" bombs, mines, and so on. The 2nd and largest part of the book consists of the directory of weapons currently in the military arsenal that can be fitted either to fixed-wing aircraft or helicopters. This again is divided according to weapon type, with separate sections devoted to air-to-air missiles, unguided ordnance; air-to-surface missiles and torpedoes, and guns and installations. The text provides comprehensive specification and data for each entry, while the narrative text describes the weapon's design history, combat use, and in-service status. Illustrated with color and black and white photos.

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft Armament: A Comprehensive Guide to Modern Airborne Weapons and Sensing Systems, their Operating Principles, and Tactical Deployment

Computers & Technology

bill-gunston

Programming

Dust Jacket is in Very Good condition.

The Smithsonian Book of Flight

Engineering & Transportation

BOYNE, Walter J.

Transportation

Grumman: Sixty Years of Excellence, written by the world's foremost aviation writer, tells the story of men and machines that have made Grumman so special. This book weaves a powerful story that traces the development of the company that has remained independent and unique since it was formed by Leroy Grumman in 1929. The growth of the Company is traced through each decade. Illustrated throughout, this book has many photographs not seen before. These, skillfully captioned, augment this unique story of a unique company revealing the many aspects that combine to make Grumman Corporation.

Grumman: Sixty Years of Excellence

GUNSTON, Bill.

Recalls the battle over New Georgia in the Solomon Islands, one of America's offensive actions in the Pacific during World War II

Munda Trail: Turning the Tide Against Japan in the South Pacific

History

HAMMEL, ERIC

Americas

Fly in open aircraft, in the dead of winter? Could such a thing really be possible? It just had to work. And the time was now: the beginning of the 1920s, right after the war. Politicians and journalists were the first to crouch on uncomfortable planks, "air-cooled" and surrounded by mail bags and parcels. They were real pioneers. But it wouldn't be long until they'd be sitting in full-fledged passenger aircraft, equipped with heated cabins. By now a number of a small aviation companies had sprung up in Germany. Their aircraft made wobbly trips, back and forth, from one city to another - preferably along rail lines and during the day. Pilots didn't have radio contact with the ground yet. Only two airlines survived the all-out competitive battle: Deutscher Aero Llyod and Junkers Luftverkehr. For the subsidies-paying German state, however, this was still one too many. After the two joined forces to found "Deutsche Luft Hansa AG" on January 6, 1926, the flight path started to point upward....

Lufthansa: An Airline and Its Aircraft

DAVIES, R.E.G.

Oversized Hardbound with Dust Cover

Images Of War: The Artist's Vision of World War II

McCormick, Ken

Military

The author's letters home to his family describe his experiences as an ordinary soldier during the Civil War

Civil War Notebook of Daniel Chisholm: A Chronicle of Daily Life in the Union Army, 1864-1865

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

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