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The “Space Age” began in 1957 and since then, we are told, missions have studied all the planets in the Solar System. Most people believe that one of the greatest technological achievements happened in 1969, when Neil Armstrong allegedly walked on the surface of the Moon. The last Apollo mission ended in 1972 and later manned space missions never travelled beyond low earth orbit, despite enormous advances in many technologies. This book considers the works of Dr Paul La Violette and Defence Journalist Nick Cook regarding antigravity research in the aerospace industry and elsewhere. It ...

Dear Mom I’m Alive is the story of a young, politically naïve but fiercely patriotic young man during the height of the Vietnam War trying to make it through his one-year tour with his humor and humanity in tact. "As a former Warrant Officer helicopter pilot having served in Desert Shield and Desert Storm I have read Chickenhawk and CW2, but I enjoyed your book and story much more! It was great!! Jim Schuetzler."

Long before the days of jet planes, Nick Mamer and co-pilot Art Walker set an awe-inspiring record. They flew from Spokane, Washington to San Francisco, to New York, and from New York back to Spokane—without landing. This is the true story of the 1929 flight—during which their airplane was again and again refueled in the air with ropes and hose—by other daring airmen flying wood-and-fabric airplanes.

Want to be a better, safer pilot? Gene Benson has been flying airplanes for more than 50 years, has been a flight instructor for more than 40 years, and an aviation writer for more than 20 years. His experience includes being a pilot and instructor for a major domestic airline, being a consultant to international airlines, serving as the dean of an aviation college, being a member of the NBAA Safety Committee, and a FAASTeam Lead Representative. This collection of 15 of his articles provides an often humorous look at his thoughts on how to make general aviation flying safer. His easy, ...

Sleep. Eat. Perform. If you work in a high-stress, high-skill environment, this book is for you! The human body is a complex machine. Just like the planes that we fly, every part of it must be maintained and fueled properly in order to work as intended. A failing system is not an option when lives are on the line. The Pilot Factored explores the performance pyramid that must be catalyzed in order to reach the peak: Sleep, Nutrition, Fitness and Cognition. Here's what aviation professionals are saying: “An informative, comprehensive, applicable guide for professional pilots” - L. Harmond...

From award-winning, best-selling author Brigid Johnson comes the tale of how one woman’s life in the sky forged an unforgettable destiny. Raised in a small factory town in the 1960s, when aviation was predominantly a male profession, with parents who didn’t support her ambitions, Brigid nevertheless learned to fly. Hers was a busy life of setting limits and learning philosophies of growth and risk well beyond her years, even as she juggled two jobs, college, and a rescue Siberian husky whose wandering spirit put her own to shame. From first solo to an airline career, and finally a ...

'Another excellent volume, breaking down a single posting into a multitude of interesting individual stories.' Ron Powell joined the C-130 Hercules fleet as a pilot just as the Falklands War started. So his early months on the aircraft, affectionately known to its crews as Fat Albert, are dominated by frequent visits to Ascension Island in the South Atlantic. But this third volume of Shropshire Blue also chronicles flights across much of the rest of the world, from Las Vegas to New Zealand and northern Canada to the Falklands. Highlights include flights into Hong Kong, East Berlin, Beirut, ...

How can six US Navy aircraft and their crews vanish in the space of a few hours? What could cause a modern airliner to disappear completely? How can a light aircraft go missing without a trace but its pilot be found dead with no trace of injury months later on a lonely Scottish hillside? These are the stories of six of most baffling unsolved aviation mysteries. Each is covered in rich detail including an analysis of all the available evidence, an examination of the theories about what happened and the most likely cause.From the disappearance of two of the first pilots to attempt to fly from...

New Third Edition adds a new Part II showing rules for drones and drone pilots. Explains how all drone flyers must complete The Recreational UAS Test (TRUST) before flying a drone, regardless of weight. Clarifies professional and commercial rules for drones. Describes requirements for the Remote Pilot Certificate and new FAA rules for Remote Identification Ability to take effect in September 2023. Part I still covers sweeping new changes of FAA BasicMed medical rules. Now more flying opportunities than ever before! New FAA BasicMed Rules reduce medical requirements to a driver license, a ...

Read Before Flight is a Drone Standards Guide that will advise readers how to safely organize and standardize any size of unmanned system training and operation. It is a compilation of lessons learned, community standards, Federal Aviation regulations and principles, and military experiences applied to the growing commercial market. The principles outlined in Read Before Flight are scalable and apply to individuals operating a single quad copter as well as large companies flying multiple unmanned systems.

Los 10 accidentes de avión más mortíferos que cambiaron nuestra forma de volarViajar en avión es uno de los medios de transporte más seguros, pero cuando un avión se estrella, las consecuencias son devastadoras. ¿Por qué ocurrieron? ¿Fueron causados por el mal tiempo, fallos mecánicos o errores humanos? En este libro, el autor presenta los 10 accidentes aéreos más mortíferos de la historia de la aviación. Repasa los acontecimientos clave que provocaron el derribo de los aviones comerciales siniestrados y explica cómo hemos aprovechado las dolorosas lecciones aprendidas para ...

My airport cheats, hacks, hints, tips, and tricks has everything you need to know to navigate the airport with ease. From packing smart and knowing the rules, to staying hydrated and entertained, these airport cheats, hacks, hints, tips, and tricks will help you make the most of your airport experience. Whether you're a seasoned traveler or a first-time flyer, my book has something for everyone.

For Students, Instructors and Seaplane Lovers. Single-Engine-Sea Lesson Plans, Syllabi, Accident Reviews, FAA-DPE Tips, stories, and history. Illustrated with color photographs. Authored by an experience seaplane instructor/former Designated Pilot Examiner.

Prairie Sky is a celebration of curiosity and a book for explorers. In this collection of contemplative essays, Scott Olsen invites listeners to view the world from a pilot’s seat, demonstrating how, with just a little bit of altitude, the world changes, new relationships become visible, and new questions seem to rise up from the ground.

The bestselling author of The Architecture of Happiness and The Art of Travel spends a week at an airport in a wittily intriguing meditation on the "non-place" that he believes is the centre of our civilization.

1930, Cornwall. Bertie Fox has had her dreams of motorcycle racing cut short by a life-changing accident, but now her thrill-seeking ambitions have turned towards the skies. Along with her two friends, Gwenna and Tory, Bertie's joined the flight training school on Pencarrack Moor. When a fourth girl moves onto the base, it's clear she's hiding something from her fellow pilots, even as they try to earn her trust. But the more they get to know the secretive Irene, the more they suspect she might be just as dangerous as she is mysterious.

Una nuova serie di podcast documentaristici sui grandi disastri aerei. Analizzando i dati dei registri di volo e le registrazioni vocali delle conversazioni tra i piloti e gli addetti alla torre di controllo, ricostruiamo gli incidenti aerei più clamorosi della storia.

Una nuova serie di Podcast documentaristici sui grandi disastri aerei. Analizzando i dati dei registri di volo e le registrazioni vocali delle conversazioni tra i piloti e gli addetti alla torre di controllo, ricostruiamo gli incidenti aerei più clamorosi della storia.

Spannende und witzige Storys aus dem Cockpit, gesammelt von einem Piloten während seiner 30-jährigen Fliegerkarriere. Michael Weber, ein erfahrener Pilot, erzählt mit Storys aus dem Cockpit aus der Sichtweise eines Piloten. Zahlreiche Vorkommnisse bleiben Passagieren verborgen, da die Türe zum Cockpit zu ist. Auch Piloten sind nur Menschen und im Cockpit passieren auch Fehler wie überall. Erfahren Sie in diesem Hörbuch die Sichtweise aus dem Cockpit.

Adrian Bleese spent 12 years flying on police helicopters, and attended almost 3,000 incidents, as one of only a handful of civilian air observers working anywhere in the world. In Above the Law, he recounts the most intriguing, challenging, amusing, and downright baffling episodes in his career working for Suffolk Constabulary and the National Police Air Service. Rescuing lost walkers, chasing cars down narrow country lanes, searching for a rural cannabis factory, and disrupting an illegal forest rave…they’re all in a day’s work.