飞机，航空

‘The text is well written and supported by clear and useful illustrations. This would be a useful textbook for postgraduate or advanced undergraduate studies and would also make a good introductory t …

Autonomous unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) are critical to current and future military, civil, and commercial operations. Despite their importance, no previous textbook has accessibly introduced UAVs to …

Many aeronautical books of a purely descriptive nature have been written for the average man, but as a rule they contain little of interest for the more serious student of the subject. Other books of …

Despite the fact that year 2018 has recently begun, it has already been marked by a number of important events in Cosmonautics. Many important events also await us in the near future. Humanity is bec …

This work is not intended to set forth the exploits of aviators nor to give a history of the Art. It is a book of instructions intended to point out the theories of flying, as given by the pioneers, …

Security is the main objective of civil aviation. How safe is safe, that is to say, when something can be considered safe, is a question that concerns all human activities. The integration of human-p …

First published in 1920. Job opportunities in aviation soon after World War I. ‘Any ordinary, active man, provided he has reasonably good eyesight and nerve, can fly, and fly well. If he has nerve en …

First published in 1920. According to the Foreword: ‘Although successful heavier-than-air flight is less than two decades old, and successful dirigible propulsion antedates it by a very short period, …

First published during World War I. The book begins: ‘It is a curious circumstance that an invention, which is hailed as being one of the greatest achievements ever recorded in the march of civilisat …

The Navy’s Air War is the definitive account of the critical role naval aircraft played in World War 2. Author and historian Albert Buchanan recreates the engagements of the Pacific and Atlantic …