Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Art of the Airways
Author: Geza SzurovyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781610600927
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Capture the glory of flight in this nostalgic look back at the colorful posters that lured yesterday's passengers to take to the air. Constellations, tri-motors, and DC-3s are featured decked-out in the liveries of their owners and presented in stunning color artworks created by such famed artists as Norman Rockwell, Calder, and other popular painters. Nostalgic poster art contained within tells the history of yesteryear's airways through its free-spirited and colorful advertising.
Flight
Author: Dreams of Flight
Author: Janet R. Daly BednarekPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585442577
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
General aviation encompasses all the ways aircraft are used beyond commercial and military flying: private flights, barnstormers, cropdusters, and so on. Authors Janet and Michael Bednarek have taken on the formidable task of discussing the hundred-year history of this broad and diverse field by focusing on the most important figures and organizations in general aviation and the major producers of general aviation aircraft and engines. This history examines the many airplanes used in general aviation, from early Wright and Curtiss aircraft to the Piper Cub and the Lear Jet. The authors trace the careers of birdmen, birdwomen, barnstormers, and others who shaped general aviation—from Clyde Cessna and the Stinson family of San Antonio to Olive Ann Beech and Paul Poberezny of Milwaukee. They explain how the development of engines influenced the development of aircraft, from the E-107 that powered the 1929 Aeronca C-2, the first affordable personal aircraft, to the Continental A-40 that powered the Piper Cub, and the Pratt and Whitney PT-6 turboprop used on many aircraft after World War II. In addition, the authors chart the boom and bust cycle of general aviation manufacturers, the rising costs and increased regulations that have accompanied a decline in pilots, the creation of an influential general aviation lobby in Washington, and the growing popularity of “type” clubs, created to maintain aircraft whose average age is twenty-eight years. This book provides readers with a sense of the scope and richness of the history of general aviation in the United States. An epilogue examining the consequences of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, provides a cautionary note.
Flying Magazine
Author: Aircraft
Author: Flying Magazine
Flying
Author: Air Trails Pictorial
Author: Waiting for Yesterday
Author: Gerry GreenPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499095597
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
James and Katie Falcon are astonished when a Time Ship appears in the cellar with their long-deceased ancestor Captain Horatio Falcon at the helm. The Ship includes a fresh food supply of two cows. Pandemonium breaks out when Great-Aunt Dorothea is faced with a cow in her lounge. The spooked second cow stumbles into the Time Ships controls, despatching the Ship into the past at Lost Island. But it is swarming with bloodthirsty treasure-seeking pirates and the crews odds of survival appear impossible. Then the youngsters discover the Time Ships mysterious source of power and the odds of their survival and their future change spectacularly.
Chestnuts of Yesteryear
Author: Zvi AnkoriPublisher: Gefen Publishing House Ltd
ISBN: 9789652293183
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
A unique saga of the Jewish People in modern times, spanning history, countries, and the spectrum of human emotion. Occasionally one comes across a book, whose impact is unexpected and inspirational. This moving and compelling saga confronts the problems that preoccupied the Jewish People of Europe on the threshold of modern times, recounting one family's fascinating story, told through the eyes of a young boy. With a backdrop of the great changes that shaped the face of the world in the first half of the 20th Century, the events, dates and names of localities and personages are fully authentic, forming an impressive work of literature.