Aerospace & Aviation Technology

The great engineering achievement required to overcome most of the challenges and obstacles that prevented turning rocket design from art into scie...

The aircraft landing gear system is relatively unique on board an aircraftit is both structure and machine, supporting the aircraft on the ground, ...

Model Archiving and Sustainment for Aerospace Design, written by Sean Barker, an industry veteran from the UK, focuses on the techniques developed ...

Part of the Princeton Aeronautical Paperback series designed to bring to students and research engineers outstanding portions of the twelve-volume ...

The key aspect of this book is to take the reader from elementary knowledge of fluids mechanics in the initial chapters, from physical properties, ...

A fully illustrated study of the Nakajima Ki49 Helen, the twin-engined bomber of the Pacific War, from Japanese aviation expert George Eleftheriou....

Decades of continuous efforts to address known hazards in the national airspace system (NAS) and to respond to issues illuminated by analysis of in...

Take a trip to outer space with this weird and wonderful guide to our universe, the perfect gift for both young and old Vargic's beautifully innova...

This book gives an account, as little biased as possible, on human space missions beyond low Earth orbit in general, and specifically to the planet...

Filling the need for a comprehensive professional book at a level sufficient to enable the engineering design of a complete rocket propulsion syste...

Manufacturing processes for aircraft components include broad activities consisting of multiple materials processing technologies. This book focuse...

This book provides a complete overview of the theory, design, and applications of unmanned aerial vehicles. It covers the basics, including definit...

This book provides a complete overview of the theory, design, and applications of unmanned aerial vehicles. It covers the basics, including definit...

Aircraft emissions currently account for ~3.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions. The number of passenger miles has increased by 5% annually despite ...

While international negotiations to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been less than satisfactory, there is a presumption that a significa...

In 1911, a legally deaf, beginner pilot with limited training and only 90 minutes of solo flying experience took on newspaper tycoon William Ran...

Although the United States won the race to the moon, the Soviets were far more active in space than Americans during the decade that followed. By t...

Introduction to Optimum Design, Fifth Edition is the most widely used textbook in engineering optimization and optimum design courses. It is intend...

Volume XI of the High Speed Aerodynamics and Jet Propulsion series. Edited by W.R. Hawthorne and W.T. Olson. This is a comprehensive presentation o...

'Eject! Eject!'   When the call is made to abandon an aircraft, it's only the beginning of the story...  From the Sunday Times bestselling writer J...

John Cunningham started his illustrious aviation career with the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School, at the same time learning to fly with ...

On the morning of 24 December 1943, 542 Squadron's intelligence officer briefed Flt Lt J. Storey on covering Crossbow sites in the Calais-Abbeville...

Final Approach charts the turbulent flightpath between a jetsetting father and a planespotting son. The 1970s were the final gasp of the Golden Age...