Transport Technology & Trades

A unique Haynes Manual, providing fascinating technical insight into the development and use of rocket planes, focusing on the iconic X-15, which c...

This book describes one twenty-four-hour period in the Allied Strategic Bomber Offensive in the greatest possible detail. The author sets the scene...

For each generation there is a machine, often a vehicle, which is prized for enormously more than its mechanical purpose. The Comet was one such; f...

Thorough coverage of space flight topics with self-contained chapters serving a variety of courses in orbital mechanics, spacecraft dynamics, and a...

Mid-flight non-combat malfunctions, mishaps, and blunders, occur frequently in the USAF during routine training and utility flightssometimes unfort...

In this one-of-a-kind memoir, Jack Clemons?a former lead engineer in support of NASA?takes readers behind the scenes and into the inner workings of...

   One of the most elusive and controversial figures in NASAs history, George W. S. Abbey was called the Dark Lord, the Godfather, and UNOshort for...

An illustrated introduction to how British industries, supported by thousands of newly recruited women, strove to meet the nations wartime need for...

1969 onwards (all models), Written by two of British Airways' most experienced Concorde flight crew, the Concorde Manual is the latest aircraft man...

Combining a history of sailplane design with details of the calculations involved in construction this book, written in English, is divided into 4 ...

This book provides a comprehensive reference for the studies of mechanical properties of materials over multiple length and time scales. The topics...

Covering an impressive amount of material, A Question of Space is an engaging read for those fascinated by the history of the space program.Jeff Fl...

This latest title of the Coccarde Tricolori Speciale series completes our trilogy dedicated to the F-104 Starfighter in Italian service. The book, ...

R.J. Mitchell was virtually self-taught and almost all his aircraft were slow-flying seaplanes. The story of how this man from the land-locked Midl...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Drones are in the newspaper, on the TV...

From the very beginning of aviation in South America, French aircraft and aviators played a major part in the development of military flying in Per...

At 7:05 am on February 19, 1955, TWA Flight 260 took off from the Albuquerque airport for a short flight to Santa Fe. The plane's approved air rout...