books about: aeronauts     books:       Tom Swift and his Electric Car: Swift by Name and Swift by Nature! Victor Appleton CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2009 Long before Al Gore, Tom Swift built an electric car - it reached speeds of over 100 MPH! The evil criminal syndicate tries to steal the plans and put Tom out of commission. They create a run on a bank where Tom's family has their funds, kidnap Tom, and he's nearly electrocuted! You'll have to read the rest yourself... Tom Swift, the inspirational boyhood hero of Steve Wozniak and Isaac Asimov, is an all-American young inventor in his teens. ...             The War in the Air H G Wells Echo Library, 2006 The War in the Air is a novel by H. G. Wells, written in 1907. Like many of Wells’s works, it is notable for its prophetic ideas, images, and concepts, in this case, the use of the aircraft for the purpose of warfare and the coming of World War I. The novel's hero is Bert Smallways, a forward-thinking young man. Wells envisions a world in which China and Japan form an alliance of Eastern Asia; Germany is aggressive and thrusting; and the ...             Cromwell Dixon's Sky Cycle John Nez Putnam Juvenile, 2009 In the years and decades following the Wright Brothers' famous first flight, an obsession with aviation gripped the nation. Thousands caught the bug. In an era of innovation and invention, scores of people pursued their own personal dreams of building a flying machine, and many did so right in their own backyards. Few stories, though, are as remarkable as that of Cromwell Dixon, a fourteen-year-old boy who successfully designed, built and flew ...             Quest for Flight: John J. Montgomery and the Dawn of Aviation in the West Craig S. Harwood, Gary B. Fogel University of Oklahoma Press, 2012 The Wright brothers have long received the lion’s share of credit for inventing the airplane. But a California scientist succeeded in flying gliders twenty years before the Wright’s powered flights at Kitty Hawk in 1903. Quest for Flight reveals the amazing accomplishments of John J. Montgomery, a prolific inventor who piloted the glider he designed in 1883 in the first controlled flights of a heavier-than-air craft in the Western ...             War of the Aeronauts Charles Evans Stackpole Books, 2002 The Union Army Balloon Corps holds a significant place in the annals of Civil War and military history. From 1861 to 1863 the corps contributed invaluable surveillance and reconnaissance information to the Union Army's war effort during the Virginia campaign. It also accomplished such significant military feats as the initial air-to-ground communication by telegraph, the first use of the "aircraft carrier" for launch of the ...             Nachtflugzeug! German N-Types of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes (Volume 3) Jack Herris Aeronaut Books, 2012 This book describes and illustrates the development of German single-engine night bombers, or N-types, in WWI with text, 54 rare, period photos, 7 color photos, 9 color profiles, tables of information including production quantities, serial numbers of aircraft, technical specifications, 1/48 scale drawings of the AEG N.I and Sablatnig N.I, and 1/72 scale drawings of the BFW N.I. The origins and evolution of the N-class are discussed in the ...             A Nation Transformed: How the Civil War Changed America Forever Gerald S Henig, Eric Niderost Cumberland House Publishing, 2007 This comprehensive look at the changes the Civil War introduced and exacerbated in America illustrates just how deeply the war affected the nation--and how America would never be the same because of it.             The Belgian Air Service in the First World War Walter Pieters Aeronaut Books, 2010 Destined to become the standard reference on its subject, The Belgian Air Service in the First World War is the definitive story of the men, machines, and operations of the valiant Aviation Militaire Belge from its beginning until the Armistice. By noted Belgian aviation historian Walter Pieters. Format 8.5" by 11" page size.             Pfalz Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes (Volume 5) Jack Herris Aeronaut Books, 2012 This book describes and illustrates the development of Pfalz aircraft in WWI, primarily fighter aircraft, with text, 530 photos, 28 in color, 81 color profiles, 10 color illustrations, production quantities and serial numbers of aircraft and aircraft dimensions and performance specifications. In addition, 15 Pfalz aircraft types are illustrated in both 1/72 and 1/48 scale drawings. It is a revised, enlarged edition of an earlier book published ...             Tumult in the Clouds: The Aviation Art of Russell Smith Jim Wilberg Aeronaut Books, 2011 Enjoy the striking aviation art of award-winning artist Russell Smith! Lavishly illustrated, the book features 44 full-color paintings and 20 drawings by Russell that bring WWI aviation to life. More than a dozen respected WWI aviation authors contribute to the story with chapters providing the background for the paintings to increase your understanding and appreciation of Russell's exceptional art. Finally, in a well-illustrated chapter, ...             Jean Navarre: France's Sentinel of Verdun and the First French Fighter Pilots Jim Wilberg Aeronaut Books, 2010 With aviation's rapid growth in the Great War came air combat and the beginning of fighter aviation. Jean Navarre became the archetypal fighter pilot, the first French ace of aces, who, together with other brave airmen, created fighter aviation. They were a legend in their own time, and this is their story. Format 8.5" by 11" page size.             Cromwell Dixon: A Boy & His Plane, 1892-1911 Martin J. Kidston Farcountry Press, 2007 Hailed as a mechanical genius in 1907 at the age of 13, teenage inventor Cromwell Dixon built and flew airships in Ohio before signing on with the famous Glenn Curtiss in New York and flying the world's first airplanes. At age 19, Dixon became the first pilot in history to fly over the Continental Divide. He made the landmark flight from Helena, Montana, in 1911 before a sudden crash took his life three days later in Spokane, Washington. In ...             The War in the Air: A Dystopian War Classic! H. G. Wells CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2009 Dystopian War Classic! Germany vs. USA! Total War! This exciting tale is H. G. Wells at his modernist, visionary best. In 1907, Londoner Bert Smallways finds himself an unwitting passenger on a fleet of German airships heading over the Atlantic to attack New York. What unfolds in characteristically Wellsian fashion is a clash of early flying machines that leaves NY in shambles and unleashes the terrible age of Total War. Uncannily relevant to ...             Tom Swift and his Airship: Swift by Name and Swift by Nature! Victor Appleton CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2009 Tom builds a combination airplane/dirigible using a volatile lifting gas that he invented, while a criminal syndicate frames Tom with a robbery charge. Police shootouts, incredibly fast cross-country air travel and a bang up finish for the crooks - all thanks to Tom's quick thinking, daring and ingenuity! Tom Swift, the inspirational boyhood hero of Steve Wozniak and Isaac Asimov, is an all-American young inventor in his teens. These ...             The Balloonist: The Story of T. S. C. Lowe---Inventor, Scientist, Magician, and Father of the U.S. Air Force Stephen Poleskie Frederic C Beil, 2007 Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt Lowe (1823-1913) was called by Carl Sandburg "the most shot-at man of the Civil War." A flamboyant showman, dedicated scientist, and starry-eyed dreamer, Lowe, soon after the outbreak of the Civil War, went to the federal government with a view to convincing the authorities in the use of balloons for observation purposes. He eventually was made chief of the aeronautic department and rendered valuable service to the ...             The Blue Max Airmen: German Airmen Awarded the Pour le Mérite, Vol.1 (The Blue Max Airmen) PhD. Lance J. Bronnenkant Aeronaut Books, 2012 The Blue Max Airmen series is the real story of the German airmen awarded the Pour le Mérite during the Great War. Author Lance J. Bronnenkant, PhD, and Aeronaut Books are pleased to bring you the most detailed and graphically lavish account of these heroes ever produced, covering the men in context with the war's chronology of events. For each recipient a comprehensive, well-illustrated biography of the man is given, together with photos of ...             German Armored Warplanes of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes (Great War Aviation Series) ... Jack Herris Aeronaut Books, 2012 This book describes and illustrates the development of German armored warplanes in WWI, primarily J-class infantry aircraft but including other experimental types, with text, more than 160 rare, contemporary photos, 38 color profiles, and tables of information including production quantities and serial numbers of aircraft and aircraft size and performance specifications. The origin and evolution of the armored warplane designs are discussed in ...             Development of German Warplanes in WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes and Seaplanes (Volume ... Jack Herris Aeronaut Books, 2012 This book describes and illustrates the development of German warplanes in WWI with text, photos, color illustrations, and 30 tables of information including front-line inventories of aircraft by date and specific type. The origins and evolution of each warplane class or category, such as fighters, bombers, and reconnaissance planes are discussed in chapters for each category. Aero engines are also discussed, together with procurement decisions ...             Above the Fray, a Novel of the Union Balloon Corps, Part One: Second Edition Kris Jackson CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010 At the outbreak of the Civil War, Nathaniel Curry is a fifteen-year-old telegraph operator in Richmond. Entirely by accident, he helps direct Union artillery fire on a Confederate battery from a balloon, the first real use of an aircraft in warfare. A pariah back in Virginia, he flees to the North and joins the nascent Union Balloon Corps. The Corps, nearly forgotten today, revolutionized warfare, observing Rebel forces and communicating with ...             The Anatomy of the Airplane Second Edition Darrol Stinton American Institute of Aeronaut, 1998 Binding tight, text clean, library stamp one edge and inside cover, slight edgewear, stored in a smoke-free environment              search for books 1892-1911, aeronauts, aircraft, airplane, airplanes, america, anatomy, aviation, awarded, balloonist, belgian, centennial, changed, cromwell, development, dystopian, electric, forever, inventor, magician, montgomery, nachtflugzeug, navarre, perspective, russell, scientist, seaplanes, sentinel, transformed, warplanes books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen DVD: Mammoth home  impressum - about us