The perfect gift for dads, grads, and aviation fans of all ages, The Color Encyclopedia of Incredible Airplanes gives a complete rundown of 150 of the world's best-loved flying machines, from the first biplanes to military jets and jumbo airliners to today's most technologically advanced planes. 
Presented chronologically to clearly show technological advances, The Color Encyclopedia of Incredible Airplanes has easy-to-use, at-a-glance profiles and more than 750 photographs and illustrations, from the Boxkite Voisin Biplane to the Sopwith Camel and the Boeing B-52 to the Lockheed F117A.

The Color Encyclopedia of Incredible Airplanes

Reference

Jarrett, Philip

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

The perfect gift for dads, grads, and aviation fans of all ages, The Color Encyclopedia of Incredible Airplanes gives a complete rundown of 150 of the world's best-loved flying machines, from the first biplanes to military jets and jumbo airliners to today's most technologically advanced planes. Presented chronologically to clearly show technological advances, The Color Encyclopedia of Incredible Airplanes has easy-to-use, at-a-glance profiles and more than 750 photographs and illustrations, from the Boxkite Voisin Biplane to the Sopwith Camel and the Boeing B-52 to the Lockheed F117A.

Provides a close-up look at 650 different aircraft and profiles the inventors, engineers, and pilots who transformed military and civilian flight.

Ultimate Aircraft

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

DK Pub.

Second Library copy- San Diego Air and Space Museum

Another Icarus: Percy Pilcher and the Quest for Flight

Science & Math

Technology

Smithsonian Inst. Pr.

This book makes five original documents relating to the work of Britain’s Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) during the First World War readily available to students and historians. To enhance visual interest a large collection of photographs, many hitherto unpublished, has been added. Some of these relate directly to the aircraft and events mentioned in the documents, but others show developments before and after the periods covered. The five documents concerned are the Diary of Important Operations, Flanders, 1916; Disposition of Aircraft, 24 February, 1917; Royal Naval Air Service Communiques Nos 1 to 14; Truing-up of airplanes: Issued by the Air Department on 1 September 1916; and The Grain drawings, a unique set of sketches and drawings made by a draftsman at the RNAS seaplane repair station at Port Victoria, Isle of Grain, in Kent during the Great War.All of these documents offer an array of fascinating insight into Royal Naval Air Service practices during the Great War. Much of the content on display has never been printed before. This unique treasure trove of visual reference is sure to appeal to all serious First World War historians, students and enthusiasts.

The Royal Naval Air Service in the First World War: Aircraft and Events as Recorded in Official Documents

History

Military

Pen and Sword Aviation

During aviation’s pioneering years Francis Kennedy McClean used his vast inherited wealth to help the now famous Short Brothers company to become established as one of Britain’s greatest aircraft manufacturers and, in doing so, helped the Royal Navy’s first pilots into the air. In short, he was the Godfather of British naval aviation. But McClean did much more than even that. He was himself a balloonist and pioneer aviator, flying with Wilbur Wright in France in December 1908. He provided the Royal Aero Club with one of the first flying grounds in the UK, personally purchased no fewer than sixteen airplanes from Short Brothers before the First World War and also acted as the company’s unpaid test pilot. Convinced that aviation was destined play a vital role in the nation’s defense, he made his own airplanes freely available to the Territorial Army and Royal Navy for pilot training and ensured that the Navy had a suitable site from which to fly, thereby founding England’s first naval flying school, at Eastchurch in Kent. One of his better-known exploits was a flight up the Thames to Westminster on 10 August 1912, during which he flew between the upper and lower spans of Tower Bridge and passed beneath the other bridges. Despite all these achievements he remained unassuming, modest and reticent. McClean’s great influence and significance are revealed for the first time in this informative and entertaining book.

Frank McClean: The Godfather of British Naval Aviation

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Seaforth Publishing

The Colour Encyclopedia Incredible Aeroplanes

Dorling, Kindersley

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