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“richard blockley”

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  • Green Aviation

    by Richard Blockley ...
    Green Aviation is the first authoritative overview of both engineering and operational measures to mitigate the environmental impact of aviation.It addresses the current status of measures to reduce the environmental impact of air travel. The chapters cover such items as:Engineering and technology-related subjects (aerodynamics, engines, fuels, structures, etc.),Operations (air traffic management ... Read more

    $189.00 USD

  • Unmanned Aircraft Systems

    by Richard Blockley, Wei Shyy ...
    UNMANNED AIRCRAF T SYSTEMSUNMANNED AIRCRAF T SYSTEMSAn unmanned aircraft system (UAS), sometimes called a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot on board ??? instead, the UAS can be controlled by an operator station on the ground or may be autonomous in operation. UAS are capable of addressing a broad range of applications in diverse, complex environments. Traditionally employed in mainly ... Read more

    $254.00 USD

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    From Insects to Jumbo Jets

    by Henk Tennekes ...
    An investigation into how machines and living creatures fly, and of the similarities between butterflies and Boeings, paper airplanes and plovers.From the smallest gnat to the largest aircraft, all things that fly obey the same aerodynamic principles. In The Simple Science of Flight, Henk Tennekes investigates just how machines and creatures fly: what size wings they need, how much energy is ... Read more

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  • The Wright Brothers

    by David McCullough ...
    The #1 New York Times bestseller from David McCullough, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize—the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly—Wilbur and Orville Wright.On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two brothers—bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio—changed history. But it would take the world some time to believe that ... Read more

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  • Ask an Astronaut

    My Guide to Life in Space

    by Tim Peake ...
    Was it fun to do a space walk? How squashed were you in the capsule on the way back? What were your feelings as you looked down on Earth for the first time? Were you ever scared? Where to next -- the Moon, Mars, or beyond?Based on his historic mission to the International Space Station, Ask an Astronaut is Tim Peake's guide to life in space, and his answers to the thousands of questions he has ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

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  • How to Make a Spaceship

    A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race, and the Birth of Private Spaceflight

    by Julian Guthrie, Richard Branson, Stephen Hawking ...
    **A New York Times bestseller!The historic race that reawakened the promise of manned spaceflightA Finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award**Alone in a Spartan black cockpit, test pilot Mike Melvill rocketed toward space. He had eighty seconds to exceed the speed of sound and begin the climb to a target no civilian pilot had ever reached. He might not make it back alive. If ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Redefining Airmanship

    by Anthony Kern ...
    Redefining Airmanship offers the first concrete model of the abstract ideal of "airmanship," and gives the reader step-by-step guidance for self-appraisal and improvement in the areas of flight proficiency, teamwork, and good judgment in crisis situations. The author, Major Anthony Kern, draws on his extensive flight and crew-training experience in the US Air Force, but his model is invaluable for ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Fly Low Fly Fast

    by Robert Gandt ...
    In FLY LOW FLY FAST, Robert Gandt takes us into the high-risk world of Unlimited Air Racing, following two consecutive championships at the Reno National Air Races. Flying wingtip to wingtip around pylons at nearly 500 mph, just a few feet above the sagebrush, Reno's big throaty warbirds are piloted by an adrenaline-addicted, type-A elite whose oversize talent and egos spawn a hundred stories. ... Read more

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  • Twin Spica 9

    by Kou Yaginuma ...
    Series Book 9 - Twin Spica
    In the ninth volume of Twin Spica, Asumi and her classmates are getting closer and closer towards graduation, and changes in store for this group of friends. There will be good-byes to be said and that might end up causing some tension within this group. Some of that friction might be spurred on from outside of the Tokyo Space School as the media has caught on to the identities of at least one ... Read more

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  • Modelling and Managing Airport Performance

    Edited by Konstantinos Zografos, Giovanni Andreatta, Amedeo Odoni ...
    Series series Aerospace Series
    Modelling and Managing Airport Performance provides an integrated view of state-of-the-art research on measuring and improving the performance of airport systems with consideration of both airside and landside operations. The considered facets of performance include capacity, delays, economic costs, noise, emissions and safety. Several of the contributions also examine policies for managing ... Read more

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  • Entering the Race to the Moon - Autobiography of an Apollo Rocket Scientist

    by John P. Hornung ...
    This is the autobiography of John P. Hornung, a rocket scientist during the early years of NASA's Apollo Mission to the moon. The writing describes four chapters in his life. Three of them were selected for their significance in U.S. history; early school integration in the deep south, a period of brutality in the US Marine Corps, and landing a man on the moon. A fourth chapter includes short ... Read more

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  • Applied Mechanics With Solidworks

    by Godfrey C Onwubolu ...
    Applied Mechanics with SolidWorks aims to assist students, designers, engineers, and professionals interested in using SolidWorks to solve practical engineering mechanics problems. It utilizes CAD software, SolidWorks-based, to teach applied mechanics. SolidWorks here is presented as an alternative tool for solving statics and dynamics problems in applied mechanics courses.Readers can follow the ... Read more

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