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Disaster eBook Series

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  • The Airship ROMA Disaster in Hampton Roads

    by Nancy E. Sheppard ...
    Series series Disaster
    In March 1921, Major John G. Thornell and his crew were detailed to Italy to procure a new experimental airship for the United States Army Air Service. Stationed at Langley Field in Hampton, the ROMA never lived up to expectations despite being heralded as the future of military innovation. Tragically, it crashed and erupted in a ball of fire in 1922, claiming the lives of thirty-four of the brave ... Read more

    $17.96 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Vipers in the Storm: Diary of a Gulf War Fighter Pilot

    by Keith Rosenkranz ...
    During Operation Desert Storm, Captain Keith Rosenkranz piloted his F-16 "Viper" in 30 combat missions. Here he recounts these experiences in searing, "you-are-there" detail, giving readers one of the most riveting depictions ever written of man and machine at war. ... Read more

    $29.69 CAD

  • LZ-127 "Graf Zeppelin" The story of an airship vol.1

    The story of an airship

    by John Provan ...
    Series series LZ-127 "Graf Zeppelin"
    Of all the airships that Germany ever built, few gained the recognition and fame as did the LZ-127 „Graf Zeppelin. No other airship made more flights, transported more passengers, carried more mail and covered a greater distance, than did the Graf Zeppelin”. Its unique design, steadfast airworthiness, and indisputable safety record underscored the Commander’s belief in Lighter-than-Air (LTA), as ... Read more

    $8.45 CAD

  • The God Machine

    From Boomerangs to Black Hawks: The Story of the Helicopter

    by James R. Chiles ...
    From transforming the ways of war to offering godlike views of inaccessible spots, revolutionizing rescues worldwide, and providing some of our most-watched TV moments—including the cloud of newscopters that trailed O. J. Simpson’s Bronco—the helicopter is far more capable than early inventors expected. Now James Chiles profiles the many helicoptrians who contributed to the development of this ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Bringing Columbia Home

    The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew

    by Michael D. Leinbach, Jonathan H. Ward ...
    Voted the Best Space Book of 2018 by the Space HipstersThe dramatic inside story of the epic search and recovery operation after the Columbia space shuttle disaster.On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry before the nation’s eyes, and all seven astronauts aboard were lost. Author Mike Leinbach, Launch Director of the space shuttle program at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center was a ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Small Unmanned Aircraft

    Theory and Practice

    by Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain ...
    Autonomous unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) are critical to current and future military, civil, and commercial operations. Despite their importance, no previous textbook has accessibly introduced UAVs to students in the engineering, computer, and science disciplines--until now. Small Unmanned Aircraft provides a concise but comprehensive description of the key concepts and technologies underlying the ... Read more

    $175.89 CAD

  • Jet Engines

    by Albert Jack ...
    From the bestselling author of Red Herrings & White Elephants, Shaggy Dogs, Pop Goes the Weasel, What Caesar did for my Salad, They Laughed at Galileo and many more....IntroductionCuriosity will eventually lead to innovation. Fortunately we are an imaginative species who does a lot of wondering. Way back to when man first learned to walk upright and began communicating with each other, by pointing ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer

    by Brian D. O'Neill ...
    Incorporating a wealth of new material, here is the riveting story of the bombing raids that broke the back of Nazi Germany, praised as "a well-researched, highly readable account of a B-17 combat crew's experience ... excellent." (Roger A. Freeman, author of The Mighty Eighth) ... Read more

    $31.89 CAD

  • X-15 Diary

    The Story of America's First Space Ship

    by Richard Tregaskis ...
    The riveting true story of the world's fastest plane and the first manned flights into outer space.First tested in 1959, the X-15 rocket plane was at the forefront of the space race. Developed by the US Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in collaboration with North American Aviation, the X-15 was sleek, black, and powerful—a missile with stubby wings and a ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • LZ-127 "Graf Zeppelin" vol.2

    The story of an airship - table

    by John Provan ...
    Series series LZ-127 "Graf Zeppelin"
    Since an appendix is normally a section of a book that few normal readers really study, the LZC Collection believes one can save the reader money, by offering the extensive information as a separate Volume. This list covers all 590 flights, giving departure times, dates, destinations, etc. for each, in a simple useable manner. ... Read more

    $4.16 CAD

  • The First Blitz

    Bombing London in the First World War

    by Ian Castle ...
    The First Blitz tells the story of Germany's strategic air offensive against Britain, and how it came to be neutralized.The first Zeppelin attack on London came in May 1915 – and with it came the birth of a new arena of warfare, the 'home front'. German airships attempted to raid London on 26 separate occasions between May 1915 and October 1917, but only reached the capital and bombed successfully ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • Kids Book of Questions: How Do Things Fly?

    Trivia for Kids of All Ages - Things That Go

    by Speedy Publishing LLC ...
    Series Book 4 - Kids Book of Questions
    The concept of flight is briefly but adequately discussed in this book of pictures. The presentation of information is direct-to-the-point; thereby leading to an understanding of the concept by even the youngest readers. Kids will also learn to correctly identify different species of birds based on the pictures included in the book. Be sure to grab a copy today. ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD