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  • Cross-Channel Aviation Pioneers

    Blanchard and Blériot, Vikings and Viscounts

    par Bruce Hales-Dutton ...
    The stories of the daredevils who attempted to fly over the English Channel—a history filled with triumphs, tragedies, and colorful characters.On July 25, 1909, a dapper, mustachioed Frenchman flying a flimsy, diaphanous airplane changed the status of a great nation. "England is no longer an island," declared the Daily Mail. Lord Northcliffe, the newspaper's proprietor, had put up the £1,000 prize ... En savoir plus

    $14.39 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Pioneering Places of British Aviation

    The Early Years of Powered Flight in the UK

    par Bruce Hales-Dutton ...
    A high-flying tour of British aviation history—and the sites where trials and triumphs took place.From the beginning of the nineteenth century, Britain was at the forefront of powered flight. Across the country, many places became centers of innovation and experimentation, as increasing numbers of daring men took to the skies.In 1799, at Brompton Hall, Sir George Cayley Bart put forward ideas that ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Trans-Atlantic Pioneers

    From First Flights to Supersonic Jets – The Battle to Cross the Atlantic

    par Bruce Hales-Dutton ...
    Every day up to 3,000 aircraft fly across the Atlantic Ocean. If each one carries 250 passengers, that could mean as many as 750,000 people on the move between Europe and North America.The main concern for most is the choice of in-flight movie or whether to have beef or chicken for dinner. A century ago it was very different. Before John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown’s epic flight of June 1919 ... En savoir plus

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    My name is Leslie Joy (Les to my friends), and I was born on the 16th March 1923 in Bradford, Yorkshire. This is my true story of how at the age of 19 I joined the RAF, fell in love with a Tiger Moth, got my wings and flew as a Lancaster Bomber pilot in World War II, and survived just! ... En savoir plus

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  • Guy Gibson: Legend of the Dam Busters

    par Richard Edwards ...
    Collections series British Flying Legends
    DESCRIPTION“An excellent book to read at this time during the anniversary of the bombing of the German dams by what seemed impossible odds.” Review.**Guy Gibson: Legend of the Dam Busters tells the dramatic story of a renowned British flying legend and his leadership of the infamous raid on the Ruhr dams in May 1943, providing a fitting and timely tribute to a truly courageous aviator.This short i ... En savoir plus

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  • The Avro Arrow Story

    The Revolutionary Airplane and its Courageous Test Pilots

    par Bill Zuk ...
    Collections series Amazing Stories
    "These dedicated men and women gave blood, sweat, and tears as their contribution - And now, it really happened, our beloved bird was in the air." - Ray Boone, A.V. Roe Canada employee. In the 1950s, A. V. Roe Canada was at the forefront of aviation development worldwide. After building one of the first jet airliners and completing production of Canada's first jet fighter, the company was poised ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Four Geniuses of the Battle of Britain

    Watson-Watt, Henry Royce, Sydney Camm & RJ Mitchell

    par David Coles, Peter Sherrard ...
    "Had it not been for the vital contributions of the four men and their inventions described in this book the Battle of Britain could not have been won by the Royal Air Force. Each of these brilliant men contributed enormously to the aircraft and equipment upon which the gallant RAF fighter pilots depended to take on and defeat the hitherto overpowering Luftwaffe during Hitlers European onslaught. ... En savoir plus

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  • Slide Rule

    par Nevil Shute ...
    ''Slide Rule: Autobiography of an Aviation Engineer'' by Nevil Shute is a captivating memoir detailing the author's early life and prolific career as an aeronautical engineer before he turned to full-time writing. The book covers his childhood, his work on early British airships, and the launch of his own aircraft company. The memoir is organized into three distinct phases of his life: 1. Early ... En savoir plus

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  • Reach for the Skies

    Ballooning, Birdmen and Blasting into Space

    par Sir Richard Branson ...
    As far back as stories go, pioneers have reached for the skies. In the last two hundred years, they have mastered the air and made the modern world possible. Today they are bringing outer space within our reach. They're inventors and toymakers, amateurs and adventurers, visionaries, dreamers and, yes, crackpots. Some have called them irresponsible, even dangerous. But Richard Branson has met many ... En savoir plus

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  • His Majesty's Airship

    The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine

    par S. C. Gwynne ...
    From historian and bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of the Summer Moon comes a “captivating, thoroughly researched” (The New York Times Book Review) aviation history detailing the rise and fall of the world’s largest airship—and the doomed love story between an ambitious British officer and a married Romanian princess at its heart.The tragic fate of the British airship R101 ... En savoir plus

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  • Concorde

    The Rise and Fall of the Supersonic Airliner

    par Jonathan Glancey ...
    A celebration, as well as a thoroughly researched history, of a truly brilliant machine that became a sky god of its eraJonathan Glancey tells the story of this magnificent and hugely popular aircraft anew, taking the reader from the moment Captain Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947 through to the last commercial flight of the supersonic airliner in 2003. It is a tale of national ... En savoir plus

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  • Brace for Impact

    Air Crashes and Aviation Safety

    par Peter Pigott ...
    Why do planes disappear or fall out of the sky? Brace for Impact traces the evolution of accident investigation and explains why flying is the safest form of travel.The history of air accidents is a harrowing one. Yet today flying is the safest mode of transportation, thanks in no small part to the work of crash detectives. Whenever a plane falls from the sky, the investigators pick through the ... En savoir plus

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