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Open Skies for Africa
World Bank Publications 2010; US$ 19.99In Africa, where poor roads, ports and railway infrastructure often constrain the rapid and efficient transportation of goods earmarked for export as well as passengers, air transport holds both a potential for growth and a role for the economic development of the continent by fostering trade and foreign investments. However, Africas air transport... more...
Cooperative Path Planning of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Wiley 2010; US$ 130.00An invaluable addition to the literature on UAV guidance and cooperative control, Cooperative Path Planning of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles is a dedicated, practical guide to computational path planning for UAVs. One of the key issues facing future development of UAVs is path planning: it is vital that swarm UAVs/ MAVs can cooperate together in a coordinated... more...
Guide to the Flight Review
Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. 2010; US$ 9.99Newly revised to reflect the latest procedural and regulatory changes mandated by the FFA, this guide to the Flight Review (FR) educates both pilots and flight instructors about the exam. Answering the most commonly asked questions, it also clarifies the requirements of the written and oral flight-review portions and presents study materials for... more...
Outlaws Inc
Pan Macmillan UK 2011; US$ 15.18In the world's most dangerous and war-torn trouble spots, you will find a small band of men risking their lives to fly the planes that bring in desperately needed aid and supplies. But they're not heroes. These combat-hardened veterans fly giant Soviet-era superplanes which carry a dark secret: 15 tonnes' worth of secret compartments which they fill... more...
Spitfire
John Murray 2010; US$ 22.64In June 1940, the German Army had brought the rest of Europe to its knees. 'Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world will move forward into broad, sunlit uplands,' said Churchill. The future of Europe depended on Britain. A self-confident Herman... more...
Photography and Flight
Reaktion Books 2010; US$ 33.95Used for everything from geographic evaluation to secret spy missions, aerial photography has a rich and storied history, ably recounted here in Photography and Flight . Aerial photography is marked by its dependency on technological developments in both photography and aerospace, and the authors chart the history of this photography as it tracked... more...
An Illustrated Dictionary of Aviation
McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc. 2004; US$ 84.95An A-Z compilation of terms, definitions, and illustrations from the general aviation, commercial airline, and military sectors. It can be used as a dictionary, reference, or learning tool. more...
Airport Systems
McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc. 2002; US$ 110.00* The new standard on airport systems planning,design, and management. * Provides solutions to the most pressing airport concerns: expansion, traffic, environment, additions, etc. * Full coverage of computer-based tools and methodology. * Additional reports and updates available via authors' website more...
Spitfire
John Murray 2010; Not AvailableIn June 1940, the German Army had brought the rest of Europe to its knees. 'Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world will move forward into broad, sunlit uplands,' said Churchill. The future of Europe depended on Britain. A self-confident Herman... more...
The Air Show at Brescia, 1909
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2002; US$ 7.99An entrancing avant-garde adventure at the dawn of the modern age In 1909, municipal authorities built an airfield in northern Italy and invited leading pilots to compete on it. The show attracted thousands of spectators--among them Giacomo Puccini and Gabriele d'Annunzio--and reporters, including, amazingly, Franz Kafka, Max Brod, and Luigi Barzini.... more...









