Fighting Cockpits

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780760351505

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Fighting Cockpits by Anonim Pdf

What was it like to sit in the pilot's seat and take control of a P-51 Mustang in World War II? What about an F-14 Tomcat at the height of the Cold War? Or a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor today? The cockpits of these fighter and bomber aircraft are revealed in Fighting Cockpits. Showcasing more than 50 of the world's most famous combat cockpits from early World War I aircraft to present-day fighters, this book includes more than 200 rich color photos from photographer Dan Patterson, as well as detailed history about combat cockpit development from aviation expert and historian Donald Nijboer.Presented in large-format, you'll be blown away by studio shot spreads of views from the cockpits, vintage photographs of the aircrafts in action, and modern photography of surviving crafts. This book will complete any history buff or aviation enthusiast's library.Aircraft include:Wind in the Wires: Nieuport 28, Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5, Bristol F.2, Fokker Dr.I, Sopwith Camel, Sopwith Triplane, AEG G.IV, SPAD VII, Halberstadt CL.IV, Fokker D.VIIThe Rise of the Monoplane: Martin MB-2, Hawker Hind, Fiat CR.32, Boeing P-26 Peashooter, Curtiss F9C, Sparrowhawk, Vought SB2U Vindicator, Westland Lysander, PZL P.11World War II: Supermarine Spitfire, Messerschmitt Bf 109, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, North American P-51 Mustang, Handley Page Halifax, Vickers Wellington, Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Wurger, Fairey Firefly, Fiat CR.42, Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik, Heinkel He 219 Uhu, Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu, Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, Northrop P-61 Black Widow, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Dornier Do 335 Pfeil, Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe, Arado Ar 234 BlitzCold War to the Present: North American F-86 Sabre, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Grumman A-6 Intruder, General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark, Hawker Siddeley Harrier, McDonnell Douglas/Boeing F-15 Eagle, Grumman F-14 Tomcat, Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, General Dynamics/Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon, Mikoyan MiG-29, Rockwell B-1 Lancer, Lockheed Martin F-117 Nighthawk, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter

Author : Donald Nijboer
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780760349564

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Fighting Cockpits by Donald Nijboer Pdf

Jump into the cockpits of fighter aircraft from WWI to modern day. Incredible photography of the MiG, Messerschmitt, Tomcat, and many more.

Author : L. F. E. Coombs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Airplanes
ISBN : STANFORD:36105024336443

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Fighting Cockpits 1914-2000 by L. F. E. Coombs Pdf

How a pilot controls the flight of an aircraft, how parachutes and ejector seats work, how multi-engine controls were developed and are presented to the overburdened pilot.

Author : Zachary Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026381522

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General Taylor and His Staff: Comprising Memoirs of Generals Taylor, Worth ... and Butler ... and Other Distinguished Officers ... Interspersed with Numerous Anecdotes of the Mexican War, Etc by Zachary Taylor Pdf

Author : Pamela S. Tsang,Michael A. Vidulich
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2002-08-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781410606242

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Principles and Practice of Aviation Psychology by Pamela S. Tsang,Michael A. Vidulich Pdf

Covering field history and discussing actual modern-day pilot actions and tasks, the editors of this volume have integrated contributions from leaders in aviation to present psychological principles and research pertinent to the interface between a pilot and the cockpit. The book addresses the pilot‘s cognitive demands, capabilities, and limitations, which have important implications for operator selection and training as well as display/control designs in the cockpit. It emphasizes scientific methods of achieving this understanding and implies that theories and principles of human behavior are shaped and improved by practical problems and applied studies.

Author : Pierre Boulanger
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-17
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781837693351

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Applications of Augmented Reality - Current State of the Art by Pierre Boulanger Pdf

Augmented Reality (AR) uses information in the form of text, graphics, audio, and other virtual enhancements that are registered with real-world objects in real-time. AR enhances the user's interaction with the real world and provides added value over virtual reality. This book presents various AR applications ranging from real-time information display and applications in the construction industry and architecture to medical applications. It provides an overview of how AR is applied in these areas and showcases the current state of the art. This book is essential reading not only for researchers and technology developers but also for students (both graduates and undergraduates) and anyone who is interested in the application of AR technology in practice.

Author : Alexander Nicholson
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781613743751

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Fighting to Serve by Alexander Nicholson Pdf

Discharged in 2002 from the US Army under the provisions of &“Don't Ask, Don't Tell,&” Alexander Nicholson was shocked to learn there was no group advocating DADT's repeal that was reaching out to active military or veterans organizations. Nicholson believed the repeal effort needed spokespersons who understood military culture, who could talk about DADT's impact on those who serve to those who serve and served. Someone like him. From this idea Servicemembers United, the largest organization for gay and lesbian servicemembers, was born. Nicholson and several others who had been discharged under DADT toured the United States, where they spoke at American Legion posts, on radio talk shows, and at press conferences across the South and on both coasts. Surprised at the mostly positive reception that the tour provoked, Nicholson and Servicemembers United were propelled to the forefront of the DADT repeal fight. In time Nicholson became the only named plaintiff in the successful lawsuit that ordered the policy overturned, forcing the US Congress to act. Fighting to Serve gives a no-holds-barred account of the backstage strategies and negotiations, revealing how various LGBT organizations, the Congress, the Pentagon, and the White House often worked at cross purposes. But in the end, it was the pressure brought by active veterans, a court ruling out of California, and a few courageous senators, representatives, and military leaders that brought the destructive policy to an end.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Aeronautical instruments
ISBN : UOM:39015035255234

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Cockpit Displays by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert F. Dorr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89062153747

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Vietnam by Robert F. Dorr Pdf

Author : Ian Mackersey
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780297859956

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No Empty Chairs by Ian Mackersey Pdf

The 1914-18 conflict narrated through the voices of the men whose combat was in the air. 'This moving book uses letters and diaries to evoke the terrible cost of such warfare...Sleepless nights, separated lovers and grieving parents are recalled with painful immediacy in this meticulously researched tribute to those who died or were lucky enough to survive' DAILY MAIL The empty chairs belonged, all too briefly, to the doomed young First World War airmen who failed to return from the terrifying daily aerial combats above the trenches of the Western Front. The edict of their commander-in-chief was the missing aviators were to be immediately replaced. Before the new faces could arrive, the departed men's vacant seats at the squadron dinner table were sometimes poignantly occupied by their caps and boots, placed there in a sad ritual by their surviving colleagues as they drank to their memory. Life for most of the pilots of the Royal Flying Corps was appallingly short. If they graduated alive and unmaimed from the flying training that killed more than half of them before they reached the front line, only a few would for very long survive the daily battles they fought over the ravaged moonscape of no-man's-land. Their average life expectancy at the height of the war was measured only in weeks. Parachutes that began to save their German enemies were denied them. Fear of incarceration, and the daily spectacle of watching close colleagues die in burning aircraft, took a devastating toll on the nerves of the world's first fighter pilots. Many became mentally ill. As they waited for death, or with luck the survivable wound that would send them back to 'Blighty', they poured their emotions into their diaries and streams of letters to their loved ones at home. Drawing on these remarkable testimonies and pilots' memoirs, Ian Mackersey has brilliantly reconstructed the First Great Air War through the lives of its participants. As they waited to die, the men shared their loneliness, their fears, triumphs - and squadron gossip - with the families who lived in daily dread of the knock on the door that would bring the War Office telegram in its fateful green envelope.

Author : L. F. E. Coombs
Publisher : Thorsons Publishers
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : IND:30000120071661

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The Aircraft Cockpit by L. F. E. Coombs Pdf

An illustrated of the history of the airplane cockpit.

Author : Amy E. Foster
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421403946

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Integrating Women into the Astronaut Corps by Amy E. Foster Pdf

Why, Amy E. Foster asks, did it take two decades after the Soviet Union launched its first female cosmonaut for the United States to send its first female astronaut into space? In answering this question, Foster recounts the complicated history of integrating women into NASA’s astronaut corps. NASA selected its first six female astronauts in 1978. Foster examines the political, technological, and cultural challenges that the agency had to overcome to usher in this new era in spaceflight. She shows how NASA had long developed progressive hiring policies but was limited in executing them by a national agenda to beat the Soviets to the moon, budget constraints, and cultural ideas about women’s roles in America. Lively writing and compelling stories, including personal interviews with America’s first women astronauts, propel Foster’s account. Through extensive archival research, Foster also examines NASA’s directives about sexual discrimination, the technological issues in integrating women into the corps, and the popular media’s discussion of women in space. Foster puts together a truly original study of the experiences not only of early women astronauts but also of the managers and engineers who helped launch them into space. In documenting these events, Foster offers a broader understanding of the difficulties in sexually integrating any workplace, even when the organization approaches the situation with as positive an outlook and as strong a motivation as did NASA.

Author : William B. Colgan
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786458356

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Allied Strafing in World War II by William B. Colgan Pdf

Among the offensive aerial missions employed in World War II, air-to-ground gun fighting was one of the most valuable. Strafing, which involved the extensive damage of ground, air and naval forces by pilots flying in deadly, low-altitude skies, helped the Allies to their victory. This historical text examines the role of strafing in combat, particularly during World War II, but also during the Korea and Vietnam wars. The nature of gunnery, strafing and gunfighting are explored within the context of particular missions and actions. First-hand accounts and gun camera film evidence contribute to the exploration of this most dangerous form of combat and honor the courage of America's veterans who served as pilots or aerial crewmen.

Author : Ed Macy
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802199966

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Apache by Ed Macy Pdf

“A truly amazing portrayal of the technical, the emotional, and the courageous. Macy puts the reader in the cockpit of our most lethal attack platform.” —Dick Couch, New York Times–bestselling author Apache is the incredible true story of Ed Macy, a decorated Apache helicopter pilot, that takes you inside one of the world’s most dangerous war machines. A firsthand account of the exhilaration and ferocity of war, Apache chronicles a rescue mission involving a stranded soldier in Afghanistan in 2007. Ed Macy had always dreamed of a career in the army, so when the British Army Air Corps launched its attack helicopter program, Macy bent every rule in the book to make sure he was the first to sign up to fly the Apache—the deadliest, most technically advanced helicopter in the world and the toughest to fly. In 2007, Macy’s Apache squadron was dispatched to Afghanistan’s notorious Helmand Province with the mission to fight alongside and protect the men on the ground by any means necessary. When a marine goes missing in action, Macy and his team know they are the Army’s only hope of bringing him back alive. Apache is Macy’s story—an adrenalin-fueled account of one of the most daring actions of modern wartime, and a tale of courage, danger, and comradeship you won’t be able to put down. “A fantastic, totally exhilarating roller-coaster read.” —Sgt. Maj. Dan Mills, author of Sniper One

Author : Edmund Cosgrove
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2003-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780919614970

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Canada's Fighting Pilots by Edmund Cosgrove Pdf

Edmund Cosgrove tells of the exploits and adventures of Canadas outstanding pilots and aircrews in the First and Second World Wars.