Prepare to scramble! From man's first attempts at flight to the exploits of the space shuttle and the elusive stealth bomber, this is a gene...

After Columbia disintegrated during entry on February 1, 2003, NASA grounded the entire Space Shuttle fleet until it could ascertain what ha...

Electronics in the Evolution of Flight traces the paired history of modern aviation and electronics, or avionics, from its earliest years to...

Chronicles all of the details of the space shuttle Columbia's first five flights. ...

This book is concerned with the sport of soaring, mainly with the mathematical basis of sailplane design and operation. It does not tell the...

This book brings together scholars from the history of technology, history of science, engineering, sociology, and philosophy in an effort...

81/2 x 11 270 pgs 270 b&w photos 8 pgs of color photos index bibliography This is adetailed review of the establishment and activities of go...

Almost 50 years ago, Yuri Gagarin moved the world into a new era of exploration, that of manned spaceflight. Over the next five decades and ...

Mechanics of Flight is a unique combination of theory and applications organized in a logical presentation. It affords readers extensive cov...

A comprehensive introduction to aeronautics for both majors and non-majors, covering the basics of fluid mechanics (for aeronautics), the pr...

The classic text for pilots on flight theory and aerodynamicsnow in an updated Second EditionFlight Theory and Aerodynamics, the basic aeron...

Flight Dynamics takes a new approach to the science and mathematics of aircraft flight, unifying principles of aeronautics with contemporary...