Air Craft

Since their introduction, aircraft have become a key aspect of any conflict between nations. Aircraft are used to provide reconnaissance, transportation, airborne radar, electronic jamming, air-to-air combat and of course ground attack. Ground attack is performed by a range of aircraft types encompassing strategic (bombers), tactical bombers (fighter-bombers) and helicopters. Ground attack weapons launched from these aircraft include guided and unguided bombs, rockets, guided missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and cannon fire. Ground targets include enemy AFV’s, artillery ...

Something has been moving through Illinois skies for a very long time. Not once. Not as a fad. Across horse-and-buggy nights and smartphone nights. Over farm fields, Lake Michigan, interstate corridors, and one of the busiest airports on Earth. UFOs Over Illinois is a pro-evidence, case-driven history of the unidentified in a state that was never supposed to be mysterious. It follows the record from the 1897 airship wave over Chicago and the river towns, through the 1947 disc reports that landed in the same summer as Kenneth Arnold, into Project Blue Book unknowns, police-tracked triangles,...

Details hands-on techniques, spells, and rituals paired with personal stories from the author’s decades of magical practice Presents teachings on working with each element in different ways--such as divination, communication, healing, protection, manifestation, and enchantment ...

Mike Busch on Engines expands the iconoclastic philosophy of his groundbreaking first book Manifesto to the design, operation, condition monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting of piston aircraft engines.

A gripping true-life thriller about the first US submarine to sink a Japanese aircraft carrier—and the sub’s tragic twist of fate In 1939 off the New England coast, the submarine USS Squalus accidentally sinks to the bottom of the sea during a training exercise, killing half her crew. Coming...

On 7th December 1941, naval aircraft from six Japanese aircraft carriers destroyed the US battlefleet at Pearl Harbor, forcing the US Navy to rely on its own aircraft carriers to counter Japanese advances across the Pacific. Very fortunately, no US carriers were in port during the attack and the USN rapidly evolved a revised naval war strategy based on air strikes from aircraft carriers, the fleet’s new capital ship, placed at the centre of self-sufficient task groups. Unmatched US industrial capacity enabled the design and construction of large numbers of highly capable carriers, their ...

Filled with spells, rituals, meditations, and correspondences, this impressive entry in the Elements of Witchcraft series strengthens your connection to the element of air. Astrea Taylor presents amazing methods for activating the air energy within you and raising your practice to new heights. Enhance your spiritual practice with a deeper awareness of the magic of words, incense, wind, sounds, and aromas. With captivating insights on air deities, animal guides, sacred sites, herbs, crystals, and more, Air Magic empowers you to harness the element of air and take flight.

On a moonless night in January 1991, a dozen US aircraft appeared in the skies over Baghdad. To the Iraqi air defenses, the planes seemed to come from nowhere. Each aircraft was more than 60 feet in length and with a wingspan of 40 feet, yet its radar footprint was the size of a ball bearing. Here was the first extensive combat application of Stealth technology. And it was devastating.

Why a nation would build aircraft that are never meant to enter service is a mystery. This introduction sets out the book's central idea: the X-planes are America's way of buying knowledge before it buys the fleets. It previews the eighty-year story, from Chuck Yeager's flight past Mach 1 in 1947 to NASA's X-59 approaching the tests that could reopen the skies over land to supersonic travel, and introduces the secret spaceplane that has spent more than eleven years in orbit. What separates an X-plane from a prototype? It defines the X-plane as a research vehicle built in ones and twos to ...

Militaries need fast and powerful machines in the air. Fighter jets, cargo planes, and other amazing aircraft zoom over land and water to get the job done!

"Fans of military biographies and memoirs will enjoy this inside look at the experiences of a determined woman in the cockpit." —Booklist A fresh, unique insider’s view of what it’s like to be a woman aviator in today’s US Navy—from pedicures to parachutes. Caroline Johnson was an...

Two innovations in weaponry appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century and revolutionized warfare, turning it into a multidimensional contest: the modern diesel-powered submarine and the fixed-wing aircraft. Both saw extensive use during World War I, and the nations of the world soon...

Mike Busch on Airplane Ownership is the much-awaited sequel to his previous books Manifesto and Engines. In this two-volume set, Busch distills his wisdom from his more than 50 years as an aircraft owner. He brings his refreshingly commonsense and often outside-the-box approach to every aspect of owning and operating a general aviation aircraft.

This book provides young listeners with exciting information on the most modern US military aircraft.

The Wright brothers' first powered flight in 1903 lasted just twelve seconds and covered 120 feet. That achievement, born from careful observation, methodical experimentation, and brilliant intuition, launched humanity into the age of aviation. Over the following century, aircraft design evolved from inspired tinkering to rigorous engineering discipline, incorporating increasingly sophisticated analytical tools and computational methods. Yet throughout this evolution, one constant remained: human designers standing at the center of the creative process, making critical decisions based on ...

I didn't believe in time travel or teleportation until it happened to me. I'm Bruce Gernon, and I flew through the heart of the Bermuda Triangle before I'd even heard the term. Skeptics have dismissed the Triangle as a nonmystery, but they weren't in my airplane when the fog surrounded my craft and I leapt ahead 100 miles. I documented what happened and memorized every detail of that flight. Now, I'm ready to explain that there is no Bermuda Triangle!

FROM PATENT WARS TO BACKYARD RUNWAYS At the dawn of the 20th century, powered flight was no longer a dream—it was a battlefield. Wings of Wood and Wire sweeps you into the high-stakes drama of early aviation, where Orville and Wilbur Wright’s hard-won patent clashed with Glenn Curtiss’s daring innovations, igniting courtroom battles that slowed American progress while Europe soared ahead. In the midst of lawsuits and rivalries, a new breed of aviator emerged—not the government-funded elite, but ordinary men and women determined to take to the skies on their own terms. THE WORLD’S ...

A clear, engineering-focused guide to modern aircraft gas turbines, this book develops the connected knowledge required to understand, evaluate, and design propulsion systems. It brings thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, mechanical design, materials, controls, and testing together in one structured reference for students, practicing engineers, and technically minded aviation readers. Readers progress from the architecture of turbojets, turbofans, turboprops, and turboshafts to the detailed behavior of individual components and complete engines. Fundamental concepts are explained...

A girl with telekinesis uses her powers to cause airplanes to crash. A strange, apocalyptic glimpse at the end of the age, as seen through the lives of Laura Atwood and her daughter Venicia, a girl born with a unique, grand scale telekinetic ability. Laura’s bleak, frustrated voice is the picture of single, suburban motherhood in the post modern era. Fed up with the phoniness and materialism of suburban life, Laura moves from the suburbs to the outskirts of Topeka, Kansas, to a small farmhouse on the open prairie. In their isolated house on the plains, Laura discovers her daughter’s ...

Immerse yourself in a gripping military history where floating airfields dethrone battleships and redefine naval warfare. Perfect for an educational commute, this cinematic narrative traces the rapid evolution of sea-based airpower and the staggering strategic shifts that changed global...