An Illustrated Dictionary Of Aviation
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Author | : Bharat Kumar |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 770 |
Release | : 2005-01-12 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 0071396063 |
Annotation. An 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.
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Publisher | : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Aeronautics |
ISBN | : 9781564581013 |
Text, exploded view photographs, and labels reveal everyday objects and their parts, including the telephone, camera, and bicycle.
Author | : Rachel Carley |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1997-03-15 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780805045635 |
Visual presentation of the many types of houses built in America from the earliest Indian dwellings to designs for futuristic homes.
Author | : Günter G. Endres |
Publisher | : Salamander Books |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Aeronautics, Commercial |
ISBN | : 9781840652871 |
This text provides a detailed analysis of all the major passenger-carrying airliners in service and under development. It provides information on the technology now being applied to commercial aircraft, including fly-by-wire systems, and quiet and fuel efficient engines.
Author | : Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2014-01-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1476603693 |
This dictionary gives an enormous amount of basic information on the Third Reich era by listing, and often depicting, German terms connected to Nazism and the Germany of World War II. It includes ranks, badges, insignia, regalia, medals, flags and banners, weapons, uniforms, equipment, vehicles, fortifications, airplanes, battleships, main Nazi concepts and organizations, slogans, sayings, code names, nicknames, slang words, places of importance, events and battles, treaties and alliances, industry and economics, justice, art, religion, education, political parties, newspapers, laws, institutions, and short biographies of Nazi leaders. To make the rise of Nazism comprehensible, aspects of the Weimar Republic have also been considered. In all there are 1,650 entries and 234 illustrations.
Author | : David Jones |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2019-06-17 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781933189710 |
Author | : Lawrence W. Reithmaier |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780070520219 |
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. This compelling book opens up the world of high-speed flight to readers who do not have extensive technical backgrounds Covering both subsonic and supersonic flight, it demystifies the world of high-speed aerodynamics, flight principles, gas turbine jets, and more. You'll learn why there are no supersonic airliners, what problems confront designers of 2,000-mph aircraft, and whether or not a hypersonic, or Mach 5, airplane is likely to be built.
Author | : Reina Pennington |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : |
With entries overviewing groups such as the Amazons, women in the Spanish Civil War, and Native American women and entries profiling over 300 women, tells their stories, focusing particularly on women who fought. With a focus on those who fought, this two-volume reference for scholars and general readers contains alphabetically arranged entries on some 300 military women from antiquity to the present. The entries are also listed by geographic region, time period, branch of service, prisoner status, and by group or organization. Pennington (affiliation not cited) presents a historical overview of women in the military and in war in the introduction, while an extensive timeline traces the accomplishments of women in military history reaching back to 9000 BCE. Bibliographic surveys of women as prisoners of war and women's participation in military medicine are found in the appendix.
Author | : Stephen K. Cusick |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 561 |
Release | : 2017-05-12 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 125964183X |
Up-To-Date Coverage of Every Aspect of Commercial Aviation Safety Completely revised edition to fully align with current U.S. and international regulations, this hands-on resource clearly explains the principles and practices of commercial aviation safety—from accident investigations to Safety Management Systems. Commercial Aviation Safety, Sixth Edition, delivers authoritative information on today's risk management on the ground and in the air. The book offers the latest procedures, flight technologies, and accident statistics. You will learn about new and evolving challenges, such as lasers, drones (unmanned aerial vehicles), cyberattacks, aircraft icing, and software bugs. Chapter outlines, review questions, and real-world incident examples are featured throughout. Coverage includes: • ICAO, FAA, EPA, TSA, and OSHA regulations • NTSB and ICAO accident investigation processes • Recording and reporting of safety data • U.S. and international aviation accident statistics • Accident causation models • The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) • Crew Resource Management (CRM) and Threat and Error Management (TEM) • Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) and Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) • Aircraft and air traffic control technologies and safety systems • Airport safety, including runway incursions • Aviation security, including the threats of intentional harm and terrorism • International and U.S. Aviation Safety Management Systems
Author | : J.K. Petersen |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 1741 |
Release | : 2018-10-08 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1351836110 |
From fundamental physics concepts to the World Wide Web, the Telecommunications Illustrated Dictionary, Second Edition describes protocols, computer and telephone devices, basic security concepts, and Internet-related legislation, along with capsule biographies of the pioneering inventors who developed the technologies that changed our world. The new edition offers even more than the acclaimed and bestselling first edition, including: Thousands of new definitions and existing definitions updated and expanded Expanded coverage, from telegraph and radio technologies to modern wireline and mobile telephones, optical technologies, PDAs, and GPS-equipped devices More than 100 new charts and illustrations Expanded appendices with categorized RFC listings Categorized charts of ITU-T Series Recommendations that facilitate online lookups Hundreds of Web URLs and descriptions for major national and international standards and trade organizations Clear, comprehensive, and current, the Telecommunications Illustrated Dictionary, Second Edition is your key to understanding a rapidly evolving field that, perhaps more than any other, shapes the way we live.