Airlift Tanker

Airlift Tanker
Author:
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1995
Genre: Air pilots, Military
ISBN: 156311125X

The history of the use of airlift and tanker forces in the U.S. military from the early biplane to today's advanced aircraft is brilliantly described in this book.

Approach

Approach
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1986
Genre: Aeronautics
ISBN:

The naval aviation safety review.

Jet Propulsion

Jet Propulsion
Author: Nicholas Cumpsty
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2015-07-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1316432637

Now in its third edition, Jet Propulsion offers a self-contained introduction to the aerodynamic and thermodynamic design of modern civil and military jet engine design. Through two-engine design projects for a large passenger and a new fighter aircraft, the text explains modern engine design. Individual sections cover aircraft requirements, aerodynamics, principles of gas turbines and jet engines, elementary compressible fluid mechanics, bypass ratio selection, scaling and dimensional analysis, turbine and compressor design and characteristics, design optimization, and off-design performance. The civil aircraft, which formed the core of Part I in the previous editions, has now been in service for several years as the Airbus A380. Attention in the aircraft industry has now shifted to two-engine aircraft with a greater emphasis on reduction of fuel burn, so the model created for Part I in this edition is the new efficient aircraft, a twin aimed at high efficiency.

Technology and the Air Force

Technology and the Air Force
Author: Jacob Neufeld
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2009-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1437912877

Proceedings of a symposium co-sponsored by the Air Force Historical Foundation and the Air Force History and Museums Program. The symposium covered relevant Air Force technologies ranging from the turbo-jet revolution of the 1930s to the stealth revolution of the 1990s. Illustrations.

The Intruders

The Intruders
Author: Stephen Coonts
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2010-11-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1453205659

In this thriller from a New York Times–bestselling author, Vietnam is over for a Navy pilot—but danger remains in the form of Soviet MiGs and Sumatran pirates. Fighter pilot Jake Grafton is adrift following combat in Vietnam. With no place in the States to call home, Grafton sticks to what he knows best: taking on the world’s most treacherous skies from the cockpit of a Grumman A-6 Intruder. Now, stationed in the South Pacific on the U.S.S. Columbia, Grafton must teach the Marines aboard the art of flying from an aircraft carrier—a mission that, thanks to the unruly Marine Captain Le Beau, is as joyless as it is dangerous. But when an unexpected enemy appears from above, Grafton and Le Beau must put aside their differences and work together to save the lives of all onboard. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Stephen Coonts, including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.