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The American Aviation Experience
This book is designed to be a primary text for courses in aviation history and development and aviation in America. The seventeen chapters in The American Aviation Experience: A History range chronologically from ancient times through the Wright brothers through both world wars, culminating with the development of the U.S. space program. Contributors also cover balloons and dirigibles, African American pioneers in aviation, and women in aviation. These essayists--leading scholars in the field--present the history of aviation mainly from an American perspective. The American Aviation Experience includes 335 black-and-white photographs, two maps, and an appendix, "Leonardo da Vinci and the Science of Flight.."
Resolute and Undertaking Characters: The Lives of Wilhelm and Otto Struve
My interest in the history of the Struve family is long-standing but lay dormant until 1972, when I found myself organizing a symposium of the International Astronomical Union in memory of the second Otto Struve. To satisfy my own curiosity, I investigated the precise relationships of the famous astronomers in the family and published an account of them, based mainly on secondary sources. The exercise made me a ware that there was no biography in English of the first and probably still the greatest astronomer in the clan - Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve. Wilhelm's son, the first Otto, wrote an account (in German) of his father's life, intended primarily for family and close friends and --tho...
The BMW Group Home Plant in Munich
Rund einhundert Jahre Werksgeschichte: Auf 272 Seiten spannt die Publikation den Bogen vom Beginn der Otto-Werke 1913 bis hin zu den aktuellsten Investitionen, die das Werk bis 2018 in entscheidenden Bereichen neu positionieren werden. Die Autoren zeichnen das faszinierende Bild eines einmaligen Fertigungsstandortes der weltweit berühmten Marke BMW. Ein modernes Automobil- und Motorenwerk mitten in der Metropole München – das BMW Group Stammwerk ist die Keimzelle der BMW Produktion, hier verbinden sich die lange Tradition des Konzerns und eine hochmoderne Fertigung. Mit einer Vielzahl historischer und aktueller Aufnahmen ermöglicht die Publikation einen spannenden Blick hinter die Kulissen, skizziert die Wendepunkte in der Geschichte des Werkes und lässt ehemalige sowie aktive Mitarbeiter selbst zu Wort kommen. Vorgestellt werden die Industriearchitektur im Wandel der Zeit sowie die stetige Modernisierung der Fertigungsanlagen, um dem neuesten Stand der Technik immer einen Schritt voraus zu sein.
The Trial of Gustav Graef
Although largely forgotten now, the 1885 trial of German artist Gustav Graef was a seminal event for those who observed it. Graef, a celebrated sixty-four-year-old portraitist, was accused of perjury and sexual impropriety with underage models. On trial alongside him was one of his former models, the twenty-one-year-old Bertha Rother, who quickly became a central figure in the affair. As the case was being heard, images of Rother, including photographic reproductions of Graef's nude paintings of her, began to flood the art shops and bookstores of Berlin and spread across Europe. Spurred by this trade in images and by sensational coverage in the press, this former prostitute was transformed i...
The Flying Man
"Of all the men who attacked the flying problem in the 19th century, Otto Lilienthal was easily the most important. His greatness appeared in every phase of the problem. No one equaled him in power to draw new recruits to the cause; no one equaled him in fullness and dearness of understanding of the principles of flight; no one did so much to convince the world of the advantages of curved wing surfaces; and no one did so much to transfer the problem of human flight to the open air where it belonged." These words were spoken by Wilbur Wright, who successfully accomplished the first powered flight together with his brother Orville in 1903 on the sand dunes of the Outer Banks off the coast of N...
The SS Dandy
When George O'Donovan embarks of Barque ship known as The SS Dandy, it's a lot more mysterious than he truly thinks.
Flying Magazine
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German and Austro-Hungarian Aircraft Manufacturers 1908-1918
Profusely illustrated history of German and Austrian Aircraft of the First World War.
Federal Register
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Driven
An exclusive look at one of the world's most successful and controversial companies, and the mysterious family behind it. BMW is arguably the most admired carmaker in the world. It's financial performance is the envy of its competitors, and BMW products inspire near-fanatical loyalty. While many carmakers struggle with falling sales, profits and market share, demand for BMWs continues to grow, frequently outpacing production. Now, David Kiley-Detroit Bureau Chief at USA Today and author of Getting the Bugs Out, which covered Volkswagen's demise and rebirth, goes inside the fabled German automaker to see how it does what it does so well. With unprecedented access to BMW executives, Kiley goes...
