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The Royal Naval Air Service in the First World War
This book makes five original documents relating to the work of Britain's Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) during the First World War readily available to students and historians. To enhance visual interest a large collection of photographs, many hitherto unpublished, has been added. Some of these relate directly to the aircraft and events mentioned in the documents, but others show developments before and after the periods covered. The five documents concerned are the Diary of Important Operations, Flanders, 1916; Disposition of Aircraft, 24 February, 1917; Royal Naval Air Service Communiques Nos 1 to 14; Truing-up of Aeroplanes: Issued by the Air Department on 1 September 1916; and The Grain drawings, a unique set of sketches and drawings made by a draughtsman at the RNAS seaplane repair station at Port Victoria, Isle of Grain, in Kent during the Great War.All of these documents offer an array of fascinating insight into Royal Naval Air Service practices during the Great War. Much of the content on display has never been printed before. This unique treasure trove of visual reference is sure to appeal to all serious First World War historians, students and enthusiasts.
Frank McClean
During aviations pioneering years Francis Kennedy McClean used his vast inherited wealth to help the now famous Short Brothers company become established as one of Britains greatest aircraft manufacturers and, in doing so, he helped the Royal Navys first pilots into the air. In effect, he was Godfather to British naval aviation. But McClean did much more than even that. He was himself a balloonist and pioneer aviator, flying with Wilbur Wright in France in December 1908. He provided the Royal Aero Club with one of the first flying grounds in the UK; personally purchased no fewer than sixteen aeroplanes from Short Brothers before the First World War, and also acted as the companys unp...
When Green the Grass Did Grow Around the Fumbles of Desire
This collection of the poetry of West Virginia author Philip Jarrett spans 4 decades. His work is lyrical without being sentimental and lacks the cornpone nostalgia often associated with regional authors. His poetry strives for and attains a universalism that is not distorted by but rather focused through the particular places lived in and events experienced by the author. The grinding poverty and the change from rural to urban life in his home state are dealt with candidly and unapologetically. The streets and alleys of Charleston and Nashville appear as often as the hills and hollers of Appalachia.The last section of poems were written and given to the woman who is now his wife. They are intensely personal and romantic. They are presented here in the raw, unedited form in which she first read them. These poems belong to her and are published here with her permission.
Another Icarus
Beretning om den engelske flyvepioner Percy Sinclair Pilcher's planlagte forsøg på at prøveflyve sit tre-planede svævefly forsynet med motor
A Century of Manned Flight
A superbly illustrated and comprehensive introduction to the history of manned flight.
Faster, Further, Higher
This volume concentrates on the key developments that prepared the way for the sophisticated civil and military aeroplanes of the 21st century. The first chapter makes a study of the way transonic and supersonic aerodynamics have shaped aeroplane design. The next essay explains how aerodynamic developments have led to technological developments in the cockpit to keep pace with the faster speeds and higher altitudes possible. The third major step in post-war aircraft technology came with the development of in-flight refuelling technologies, and the next chapter covers this. Succeeding chapters cover such technological developments as the use of new materials, the need to make jet engines more fuel efficient, developments in avionics and the problems of mass-producing high-technology aircraft. The Series Editor Philip Jarrett, is a freelance author, editor and consultant specialiszing in aviation. He has been editor of Aeroplane, the Royal Aeronautical Society's newspaper, assistant editor of Aeroplane Monthly, and production editor of Flight International.
Jarrett
Daniel Jarrett, the thirteenth child of John Jarrett (d. 1755), was born 18 December 1747 in Macungie Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Catherine Moyer. They had ten children. He died in 1822 in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in North Carolina.
Flying the Buccaneer
Beskriver udviklingen og anvendelsen af det britiske hangarskibsbaserede jagerfly fra 1960erne, Blackburn Buccaneer, med fokus på flyets flyveegenskaber.
The Colour Encyclopedia of Incredible Aeroplanes
Hello chaps! You know, I've spent the best years of my life in dogfights flying some of the world's finest aeroplanes - now I find all my favourites are in this jolly old book. From my old chariot the Spitfire right through to the Aircanad BD-19 RGS, you'll find everything you ever wanted to know. Pick up technical bits and bobs from the specification of every plane, to country of origin, type, performance and climb rate (I know you'll be interested in that!) as well as nerve-tingling quotes from many of my old muckers. See the whites of pilots eyes in jolly aeroplane shots from every angle - watch them zooming through the sky and from every enticing angle. A proper, old-fashioned book with cloth binding and hundreds of handsome pictures, it's a damned attractive package. Chocs away!
