The World In The Air
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The World In The Air
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Author : Francis Trevelyan Miller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1930
The World In The Air written by Francis Trevelyan Miller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1930 with Aeronautics categories.
To Air Is Human
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Author : Bjorn Turoque
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2006-08-01
To Air Is Human written by Bjorn Turoque and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-01 with Music categories.
“Make Air, Not War” is the personal motto of Dan Crane, the musician who decided to put his “there” guitar aside and reinvent himself as Björn Türoque: the take-no-prisoners future of competitive air guitar. Jeopardizing love and livelihood to join the ruthless international circuit of the World Air Guitar Championships, Björn Türoque (pronounced “b-yorn too-RAWK”) began a three-year odyssey to secure what was rightfully his (and America’s!)—the air guitar world crown. To Air is Human is the riotous tale of one man’s journey through a world of wheelchair-bound Christian air rockers, spandex-jumpsuit fittings, Finnish stunt wolves, catatonic ‘80s guitar heroes, air groupies, Aireoke™, Air Supply, dry-ice injuries, and ultimately, good vs. evil (in the form of Björn’s rival pretender to the air guitar throne). But it is also a sincere and penetrating account of the pursuit of an elusive, intangible, and perhaps nonexistent goal: to achieve “airness”—that is, when air guitar transcends the “real” art that it imitates and becomes an art form in and of itself. “Björn Türoque is so good that people with real guitars now have contests to see who can do the best imitation of his air guitar imitation.”—Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink and The Tipping Point
An Ocean Of Air
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Author : Gabrielle Walker
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury UK
Release Date : 2007
An Ocean Of Air written by Gabrielle Walker and has been published by Bloomsbury UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Nature categories.
In 1960 Joe Kittinger fell to earth from the edge of space and lived. Inside a pressure suit, attached to a huge helium balloon, Kittinger freefell from where the earth's atmosphere met space - an appalling, hostile, environment that would freeze us, and burn us and boil us away. It is the air that Kittinger fell through that makes our lives on earth possible - the atmosphere is made up of enfolding layers of air which protect us so completely that we don't even realise the dangers of space lurking just twenty miles above us. We don't just live in the air, we live because of it. Gabrielle Walker's new book illuminates this most extraordinary and yet most underrated substance on earth- air. Thin air miraculously transforms into food; our atmosphere soaks up flares from the sun that are more violent than a nuclear explosion; the air wraps our planet in a blanket of warmth; radio signals bounce off a layer of floating metal in the air. An Ocean of Air reveals the story of how humanity came to understand earth's atmosphere through the stories of the people who discovered the functions of each of its layers- the Italian Renaissance scientist, disciple of Galileo, who discovered that we live at the bottom of a dense ocean of air; an arrogant Frenchman who had only just discovered how air brings us life, when the guillotine brought him death; a hapless 1920s inventor who inadvertently created chemicals that could punch a hole in the sky. After you've read this book, you will never take air for granted again.
Clipping The Clouds
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Author : Marc Dierikx
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 2008-06-30
Clipping The Clouds written by Marc Dierikx and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-30 with Science categories.
Mixing in elements of pop culture, Dierikx provides a chronological history of the evolution of air travel. He covers the significant challenges and developments in air transportation for a specific period, starting with how and why aviation came to play an important role in international politics and economic relations. He follows with an examination of how improvements in technology influenced existing concepts of distance, created new travel patterns, and what effect the growth in numbers of passenger and cargo had on air transportation. Finally, Dierikx looks at how airlines have become increasingly detached from national interests and state control, concluding with an overview of the current state of air travel, and a description of the role air transportation played in the creation of a global society. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, it is difficult to imagine our world without aircraft. Airplanes are everywhere, and rapid air transport has become one of the necessities of our time. Yet one of the peculiarities of powered flight is that it has stayed in the public focus for over a century. Clipping the Clouds looks at the history of aviation in a challenging new way, covering not just the technology, but the way aviation has interacted with society since its very beginnings. Mixing in pop culture—each chapter opens and closes with an excerpt from a movie that depicts elements of air transport illustrating the chapter's theme—Dierikx provides a chronological history of the evolution of air travel since 1919. He covers the significant challenges and developments in air transportation for each of four chronological periods, starting with how and why aviation came to play an important role in international politics and economic relations. He follows with an examination of how improvements in technology influenced existing concepts of distance, created new travel patterns, and what effect the growth in numbers of passenger and cargo had on air transportation. Finally, Dierikx looks at how airlines have become increasingly detached from national interests and state control, concluding with an overview of the current state of air travel and a description of the role air transportation has played in the creation of a global society.
The Birth Of Independent Air Power
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Author : Malcolm Cooper
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-03-30
The Birth Of Independent Air Power written by Malcolm Cooper and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-30 with History categories.
In forming the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918, Britain created the world’s first independent air service. Britain entered the First World War with less than 200 ill-assorted flying machines divided between the army and the navy, but by the end of the war the RAF mustered almost 300,000 personnel and 22, 000 aircraft. Originally published in 1986, more than 65 years after the event, the decision to form the RAF remained poorly understood and Malcolm Cooper presented the first detailed modern analysis of its creation, shedding new light on the process by which Britain entered the air age. Set against the background of the build-up of air power during the First World War, the book explains how deepening political concern at failures in home air defence, public demands for retaliatory air action against Germany, problems of mobilization and expansion in the aircraft industry, and disagreements between the existing army and navy air services combined to create the conditions for an independent air force. The author argues that the pressures of war were insufficient to give real substance to the RAF’s independence and that its failure to escape from its wartime role as an ancillary service was also of crucial significance in the evolution of British air strategy in later years. Based on an extensive study of official documents and private papers and amply illustrated with contemporary photographs, this title will prove invaluable in understanding both strategic thinking in the Great War and the early development of a form of warfare which dominated military and naval operations in the twentieth century.
The World S Air Forces
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Author : Christopher Chant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
The World S Air Forces written by Christopher Chant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Air forces categories.
Air
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Author : Ian Graham
language : en
Publisher: Pearson PTR Interactive
Release Date : 2004
Air written by Ian Graham and has been published by Pearson PTR Interactive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Air categories.
This series examines the raw materials and resources that people depend on for their way of life. Each book explains what the natural resource is, where it is found, what it is used for and how people find it and process it.
Up In The Air
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Author : Betty Riegel
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-03-28
Up In The Air written by Betty Riegel and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
New York, 1961: the dawn of the commercial Jet Age and a golden era of air travel. Betty Riegel spent her early childhood hiding in air-raid shelters as bombs dropped all around. From humble working-class roots, growing up with a mother who struggled to make ends meet and a father away at war, she had always dreamed of bigger things. After responding to an advert in the local newspaper she secured herself an interview for the Pan Am training programme, and at just 22-years-old was selected from thousands of eager young British women to begin a career that would change the course of her life. Betty said goodbye to everything she knew and boarded a plane to New York, a city full of noise, towering skyscrapers and promise. Under the watchful eye of her 'housemother', Dottie, Betty mastered the art of being the perfect Pan Am stewardess; everything from faultless etiquette, geography and safety to seamless make-up application, how to charm influential passengers and preparing five-course Parisian cuisine at 37,000 feet. But no amount of training could have prepared her for the rollercoaster of life in the air. Up in the Aircharts the gruelling yet fabulous life aboard the most iconic airline there has ever been, and how a young woman from Essex opened her eyes to the world and lived her dream.
Jane S Air Forces Of The World
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Author : David Wragg
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonia
Release Date : 2009-03-15
Jane S Air Forces Of The World written by David Wragg and has been published by Smithsonia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-15 with History categories.
Covering more than 240 forces in 160 countries, a comprehensive guide to the world's air forces provides alphabetically organized listings, descriptions of recent operations, and up-to-date information on a variety of topics, from equipment and manpower to budgets and plane markings. 30,000 first printing.
Air Crash Investigations Tenerife Airport Disaster The World S Deadliest Plane Crash Ever
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Author : Allistair Fitzgerald
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2010-05-14
Air Crash Investigations Tenerife Airport Disaster The World S Deadliest Plane Crash Ever written by Allistair Fitzgerald and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-14 with History categories.
On Sunday, March 27, 1977 KLM Flight 4805 and PANAM Flight 1736 both approached Las Palmas Airport in the Canary Islands, when a terrorist's bomb exploded on the airport. Both flights were diverted to the neighboring island of Tenerife. After Las Palmas Airport reopened first KLM Flight 4805 was cleared for takeoff, a few minutes later PANAM 1736 was cleared. Due to a number of misunderstandings both aircraft collided on the runway of Tenerife Airport during takeoff, killing 583 people.