 | Only with expert exterior detailing is it possible to create the perfect model aircraft from a kit straight from the box. From panel lines to aerials, it is the enhancement of the kit, and addition to it, that can lift the final model to the highest class of complete accuracy and quality. In this program distinguished modeler, author and illustrator Angus Creighton demonstrates his detailing techniques as he shows us how to get the best out of basic kits by creating his own modifications, enhancements and effects. In close-up detail we look at scribing fuselage and wing details, producing accurate leading edge slats, lights, aerials and undercarriage assembly including legs, brake lines, lightening pockets and a great deal more.With our highly detailed menu and index you can click to all of Angus's impressive techniques at the touch of a button and the pause facility allows you to stop at any time to study the impressive results that he achieves.Main program approx. 56 minutesPLUS - these great DVD Extras: Profile of Angus Creighton Model panorama Correcting common mistakes List of products used or recommended Sources and referenceTotal running time: approx. 90 minutes REVIEWS "...an excellent 'how to' video that clearly shows hot it all goes together... a lot of repeat watching value, something that I know is important when learning."Model Madness, 09/2008"...packed full of detailed aircraft modeling tips and techniques...no matter what your skill level, this disc is worth viewing by any modeler."IPMS, 10/2008 |   |  |
 | Aircraft Carriers is the definitive history of world aircraft carrier development and operations. Norman Polmar’s revised and updated, two-volume classic describes the political and technological factors that influenced aircraft carrier design and construction, meticulously records their operations, and explains their impact on modern warfare. Volume I provides a comprehensive analysis of carrier developments and warfare in the first half of the twentieth century, and examines the advances that allowed the carrier to replace the battleship as the dominant naval weapons system. Polmar gives particular emphasis to carrier operations from World War I, through the Japanese strikes against China in the 1930s, to World War II in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic, and Pacific theaters. It begins with French inventor Clément Ader’s remarkably prescient 1909 description of an aircraft carrier. The book then explains how Britain led the world in the development of aircraft-carrying ships, soon to be followed by the United States and Japan. While ship-based aircraft operations in World War I had limited impact, they foreshadowed the aircraft carriers built in the 1920s and 1930s. The volume also describes the aircraft operating from those ships as well as the commanders who pioneered carrier aviation.Aircraft Carriers has benefited from the technical collaboration of senior carrier experts Captain Eric M. Brown and General Minoru Genda as well as noted historians Robert M. Langdon and Peter B. Mersky. Aircraft Carriers is heavily illustrated with more than 400 photographs—some never before published—and maps.Volume II, which is forthcoming from Potomac Books in the winter 2006-2007 (ISBN 978-1-57488-665-8), will cover the period 1946 to the present. | | |
 | Adm. James Holloway describes this book as a contemporary perspective of the events, decisions, and outcomes in the history of the Cold War Korea, Vietnam, and the Soviet confrontation that shaped today s U.S. Navy and its principal ships-of-the-line, the large-deck, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Without question, the admiral is exceptionally well qualified to write such an expansive history. As a carrier pilot in Korea, commander of the Seventh Fleet in Vietnam, Chief of Naval Operations in the mid-1970s, and then as a civilian presidential appointee to various investigative groups, Holloway was a prominent player in Cold War events. Here, he casts an experienced eye at the battles, tactics, and strategies that defined the period abroad and at home. Holloway's first-person narrative of combat action conveys the tense atmosphere of hostile fire and the urgency of command decisions. His descriptions of conversations with presidents in the White House and of meetings with the Joint Chiefs in the war room offer a revealing look at the decision-making process. Whether explaining the tactical formations of road-recce attacks or the demands of taking the Navy s first nuclear carrier into combat, Holloway provides telling details that add valuable dimensions to the big picture of the Cold War as a coherent conflict. Few readers will forget his comments about the sobering effect of planning for nuclear warfare and training and leading a squadron of pilots whose mission was to drop a nuclear bomb. Both wise and entertaining, this book helps readers understand the full significance of the aircraft carrier s contributions. At the same time, it stands as a testament to those who fought in the long war and to the leadership that guided the United States through a perilous period of history while avoiding the Armageddon of a nuclear war. | | |
 | Whether watching the images on TV or in real life, nearly everyone has witnessed the riveting scene of a fast, low-flying aircraft dropping torrents of water or retardant on a blazing wildfire. Fire Bombers in Action takes the reader inside the gritty world of aerial firefighting using both still photographs and dramatic video footage of these amazing aircraft and the men who fly them. Covering more than four decades of study and exposure to aerial firefighting in many regions of the United States, this book tells the story from the earliest attempts to combat dangerous and sometimes deadly wildfires with the use of aircraft. From primitive aerial operations in the 1920s to the use of converted World War II bombers in the 1950s and even jet transports today, author Frederick A. Johnsen covers it all. Noted for his life-long interest in this subject, Johnsen documents vintage and modern aircraft alike, and includes detailed appendices giving every possible detail of the aircraft types and specific airplanes used as fire bombers. | | |
 | AeroMaster Products 1/48 scale decals, Early Scooters A-4B/C Skyhawks. Sheet #48-733. Decals for two aircraft: A-4B VA-12 CAG USS Essex Early 1960's A-4C VA-93 USS Enterprise 1966 Illustrated color instructions. Designed for the Hasegawa/Hobbycraft kits. Brand new.Combined shipping available. Check out my other listings for more books, bookmarks, currency, novelty bills, magazines, model kits, decals and videos. Thanks for looking. |   | |
 | The approach of this book is to demonstrate how theoretical aspects, drawn from topics on airplane aerodynamics, aircraft structures, stability and control, propulsion, and compressible flows, can be applied to produce a new conceptual aircraft design. The book cites theoretical expressions wherever possible, but also stresses the interplay of different aspects of the design which often require compromises. Coverage includes the conceptual design of an aircraft; iterative and repetitive calculations, and the different degrees of dependence of the aircraft characteristics on changing input conditions. For professionals in the Aerospace Engineering field. | | |
 | Featuring superb, full-color photographs and illustrations, the guide captures the excitement of our conquest of the air and the fascinating world of flying machines. Back by popular demand, this series of information books for children ages 8 and over are the same handy size with a fresh new design. All the facts kids need to know about natural history, science, and history topics are in these information-packed little books. Also included are reference books everyone can use-dictionaries in English and Spanish, encyclopedias in key areas, a thesaurus, and a spelling dictionary. | | |
 | This is a reprint of a 1952 Navy Training Course prepared by the Naval Air Technical Training Command. It is profusely illustrated with technical diagrams of aircraft of the period. This book develops the principles of aerodynamics to the stage where an understanding of specific structural components of operating aircraft is assured. From that point on, the text affords the reader a clear and concise basis for comparison of the various structural designs and details of all types of Naval aircraft. | | |
 | Aircraft Engineering Principles is the essential text for anyone studying for licensed A&P or Aircraft Maintenance Engineer status. The book is written to meet the requirements of JAR-66/ECAR-66, the Joint Aviation Requirement (to be replaced by European Civil Aviation Regulation) for all aircraft engineers within Europe, which is also being continuously harmonised with Federal Aviation Administation requirements in the USA.The book covers modules 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8 of JAR-66/ECAR-66 in full and to a depth appropriate for Aircraft Maintenance Certifying Technicians, and will also be a valuabe reference for those taking ab initio programmes in JAR-147/ECAR-147 and FAR-147. In addition, the necessary mathematics, aerodynamics and electrical principles have been included to meet the requirements of introductory Aerospace Engineering courses. Numerous written and multiple choice questions are provided at the end of each chapter, to aid learning. * Delivers the essential principles and knowledge base required by Airframe and Propulsion (A&P) Mechanics for JAR-66/ECAR-66 and the associated Federal Aviation Administration qualifications* Ideal for both independent and tutor-assisted study* Comprehensive and accessible, with self-test questions, exercises and multiple choice questions to enhance learning | | |
 | Roy Book Binder bought his first guitar in Naples, heard his first Lightnin' Hopkins record in Marseille and read his first Jack Kerouac novels while cruising the North Atlantic. It was 1965, and after three years of sailing around the world on an aircraft carrier with the U.S. Navy, Roy was eager for the open road. After getting back to the States, he met a blind preacher named Rev. Gary Davis in New York and an old medicine show performer called Pink Anderson in North Carolina, learning as much of their songs, stories and guitar styles as he could. Mixing in his own wry humor and off-beat guitar technique, Roy started a successful performing career that has won him countless fans around the world. On October 5, 2001 (his birthday), "The Book" played a sold-out concert at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee, the oldest and most prestigious festival of its kind in the world. Like a modern-day Mark Twain, with his abundant mustache and bespectacled, twinkling eyes peering out from under his broad-brimmed hat, Roy peppered his fingerpicking blues and ragtime songs with outrageously funny stories about his life and times and the people he met along the way. Homespun’s cameras were there, and the result is a thoroughly engaging and entertaining performance video by one of America’s most popular folk and blues artists. This is one you shouldn’t miss! "Twenty plus years of living full time in 'the bus' make for an interesting take on what’s what and who's who. Enjoy the trip and have fun." -- Roy Songs: "Rag Mama," "Candyman," "Delia," "CC&O Blues," "Mississippi Blues," "Let Us Get Together," "Keep A-Knockin'," "She Did You a Favor," "Electricity," "Anywhere You Go," "Travelin' Man Blues." | | |
 | Aircraft performance is one of the key aspects of the aircraft industry. Starting with the consideration that performance theory is the defining factor in aircraft design, the author then covers the measurement of performance for the certification, management and operation of aircraft. This practical book discusses performance measures which relate to airworthiness certificates (a legal requirement), as well as those needed when compiling the aircraft performance manual for the aircraft. In addition, operational performance is covered, including the financial considerations required by airlines to ensure maximisation of commercial return. It is available in North and South America from the AIAA, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Suite 500, Reston, VA 20191, USA. It includes flight measurement of performance, including airworthiness, certification and the performance manual. | | |
 | Written by one of the most succesful aerospace authors, this new book develops aircraft performance techniques from first principles and applies then to real airplanes. It also address a philosophy of, and techniques for aircraft design. By developing and discussing these two subjects in a single text, the author captures a degree of synergism not found in other texts. The book is written in a conversational style, a trademark of all of John Anderson's texts, to enhance the readers' understanding. | | |
 | Have you always wanted one of those 'Glass Super Ships.... but have never been able to justify the $900 to $2000 price tag? Or, have you been convinced that you could build a better design.... with better performance... but thought that you needed a CNC machine shop full of equipment to do it? Well, here is a video that will convince you otherwise. Fred McClung is a retired engineer from Hughes Aircraft.....who developed a complete system for building a hollow composite molded sailplane... in the tiniest workshop I've ever seen. Using only common modeling tools and a vacuum pump, Fred builds plugs, molds, and finished aircraft. In about a year and a half, Fred has built over 50 finished Fred-a-Planes (his own F3B sailplane design) While the video shows the construction of a sailplane, this technique will work just as well for building a power plane... a Quickee 500 racer... a pattern plane, or even a scale project. | | |
 | This book showcases the world's most remarkable aircraft that have made a valuable contribution to the development and evolution of the airplane as we know it today. A total of 142 planes were chosen by the author because of their importance in the advancement of design in power plant, flight concept, major production, and detail refinement. Beginning with the earliest pre-flight designs, The World's Most Significant and Magnificent Aircraft provides exciting details of each plane's engineering, design, and flight accomplishments. Illustrated with pre-production diagrams and historical photos, the book is divided into seven parts representing the major stages of airplane development in a chronological order. From Legend through 1902: Establishing the Fundamentals 1903 through 1913: The Wright Flyer to the Dep Racer 1914 through 1920: WWI to Transatlantic Flight The Demonstration Years: 1921 through 1938 World War II 1939 through1945: The Foundation for Future Development Development Unlimited: 1946 through 2000 The Near Future: 2001 through 2020 These are just some of the famous designs covered: Boeing 747; Concorde; Curtiss June Bug; Douglas DC-3; Fokker D-VIIF; Etrich Taube; Grumman F4F "Wildcat"; Handley-Page H.P. 42; Lockheed A-12; McDonnell "Phantom II"; Messerschmitt ME-109; North American F-100 Super Sabre; P-51 Mustang; Sikorsky S-42B; Supermarine Spitfire; and the Wright Flyer. | | |
 | For the very first time, the history of British pre-World War I aircraft has been gathered together in one volume, with more than 900 of them well illustrated. This new book constitutes a most valuable contribution about a remarkable period in aviation history and is a memorial to the bravery and inventiveness of the intrepid pioneers of that far off era. Among the many famous manufacturer's covered are Avro, Sopwith, Shorts, and Bristol. Many lesser known designers and builders such as Martin-Handasyde and Howard Wright are also given ample coverage. | | |
 | Today's airlines fleets have an average age of forty years. Older aircraft continue to operate on a daily basis. Corrosion control and inspection programs for these aging aircraft are becoming complex. Understanding all the elements involved becomes easier with Avotek's Aircraft Corrosion Control Guide. From the basics of corrosion theory to advanced avionics corrosion control, this book stands alone. The illustrations and photos are from real situations and applications. This is a valuable resource for AMT schools, repair facilities, and aircraft owners or operators. | | |
 | Aircraft Powerplants, Seventh Edition, part of the Glencoe Aviation Technology Series (formerly the Northrop Series), is the most comprehensive up-to-date powerplant book on the market today. It has been revised to reflect the latest changes in FAR Part 147 and changing industry needs. The new edition features expanded coverage of turbine engine theory and nomenclature. It also includes additional current models of turbofan, turboprop, and turboshaft engines. Information on turbine engine fuel, oil, ignition systems has been expanded and divided into separate chapters. And the remainder of the turbine engine material is updated and presented apart from reciprocating engines, allowing for the flexibility of teaching this materials separately or together. New material added to the propeller section deals with composite propellers, dynamic propeller blancing, and auxiliary propeller systems such as auto-feather, de-synchro-phasing, and de-ice. The updated and reorganized material on aircraft systems includes the latest information on control, indicating, and warning systems. Throughout the text, special emphasis has been laced on the integration of information regarding how individual components and systems operate together. | | |
 | This book explains aircraft structures so as to provide a basic understanding of the subject and the terminology used, as well as illustrating some of the problems.It provides a brief historical background, and covers parts of the aeroplane, loads, structural form, materials, processes, detail design, quality control, stressing, and the documentation associated with modification and repairs.The Fourth Edition takes account of new materials and the new European regulatory system. | | |
 | A close-up survey of 50 of the most remarkable and influential aircraft ever. For this book, the authors of the widely acclaimed Aviation Century series chose 50 of history's most influential aircraft, with profiles of their pilots and designers. They begin with the Wright Brothers' 1905 Flyer, then move on to the birth of aerial warfare in World War I, the trail-blazers of the interwar years, the first passenger flights, and the great flying boats. Classic World War II aircraft such as the Bf 109, Spitfire and Mustang are included among the stars of that time. Then come the jets of the Korean and Vietnam wars, modern commercial carriers, private jets, experimental designs, and new combat fighters featuring Stealth technology. Hundreds of color and archival photographs enhance an informative and entertaining text. Featured aircraft include: The Wright Brothers 1905 Flyer Fokker E.111 Sopwith Camel Charles Lindbergh's Ryan NYP Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega MesserschmittBf 109 Supermarine Spitfire Boeing B-17 Avro Lancaster De Havilland Mosquito Howard Hughes' Lockheed Constellation Concorde Learjet Boeing B-52 Rutan Voyager ... and 35 more. (2008) | | |
 | The updated revision of the well-respected book on analyzing aircraft performanceThis Second Edition of the bestselling Aircraft Control and Simulation has been expanded and updated to include the latest technological advances in the field. In addition, a new section on basic aerodynamics, aircraft configuration, and static stability makes this complex material more accessible to beginners.This comprehensive guide discusses the fundamental principles and theory of aircraft control and simulation. It also covers modeling and dynamic analysis, stability evaluation, multivariable control theory, and computer-aided design techniques. The inclusion of topics from geodesy and gravitation lays the groundwork for a discussion of the theory for suborbital aircraft now under development.Special features of this new edition include:* New and updated computer calculations using MATLAB(r)* A new section on basic aerodynamics, aircraft configurations, and static stability* Coverage of new MIMO design techniques, robustness theory, and nonlinear designComplete with examples of actual designs from the aircraft industry plus exercise problems, Aircraft Control and Simulation, Second Edition is an excellent reference for anyone involved in the design and modeling of aerospace vehicles and an outstanding text for both undergraduates and graduate students. | | |
 | Whether we like it or not, the world of civil aviation makes an impact on the lives of millions of people around the world today. Be it on a business trip or the annual search for summer sunshine, greater numbers of us take to the skies every year now as access to flying has broadened and become cheaper. This has led to a growing awareness of and interest in the world of civil aviation, which is shared by many who would not class themselves as aviation enthusiasts. This book is aimed at that ever-growing marketplace. It will appeal both to aviation enthusiasts and those who have a more general interest in the subject. The book provides exactly what it says on the box: 1,000 photographs of civil airliners of all types, large and small, photographed all over the world in recent years, in a multiplicity of markings. Each picture is accompanied by a detailed caption with information about the type of airliner shown, the individual aircraft portrayed, the airline which flies it, and the location where the photograph was taken. The result is a wide-ranging and comprehensive guide to world civil aviation today. The photographs reflect the ever-changing liveries employed by the airlines for image and marketing purpose. Many of the featured aircraft range from the latest types and variants of well-known jet liners, to ancient propliners still in service in some parts of the world, consigned to aviation museums in others. | | |
 | The history of the Stearman Aircraft Company is about American entrepreneurship, aeronautical innovation, and the sheer determination to design and manufacture custom-built airplanes that set a standard for the competition to follow. In his new book Stearman Aircraft, author Edward Phillips follows the career of Lloyd Carlton Stearman from his work on the New Swallow biplane to the expansion of Stearman facilities into Boeing Airplane Company plants. In between was the Travel Air years, out of which came the Model A, B, CH, CW, BW, and Type 5000. The book also pays special attention to Stearman's rare C1 and C2 biplanes, as well as later upgraded C2s, the C3 series, the M-2, the LT-1, the luxurious CAB-1, the Model 6 Cloudboy, and others. During World War II, Boeing's sprawling facilities churned out thousands of Kaydet biplanes to train fledgling aviators, more than 1,600 B-29 Superfortresses heavy bombers to pound Japan into submission, and a steady stream of critical airframe assemblies for the famed B-17 Flying Fortress to reduce Hitler's Third Reich to rubble. For its work on these great aircraft, Boeing's Wichita Division earned six Army-Navy "E" awards for excellence in manufacturing and production. | | |
 | Here a leading researcher provides a comprehensive treatment of the design of automatic control logic for spacecraft and aircraft. In this book Arthur Bryson describes the linear-quadratic-regulator (LQR) method of feedback control synthesis, which coordinates multiple controls, producing graceful maneuvers comparable to those of an expert pilot.The first half of the work is about attitude control of rigid and flexible spacecraft using momentum wheels, spin, fixed thrusters, and gimbaled engines. Guidance for nearly circular orbits is discussed. The second half is about aircraft attitude and flight path control. This section discusses autopilot designs for cruise, climb-descent, coordinated turns, and automatic landing. One chapter deals with controlling helicopters near hover, and another offers an introduction to the stabilization of aeroelastic instabilities. Throughout the book there is a strong emphasis on the mathematical modeling necessary for designing a good feedback control system. The appendixes summarize analysis of linear dynamic systems, synthesis of analog and digital feedback control, simulation, and modeling of flexible vehicles. | | |
 | "A close-up survey of 50 of arguably the most remarkable and influential aircraft in aviation history. . . . Beautifully presented . . . this book will grace the coffee table of any aviation aficionado." -- Airforce Magazine In this book, the authors of the widely acclaimed Aviation Century series profile 50 of history's most influential aircraft, their pilots and designers. They begin with the Wright Brothers' 1905 Flyer, then move on to the birth of aerial warfare in World War I, the trailblazers of the interwar years, classic World War II aircraft, the jets of the Korean and Vietnam wars, modern commercial carriers, private jets, experimental designs and new combat fighters featuring stealth technology. Featured aircraft in 50 Aircraft That Changed the World include: Fokker E.111 Charles Lindbergh's Ryan NYP Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega Messerschmitt Bf 109 Supermarine Spitfire Boeing B-17 Avro Lancaster De Havilland Mosquito Howard Hughes's Lockheed Constellation Concorde Learjet Boeing B-52 Rutan Voyager Hundreds of color and archival photographs enhance the informative and entertaining text. (20101209) | | |
