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Jets are sleek and powerful. They travel very fast. But how do these heavy planes fly? And how do pilots land them? Read this book to find out!
Author : Buffy Silverman
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 11,74 MB
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1467710083
Jets are sleek and powerful. They travel very fast. But how do these heavy planes fly? And how do pilots land them? Read this book to find out!
Author : Buffy Silverman
Publisher : Lerner Publications ™
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 18,96 MB
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1541505999
Jets are sleek and powerful. They travel very fast. But how do these heavy planes fly? And how do pilots land them? Read this book to find out!
Author : David Macaulay
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 15,25 MB
Release : 2012-09-18
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1596437642
Find out how jet planes get into the air and stay there.
Author : Michael Crichton
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 16,65 MB
Release : 2011-03-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345526775
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes this extraordinary thriller about airline safety, business intrigue, and a deadly cover-up. “The pacing is fast, the suspense nonstop.”—People Three passengers are dead. Fifty-six are injured. The interior cabin is virtually destroyed. But the pilot manages to land the plane. At a moment when the issue of safety and death in the skies is paramount in the public mind, a lethal midair disaster aboard a commercial twin-jet airliner flying from Hong Kong to Denver triggers a pressured and frantic investigation. Airframe is nonstop reading, full of the extraordinary mixture of super suspense and authentic information on a subject of compelling interest that are the hallmarks of Michael Crichton. “A one-sitting read that will cause a lifetime of white-knuckled nightmares.”—The Philaelphia Inquirer “The ultimate thriller . . . [Crichton’s] stories are always page-turners of the highest order. . . . [Airframe] moves like a firehouse dog chasing a red truck.”—The Denver Post “Dramatically vivid.”—The New York Times
Author : Thomas R. Yechout
Publisher : AIAA
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 47,35 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Aerodynamics
ISBN : 9781600860782
Based on a 15-year successful approach to teaching aircraft flight mechanics at the US Air Force Academy, this text explains the concepts and derivations of equations for aircraft flight mechanics. It covers aircraft performance, static stability, aircraft dynamics stability and feedback control.
Author : Jennifer Prior
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 36,32 MB
Release : 2005-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780743989466
Each book in 8142--TIME For Kids Nonfiction Readers: Fluent Kit is available in a set of six.For add-on purchases, each 6-pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan, packaged in a self-sealing vinyl bag.Word Count: 892TCM (Teacher Created Materials) Level: 3.2Guided Reading Level: NEarly Intervention Level: 21DRA (Developmental Reading Assessment) Level: 30
Author : Jon Manning
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 10,8 MB
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1491913495
Kerbal Space Program (KSP) is a critically acclaimed, bestselling space flight simulator game. It’s making waves everywhere from mainstream media to the actual space flight industry, but it has a bit of a learning curve. In this book, five KSP nerds—including an astrophysicist—teach you everything you need to know to get a nation of tiny green people into space. KSP is incredibly realistic. When running your space program, you’ll have to consider delta-V budgets, orbital mechanics, Hohmann transfers, and more. This book is perfect for video game players, simulation game players, Minecrafters, and amateur astronomers. Design, launch, and fly interplanetary rockets Capture an asteroid and fly it into a parking orbit Travel to distant planets and plant a flag Build a moon rover, and jump off a crater ridge Rescue a crew-mate trapped in deep space
Author : Federal Aviation Administration
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 14,78 MB
Release : 2007-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 1602390614
For both certified glider pilots and students attempting certification in the glider category, this is an unparalleled...
Author : Klaus Hünecke
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 14,69 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780760304594
Broaden your knowledge of jet engine technology and its associated subjects. This is a technically comprehensive study of the components that constitute a gas turbine aero-engine and examines each part's design and function in practice. Concentrates on turbojet, turboprop and turbofan designs, and is applicable to civilian and military usage. Contains an overview of the main design types and fundamentals, and looks at air intakes, compressors, turbines and exhaust systems in great detail.
Author : Jeremy R. Kinney
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 14,2 MB
Release : 2018-02-15
Category : Airplanes
ISBN : 9781626830370
The NACA and aircraft propulsion, 1915-1958 -- NASA gets to work, 1958-1975 -- The shift toward commercial aviation, 1966-1975 -- The quest for propulsive efficiency, 1976-1989 -- Propulsion control enters the computer era, 1976-1998 -- Transiting to a new century, 1990-2008 -- Toward the future