Description: Classic Cars celebrates 78 fascinating vehicles that cover a broad swath of automotive history.
Small Gas Engines, a recommended textbook by the Equipment & Engine Training Council (EETC), is a student-focused approach to learning that starts with the basics--safety, tools, fasteners, and electrical fundamentals--and progresses logically through the design, operation, troubleshooting, and repair of small engines. ......
The Airplane Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-3C) released in 2021, is the latest revision developed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). It provides basic knowledge that is essential for pilots. This book introduces basic pilot skills and knowledge that are essential for piloting airplanes. It provides information on transition to other ......
The Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge FAA-H-8083-25B was developed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and released in 2016. This handbook includes Addendum A dated Feb 10, 2021 and Addendum B dated Jan 5, 2022.
This official FAA handbook supersedes FAA-H-8083-25A, ......
Yes, after a few years of only publishing on DVD, we think that demand for Blu-ray now warrants the investment in mastering for the HD format. On DVD, the fantastic footage from the WRC has always looked great, but Blu-ray just takes it to another level by fully utilising the HD quality of the recordings.
Who can fail to be impressed ......
At the height of the Watergate scandal, Delta Flight 723 crashed into a fog-shrouded seawall at the end of Runway 4R at Logan Airport in Boston. While this incident and Watergate seemed unrelated at first, President Richard Nixon and his subordinates actions during Watergate interfered with the ability of the National Transportation Safety ......
From inception PAF was in the thick of things supporting ground troops in Kashmir, and later, two major wars ensued against India. This book covers the early years of Royal Pakistan Air Force, led by seconded Royal Air Force personnel, through to being led by Pakistani officers and based on the American approach to air ......
Obsolete, except for the experimental anti-submarine warfare sensor they carried, the USS Hammerberg, DE-1015, the USS Courtney, DE-1021 and the USS Lester, DE-1022 went to the Mediterranean to demonstrate the potential of a technology that relied on a passive towed array detection system; what the Navy officially designated ......
Pilots learning multi-engine flying have relied on this essential book for more than 20 years. Learn fundamentals of flying multi-engine airplanes and the aerodynamic laws that govern multi-engine flight under Bob Gardners experienced and energetic tutoring. This fifth edition includes a new chapter on energy management and information on both ......
A refreshingly untechnical look at the American muscle car, written from the perspective of a non-mechanic enthusiast. The era of great performance cars is traced from its advent in the 1950s through the seminal appearance of the Pontiac GTO in 1964 to its waning in the 1970s. Leaving aside engine specs and restoration how-to, this approachable ......
With the Soviet Unions launch of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957, the Cold War soared to new heights as Americans feared losing the race into space. The X-15 Rocket Plane tells the enthralling yet little-known story of the hypersonic X-15, the winged rocket ship that met this challenge and opened the way into human-controlled ......
In the 1970s, as car enthusiasts in the U.S. grew bored with models manufactured under tightening pollution and safety regulations, some innovative dealers exploited a legal loophole--designed to allow U.S. soldiers and diplomats to return from abroad with their vehicles--to import exotic cars never intended for sale in America. During the ......
Starting with the basics, MAST: Light Duty Hybrid/Electric Vehicles provides students with the building blocks necessary to become highly competent entry-level technicians. This title breaks down the different types of vehicle systems to their most fundamental components and then builds on that knowledge to bring the ......
The history of aviation is full of striking and unusual designs, from the biplanes and triplanes of World War I, through the giant bombers and streamlined fighters of World War II to the stealthy shapes and unusual configurations of modern military aircraft like the Northrop Grumman B-2 and V-22 Osprey. Military Aircraft Visual ......
From the dawn of civilization man has held a fascination with the sea, and over the centuries has built myriad ships and sailing craft for an equally diverse range of purposes. Ships: Visual Encyclopedia provides a fascinating at-a-glance guide to more than 1200 of the most important ships from the earliest times to the present day.
This book captures the amazing history of the Holden Racing Team from its formation in 1989 to the end of an era in 2016 via the histories of its individual race cars.
The second edition of the book (the original was published in 2017 in a limited run and was sold-out) follows on from the sell-out books featuring Dick Johnson ......
If you remember off-road stars like the Rickman brothers Vic Eastwood, Lew Coffin, and John Avery, then this is a must-have book for your collection. Theyre big names who brought the thrills and spills of the golden era of motorcycle sport to a whole generation. For the author, its a personal trip down memory lane, as he was lucky enough to see ......
New updated and revised edition! In the early years of the 21st century, the Morgan Motor Company decided to return to the configuration of its origins, with a new 3 Wheeler. One reason for this decision was that it could no longer sell its four-wheelers in the USA, due to the costs of meeting increasingly restrictive legislation on emissions ......
On April 4, 1979, a Boeing 727 with 82 passengers and a crew of 7 rolled over and plummeted from an altitude of 39,000 feet to within seconds of crashing were it not for the crews actions to save the plane. The cause of the unexplained dive was the subject of one of the longest NTSB investigations at that time. While the crews efforts to save ......
The McDonnell Douglas / Boeing C-17 Globemaster IIIs design, construction, and operational history are presented in this book. With over 280 aircraft built, the Globemaster III is one of the workhorses for the US Air Force as well as a number of foreign countries such as Britain, Australia, Canada, India, Qatar, and Kuwait. It was designed ......
"These are not bedtime stories. If reading the rough spots from this journey is getting you down, then try riding them. Pick up a Lonely Planet if my realities are too harsh because this is anadventure. Now hold on tight!" Read no further if youre looking for a glossy guidebook offering tips and advice on how to overland. The Tom Report is a ......
One man. One bike. One ride to see it all . . . When Latino immigrant Miguel Oldenburg became an American citizen, he decided to celebrate in an unique and personal way. An experienced motorcyclist, Miguel set off on a sprawling series of road trips, seeking to visit every state in his new home. But there was one place that eluded him: Alaska. ......
Glamour, danger, liberation: in a Mad Men era of commercial flight, Pan Am World Airways attracted the kind of young woman who wanted out, and wanted up
Required to have a college degree, speak two languages, and possess the political savvy of a Foreign Service officer, a jet-age stewardess serving on ......
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