Aeronautics Books

The Dominion of the Air - The Story of Aerial Navigation

John M. Bacon

The Dominion of the Air: The Story of Aerial Navigation is an aeronautics books written by Brigadier General John Mosby Bacon, who was an American general of the United States Volunteers. He..

The Wright Brothers

Anonymous

The story of the Wright brothers is an inspiring narrative of success. Wilbur and Orville combined to a rare degree the searching intelligence of the scientist, the ability to visualize of the invento..

The Curtiss Aviation Book

Glenn Curtiss

Glenn Hammond Curtiss was born at Hammondsport, New York, May 21, 1878. His middle name shows his connection with the pioneer family for which the town is named. Then Hammondsport was a port for canal..

Story of the automobile - Its history and development from 1760 to 1917

H. L. Barber

This book, the “Story of the Automobile,” shows the struggle of man for one hundred and fifty years to devise a means of propelling a vehicle without animal power. But if this were all that could be r..

The World of Flying Saucers

Donald H. Menzel

At a conference with Air Force officials in Washington in April 1952, he presented his idea that planetary mirages, sundogs, reflections, and other astronomical, atmospheric, and optical phenomena pro..

Survival at Altitude for Heavy and Very Heavy Bomber Crews

Anonymous

These notes were originally intended as a source of general reference concerning OXYGEN EQUIPMENT AND ITS USE by members of crews of the B-17 and B-24 heavy bomber. Through long hours of tiring t..

Tales of the Air Mail Pilots

Burt M. McConnell

In flying over the crest of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, between Reno and Elko, Nevada, Blanchfield found the atmosphere in the neighborhood of the “hump” far more violent and dangerous than the distu..

Tractor Principles

Roger B. Whitman

While tractors and automobiles are the same in general principles, there is a wide difference between them in design, construction, and handling, due to the differences in the work that they do and in..