FAA National Aviation Research Plan, Portfolio of Goals, Destination 2025, Flight Plan Program - National Airspace System, NextGen, Air Traffic, Human Protection, Crash Safety, Aviation Weather    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 73270 words. Language: English. Published on July 24, 2012. Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, and technology » Aeronautics & Astronautics.
Four official Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) documents - converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction - provide unique details about federal plans for the aviation system.

Seconds To Disaster, Europe Edition    by Glenn Meade
Price: $6.99 USD. 29260 words. Language: English. Published on July 23, 2012. Nonfiction » Transportation » Aviation / Commercial.
Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger. "Everyone who flies or cares about someone who flies should read this eye-opening account of the current state of commercial air travel."

Learning to Fly in 21 Days    by Phil Stone
Price: $7.99 USD. 24400 words. Language: British English. Published on July 8, 2012. Nonfiction » Transportation » Aviation / Piloting & Flight Instruction.
This book is not intended as a technical manual but is a motivational account of the author's experience in gaining a pilot's licence and how it feels to learn to fly. It has been written to enable potential pilots to understand exactly what they are about to undertake and hopefully prepare them for the pain and challenge they will feel as well as the elation of finally gaining their Licence.

Eternal Flight: The dream, the reality, and the price    by Benjamin Joel Wilkinson
Price: $0.99 USD. 8430 words. Language: English. Published on March 25, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Animals.
The ability to fly forever, without ever having to touch the ground, is one of the most basic and universal dreams of humanity, and it isn't difficult to deduce why. To embrace the sky, to be bereft of the responsibility of (to paraphrase Franz Kafka) "shuffling pointlessly across the earth," to take a running leap and never, ever come down—that would be glorious!

Fear of Flying in the Age of Terrorism    by Patricia McCord
Price: $7.99 USD. 18490 words. Language: English. Published on March 4, 2012. Nonfiction » Transportation » Aircraft.
By award-winning author Pat McCord, Fear of Flying in the Age of Terrorism takes a pragmatic look at this common affliction from the point of view of today’s air travel issues, airline safety records, aircraft construction, and the philosophy of life and death. Stories from fearful flyers and others intersperse the narrative with anecdotes that take the reader beyond the usual cure-all books.

Facing the Heat Barrier: A History of Hypersonics - V-2, Sanger, Missile Nose Cones, X-15, Scramjets, Space Shuttle, National Aerospace Plane (NASP), X-33, X-34 (NASA SP-2007-4232)    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 125560 words. Language: English. Published on February 29, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Space Science.
This official NASA history document - converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction - is a fascinating and comprehensive account of the history of hypersonics, the study of flight where aerodynamic heating dominates the physics of the problem, normally at Mach 5 and higher.

"We Freeze to Please" - A History of NASA's Icing Research Tunnel and the Quest for Flight Safety (NASA SP-2002-4226)    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 56610 words. Language: English. Published on February 29, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Space Science.
This official NASA history document - converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction - is a comprehensive account of NASA research on aircraft icing, a major threat to air safety.

Quotidien de ma formation CPL-MEP    by Thibaut Garnier
Price: $6.69 USD. 13950 words. Language: French. Published on November 24, 2011. Nonfiction » Transportation » Aircraft.
Cet e-book est le récit journalier de ma formation CPL-MEP, que j'ai effectuée en 2011 à Bournemouth, ville située dans le sud de l'Angleterre. Vous y trouverez des détails sur la formation à la licence de pilote professionnel en Europe, complétée par des récits de vol écrits à chaud, le soir même des vols. Bonne lecture!

AirSafe.com Baggage and Security Guide    by Todd Curtis
Price: $11.99 USD. 32400 words. Language: English. Published on November 20, 2011. Nonfiction » Travel » By region.
Bringing together some of the most popular content from the AirSafe.com network of web sites, podcasts, and published articles, this book provides airline passengers with advice on how to deal with many common problems they may face when it comes to dealing with baggage problems, airport security issues, fear of flying, and travel with children.

An Aeronautical Engineer’s View….. The Vought F4U Corsair And its Contemporaries    by Thomas Brinkman
Price: $10.95 USD. 32040 words. Language: English. Published on October 15, 2011. Nonfiction » Transportation » Aircraft.
An Aeronautical Engineer's View.....The Vought F4U Corsair and its Contemporaries (6th Edition), by Tom Brinkman, is a well researched, factual and historical description of five legendary United States fighter aircraft of WW II - the Vought F4U Corsair, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, North American P-51 Mustang, Grumman F6F Hellcat, and Lockheed P-38 Lightning.