"This book, published by the European Commission, brings together about 80 papers selected by a Scientific Advisory Committee with the intention to make broadly known the main themes and issues addressed on the occasion of this Convention. Given the strategic importance of the l…
Even before there were runways, the area south of the city of Seattle was Washington's aviation hub. Charles Hamilton, a daredevil dubbed "Crazy Man of the Air," became the first flyer in the state when he coaxed his Curtiss biplane into the sky over Meadows Racetrack in 1910. H…
In one hundred years, The Boeing Company went from producing a single canvas and wooden pontoon plane in a converted boathouse to being the world's largest aerospace company. The thrilling story of the celebrated organization is one filled with ambition, ingenuity, and a passion…
During the last century the British aircraft industry created and produced many outstanding aeroplanes. These aircraft were world leaders in advanced technology, utilizing inventions by British engineers and scientists such as radar, the jet engine, the ejector seat and vertical…
This book examines an event that never happened - a trade war between the US and the EC in respect of the civil aircraft builder, Airbus Industrie. By understanding this trade dispute, the author casts light on broader issues of international cooperation by focusing on the bilat…
In this book, Steven McGuire offers an examination of the airbus trade dispute as a means of understanding how states cooperate in international trade. The book includes interviews with major participants in the industry.
by Wise, John A., Hopkin, V. David
fromHuman factors in transportation
"Comprehensive biography of Anthony Fokker, the famed Dutch pilot and daredevil aviator. Anthony Fokker- The Flying Dutchman Who Shaped American Aviation tells the larger-than-life true story of maverick pilot and aircraft manufacturer Anthony Fokker. Fokker came from an affluen…
"The biography of Anthony Fokker, a Dutch pilot and aviation tycoon."--Provided by publisher.
1. New York, December 1939 -- 2. Java, Netherlands East Indies, April 1890 -- 3. Naarden, Holland, March 1910 -- 4. Mainz, Germany, July 1910 -- 5. Haarlem, Holland, August 1911 -- 6. Berlin, Germany, May 1912 -- 7. St. Petersburg, Russia, September 1912 -- 8. Schwerin, Germany,…
