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A
History of Aeronautics
By E. Charles Vivian. Originally published 1920. It is available
for on-screen browsing in text format and as a downloadable zip file.
Advanced
Technologies for Human Support in Space
-Written in response to a request from NASA's Office of Life and Microgravity
Sciences and Applications (OLMSA). The focus of this report reviews is
on long-term technology development applicable to future human long-duration
space missions, such as for a hypothetical new mission to the Moon or Mars.
Advanced
Topics in Aerodynamics
This is an electronic book on aerodynamics, computational fluid
dynamics, aeronautics, propulsion systems and related technology.
The site has been produced by Dr Antonio Filippone, who is currently a
senior scientist at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).
AEA
Yearbook
Provides access to recent issues of the Yearbook produced by the Association
of European Airlines (AEA)
Aerodynamics
for Students
by D. J. Auld
Faculty of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at the
University of Sydney, Australia.
This is a Web textbook about aerodynamics and are broken down
into 8 main topics, namely fluid
mechanics, aerodynamics, gas dynamics, aircraft performance, propulsion,
datasheets, assignments and
resources and a data library of wind tunnel experimental data.
Aerodynamics
of Bicycles
by A. J. Smits and B. S. H. Royce
The Gas Dynamics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering Princeton University. This is a brief tutorial about
the aerodynamics of bicycles.
Aging
Avionics in Military Aircraft
This electronic book addresses the issue of the aging of the United
States' military aircraft, particularly in terms of avionics systems.
Airline
Handbook
By the Air Transport Association of America.
This electronic book provides an overview of the history of aviation,
deregulation, airline economics, how aircraft fly, safety, airports, air
traffic control, airlines and the environment and the future of aviation.
Aviation
Fuels with Improved Fire Safety: A Proceedings
This book contains a summary of workshop discussions and presented
papers in the areas of fuel and
additive technologies, aircraft fuel system requirements and the characterization
of fuel fires.
Aviation
Safety and Pilot Control: Understanding and Preventing
Unfavorable
Pilot-Vehicle Interaction
By the Committee on the Effects of Aircraft-Pilot Coupling on Flight
Safety,
National Research Council, 1997. 220 pages.
Avionics
Test Equipment Handbook Online
This is the full text of an electronic textbook called the Avionics
Test Equipment Handbook.
Basics
of Space Flight Learner's Book
by Dave Doody and George Stephan,
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
This is a training module to an understanding of the basics of space
flight, although it is made freely available on the Internet.
Commercial
Observation Satellites : At The Leading Edge Of Global
Transparency
Edited by John C. Baker, Kevin M. O'Connell, and Ray A. Williamson.
The book is co-published by RAND and the American Society of Photogrammetry
and Remote Sensing. It focuses on the nexus of technology and politics
in order to promote a better understanding of the broader political, security,
and market implications of commercial observation satellites.
Defence
and Security Review 1997
Published by Pollux Publishing.
This electronic year book is primarily concerned with defence
and military policy, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation), land, missile
and air systems, naval platform development and chemical and biological
weapons.
Earth
Science Enterprise 1998 Applications Factbook
This Book provides details of eleven applications that NASA are using
to monitor and analyse environmental change.
Effects
of Extreme Winds on Structures
This book assesses the suitability of a proposal to create a
large-scale wind test facility (LSWTF).
Flight
to the Future: Human Factors in Air Traffic Control
Edited by Christopher D. Wickens, Anne S. Mavor and James P. McGee
By the National Academy Press in 1997.
Flights
of Discovery
By Lane E. Wallace,
NASA History Series, 1996.
This book highlights the first 50 years of flight research at
the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.
Foreign
and Security Policy
By Tim Garden
Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Programmes),
Director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
This book cover international security, foreign policy, global
governance, military operations, UK defence policy and strategy.
Future
of Air Traffic Control: Human Operators and Automation
Edited by Christopher D. Wickens, Anne S. Mavor, Raja Parasuraman and
James P. McGee
Published by the National Academy Press in 1998
Improving
the Continued Airworthiness of Civil Aircraft: A Strategy for
the
FAA's Aircraft Certification Service
By Committee on Aircraft Certification Safety Management;
National Research Council, 1998.
This e-book provides to the full text of: Improving the Continued
Airworthiness of Civil Aircraft:
Kite
Balloons to Airships : the Navy's Lighter-than-Air Experience
This online monograph covers, table of contents, introduction
and a number of full text chapters covering the US Navy's lighter-than-air
history from the the early days, through two world wars, to more recent
developments.
Numerical
Methods for 1D Compressible Flows : An Interactive Book
By M. Manzinni, A. Ticca and G. Zanetti
Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development, Sardinia,Italy
The book aims to present numerical methods for the solution of 1D compressible
problems.
Orbital
Debris: A Technical Assessment
By the Committee on Space Debris
The National Research Council.
This book describes the methods to characterize orbital debris, estimates
the magnitude of the debris
population, and assesses the hazard that this population poses to spacecraft.
Policy
Issues in Aerospace Offsets
By National Academy Press, 1997.
This is the full text of a workshop organised by The National Research
Council Board on Science,
Technology, and Economic Policy.
Progress
in Flying Machines
By Octave Chanute 1894,
Remote
Sensing Online Tutorial
This handbook is sponsored by the Applied Information Sciences Branch
at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Review
and Evaluation of the Air Force Hypersonic Technology Program
This book contains hypersonic, air-launched, air-breathing, hydrocarbon-fueled
missile with speeds.
Review
of the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Infrastructure and Aerospace Engineering
Disciplines to Meet the Needs of the Air Force and the Department of Defense
This book is a report presents the results of a study into the
prospects of the Air Force maintaining its
leadership in the U.S. aerospace industry.
Rocket
and Space Technology
By Robert A. Braenig
This book provides 'Basics of space flight', 'Space hardware',
'Space centres' and 'Space missions'.
See
How It Flies: A New Spin on the Perceptions, Procedures, and
Principles
of Flight
By John S. Denker
This book describes how aeroplanes behave.
Small
Business Innovation Research to Support Aging Aircraft : Priority Technical
Areas and Process Improvements
By The U.S Committee on Small Business Innovation Research
This electronic book is a report from the results of a
study to determine how Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)programmes
can be used more effectively to develop and implement technologies to improve
the cost-effectiveness of maintenance and operation of aging aircraft.
Spacecraft
Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected Airborne Contaminants : Volume
4
National Academy Press, 2000.
This is a report which is part of a series which seeks to establish
safe exposure limits to spacecraft
contaminants for up to 180 days (for normal space station operations)
and for short-term (1-24 hr)
emergency exposures to a high level of contaminants.
Taking
Flight: Education and Training for Aviation Careers
Edited by Janet S. Hansen and Clinton V. Oster
Published by the National Academy Press.
Testing
the Lifting Bodies at Edwards
By Robert G. Hoey
This book describes the events of the Lifting Body Program.
The
Problem of Space Travel : the Rocket Motor
The NASA History Series - NASA SP-4026,
Published in 1995
This is one of the classic writings about spaceflight (English
translated verison). The Problem of Space
Travel is a rough version that omits numerous illustrations and other
items that are included in the published volume.
Trends
and Challenges in Aerospace Offsets
Symposium on trends and challenges in aerospace offsets.
Organised by the National Academy of Sciences, January 1998.
Tutorial
in Basic Aeronautics
By Jim McCabe
The Numerical Aerospace Simulation (NAS)
NASA Ames Research Center.
It contains an introduction, real fluids and real flow, boundary layers,
coefficients, airfoils, fluid properties and ideal fluids.
Upgrading
the Space Shuttle - report of the Committee on Shuttle
Upgrades
This is a report produced by the National Research Council's Committee
on Space Shuttle.
Wingless
Flight
By R. Dale Reed.
NASA SP-4220, 1998
A lifting body is basically a wingless vehicle that flies due
to the lift generated by the shape of its fuselage.
Women
in Flight Research at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center from 1946 to
1995
By Sheryll Goecke Lowers, 1996
This book discusses the working and living environments of women working
at Dryden in the 1940's and 50's, and examines their work and the aeroplanes
they worked on from 1960 to 1995.
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