Century Of Flight : Man Learns To Fly 1900-14 /

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In the watches of the night : life in the nocturnal city, 1820-1930 /

Table of Contents: “…Making night hideous -- Lighting the heart of darkness -- Quitting time -- Recreations and dissipations -- After midnight -- Nightmen -- Incessance -- Mashers, owl cars, and night hawks -- Night life in the electric city -- Regulated night.…”


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Wingless flight : the lifting body story / by Reed, R. Dale, 1930-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Note to Paperback Edition; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Adventure Begins; Chapter 2 Flying Bathtub -- Chapter 3 Commitment to Risk; Chapter 4 On to the Heavyweights; Chapter 5 Angry Machines; Chapter 6 Back to the Drawing Board; Chapter 7 Wingless Flight Matures; Chapter 8 Lifting-Body Racehorses; Chapter 9 Wingless Flight Lives On; Appendix; Glossary; A; B; C; D; F; H; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Bibliography; About the Author; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.…”
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Flight Not Improbable Octave Chanute and the Worldwide Race Toward Flight / by Short, Simine

Table of Contents: “…How it all began -- 2. Flight is not Improbable (1853 – 1895) -- 3. Theory – Investigating – Practical Flying (1896) -- 4. …”
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Flight of Aquavit / by Bidulka, Anthony, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Front cover -- Flight of Aquavit -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Chapter 15 -- Chapter 16 -- Chapter 17 -- Chapter 18 -- Chapter 19 -- Chapter 20 -- Chapter 21 -- Chapter 22 -- Acknowledgements -- backcover.…”
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Stratospheric Flight Aeronautics at the Limit / by Sóbester, András

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the author -- Prologue -- Millimeters of mercury -- Part I: In a hostile environment -- Chapter 1: A sense of not belonging -- Chapter 2: Comfort Zone -- Part II: New heights of flight -- Chapter 3: A tale of two Comets -- Chapter 4: Higher -- Chapter 5: Faster -- Part III: 'Above the weather' -- Chapter 6: Deep freeze -- Chapter 7: Rivers of air -- Chapter 8: Rough ride -- Chapter 9: A gray area -- Part IV: Where next? …”
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The flight of the mind : Virginia Woolf's art and manic-depressive illness / by Caramagno, Thomas C.

Table of Contents: “…Dalloway -- It is finished ambivalence resolved, self restored in To the Light house -- I do not know altogether who I am the plurality of intrasubjective life in the Waves.…”


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Flights and Fights Inside the Low Cost Airlines /

Table of Contents: “…Budget Airline Bosses (2:09) -- Contrasting Competitors (3:14) -- Ryanair Modeled Southwest Airlines (2:51) -- EasyJet Takes Off (4:08) -- Airline Low-fare Revolution (4:58) -- Money Making Marketing Ideas (2:37) -- Quick Turnarounds and Simplification (2:07) -- Ryanair's Profit/Passenger (2:45) -- O'Leary's Style of Management (3:39) -- A Successful Business Model (2:11) -- British Airways' Budget Airline, GO (2:43) -- Price Tracking (3:55) -- Publicity, Good and Bad (4:34) -- EasyJet's Moscow Expansion (2:37) -- The Question of Airline Expansion (2:57) -- Ryanair's Growth Plan (1:58) -- Credits: Flights and Fights: Inside the Low Cost Airlines (0:34)…”
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Flights and fights : inside the low cost airlines /

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Flight dynamics / by Stengel, Robert F.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Chapter One: Introduction; Preface; 1.1 ELEMENTS OF THE AIRPLANE ; Airframe Components; Propulsion Systems; 1.2 REPRESENTATIVE FLIGHT VEHICLES; Light General Aviation Aircraft; Variable-Stability Research Aircraft; Sailplane; Business Jet Aircraft; Turboprop Commuter Aircraft; Small Commercial Transport Aircraft; Large Commercial Transport Aircraft; Supersonic Transport Aircraft; Fighter/Attack Aircraft; Bomber Aircraft; Space Shuttle; Uninhabited Air Vehicle; 1.3 THE MECHANICS OF FLIGHT; REFERENCES; Chapter Two: Exploring the Flight Envelope.…”
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Marfa flights : aerial views of Big Bend Country / by Chaplo, Paul V.

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Photographer's Preface; Introduction; Flight Routes Map; I. The Journey Begins: The Flight from Marfa, Texas; 1. …”
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Century Of Flight : The Spectacle Of Flying Post-1945 /

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Kite Flight /

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First flight : a mother hummingbird's story.

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Taking flight : Britains' America's Cup challenge /

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Flight Testing Analysis of the Spin Dynamics of a Single–Engine Low–Wing Aeroplane / by Schrader, Steffen Haakon

Table of Contents: “…Literature review -- Measurement system for spin test data acquisition -- Preparation of the aeroplane and the spin trials -- Spin description -- Mathematical spin test data analysis -- Flight test data comparison.…”
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Flight Physics Essentials of Aeronautical Disciplines and Technology, with Historical Notes / by Torenbeek, Egbert

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Flight plan : how to achieve more, faster than you ever dreamed possible / by Tracy, Brian

Table of Contents: “…Choose your destination -- Review your flight options -- Write your flight plan -- Prepare for your journey -- Take off at full throttle -- Plan for turbulence -- Make continual course corrections -- Accelerate your learning and progress -- Activate your superconscious mind -- Avoid shortcuts and other mirages -- Master your fears -- Persist until you succeed.…”
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Shameful flight the last years of the British Empire in India / by Wolpert, Stanley A., 1927-

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Flight of the sparrow : a novel of early America / by Brown, Amy Belding

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