Flygplan: allmänt

I Sverige finns inte mindre än femtio museer med flyg anknytning från Skåne i söder till Norrbotten i norr. Boken är rikt illustrerad med ca 200 bilder. Detta är även ett referensverk och en reseguide.

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Den 13 juni 1952 lyfte ett spaningsflygplan från Bromma flygplats. Ombord fanns åtta personer. Deras uppdrag var topphemligt. Två timmar efter start förlorades radiokontakten med flygplanet. En stor räddningsaktion var snabbt igång men förutom en ...

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"Vi saknade höger landningsställ och måste komma in för landning omedelbart. Kallsvetten började sippra utefter ryggen och jag rös till." Så beskriver flygkaptenen Jörgen Svedberg den dramatiska nödlandningen som direktsändes av flera tv...

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Boken beskriver arbetet ombord i lastutrymmet och i cockpit i en Tp84 Hercules. Författaren Björn Magnusson har nästan 8000 flygtimmar i Tp84 med flygningar till katastrofområden, krigsområden och många andra typer av civila och militära uppdrag ö...

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Föreningen Flygande veteraner (flygandeveteraner.se) har över 2000 medlemmar och håller ett gammalt DC-3-flygplan i luften. Flygplanet har döpts till "Daisy" och förekommer sedan snart 30 år på snart sagt samtliga flyguppvisningar i Sver...

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The piston engines that powered Second World War fighters, the men who designed them, and the secret intelligence work carried out by both Britain and Germany would determine the outcome of the first global air war.

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Focke-Wulf 190 var ett av de mest legendariska tyska jaktflygplanen under andra världskriget. Det flögs av många av de stora essen. Just den flygplansindivid som denna bok handlar om tillverkades i Tyskland 1944 och flögs av ett av de största tysk...

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Jetflygets revolution på 1960-talet tog människorna ut i världen. Flygplanen blev större i takt med att resandet ökade. Den första Jumbon kom till Skandinavien 1971 och för första gången berättas nu hela historien om Boeing 747 i SAS

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Drömmen om att flyga är kanske människans äldsta. För Maria Küchen började det när hon som barn såg segelflygplanen ljudlöst glida över himlen på Ållebergs flygcentrum utanför Falköping. Sedan dess har hon fascinerats - av de tekniska landvinninga...

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Chosen in 1941 to replace the Bf 109 as the Luftwaffe's standard front-line fighter, Messerschmitt's innovative Me 309 embodied a wealth of hard-won experience from the Battle of Britain. Its sturdy tricycle undercarriage would make landings safer...

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An engaging coverage of Air France 447, the Airbus A330 that crashed in the ocean north of Brazil on June 1, 2009, killing all 228 persons on board. Written by A330 Captain, Bill Palmer, this book opens to understanding the actions of the crew, ho...

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The incredible true story of the origin of human flight, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough. On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two unknown brothers from Ohio changed history. But it would take the wo...

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Military Jet Aircraft contains 300 of the most important and influential military jet aircraft that have flown since World War II, including such famous aircraft as the Messerschmitt Me 262, English Electric Lightning, and North American F-86 Sabr...

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The Federal Aviation Administrations Airplane Flying Handbook provides pilots, student pilots, aviation instructors, and aviation specialists with information on every topic needed to qualify for and excel in the field of aviation. Topics covered ...

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Take an action-packed flight through the history of aircraft and the intrepid pioneers who made a dream become reality. Uncover the engineering behind more than 800 aircraft models, from military jets to commercial planes. This visual history book...

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The Encyclopedia of Aircraft of WWII is an exhaustive survey of the aircraft flown by all the combatants in Europe and the Pacific, including such famous aircraft as the P-51 Mustang, Supermarine Spitfire, Yakovlev Yak-3, Messerschmitt Me 109 and ...

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The threat posed by the Soviet Union throughout the postwar period coincided with an explosion of innovation and can-do attitude among America''s aircraft manufacturers. Challenging requirements and experimentation resulted in a huge variety of de...

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The Bristol Hercules was a 14-cylinder sleeve valve radial engine designed by Sir Roy Fedden and produced from 1939 by BAC. It powered Bristols own Beaufighter but was more commonly used on bombers. From the 1375 hp Hercules I to the 1735 hp Hercu...

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As Europe plunged into World War II, Hitler ordered the development of a hi-tech secret weapon capable of taking the war across the Atlantic the Messerschmitt Me 264. Chosen from designs for an 'Amerika Bomber' tendered by Messerschmitt,...

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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER Read the legendary story of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft, seen through the eyes of former RAF captain Scott Bateman 'An engaging and revealing read' JOHN NICHOL --- Anytime, Anywhere, Anyhow. Wh...

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Renowned aviation author Tony Buttler presents a detailed and fully illustrated account of the Hawker Tempest/ in service, from the prototypes to the last survivors. It includes 42 specially commissioned and highly accurate colour illustrations, a...

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Luftwaffe pilot Walter Schuck flew the Me 109 in the Arctic Sea fighter squadrons becoming the Russian air force's feared enemy in the far north. Awarded the Knights Cross in April 1944 he claimed his 100th kill in June of that year, then barely 4...

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"a carefully constructed timeline of Pan Am's incredible record of firsts and aviation achievements . . . chock full of rare and nostalgic collector's memorabilia . . . a veritable time capsule into which any reader may be gently transported ...

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A fascinating fear of flying book from a commercial airline pilot and author of the popular website askthepilot.com. For millions of people, travel by air is a confounding, uncomfortable, and even frightening experience. ...

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This book describes one of the worlds longest serving and most widely used military helicopters. Developed in the 1960s by the Soviet Union as a fire-support helicopter, more than 2,000 have been produced and continue in production today. Given th...

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The definitive account of the rise and fall of the iconic Concorde plane from British Airways' former Chief Concorde Pilot 'A remarkable story' DAILY EXPRESS 'A stonking good read' FLYER _________ What's it like to fl...

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Aircraft of World War II details the design and specifications of 75 of the most important warplanes used during the conflict, from the venerable Fairey Swordfish biplane, through legendary aircraft such as the Supermarine Spitfire and Douglas C-4...

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