Flygplan: allmänt

Upp och ner, då och nu 1936 invigdes Sveriges största och modernaste flygplats: Bromma Flygplats. På den tiden en glest bebyggd del av ett växande Stockholm. Sedan dess har flygplatsen efter hand blivit något av en ö i en allt tätare bebyggelse. F...

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This new book explores the history and development of early flying headgear throughout the pioneering nations in military and sport aviation, from the earliest exploits of the Wright Brothers, to the end of World War II. Drawn from aviation museum...

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Under fyra år arbetade Elin Larsson som djungelpilot i Indonesien med extremt avancerad flygning. Vardagen var full av utmaningar som frustrerande kulturkrockar och extrema arbetsvillkor, men också av andlöst vackra flygningar över aktiva vulkaner...

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När Charles Lindbergh landade i Paris på kvällen den 21 maj 1927 hade han varit ensam i luften i ett litet flygplan i mer än trettiotre timmar. Han hade färdats hela vägen över Atlanten genom mörker, regn och hårda vindar, och när han tog mark had...

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Linköping har en lång historik med flyg i olika former från den första stora flyguppvisningen på Malmen 1911 och flygbaronen Calle Cederströms flygskola där 1913 till dagens mångfacetterade flygkluster med Saab som ledande på industrisidan och Hel...

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I den första boken om veteranflyg i Sverige får vi följa med på en högtflygande resa bland flygande klassiker, historiska flygplan som ännu flyger. Från de tidigaste flygmaskinerna, mellankrigstidens dubbeldäckare, passagerarflygets barndom, legen...

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Några ord av och om författaren Jag har jagat björn, landat på floderna Ganges och Brahmaputra, korsat Atlanten 33 gånger, men en självbiografi, det har jag däremot aldrig skrivit./ J-O Holmström Författaren John-Olof Holmström har en bredd på sit...

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This large format hardback is heavily packed with information on the Ju87 Stuka. Highly illustrated, it represents a comprehensive, detailed reference work to be used by enthusiasts and modellers for 'one-stop' ease of access to information to one...

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Civilingenjören Flygdirektören Henry Kjellson Tekniker och Humanist Denna biografi är ett äreminne över Malmslättssonen Henry Kjellson, hans tekniska kunskap, logiska tänkande, intuition och fantasi för att kunna se breda och visionära sammanhang ...

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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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As the Luftwaffe's standard fighter, beginning in 1937 the Bf 109 was produced in large numbers and after the outbreak of the Second World War saw action over every front. With this light, high-performance aircraft Professor Willy Messerschmitt ha...

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Autobiography of the famous flyer which describes her own ambitions to become a pilot and offers advice to others.

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The Coupe d'Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (commonly called the Schneider Trophy, or prize or cup) was a prize competition for seaplanes. Announced by Jacques Schneider, a financier, balloonist and aircraft enthusiast, in 1911, it offered a p...

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A poignant treatment of Japan's struggle between recognition of the kamikaze's futility and pride in having made the attempt. Told by senior officials in the wartime kamikaze effort, this book stands out among English-language translations of Japa...

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The Italian airship designer and pilot Umberto Nobile had flown to the North Pole and beyond in 1926. He resolved to go back to the Arctic with a new airship in 1928. There were areas of the Arctic that had not been explored and it was believed th...

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The Northrop P-61 was the first airplane designed form the start to be a night fighter. With its advanced radar and electronics, high speed, maneuverability and heavy armament, it was as deadly as its namesake: the poisonous Black Widow spider.\nN...

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More than 33,000 Messerchmitt Bf 109s were built between 1935 and 1945, making it the second-most produced warplane of all time. Its baptism of fire was in Spain during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39. The Bf 109 was the mainstay of Luftwaffe fig...

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A celebratory look back at one hundred years of passenger flight, featuring full-colour reproductions of route maps and posters from the world's most iconic airlines From the first faltering flights over plains, water, and mountains to the vast ne...

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The single-engine Junkers Ju 52 first flew in 1930. Designed and built by the Junkers Aircraft Company of Dessau, Germany, the Ju 52 was originally intended as a cargo aircraft. An upgraded model, the Ju 52/3m, was powered by three engines, excell...

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A pioneering aviator and advocate of women's equality, Amelia Earhart was, and continues to be, an inspiration to people the world over. Her fierce determination to break records and push the boundaries of aviation led her to become the first woma...

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In 1986 Paul Crickmore's first groundbreaking book about the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was published. At that time, the Cold War was at its height and the SR-71 was an integral element in securing crucial intelligence from all parts of the globe. T...

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In place of the long-delayed, heavy and expensive F-35, the U. S. military has a better alternative, the Saab Gripen multi-role fighter aircraft. The F-35 is the world's largest weapons program, but it has attracted little in-depth analysis to dat...

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**Sunday Times Bestseller** **Book of the Week on Radio 4** 'A beautiful book about a part of the modern world which remains genuinely magical' Mark Haddon 'One of the most constantly fascinating, but consistently under-appreciated aspects of mode...

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"Whenever the airship flew over a village, or whenever she flew over a lonely field on which some peasants were working, a tremendous shout of joy rose up in the air towards Count Zeppelin's miracle ship which, in the imagination of all who s...

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All variations and markings are covered in this the third book in a multi-volume series.

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On 12 October 1972, a Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying members of the 'Old Christians' rugby team (and many of their friends and family members) crashed into the Andes mountains. I Had to Survive offers a gripping and heartrending recollection o...

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Orville and Wilbur Wright, two bicycle-making brothers from Dayton, Ohio, secured their place as the most famous names in aviation history when, on December 17, 1903, they made the first powered, controlled, and sustained heavier-than-air flight. ...

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CONSPIRACY theories of sabotage, murder and even UFOs flourish around the greatest unsolved mysteries of aviation from the twentieth century. This account of the most intriguing loose ends from aeronautical history provides the known details of fi...

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