9780160497797 - Seventy-five years of inflight refueling: Highlights, 1923-1998 (9 risultati)

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. Like new copy with no owner marks and no wear to the cover. military hist.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Booklet, blue-tinted pictorial wraps. Very slight handling wear, nearly as issued. [iii],86 pp., illus. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Text block clean and unmarked. Tight binding.

Stapled Pictorial Soft Cover. Condizione: Fine. 86pp.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Soft Cover - VG - Book is clean and tight with light wear - Illustrated.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN 0160497795. Trade Paperback. Staple bound; 88 pages. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Slight wear to corners and edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. No Signature.

Condizione: Good. Signed Copy . Inscribed by author on title page.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Paperback; Softcover: Extra heavy glossy paper stock covers. Front cover has title and photo. Light edgewear. Pages and photos are spotless. The very first refueling took place on June 27, 1923. Fascinating history and wonderful vintage photos. Nice tight binding. ; B/w Photos; 4TO; 86 pages.

Wraps. Condizione: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. iii, [1],86, [2] pages. Illustrations. Appendices. Notes. Stamp of the author with North Carolina address. Signed and inscribed on the title page by the author. Inscription reads: For Donald Kang with Best Regards, R. K. Smith, 15 Jan 99 (Impeachment Time!). This is believe to Kang Dong-suk (born May 25, 1969; a.k.a. Donald Kang) is a yachtsman and adventurer from South Korea. On June 8, 1997, he became the first Korean to sail around the world single-handedly, when he completed a circumnavigation on a 30-foot (9.2-meter) sailboat Pioneer 2, covering over 70,000 kilometers in 3 years and 5 months. In 1991, he completed the first single-handed sailing voyage of the Pacific by a Korean in his first sailboat Pioneer 1, a 29-foot (8.7-meter) boat, traveling the distance of 11,700 kilometers in 7 months. After arriving in Korea, he donated the Pioneer 1 to the Korea Naval Academy. Richard K. Smith received his undergraduate degrees from the University of Illinois and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is the author of The Airships Akron and Macon: Flying Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy, the award-winning First Across! The U.S. Navy's Transatlantic Flight of 1919 and numerous articles on the history of aeronautics. Includes chapters on The First Refueling; The Question Mark and Its Answer; Aeronautical Flagpole Sitting; Refueling at Farnborough; The Modern Airplane Defers Refueling; A British Dilemma and the American Solution; Sir Alan Cobham and FRL, the British Solution; Wartime Might-Have-Beens; Refueling Frustrations and the Onset of the Cold War; The Aircraft and Weapons Board; The KB-29 and B-50; Lucky Lady II: Air Refueling Accident; The Probe and Drogue; The Cold War Gets Hot, Refueling Becomes Vital; Boom Versus Probe and Drogue Refueling; The B-52 and KC-135; Tankers Aweigh; Tactical Air Command Adopts Aerial Refueling; SAC, TAC, SIOP, and Tankers; In Europe: NATO and Others; The War in Southeast Asia; Refueling Helicopters; Moments of Truth; The Aerial Refueling Systems Advisory Group; Aeronautica Geriatrica; The Advanced Tanker Cargo Aircraft/KC-10; El Dorado Canyon: The Longest Fighter Mission; The Persian Gulf War; The Legacy of Curtis LeMay. Also includes Appendices on U.S. Army Air Service, Inflight Refueled Endurance Flight, August 27-28, 1923; Inflight Refueling Experiments Using a B-24D Tanker and a B-17E Receiver, Englin Field, Florida, June 1943; Tanker Support to Operation Power Flite Sending B-52s Nonstop Around the World, January 16-18, 1957; KC--135 Fuel Tanks, and Airlift Flight Profiles, United States to Israel.