Türkçede ne yazık ki pek yayınlanmayan havacılık kitaplarının İngilizcede sayısız örneği var. Sizlerden gelen istekler doğrultusunda bundan sonra havacılık kitaplarının tanıtımlarına da yer vermeye çalışacağız. Tanıttığımız kitapların tamamını Amazon ya da İdefiks gibi kitap satış sitelerinden indirebilirsiniz. Türkçe kitaplar ise Kitapyurdu ve İdefiks gibi sitelerde ya da kitapçılarda bulunabilir.
Green Aviation
Richard Blockley (Series Editor), Ramesh Agarwal (Editor), Fayette Collier (Editor), Andreas Schaefer (Editor), Allan Seabridge (Editor)
Green Aviation, havacılığın çevresel etkilerinin azaltılması için yazılmış önemli kitaplardan biri. Kitapta bu amaçla havacılığın geçirmesi gereken dönüşüm, teknolojik çalışmalardan hava trafiğine, hatta gürültü kirliliği politikalarına kadar ayrıntısıyla incelenmiş.
Kitabın tanıtım yazısı:
“Green Aviation is the first authoritative overview of both engineering and operational measures to mitigate the environmental impact of aviation.
It addresses the current status of measures to reduce the environmental impact of air travel. The chapters cover such items as:
Engineering and technology-related subjects (aerodynamics, engines, fuels, structures, etc.),
Operations (air traffic management and infrastructure)
Policy and regulatory aspects regarding atmospheric and noise pollution.
With contributions from leading experts, this volume is intended to be a valuable addition, and useful resource, for aerospace manufacturers and suppliers, governmental and industrial aerospace research establishments, airline and aviation industries, university engineering and science departments, and industry analysts, consultants, and researchers.”
Yayınevi: Wiley
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Fighting Hitler’s Jets
Robert F. Dorr
Hitler’in Jetleriyle Mücadele, savaşın gidişatını değiştirmesi umulan gizemli ve dehşetli savaş makinalarının Almanlar tarafından üretilmeye çalışıldığı dönemde geçen ilginç bir savaş ve teknoloji tarihi çalışması. Benzer çalışmalarıyla tanınan başarılı yazar Robert F. Dorr, İkinci Dünya Savaşının sonlarında gökyüzünde görülmeye başlayan savaş jetlerinden, Hitler’in intihar etmeyip bir uçakla kaçtığına dair komplo teorilerine kadar birçok açıdan konuyu inceliyor. Bu arada Adolf Hitler’in intihar etmeyip Arjantine kaçmayı başardığına dair bir teoriyi inceleyen ve Türk yapımcı yönetmen Emre Şahin tarafından hazırlanan Hitler’in Peşinde adlı belgeseli Youtube ve benzeri kanallarla History Channel’de izleyebilirsiniz.
Kitabın tanıtımı ise şöyle:
“Fighting Hitler’s Jets brings together in a single, character-driven narrative two groups of men at war: on one side, American fighter pilots and others who battled the secret “wonder weapons” with which Adolf Hitler hoped to turn the tide; on the other, the German scientists, engineers, and pilots who created and used these machines of war on the cutting edge of technology. Written by Robert F. Dorr, renowned author of Zenith Press titles Hell Hawks!, Mission to Berlin, and Mission to Tokyo, the story begins with a display of high-tech secret weapons arranged for Hitler at a time when Germany still had prospects of winning the war. It concludes with Berlin in rubble and the Allies seeking German technology in order to jumpstart their own jet-powered aviation programs. Along the way, Dorr expertly describes the battles in the sky over the Third Reich that made it possible for the Allies to mount the D-Day invasion and advance toward Berlin. Finally, the book addresses both facts and speculation about German weaponry and leaders, including conspiracy theorists’ view that Hitler escaped in a secret aircraft at the war’s end. Where history and controversy collide with riveting narrative, Fighting Hitler’s Jets furthers a repertoire that comprises some of the United States’ most exceptional military writing.”
Yayınevi: MBI Publishing Company
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From Balloon to Boxkite
Malcolm M. Hall
1888’de İngiliz ordusunun kurduğu balon okulu ve bu okulda deneme yanılma metoduyla yaşananların uçaklara kadar uzanan hikayesi. İngiliz Hava Kuvvetleri RAF’tan yaklaşık 40 yıl önce kurulan balon okulu, İngiliz havacılığının başlangıcı sayılır. Malcolm Hall, havacılık alanında hafif balonlardan ağır uçan makinelere geçişin hikayesini, daha önce yayınlanmamış bazı fotoğraflarla destekleyerek aktarıyor:
“The story of early British military aviation is one of trial and error, of triumph and adversity and it all began with a detachment of the Royal Engineers called the Air Battalion, which had previously been called the Balloon School. Created some forty years before the RAF, the Balloon School commenced a long history of British aeronautics. Initially, spotting for artillery, the Balloon School grew to encompass kites and gliders and early aircraft also. This new history of this little-known army detachment presents the tale of these daring aviators and the balloons, airship, kites and pioneer aircraft during a time of much change in military design and thinking. It shows the development of military aviation in its formative years, and the use of these new weapons in time of war. Malcolm Hall brings together a thoroughly researched history of military aviation in the pioneer years with a selection of images, some previously unpublished, showing the development of the flying machines, both lighter and heavier than air.”
Yayınevi: Amberley Publishing
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At the Edge of Space
Milton O. Thompson
Milton O. Thompson, At the Edge of Space’de, American X-Vehicles’te ilk elli tanesinin hikayesi aktarılan deneysel uçaklardan 15.sini ayrıntısıyla incelemiş. X-15’in Neil Armstrong, Joe Engle, Scott Crossfield gibi önemli pilotlarla birlikte 12 deneysel pilotundan biri olan yazar, tarihin en başarılı araştırma uçaklarından birinin öyküsünü “içeriden” anlatıyor:
“In At the Edge of Space, Milton O. Thompson tells the dramatic story of one of the most successful research aircraft ever flown. The first full-length account of the X-15 program, the book profiles the twelve test pilots (Neil Armstrong, Joe Engle, Scott Crossfield, and the author among them) chosen for the program. Thompson has translated a highly technical subject into readable accounts of each pilot’s participation, including many heroic and humorous anecdotes and highlighting the pilots’ careers after the program ended in 1968.”
Yayınevi: Smithsonian
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Kokpitteki Sır
Adnan Koşcağız
Bunca İngilizce kitaptan sonra 2017’de yayınlanmış, yeni bir Türkçe havacılık kitabı tanıtalım:
“Uçarken dünya size ait.
Yerden yüzlerce metre yukarıda. Gökyüzünün tam ortasında. Bulutların arasında. Çelikten kanatlarınızla biraz daha yükseleceksiniz. Yeryüzünden biraz daha uzaklaşacaksınız. Huzurun kucağında. Dünyadan uzaklaştıkça dünya daha çok size ait. Yaşamın en büyük deneyimlerinden birisi bu olsa gerek.
Yıllarını gökyüzünde geçiren Adnan Koşcağız bu kitabıyla, Gökyüzü İmparatorluğunun sırlarını okuruyla ikinci kez paylaşıyor. Yılların deneyimini ve heyecanını içinde tutan bu kitabı okurken ayaklarınız yerden kesilecek!”
Yayınevi: Dante Kitap
Sayfa: 215
Aviation Secrets
Matt Johnson
Havacılık Sırları. Bir uçuş görevlisinin yaşadığı komik öyküler ve havacılıkla ilgili ilginç gerçekleri yansıtan güzel bir kitap. Keşke gerçek hayat deneyimlerinden alınan ilginç gerçekler ve komik öyküler. Keşke benzerleri bizde de daha fazla yayınlansa. Gelirinin bir kısmı UNISEF’e bağışlanacak kitabın tanıtımı:
“Aviation secrets. Interesting facts and funny short stories taken from the real-life experiences of a flight attendant.
The best book to devour on a flight. Each page presents a single curiosity or funny/scary story in the field of aviation. Do you wonder how the pilots´ and flight attendants´ work really looks like and how an airplane works? This book is a perfect choice for inquiring minds who want to explore aviation!”
American X-Vehicles
Dennis R. Jenkins, Tony Landis, Jay Miller
Amerikan Hava Kuvvetleri’nin deneysel uçakları ve NASA’nın uzay aracı denemelerinin ayrıntılı bir hikayesini aktaran bu çalışma tam bir envanter… X-1’den X-50’ye kadar tüm deneysel uçakların kapsamlı araştırmasını bulabileceğiniz kitabın tanıtım yazısı şöyle:
“This official NASA history document - converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction - is a comprehensive survey of America"s experimental aircraft from the pathfinding supersonic X-1 to the X-50. The introduction states: For a while, it seemed the series of experimental aircraft sponsored by the U. S. government had run its course. Between the late 1910s and the late 1970s, almost thirty designations had been allocated to aircraft meant to explore new flight regimes or untried technologies. Then, largely, it ended. But there was a resurgence in the mid- to late-1990s, and as we enter the fourth year of the new millennia, the designations are up to X-50. Many have a misconception that X-vehicles have always explored the high-speed and high-altitude flight regimes— something popularized by Chuck Yeager in the original X-1 and the exploits of the twelve men that flew the X-15. Although these flight regimes have always been in the spotlight, many others have been explored by X-vehicles. The little Bensen X-25 never exceeded 85 mph, and others were limited to speeds of several hundred mph. There has been some criticism that the use of X designations has been corrupted somewhat by including what are essentially prototypes of future operational aircraft, especially the two JSF demonstrators. But this is not new—the X-11 and X-12 from the 1950s were going to be prototypes of the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile, and the still-born Lockheed X-27 was always intended as a prototype of a production aircraft. So although this practice does not represent the best use of "X" designations, it is not without precedent.
Vehicles covered in the collection are: Bell X-1 (First Generation) * Bell X-1 (Second Generation) * Bell X-1E * Bell X-2 * Douglas X-3 * Northrop X-4 * Bell X-5 * Consolidated-Vultee X-6 * Lockheed X-7 * Aerojet General X-8 * Bell X-9 * North American X-10 * Consolidated-Vultee X-11 * Consolidated-Vultee X-12 * Ryan X-13 * Bell X-14 * North American X-15 * North American X-15 A-2 * Bell X-16 * Lockheed X-17 * Hiller X-18 * Curtiss-Wright X-19 * Boeing X-20 * Northrop X-21A * Bell X-22 * Martin Marietta X-23 * Martin Marietta X-24A * Martin Marietta X-24B * Bensen X-25 * Lockheed / Schweizer X-26 * Lockheed X-27 Lancer * Pereira / Osprey X-28 * Grumman X-29 * National Team X-30 * Rockwell International / MBB X-31 * Boeing X-32 * Lockheed Martin X-33 * Orbital Sciences X-34 * Lockheed Martin X-35 * Boeing X-36 * Boeing X-37 * NASA X-38 * AFRL X-39 * Boeing X-40A * X-41 * X-42 * Microcraft X-43 * Lockheed Martin X-44 * Boeing X-45 * Boeing X-46 * Northrop Grumman X-47 * Boeing X-48 * X-49 * Boeing X-50 * Lifting Bodies * Douglas D-558”