[PDF] Military Aircraft Pilot Reports eBook

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Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 29,49 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9780070030893

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Read all abut the most interesting military aircraft today with these firsthand reports from America's best aviation writers. Stuffed with more than 20 recent "Pilot Report" columns from Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine, this abundantly illustrated guide gives you detailed data on the flight capabilities of aircraft such as Northrop Grumman B-2 Stealth bomber, McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18, Rockwell International B-1 bomber, McDonnell-Douglas C-17, NF-16D Vista, Lockheed SR-71, and McDonnell-Douglas T-45. The authors recount their experiences at the controls, provide selected specifications tables and photographs, and include a brief history of each plane and its manufacturer. Regardless of which type of military aircraft piques your interest - bombers, fighter/attack planes, cargo/transport planes, special purpose, or trainer planes - this book has the information you crave.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 50,1 MB
Release : 1997-03-28
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0309056888

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Adverse aircraft-pilot coupling (APC) events include a broad set of undesirable and sometimes hazardous phenomena that originate in anomalous interactions between pilots and aircraft. As civil and military aircraft technologies advance, interactions between pilots and aircraft are becoming more complex. Recent accidents and other incidents have been attributed to adverse APC in military aircraft. In addition, APC has been implicated in some civilian incidents. This book evaluates the current state of knowledge about adverse APC and processes that may be used to eliminate it from military and commercial aircraft. It was written for technical, government, and administrative decisionmakers and their technical and administrative support staffs; key technical managers in the aircraft manufacturing and operational industries; stability and control engineers; aircraft flight control system designers; research specialists in flight control, flying qualities, human factors; and technically knowledgeable lay readers.

Author : Mark E. Gebicke
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 39,65 MB
Release : 2000-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780788187254

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DoD reported shortages of 2,000 pilots at the end of FY1998 and projected that shortages would continue for several years. Retaining qualified pilots is important to ensure that operational requirements can be met and to recoup the substantial investments the services make in training their pilots. This report reviews and identifies reasons for the military pilot shortages and offers solutions. It determined: the services' reported and projected estimates of their pilot shortages; the basis for the services' pilot requirements; key factors that account for the reported pilot shortages; and concerns that are causing pilots to consider leaving the military. Tables.

Author : Donald S. Lopez, Sr.
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 26,38 MB
Release : 2001-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1560989165

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Fighter Pilot's Heaven presents the dramatic inside story of the American military's transition into the jet age, as told by a flyer whose life depended on its success. With colorful anecdotes about fellow pilots as well as precise technical information, Donald S. Lopez describes how it was to be “behind the stick” as a test pilot from 1945 to 1950, when the U.S. military was shifting from war to peacetime operations and from propeller to jet aircraft. An ace pilot who had served with Gen. Claire Chennault's Flying Tiger Fighter Group, Lopez was assigned at the close of World War II to the elite Proof Test Group of the Air Proving Ground Command. Located at Eglin Field (later Eglin Air Force Base) in Florida, the group determined the operational suitability of Air Force weapons systems and aircraft and tested the first operational jet, the P-80 Shooting Star. Jet fighters required new techniques, tactics, and weaponry. Lopez recounts historic test flights in the P-59, P-80, and P-84, among other planes, describing complex combat maneuvers, hair-raising landings in unusual positions, and disastrous crashes and near crashes. This memoir is peppered with lively accounts of many pilots and their colleagues, revealing how airmen coped with both exhilarating successes and sometimes tragic failures.

Author : Tom Faulkner
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 28,16 MB
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1574417428

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In 1944 and 1945, Tom Faulkner was a B-24 pilot flying out of San Giovanni airfield in Italy as a member of the 15th Air Force of the U.S. Army Air Forces. Only 19 years old when he completed his 28th and last mission, Tom was one of the youngest bomber pilots to serve in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Between September 1944 and the end of February 1945, he flew against targets in Hungary, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Yugoslavia. On Tom’s last mission against the marshalling yards at Augsburg, Germany, his plane was severely damaged, and he had to fly to Switzerland where he and his crew were interned. The 15th Air Force generally has been overshadowed by works on the 8th Air Force based in England. Faulkner’s memoir helps fill an important void by providing a first-hand account of a pilot and his crew during the waning months of the war, as well as a description of his experiences before his military service. David L. Snead has edited the memoir and provided annotations and corroboration for the various missions.

Author : United States. Government Accountability Office
Publisher :
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 48,98 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Fighter pilots
ISBN :

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Fighter pilots operate aircraft that are critical to achieving and maintaining air dominance during combat operations. The military services invest significant time and funding to train, compensate, and retain fighter pilots. According to Air Force officials, it costs between $3- $11 million and takes approximately 5 years to develop an individual fighter pilot to lead combat missions. GAO’s report (1) assesses the extent to which the military services had differences in the number of fighter pilots compared to authorizations, and describes any contributing factors as well as initiatives to address the differences, and (2) assesses the extent to which the military services had reevaluated squadron requirements for the number of fighter pilots needed, including consideration of UAS pilot requirements. GAO recommends that the Air Force, the Navy, and the Marine Corps reevaluate fighter pilot squadron requirements.

Author : Jim Walters
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 12,78 MB
Release : 2000-01-26
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0071810978

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Fascinating and factual accounts of the world’s most recent and compelling crashes Industry insiders James Walters and Robert Sumwalt, trained aviation accident investigators and commercial airline pilots, offer expert analyses of notable and recent aircraft accidents in this eye-opening, lesson-filled case file. Culled from final reports issued by military and foreign government investigations, as well as additional research and resources, Aircraft Accident Analysis: Final Reports tells the final and full tales of doomed flights that stopped the world cold in their wake. Technical accuracy and details, presented in layman’s language, help to clarify: Major accidents from commercial, military, and general aviation flights Pilot backgrounds and flight histories Chronology of events leading to each accident Description of aviation investigation process Insight into NTSB, military, and foreign government findings Resulting recommendations, requirements, and policy changes Readable, authoritative, and complete, Aircraft Accident Analysis: Final Reports is at once an important reference tool and a riveting, what-went-wrong look at air safety for everyone who flies. Featured final and preview reports include: U.S. Air Force, U.S Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, Dubrovnik, Croatia Jessica Dubroff, Cheyenne, Wyoming Valujet Airlines 592, Everglades, Florida American Airlines 955, Cali, Columbia John Denver, Pacific Grove, California Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Carrollton, Georgia US Air 427, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania TWA 800, Long Island, New York Delta Air Lines, LaGuardia Airport, New York John F. Kennedy, Jr., Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts