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Night cats & Corsairs : the operational history of Grumman and Vought night fighter aircraft, 1942-1953 / by Carey, Alan C.,author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-211) and index.

Subjects: Night fighter planes; Radar in aeronautics; Hellcat (Fighter planes); Corsair (Fighter plane); Tigercat (Fighter plane); Night fighter planes; Aeronautics, Military; World War, 1939-1945; Korean War, 1950-1953;

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The secret of Tuxedo Park [videorecording] / by Conant, Jennet,consultant.(CARDINAL)350954; Fedde, R. A.,editor of moving image work.; Habtezghi, Nazenet,1977-television producer.; Phillips, Tom,composer (expression)(CARDINAL)270846; Rapley, Rob,television director,television producer,screenwriter.; Scott, Campbell,narrator.(CARDINAL)348468; Squires, Buddy,director of photography.; Based on (work):Conant, Jennet.Tuxedo Park.; American Experience Films,production company.; Apograph Productions,production company.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),publisher.(CARDINAL)189964; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.),production company.(CARDINAL)154259;

Editor, R.A. Fedde ; cinematography, Buddy Squires ; music, Tom Phillips ; consultant, Jennet Contant.Narrator, Campbell Scott.In the fall of 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered a small team of scientists on a clandestine transatlantic mission to deliver his country’s most valuable military secret, a revolutionary radar component, not to the U.S. government, but to a mysterious Wall Street tycoon, Alfred Lee Loomis. Using his connections, his money, and his brilliant scientific mind, Loomis and his team of scientists developed radar technology that would arguably play a more decisive role than any other weapon in the war. The Secret of Tuxedo Park tells a long-overlooked story of an individual who helped alter the course of history in World War II.DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround.

Subjects: Biographical television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Television series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Loomis, Alfred L. (Alfred Lee), 1887-1975.; Airplanes, Military; Atomic bomb; Inventors; Military research; Physicists; Radar in aeronautics.; Radar; Research; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;

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The physics of war : from arrows to atoms / by Parker, Barry R.(CARDINAL)729036;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-310) and index.Early wars and the beginning of physics -- Basic physics of early weapons -- The rise and fall of the Roman Empire and the early English-French wars -- Gunpowder and cannons : the discoveries that changed the art of war and the world -- Three men ahead of their time : Da Vinci, Tartaglia, and Galileo -- From early guns to total destruction and discovery -- The impact of the Industrial Revolution -- Napoleon's weapons and new breakthroughs in physics -- The American Civil War -- Where does the bullet go? : ballistics of rifle bullets and cannon shells -- Hey, look-- it flies! : aerodynamics and the first airplanes -- The Machine Gun War : World War I -- The invisible rays : the development and use of radio and radar in war -- Sonar and the submarine -- The Great War : World War II -- The atomic bomb -- The hydrogen bomb : intercontinental missiles, lasers, and the future.

Subjects: Weapons; Military art and science.; Military engineering.; Physics.; Aeronautics.; Ballistics.;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2

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High frontier : the U.S. Air Force and the Military Space Program / by Peebles, Curtis.(CARDINAL)168592; Air Force History and Museums Program (U.S.)(CARDINAL)218224;

Includes bibliographical references (page 80).1. Military space missions defined -- 2. Manned military space flight -- 3. Military space operations, 1958-1991 -- Launch operations, ground control, organization and management -- Desert Storm, the Air Force and the Military Space Program in a changing world.The United States military space program began at the end of World War II when a few people realized that space flight was now achievable and could be employed to military advantage. Science and technology in the form of advanced radar, jet propulsion, ballistic rockets such as the V-2, and nuclear energy had dramatically altered the nature of war. Army Air Forces Commanding General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold wrote in November 1945 that a space ship "is all but practicable today" and could be built "within the foreseeable future." The following month the Air Force Scientific Advisory Group concluded that long-range rockets were technically feasible and that satellites were a "definite possibility." The U.S. Navy also expressed interest in space flight. In November 1945 the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics produced a satellite report, and, on March 7, 1946 proposed an interservice space program. The idea was presented to the joint Army-Navy Aeronautical Board on April 9. Major General Curtis E. LeMay, the Director of Research and Development for the Army Air Forces, however, viewed space operations as an exclusive Air Force domain, and he ordered an independent study.

Subjects: United States Air Force; Astronautics, Military;

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Time and navigation : the untold story of getting from here to there / by Johnston, Andrew K.(Andrew Kenneth),1969-author.(CARDINAL)546812; Connor, Roger,author.(CARDINAL)617780; Stephens, Carlene E.,1949-author.(CARDINAL)733280; Ceruzzi, Paul E.,author.(CARDINAL)726836;

Includes bibliographical references (page 214) and index.Time and place connection -- Navigating at sea -- Navigating in the air -- Navigating in space -- Inventing satellite navigation -- Navigation for everyone -- Where are we headed?"If you want to know where you are, you need a good clock. This surprising connection between time and place has been true for centuries and is now being explored in Time and Navigation: The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There, the companion book to the National Air and Space Museum exhibition of the same name. This beautifully illustrated book covers five major periods of navigation history. The first period, when explorers were navigating at sea, spans from Vikings and Polynesians who found their way without clocks, to the eighteenth-century development of the marine chronometer. Explorers then turned their sights to the skies; the need to navigate in the air led to the development of bubble sextants like the type used by Charles Lindbergh as well as the radar technology used during World War II. The mid-century space race required new technology for navigating in space, including the atomic clock. The final two periods of navigation history cover the invention of satellite navigation and its ubiquity in day-to-day modern life on GPS devices, smartphones, and other personal electronics. Complete with sidebars about pioneering navigators as well as missteps in technology that led to later navigation advances, Time and Navigation is a comprehensive exploration of the history of navigation technology and its social implications. It helps us understand where we have been and how we got there so that we can understand where we are going"--

Subjects: Navigation.; Navigation (Aeronautics); Time; Nautical astronomy.; Mobile geographic information systems.;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

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Stealth : the secret contest to invent invisible aircraft / by Westwick, Peter J.,author.(CARDINAL)667361;

Roots of the Revolution -- Tomorrowland -- Breeding Invisible Rabbits -- Lockheed: Tin Shed in a Hurricane -- Northrop: Seeing the Waves -- Showdown at RATSCAT -- Have Blue and the F-117A -- Secrets and Strategies -- The Whale -- Facets versus Curves: The Contest for the B-2 -- Building the B-2 -- From the Shadows to the Spotlight -- Conclusion: The Secret of Stealth."To American planners and strategists at the outset of the Cold War, the ultimate way to gain ascendance over the USSR was only a question. What if the United States could defend its airspace while at the same time send a plane through Soviet skies undetected? A craft with such capacity would have to be essentially invisible to radar - an apparently miraculous feat of physics and engineering. In Stealth, Peter Westwick unveils the process by which the impossible was achieved. Stealth is a tale of two aerospace companies, Lockheed and Northrop, and their fierce competition - with each other and with themselves - to obtain what was estimated one of the largest procurement contracts in history. Westwick's book fully explores the individual and collective ingenuity and determination required to make these planes and in the process provides a fresh view of the period leading up to the end of the Soviet Union. Taking into account the role of technology, as well as the art and science of physics and engineering, Westwick offers an engaging narrative, one that immerses readers in the race to produce a weapon that some thought might save the world, and which certainly changed it."--

Subjects: Stealth aircraft; Stealth aircraft; B-2 bomber; F-117 (Jet attack plane); Aeronautics, Military; Aeronautics, Military;

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Air Force / by Snedden, Robert,author.(CARDINAL)317520;

Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.In the air and on the ground -- Air crew -- Ground support -- Into action -- Transportation and logistics -- The ultimate deterrent."When you think of the air force, some of the first things that come to mind may be pilots and their aircraft. Pilots are actually one of the smallest groups of people in the air force. They are supported by other members of aircrew and by a dedicated team of ground staff, who help the aircrew. Without the backup of engineers, mechanics, radar operators, and air traffic controllers, pilots would not be able to fly their missions safely, if at all"--Accelerated Reader AR

Subjects: United States. Air Force; Air pilots; Air pilots, Military; Aeronautics, Military; Military art and science; Vocational guidance;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

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The limitless sky : Air Force science and technology contributions to the nation / by Levis, Alexander H.(CARDINAL)273678; Bedford, John C.(CARDINAL)273676; Davis, Sandra.(CARDINAL)273677; Air Force History and Museums Program (U.S.)(CARDINAL)218224;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-254).

Subjects: United States. Air Force; Aeronautics, Military; Aeronautics, Military; Aeronautics, Military; Technology transfer; Military research;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Flight failure : investigating the nuts and bolts of air disasters and aviation safety / by Porter, Donald J.,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Who's minding the store? -- Leaving Las Vegas -- Smoking gun -- Triple Nickel -- Disconnected -- Boxes and people -- Under the radar -- Then as now -- Unscrewed -- Blame game -- Loose nuts -- Outsourced."This book chronicles maintenance-related accidents caused by individual, corporate, or governmental negligence and brings the industry's current state of affairs into sharp focus. The author, a former aviation engineer, examines how failures of the smallest of parts have brought down airliners, explaining sometimes esoteric mechanical issues for readers with no technical background. Vividly describing the terror of accidents and close calls, the author then follows the painstaking investigations to determine causes. He focuses on maintenance errors, which rank as one of the top three causes of airline accidents, and points to the factors that have led to an alarming situation-- continued reduction of licensed mechanics, the shutting down of maintenance bases in the United States, and the outsourcing of maintenance to lowballing contractors. Outsourcing has forced thousands of licensed mechanics into retirement or different careers. For those mechanics still employed in the United States, the ever-present threat to their jobs does nothing to cultivate loyalty to an employer and devotion to a task. The Federal Aviation Administration, which should be overseeing quality control, is caught in a conflicted dual role--charged with regulating safety on the one hand and assuring the fiscal stability of airlines on the other. This disturbing wakeup call for improved airline safety standards highlights the critical importance of attention to detail. Porter recommends that the numbers and job security of airline mechanics be increased and that they be vested with an authority level akin to medical professionals"--

Subjects: Case studies.; Aircraft accidents; Airplanes; Aeronautics; Disasters;

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4

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