Good books about aviation

[spacesailor]

It Was a good thing once, now illegal  Some one missing their money.

 

Biggest book depository  was of course "Piratebay"

 

Everything you want (as above), It was all there for the download.

 

( have to have a VPN to access it now I believe.)

 

Great pity it couldn't have been legalised

 

What is this ISBN number, ?

 

spacesailor

 

 

[Admin]

What is this ISBN number, ?

 

ISBN is the acronym for International Standard Book Number. This 10 or 13-digit number identifies a specific book, an edition of a book, or a book-like product (such as an audiobook). Since 1970 each published book has a unique ISBN. In 2007, assigned ISBNs changed from 10 digits to 13.

 

 

[FlyingVizsla]

What is this ISBN number, ?

 

Spacie - it is a very useful number.  For the book that Ian and I both have "Fire in the Sky : The Australian Flying Corps in the First World War" by Michael Molkentin the ISBN is 978 1 74237 072 9 This tells you it is that book and it is a paperback (the hardback has a slightly different number).

 

I am helping out on a charity Book Fest.  Things are so much easier now we just scan the ISBN, all the details are added to the database and we can chuck it into the right box to make spreading them out for sale on the day way easier than previous years.  All the gardening books in one place, the non-fiction, fiction, biographies etc.  It is also useful for those looking for specific books - just ask, we look it up and can tell if we had it and if it is still for sale and where you can find it on the tables.

 

Another good read in the same vein - "The High Life of Oswald Watt:  Australia's First Military Pilot" by Chris Clark, Big Sky Publishing, Newport NSW Australia 2016 ISBN 9781925275797.  He learned to fly in 1911, when WWI broke out, he went to France and flew with the French (thus being the first Australian to fly in a military role) and 18 months later got a transfer to the Australian Flying Corp.  I've got another one and a half chapters to go.

 

 

[old man emu]

I got a biography of an Australian WWll airman for Father's Day, too. I'll talk about it when I've finished reading it.

 

FATAL MISSION - The life and death of the crew of "Naughty Nan" - 467 Sqn RAAF - by Mal Elliott (ISBN 978-1-922265-14-2) Published by Big Sky Publishing Pty Ltd, Newport NSW 

 

https://www.bigskypublishing.com.au/

 

This is the story of Australian Oscar Furniss, from Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains of NSW, and the crew of Avro Lancaster lll, Production No. JA901, 467 Squadron ID PO-N, nicknames "Naughty Nan".

 

The book, while telling Furniss' story, provides some information on the way aircrew were selected and trained under the Empire Air Scheme. Starting out as Furniss' story, it takes in the backgrounds of the other crew members, and Naughty Nan's difficult service life.

 

About 12:15 AM on 4th May 1944, Naughty Nan was shot down after bombing barracks near Mailly-le-Camp, France, which the 21st Panzer Division was occupying. Only two of the crew were able to evacuate the aircraft which was on fire after having been attacked by a night-fighter. Furniss went down with the plane.

 

The story does not end with the crash. It tells what happened to the two survivors, and the families' efforts to locate their Loved Ones' resting places.

 

An easy to read book of 200 pages. It contains many photographs, but the reproduction of many is poor. However, some of the photographs illustrate the ways and means that the Allies tried to assist downed aircrew to evade capture.

 

 

[spenaroo]

It Was a good thing once, now illegal  Some one missing their money.

 

Biggest book depository  was of course "Piratebay"

 

Everything you want (as above), It was all there for the download.

 

( have to have a VPN to access it now I believe.)

 

Great pity it couldn't have been legalised.

 

spacesailor

 

not necessarily, just change the server address your internet connects through,

real easy to do, just changing about 6 numbers

 

 

[spacesailor]

Had a look about changing ISP numbers, but it seems a little daunting.

 

Found Cloudflare !.

 

" https://www.cloudwards.net/what-is-cloudflare/"

 

    "   If you want the most secure and private DNS,

     a company called Cloudflare offers 1.1.1.1. It is fast and does not store data. 

    Cloudflare keeps bare-bones logs of DNS requests for 24 hours to help it debug its system if something goes wrong,

     but after that, all information is purged from its system.

    You start the process of accelerating your first website by entering its domain. Cloudflare grabbed every DNS record we knew existed and a few we didn't, then it provides an option to add more, and allows the user to decide which settings it's going to take over, and which they’ll manage themselves. (If you've no idea, it's usually safe to accept the default settings – they can be changed later, if necessary).

 

    After that, the only remaining step is to set your domain name servers to point at Cloudflare.

     This requires visiting your domain registrar, web host or whoever else is managing your domain, and following the instructions in their control panel."

 

Still outside my expertise. but will seek your opinion on their freebie !.

 

spacesailor

     It will probably take a few hours for the new settings to spread around the web, but there's no downtime; your website will continue working as normal.

 

 

[spacesailor]

I lost the last paragraph on my above thing .

 

Will you check this out ?, for the freebie .'I await your response.

 

spacesailor

 

Many thanks 

 

spacesailor

 

 

[facthunter]

Maybe something to do with cloudflare.? nev

 

 

[Manwell]

I'd add a recommendation for Fate is the Hunter, by EK Gann, Bob Hoover's book would be a good read too, but I haven't read it.   Old Number One is another good read by EK Gann, and The Right Stuff by Chuck Yeager.

 

 

[w3stie]

There's an australian author, queenslander I think, I'm trying to remember his name. He was writing in the eighties and nineties, a lot of historical stuff. Can anyone give me a hint?

[spenaroo]

deleted - already posted earlier

[old man emu]

Yesterday I found a small collection of Biggles books in an antique shop.

[ClintonB]

OME did you grab them. I would like to get hold of some more for my young bloke to read. If not could you pm me where and I could call them.

cheers

clinton

[pmccarthy]

Yesterday I found a small collection of Biggles books in an antique shop.

I sometimes think about giving my Biggles books to my grandson but can't part with them.

[Red]

Propellorhead, a good laff

 

Vulcan 607, gripping stuff

 

On a negative note just finished reading Mike Busche's book on engines and whilst it has some good info, it could quite easily be a third or even half the 500 pages he used up repeating himself and telling anecdotes about how great he is at solving stuff.

 

Not worth the money IMHO

[FlyingVizsla]

I bought Mike Busch's books - Manifesto and Mike Busch on Engines. Expensive, but Mr FV agrees with most of what he says (or rather Mike agrees with Mr FV's view of the world). He liked his column in the EAA magazines. We have our differences of opinion on aircraft maintenance.

 

Another EAA purchase was GA Airfoils - Harry Riblett 1987 (with update to 1996) - Harry would be 90 now. Apart from a lot of aerofoil data, Mr FV likes his anti-authority stance. In his mind NASA wasted their time testing a range of wing shapes, but, as I tried to explain, the Govt were the only ones with sufficient resources (funds, wind tunnels, scientists etc) to test to find the best for each application, so that industry didn't have to make expensive mistakes. A good book, if you are designing from scratch.

[kgwilson]

I read a book loaned to me by a neighbour called "Flying Backwards". It was quite fascinating. It was written by an uncle of his who was a tail gunner in an RAF Lancaster during WW2.

 

Another great book is Chickenhawk by Robert Mason who chronicles his experiences from learning to fly helicopters & as a Huey pilot in Vietnam and experiences following the war.

Edited March 3, 2020 by kgwilson

[old man emu]

Hey!

When you advise us of a good book that is in a niche area, please also give the author's name and at least the ISBN or publisher's name so we can go look for it.

 

 

Geoffrey Williams: Flying Backwards - Memoirs of a Rear-Gunner 1943-1944 The Geoffrey Williams Story

Publishing Services, Sydney, 2002. . Binding: Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Size: 9"-10" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 1876439262. ISBN/EAN: 9781876439262. Inventory No: 41352.

[kgwilson]

Thanks for hunting this out,

I'd forgotten the authors name & hadn't spoken to Dave (Geoff is his wifes Uncle) and an internet search came up blank.

[old man emu]

Thanks for hunting this out, I'd forgotten

 

That's OK KG. Old Timer's a bitch.

[skydog]

Just read "missing man' story about Len Waters"

Really good, lots of injustice towards our aboriginal brothers.

Also very much enjoyed "At the edge of space" and by Milton Thompson. Fascinating read about the X_15 flight program and how it was the prerequisite to space flight as we know it. X_15 the fastest aircraft ever at one km per second!

[Admin]

Finally, @FlyingVizsla and everyone else, we now have an Aviation Book section for you to list and view many different books of all kinds related to aviation. It is up to you to populate this new section with all the different books that you may have...all you need to do is enter the ISBN number and if it is listed in Google Books all the information about the book will automatically complete all the fields for you...easy to add your books into the new Aviation Books section.

 

Note, if the ISBN number doesn't automatically populate the fields when adding a book, simply look the book up in Google Books and get the ISBN number from there

 

Please populate this new section for everyone to benefit from what you have and know...thanks

[old man emu]

Are you going to migrate the data from the earlier book section?

[Admin]

2 minutes ago, old man emu said:

Are you going to migrate the data from the earlier book section?

We haven't had a Book section before...can you explain?

[old man emu]

Wasn't there one on the other site? I know I've posted a couple somewhere.