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The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
The dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly--Wilbur and Orville Wright.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781476728759
Publication Date: 2016
Eyes to the Sky: Privacy and Commerce in the Age of the Drone by Matthew Feeney
Drones are among the most exciting and promising new technologies to emerge in the last few decades. Photographers, firefighters, filmmakers, engineers, and retailers have all used drones to improve public safety, innovate, and enhance creativity. Yet drones pose unique regulatory and privacy issues, and lawmakers at the federal and state levels are adopting policies that both ensure the safety of our national airspace and restrict the use of warrantless aerial surveillance. At a time when low-flying drones are affordable and ubiquitous, how useful are the airspace regulations and privacy laws designed for traditional airplanes and helicopters? Is there a way to build a regulatory and legal environment that ensures entrepreneurs and hobbyists can safely use drones while also protecting us from intrusive aerial surveillance?
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781952223099
Publication Date: 2021
Spinning Flight: Dynamics of Frisbees, Boomerangs, Samaras, and Skipping Stones by Ralph D. Lorenz
More frisbees are sold each year than baseballs, basketballs and footballs combined. Yet these familiar flying objects have subtle and clever aerodynamic and gyrodynamic properties which are only recently being documented by wind tunnel and other studies. In common with other rotating bodies discussed in this readily accessible book, they are typically not treated in textbooks of aeronautics and the literature is scattered in a variety of places. This book develops the theme of disc-wings and spinning aerospace vehicles in parallel.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780387307794
Publication Date: 2006
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