IT'S BACK! AIR FORCE...the Journal. Six months of rare vintage issues brimming with the life & times of America at total war. Written to inform the U.S. Army Air Forces, touched with an artful flair for entertainment, these are faithful facsimiles from January to June of 1943. A must for nostalgia buffs, fascinating for general readers. Includes: an introduction by decorated Captain Bernard W. Peterson USMCR Ret.; great pictorials, articles, & all in the original magazine format! Over 80 separate incredible stories by pilots, navigators, gunners, mechanics, doctors, bomber crews & ferry pilots. Technical description of Allied & enemy aircraft, survival hints, health hints, & much more - AS THEY HAPPENED. Very few copies of AIR FORCE were brought home & few therefore survived these fifty years. It is believed that the re-issuing of AIR FORCE will find wide acceptance, & be of interest to all who served during WWII, especially historians, writers, air-minded people & the average G.I. who served in every theater of conflict. The AIR FORCE Journal is finding wide acceptance at major air museum book stores around the U.S. Supply is limited. Order yours now, while still available. Write to: Customer Service Dept., Chuckwalla Publishing, 27015 N. 92nd St., Scottsdale, AZ 85255. Tel. 602-585-4868.

The aim of this unique volume is twofold. First and foremost, it sets out to offer the reader a comprehensive and challenging view, from some of the most distinguished scholars in the field, of present and future trends and issues in the fields of international air and space law. By breaking new ground in this way, it pays tribute to the scholarly achievements of Henri (Or) Wassenbergh, whose ideas and work have helped to shape both air and space law throughout his long and distinguished career. "Air and Space Law: De Lege Ferenda" will be of interest to all those concerned with the present status of air and space law, and with the challenges the aviation and space industry must face in the century to come.

With air travel a regular part of daily life in North America, we tend to take the infrastructure that makes it possible for granted. However, the systems, regulations, and technologies of civil aviation are in fact the product of decades of experimentation and political negotiation, much of it connected to the development of the airmail as the first commercially sustainable use of airplanes. From the lighted airways of the 1920s through the radio navigation system in place by the time of World War II, this book explores the conceptualization and ultimate construction of the initial US airways systems.The daring exploits of the earliest airmail pilots are well documented, but the underlying story of just how brick-and-mortar construction, radio research and improvement, chart and map preparation, and other less glamorous aspects of aviation contributed to the system we have today has been understudied. Flying the Beam traces the development of aeronautical navigation of the US airmail airways from 1917 to 1941. Chronologically organized, the book draws on period documents, pilot memoirs, and firsthand investigation of surviving material remains in the landscape to trace the development of the system. The author shows how visual cross-country navigation, only possible in good weather, was developed into all-weather "blind flying." The daytime techniques of "following railroads and rivers" were supplemented by a series of lighted beacons (later replaced by radio towers) crisscrossing the country to allow nighttime transit of long-distance routes, such as the one between New York and San Francisco. Although today's airway system extends far beyond the continental US and is based on digital technologies, the way pilots navigate from place to place basically uses the same infrastructure and procedures that were pioneered almost a century earlier. While navigational electronics have changed greatly over the years, actually "flying the beam" has changed very little.

This book provides readers with a basic understanding of the concepts and methodologies of sustainable aviation.The book is divided into three sections : basic principles the airport side, and the aircraft side. In-depth chapters discuss the key elements of sustainable aviation and provide complete coverage of essential topics including airport, energy, and noise management along with novel technologies, standards and a review of the current literature on green airports, sustainable aircraft design, biodiversity management, and alternative fuels. Engineers, researchers and students will find the fundamental approach useful and will benefit from the many engineering examples and solutions provided.