Bøger af John Gourley

After completing an apprenticeship in mechanical engineering, John Gourley joined the Pacific Steam Navigation Company as an engineer and made several voyages to South America. He went on to gain further experience with other shipping lines before returning to dry land where he spent the next 35 years with an engineering inspection company, British Engine Insurance Co. Most of this time was spent as an engineer-surveyor carrying out inspections across hundreds of industrial sites in South Lancashire. The scope of plant ranged from power stations to heritage steam - including steeplejack Fred Dibnah's engines - but the bulk of his time was spent visiting the many factories and mills on his patch. The Other Side of Steam is intended to provide an entertaining insight into an area of engineering which plays an important role but is largely unseen by the general public. Technical jargon has been kept to the minimum for the benefit of those without an engineering background.

An illustrated guidebook covering the US space program and where to go to see its most famous artifacts!

Aviation monograph of the F-82 Twin Mustang, an unusual variant of the famous P-51 Mustang.

The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter was a new-build design by Lockheed and proved adaptable to many roles, from carrying outsized cargo to dropping paratroops. The C-141 was used in difficult environmental conditions, such as the heat and extreme humidity of Vietnam, the deserts of the Middle East, and the frozen ice pack of Antarctica. Modification programs enabled the C-141 to make full use of its capabilities, by adding in-flight refueling plus extending the length of the fuselage. The plane was a valued and appreciated USAF asset in numerous missions, from disaster aid and humanitarian relief to doing their part in Operation Desert Shield/Storm, and in the war on terror. The aircraft were eventually retired en masse in 2006 simply as a result of wear and tear. This book covers in detail all aspects such as interior/exterior configurations, cargo capabilities, missions, and modifications made throughout its service life.

The General Dynamics F-111 was one of aviation history's most promising planes when it came out in the early 1960s. Despite a rocky service career, political changes in how the military acquired its weaponry, and the addition of too much new technology, the plane provided a credible frontline deterrent in the Cold War era and was used to great effect in the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm. Many of the challenges faced by putting the F-111--with all of its new systems--into service are now accepted as a normal outfit in modern fighter aircraft. Although the Navy did not accept the F-111B model, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat development program was significantly assisted by prior radar and missile system testing on the F-111B airframe. The F-111 was a hugely powerful aircraft and carried devastating weaponry, but was phased out by the USAF in the mid-90s, largely due to crippling maintenance costs. The aircraft remained in Australian service until 2010.