Books like Understanding flight by David F. Anderson

It will come as no surprise to anyone that Jeremy Clarkson loves machines. But it's not just any old bucket of bolts, cogs and bearings that puts that rings his bell. In fact, he's scoured the length and and breadth of the land, plunged into oceans and taken to the skies in search of those rare machines with that elusive certain something.And along the way he's discovered:The safest place to be in the event of nuclear warWho would win if Superman, James Bond and The Terminator had a figThe stupidest person he's ever mWhat an old Cornish institution called Arthur has to do with 0898 chat linesAnd how Jean Claude Van Damme might get eaten by a lion ...In I Know You Got Soul, Jeremy Clarkson tells the stories of the geniuses, innovators and crackpots who put the ghost in the machine. From Brunel's SS Great Britain to the Spitfire and from the woeful - but inspiring - Graf Zeppelin to Han Solo's Millennium Falcon, they were built by people who love them - and we can't help but love them in return.

An anthology of ten chilling tales that explore the terror and intrigue of air travel, spanning classic horror, suspense, and speculative fiction.

Here is a fully updated and revised version of the "drive away" bestseller -- showing readers how to put their own super sound system on wheels. Written by a master of audio electronics, this second edition includes all new information on mobile video, satellite radio, MP3 and WMA, digital broadcast radio, 5.1 channel sound, and other current developments. The Car Stereo Cookbook shows readers how to plan their design, choose components, install them otimally -- and save a lot of money. Unlike books that cover only specific systems, the Cookbook tells readers how to customize and mix and match according to taste, budget, and vehicle.

A comprehensive guide to designing and constructing race car chassis.

Aircraft Flight will prove invaluable to anyone working or planning a career in the aircraft industry. For students of aeronautical engineering, it contains all the descriptive material necessary for courses from technician to degree level, and is background reading to the more mathematical texts. For trainee pilots, private, military or commercial, it gives an understanding of the fundamental principles of flight. For new entrants to the aviation and aerospace related industries, it provides a basic understanding of the technical principles of aeroplanes and for aviation enthusiasts it gives a non-mathematical treatment they can readily comprehend.

Collected writing from the best and funniest motoring journalist in the country