e-Library Additions
If you need more detailed information designed to brush up your skills and boost your professional development, try our e-books library.
Our fully flexible online collection allows Society members to search for information and concepts across over 250 books and, once you have found what you need, you can download separate chapters or even individual diagrams. Once you have created an account, you can then highlight text, add notes and electronically borrow the book for 24 hours.
Over the past year or so we have built up our collection in the following areas:
- Green aviation
- Young professionals moving into management
- Material aimed at apprentice members, including general aerospace engineering and aircraft maintenance titles
- Key textbooks to support those going into or coming out of university
- Missiles and weapons systems
- A selection of classic aero history titles (see August’s edition of e-library Additions)
- UAVs (see August’s edition of e-library Additions).
Plus, we have added a selection of the best titles reviewed by AEROSPACE and The Aeronautical Journal.
If you cannot find what you are for looking in our e-library, or you prefer the feel of paper in your hands, you can also use the NAL catalogue to select from over a thousand of the most recent aerospace textbooks to borrow by post. As well as books designed to help all aerospace professionals, we have masses of material that would satisfy every aero enthusiast.
Sustainable Development, International Aviation, and Treaty Implementation edited by Armand de Mestra, Peter Paul Fitzgerald and Md. Tanveer Ahmad, 2018.
This book seeks to examine the many dimensions of the effort to contain greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft in a manner consonant with the principles of sustainable development, and examines the development of international law and policy.
Reframing economic policy towards sustainability: explored through a case study into aviation by Peter J McManners, 2017.
Future Propulsion Systems and Energy Sources in Sustainable Aviation by S Farokhi, 2020.
Sustainable Aviation: Greening the Flight Path edited by Thomas Walker, Angela Stefania Bergantino, Northrop Sprung-Much and Luisa Loiacono, 2020.
Sustainable Aviation edited by T H Karakoc, C O Colpan, O Altuntas and Y Sohret, 2019.
Introduction to Electronic Defense Systems by Felippo Neri, 3rd edition, 2019.
Design of Guidance and Control Systems for Tactical Missiles by Qi Zaikang and Lin Defu, 2019.
Modern Missile Guidance by Rafael Yanushevsky, 2018.
The Official History of UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent: Vol 1 – From the V-Bomber Era to the Arrival of Polaris, 1945-1964 by Matthew Jones, 2017.
Test and evaluation of aircraft avionics and weapon systems by Robert E McShea, 2013.
This text and practical reference for all personnel involved in avionics and weapons system evaluation and testing, in the air and on the ground.
Advances in Missile Guidance, Control and Estimation edited by S N Balakrishnan, A Tsourdos and B A White, 2012.
Project Emily: Thor IRBM and the RAF by J Boyes, 2008.
A history of the four-year period from 1959 to 1963 when RAF Bomber Command operated 60 Thor IntermediateRange Ballistic Missiles as part of the UK nuclear deterrent force, and how and why it was dismantled.
The ‘Secret’ World of Vickers Guided Weapons by John Forbat, 2006.
A detailed well-illustrated account of the development of the Red Rapier expendable bomber, Blue Boar gliding bomb, Red Dean air-to-air missile and Vigilant anti-tank missile.
Human Factors in Aircraft Maintenance by D Yiannakides and C Sergiou, 2019.
Aviation Maintenance Technician: General by Dale Crane, Sean Fortier and Terry Michmerhuizen, 2018.
An introduction to aviation with basic lessons on mathematics, physics and electricity. As the student progresses, specific aviation concerns are addressed, including regulations, mechanic privileges, forms, aircraft hardware and tools.
Airworthiness: an introduction to Aircraft Certification and Operations by F De Florio, 2016. Aircraft Inspection, Repair & Alterations: Acceptable Methods, Techniques & Practices by the Federal Aviation Administration, 2008.
This handbook for Aviation Maintenance Technicians (AMTs), repair stations, aircraft owners and homebuilders details the standards for acceptable methods, techniques and practices for the inspection, repair, and alteration of aircraft.
Aviation Maintenance Technician: Airframe, Volume 1 Structures by Dale Crane, 3rd edition, 2008.
Details the subjects associated with aircraft structures, including aerodynamics, and hydraulics and pneumatic systems as they relate to the landing gear.
Aviation Maintenance Technician: Airframe, Volume 2 Systems by Dale Crane, 3rd edition, 2008.
Covers the various systems involved with the airframe, encompassing electrical, fuel, cabin atmosphere control, instruments, communications and navigation, ice and rain control, fire protection systems, and aircraft inspections.
Managing Aerospace Projects edited by Dr Jimmy Williams Jr, 2017.
The New Business Road Test: What entrepreneurs and investors should do before launching a lean start-up by John Mullins, 5th edition, 2018.
Building on lessons learned by studying numerous entrepreneurs, this book details the author’s seven domains model for assessing new business ideas. The model is comprised of four market and industry domains and three related to the entrepreneurial team.
Technology and the Virtues: A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting by Shannon Vallor, 2016.
New technologies from artificial intelligence to drones, and biomedical enhancement make the future of the human family increasingly hard to predict and protect. This book explores how the philosophical tradition of virtue ethics can help us to cultivate the moral wisdom we need to live wisely and well with emerging technologies.
Engaging the Next Generation of Aviation Professionals edited by Suzanne K Kearns, Timothy J Mavin and Steven Hodge, 2020.
The Political Economy of Aerospace Industries: A Key Driver of Growth and International Competitiveness? by Keith Hartley.
Aerospace is often viewed as a key high-technology industry, important for a nation’s future growth prospects and international competitiveness. This book presents an economic and political analysis of the world’s aerospace industries and their performance.
Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want by Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Bernarda Bernarda, Alan Smith and Trish Papadakos, 2014.
Finite element analysis: theory and application with ANSYS by Saeed Moaveni, 4th edition.
This book presents the theory of finite element analysis, explores its application as a design/ modelling tool, and explains in detail how to use ANSYS intelligently and effectively.
MATLAB primer by Timothy A Davis, 8th edition, 2011.
A hands-on introduction to MATLAB.