Library Additions
Library Additions
Schweinfurt-Regensburg 1943: Eighth Air Force’s costly early daylight battles. M L Michel. Osprey Publishing, Bloomsbury Publishing, Kemp House, Chawley Park, Cumnor Hill, Oxford OX2 9PH, UK. 2020. 96pp. Illustrated. £14.99. ISBN 978-14728-3867-4.
Illustrated throughout with maps, diagrams and numerous contemporary photographs, a detailed account of the USAAF Eighth Air Force attempted bombing raids during WW2 on the German industrial sites at Schweinfurt and Regensburg on 17 August 1943 and 14 October 1943 and the Luftwaffe air defences mounted against them.
With Prejudice: the War Memoirs of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder GCB. Cassell & Company Ltd, London. 1966. 728pp. Illustrated.
The WW2 memoirs of the former Marshal of the Royal Air Force (MRAF) in which he relates in detail his personal experiences of the conflict over North Africa serving as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Middle East and Air Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean and then subsequently as Deputy Supreme Commander for ‘Overlord’ which culminated in the Allied landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944 (D-Day).
Evader. T D G Teare. Hodder & Stoughton, London. 1954. 256pp. Illustrated.
The personal experiences of a RAF aircrew member who after baling out from his burning Lancaster bomber was then to spend a year evading capture in occupied France during WW2 are vividly recalled in these memoirs.
Dunkirk. A D Divine. Faber & Faber Limited, London. 1945. 306pp.
A detailed day-by-day account of Operation Dynamo – the mass evacuation of 338,226 men (around two-thirds of whom were British) from the French coastal town of Dunkirk during 26 May–4 June 1940. Concluding appendices record the names of all the 848 British, Polish, Dutch, Belgian and French ships, vessels and boats involved in one of the most major operations of WW2.
Wings of Night: the Secret Missions of Group Captain Charles Pickard DSO and two bars, DFC. A Hamilton. Crecy Books. 1993. 206pp. Illustrated. ISBN 0-94755434-3.
A biography of one of the leading airmen of WW2 who, after serving with RAF No 99 Bomber Squadron and subsequently the Czech 311 Squadron, was to fly many clandestine missions for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) but later died on 18 February 1944 during a daylight raid on a prison at Amiens while flying the de Havilland Mosquito ‘F for Freddie’ of 21 Squadron.
Castles in the Air: the story of the B-17 Flying Fortress crews of the US 8th Air Force. M Bowman. Patrick Stephens, Wellingborough. 1986. 211pp. Illustrated. ISBN 0-85059-786-2.
Illustrated throughout with many contemporary photographs and incorporating the vivid personal recollections of aircrew involved, a history of the Boeing B-17 operations over Europe during WW2.
John Houbolt: the Unsung Hero of the Apollo Moon Landings. W F Causey. Purdue University Press, Stewart Center, 504 W. State Street, West Lafayette, IN 49707-2058, USA. 2020. xxiii; 347pp. Illustrated. $29.99. ISBN 978-1-55753-946-5.
Metallurgy for Physicists and Engineers: Fundamentals, Applications, and Calculations. Z Huda. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742, USA. 2020. Distributed by Taylor & Francis Group, 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon OX14 4RN, UK. xx; 360pp. £100. [20% discount available to RAeS members via www.crcpress.com using AKQ07 promotion code]. ISBN 978-0-36719838-1.
Spaceflight Mechanics 2019: Proceedings of the 27th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting held 13-17 January 2019, Ka’anapali, Maui, Hawaii. (4 vols + CD-ROM). American Astronautical Society (AAS) Advances in the Astronautical Sciences Series Vol 168. Edited by F Topputo et al. Univelt, PO Box 28130, San Diego, CA 92198, USA. 2019. xxxii; 4356pp. Illustrated. $820. ISBN 978-0-87703659-3.
‘Orbit Determination Sensitivity Analysis for the Europa Clipper Mission Tour’, ‘Initial Relative Orbit Determination Solutions using Polynomial Systems’, ‘Mars 2020 Mission Design and Navigation Overview’, ‘On Alighting Daintily at Jupiter: Innovative Methods for Efficiently Achieving Jovian Orbit’, ‘High-Performance Interpolation of Chebyshev Ephemerides’, ‘Charting a Course to the Sun: Flight Path Control for Parker Solar Probe’, ‘Modeling and Optimization of Aero-Ballistic Capture’, ‘NASA Exploration Mission 2 Mission Design’, ‘Quasi-Satellite Orbit Transfers Via MultiRevolutional Periodic Orbits’, ‘Robust Trajectory Design for Asteroid Orbiters’, ‘Attitude Dependent Evolution of Orbits about Active Comets’, ‘Analysis of Disturbance Anomaly of Interplanetary MicroSpacecraft Procyon’, ‘Analytic Probability Density Model of Satellite Swarms’, ‘Spacecraft Rendezvous Guidance in Cluttered Environments Via Reinforcement Learning’, ‘Trajectory Design for Lumio CubeSat in the Cislunar Space’, ‘Mascot: Flight Dynamics Activities in Support of an Asteroid Landing Mission’, ‘Differential Lift and Drag Constellation Control Using Trimmed Attitude’, ‘Optimal Guidance for Mars Aerocapture Maneuver’, ‘Insight Orbit Determination’, ‘Mars Sample Return Orbital Rendezvous Detection Methods’, ‘Maneuver Design Overview of the 2018 Insight Mars Lander Mission’, ‘Chemical and Solar Electric Propulsion Orbit Matching for Mars Sample Rendezvous’, ‘Hayabusa2 Mission Solar Conjunction Trajectory for Hovering Satellite’, ‘Parking Orbit Design for Generic Near-Earth Object Flyby Missions’, ‘Optimal Control of Space Debris Deorbit Using Space Tethered System’, ‘Flight Dynamics and Control Strategy of Flexible Electric Solar Wind Sail’, ‘Parallel Optimal Control for Partial Space Elevator’, ‘Analysis and Simulation of Robotic Hopping Maneuvers Inside the International Space Station with Astrobee’, ‘Cogitation of Space Curve Principles for Laplace Orbit Determination’ are the subjects discussed over the 250 separate papers presented at this conference.
First IAA/AAS SciTech Forum on Space Flight Mechanics and Space Structures and Materials: Proceedings of a conference held 13-15 November 2018, RUDN University, Moscow, Russia. (1 vol + CD-ROM). American Astronautical Society (AAS) Advances in the Astronautical Sciences Series Vol 170. Edited by Y N Razoumny et al. Univelt, PO Box 28130, San Diego, CA 92198, USA. 2020. xxxv; 1017pp. Illustrated. $250. ISBN 978-0-87703-663-0.
‘High-Altitude NearCircular Orbits for a Lunar Orbital Station’, ‘Optimal Flyby of Space Debris Objects on a Geostationary Orbit’, ‘Dynamical Aspects of Spatial Use of Gravity Assist Maneuvers for the Solar Probes’, ‘Distribution of Correction Thrusters under Delta-V Constraints in Local Horizontal Plane’, ‘The Optimization of Interplanetary Flight to Phobos with a Jet Engine of Combined Low and High Limited Thrust’, ‘Space Trajectory Optimization: Differential Evolution Redux’, ‘Interstellar Flights Via Alcubierre Warp Drive’, ‘Optimal Tether-Assisted Space Debris Disposal’, ‘A Historical Review and Future Prospects of Space Tourism’, ‘The Program for Estimation of the Earth Remote Sensing Plans’, ‘Nano Star Tracker AZDK-1’, ‘Development of a Universal Ultrasonic Reactor for Processing of Rare Earth Metal Ores on the Moon’, ‘Architectural Design and Structures on the Moon’, ‘Lithological Study of Mars Surface by Planet Orbital Stations and Rovers’, ‘Hydrogen Energy in the International Energy Strategy and its Relationship with the Prospect of the Development of Transport Technologies’, ‘Transmission and Reception of Energy from Laser Space Solar Power Plants’, ‘Current Issues of International Space Law’, ‘Current Issues of Mining Activities on Celestial Bodies: International Law Aspects’, ‘Space Debris Safety and Mitigation: Some International Legal Aspects’ and ‘The Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM)’ are the subjects discussed over the 83 separate presentations including this proceedings.
Guidance, Navigation and Control 2019: Proceedings of the 42nd Annual AAS Rocky Mountain Section Guidance and Control Conference held 31 January to 6 February 2019, Breckenridge, Colorado. (1 Vol + CD-ROM). American Astronautical Society (AAS) Advances in the Astronautical Sciences Series Vol 169. Edited by H Hallowell. Univelt, PO Box 28130, San Diego, CA 92198, USA. 2019. xxvi; 1161pp. Illustrated. $250. ISBN 978-0-87703-661-6.
Guidance, Navigation and Control of Asteroid Mobile Imager and Geologic Observer (AMIGO)’, ‘Motion Planning on an Asteroid Surface with Irregular Gravity Fields’, ‘An Autonomous Passive Navigation Method for Nanosatellite Exploration of the Asteroid Belt’, ‘Demonstration of Stereo Vision for Deorbit Descent and Landing’, ‘Small Spacecraft State of the Art in Guidance, Navigation, and Control’, ‘Attitude Control of an Inflatable Sailplane for Mars Exploration’, ‘Honeywell 3-Axis HG4934 Space Rate Sensor for Small Satellites’, ‘CloudSat – Development of a Thruster Only Maneuvering and Delta-V Capability’, ‘Fast Attitude Maneuvers for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’, ‘Sextant Navigation on the international Space Station’, ‘Analyzing Mission Opportunities for Earth to Mars Roundtrip Missions’, ‘Development Plan for a Fission and Fusion Powered Propulsion System to Reach Mars in 45 Days’, ‘The Air Force Research Laboratory’s in-Space Propulsion Program’, ‘PROBA-3 Precise Orbit Determination Based on GNSS Observations’ and ‘Sensor Analysis, Modeling, and Test for Robust Propulsion System Autonomy’.