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Free Technology Books - Motor Vehicles, Air and Space Technology
  1. Advanced Technology for Human Support in Space by National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (page images and partial HTML at NAP)

  2. Aeronautical Technologies for the Twenty-First Century by National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (page images at NAP)

  3. Aeroplanes by James Slough Zerbe
    1. illustrated HTML at Virginia
    2. Gutenberg text

  4. A History of Aeronautics by E. Charles Vivian (Gutenberg text)

  5. Airborne Trailblazer by Lane E. Wallace (illustrated HTML at NASA)

  6. Airline Passenger Security Screening: New Technologies and Implementation Issues by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images at NAP)

  7. Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, ed. by Edgar M. Cortright (illustrated HTML at NASA)

  8. Automotive Fuel Economy: How Far Should We Go? by National Research Council Energy Engineering Board (page images at NAP)

  9. Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety: A Proceedings by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images and partial HTML at NAP)

  10. Aviation Safety and Pilot Control: Understanding and Preventing Unfavorable Pilot-Vehicle Interactions by National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (page images and partial HTML at NAP)

  11. Aviation Weather Services: A Call for Federal Leadership and Action by National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (page images at NAP)

  12. British Airships, Past, Present and Future by George Whale (Gutenberg text)

  13. Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft by Courtney G. Brooks, James M. Grimwood, and Loys S. Swenson (illustrated HTML at NASA)

  14. Detection of Explosives for Commercial Aviation Security by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images at NAP)

  15. Disaster on Green Ramp: The Army's Response by Mary Ellen Condon-Rall (HTML at US Army CMH)

  16. Final Report of the Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward U. Condon and University of Colorado, ed. by Daniel S. Gillmor (HTML at ncas.org)

  17. Fire- and Smoke-Resistant Interior Materials for Commercial Transport Aircraft by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images and partial HTML at NAP)

  18. Flight to the Future: Human Factors in Air Traffic Control, ed. by Christoper D. Wickens, Anne S. Mavor, and James P. McGee (page images and partial HTML at NAP)

  19. Flying Machines: Construction and Operation by William J. Jackman and Thomas H. Russell
    1. HTML at kuyper.org
    2. illustrated HTML at Virginia
    3. Gutenberg text

  20. How to Design, Build and Test Small Liquid-Fuel Rocket Engines by Leroy J. Krzycki (illustrated HTML at gramlich.net)

  21. Human Factors in Automated and Robotic Space Systems, ed. by Thomas B. Sheridan, Dana S. Kruser, and Stanley Deutsch (preliminary HTML at ulib.org)

  22. Improved Fire- and Smoke-Resistant Materials for Commercial Aircraft Interiors: A Proceedings by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images at NAP)

  23. Liquid Hydrogen as a Propulsion Fuel, 1945-1959 by John L. Sloop (HTML at NASA)

  24. Live Fire Testing of the F-22 by National Research Council Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (page images at NAP)

  25. Living Aloft: Human Requirements for Extended Spaceflight by Mary M. Connors, Albert A. Harrison, and Faren R. Akens (illustrated HTML at NASA)

  26. Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century, ed. by Wendell W. Mendell (page images at Harvard)

  27. Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics: Scenario-Based Strategic Planning for NASA's Aeronautics Enterprise by National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (page images and partial HTML at NAP)

  28. Managing the Space Sciences by National Research Council Space Studies Board (page images at NAP)

  29. Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations by Charles D. Benson and William Barnaby Faherty (HTML at NASA)

  30. New Materials for Next-Generation Commercial Transports by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images at NAP)

  31. On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet, 1958-1978 by Edward Clinton Ezell and Linda Neuman Ezell (illustrated HTML at NASA)

  32. On the Frontier: Flight Research at Dryden, 1946-1981 by Richard Hallion (illustrated HTML at NASA)

  33. On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini by Barton C. Hacker and Charles C. Alexander (HTML at NASA)

  34. Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990 by Roger E. Bilstein (HTML at NASA)

  35. Progress in Flying Machines by Octave Chanute (illustrated HTML at UIUC)

  36. Protecting the Space Station From Meteoroids and Orbital Debris by National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (page images at NAP)

  37. Quest for Performance: The Evolution of Modern Aircraft by Laurence K. Loftin (illustrated HTML at NASA)

  38. Reusable Launch Vehicle: Technology Development and Test Program by National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (page images at NAP)

  39. Taking Flight: Education and Training for Aviation Careers, ed. by Janet S. Hansen and Clinton V. Oster (page images and partial HTML at NAP)

  40. Technology for Small Spacecraft by National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (page images at NAP)

  41. The Aeroplane Speaks by Horatio Barber
    1. illustrated HTML at Virginia
    2. Gutenberg text

  42. The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (HTML at NASA)

  43. The Dominion of the Air by John Mackenzie Bacon (Gutenberg text)

  44. The Future of Air Traffic Control: Human Operators and Automation, ed. by Christoper D. Wickens, Anne S. Mavor, Raja Pasasuraman, and James P. McGee (page images and partial HTML at NAP)

  45. The Global Positioning System: A Shared National Asset by National Research Council Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (page images at NAP)

  46. The High-Speed Frontier: Case Histories of Four NACA Programs, 1920-1950 by John Vernon Becker (illustrated HTML at NASA)

  47. The Mastery of the Air by William J. Claxton (Gutenberg text)

  48. The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project by Edward Clinton Ezell and Linda Neuman Ezell (HTML at NASA)

  49. The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor by Hermann Noordung (HTML at NASA)

  50. This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury by Loyd S. Swenson, James M. Grimwood, and Charles C. Alexander (HTML at NASA)

  51. Unmanned Space Project Management: Surveyor and Lunar Orbiter by Erasmus H. Kloman (HTML at NASA)

  52. Vanguard: A History by Constance McLaughlin Green and Milton Lomask (HTML at NASA)

  53. Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions by William David Compton (illustrated HTML at NASA)

  54. Wind Tunnels of NASA by Donald D. Baals and William R. Corliss (illustrated HTML at NASA)

  55. Wingless Flight: The Lifting Body Story by R. Dale Reed and Darlene Lister (illustrated HTML at NASA)

  56. Wonderful Balloon Ascents by Fulgence Marion (Gutenberg text)

  57. X-15 Research Results, With a Selected Bibliography by Wendell H. Stillwell (illustrated HTML at NASA)