Vklad uchenykh Latvii v aviatsionnuyu nauku i tekhniku v XX veke

Kniga soderzhit kratkiy ocherk o razvitii aviatsionnoy nauki i tekhniki v Latvii v XX veke, nachinaya s pervykh poletov letatel'nykh apparatov. V ney predstavleny osnovnye napravleniya razvitiya aviatsionnoy nauki, promyshlennoy realizatsii rezul'tatov, rol' vedushchikh uchenykh i ikh nauchnykh shkol, sozdannykh v rizhskikh nauchnykh tsentrakh: v vysshikh aviatsionnykh uchebnykh zavedeniyakh, nauchno-issledovatel'skikh institutakh Grazhdanskoy aviatsii, a takzhe ikh svyazi s AN LSSR i drugimi nauchnymi tsentrami respubliki i SSSR v tselom. Vse eti nauchnye tsentry v 90-e gody ischezli vmeste s razvalom SSSR. Soderzhanie glav osnovyvaetsya na analize publikatsiy, novykh tekhnicheskikh resheniy, poluchennykh v rezul'tate issledovaniy i izobreteniy, spisok kotorykh soprovozhdaet kazhduyu glavu knigi, a takzhe materialov, poluchennykh ot rukovoditeley i sotrudnikov nauchnykh napravleniy. Ikh familii ukazany v sootvetstvuyushchikh glavakh knigi. Zdes' zhe predstavleny kratkie nauchnye biografii nekotorykh iz nikh, poluchivshikh osobo znachimye rezul'taty v sfere aviatsionnoy nauki i tekhniki, rabotaya v rizhskikh aviatsionnykh nauchnykh tsentrakh i uchebnykh zavedeniyakh.