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Book Synopsis Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 2 by : Ron Collier
Download or read book Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 2 written by Ron Collier and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1992-08-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The companion volume to Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 1 carries more of the in-depth stories of aircraft crashes in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District. The history of flying is told by way of the crash sites, where to this day piles of rusting metal still exist.
Book Synopsis Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks by : Ron Collier
Download or read book Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks written by Ron Collier and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks by : Ron Collier
Download or read book Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks written by Ron Collier and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 1 by : Ron Collier
Download or read book Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 1 written by Ron Collier and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1995-03-20 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civil and military aircraft types are represented, from biplanes to modern jet fighters. This is an invaluable guide for walkers and ramblers, as well as for all those interested in flying and the history of aviation.
Book Synopsis Aircraft Wrecks by : Nick Wotherspoon
Download or read book Aircraft Wrecks written by Nick Wotherspoon and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives readers a direct link to crash sites that can be visited, with accurate grid references, site description and current photographs. It covers some 450 selected sites with emphasis given to those on open access land. The areas covered are: Southern England: Dartmoor and Exmoor - 20 entries * Wales - 120 entries * Isle of Man - 20 entries Peak District - 75 entries * Yorkshire Moors: Eastern - 20 entries * Lake District - 25 entries Pennines: East Lancashire & West Yorkshire * Scotland: Central and Southern - 30 entriesScotland: Highlands & Islands * Ireland - 20 entries Each area includes a preamble describing the local geography and historical notes. Individual site entries include exact location, details of the aircraft and crew and the circumstances of the loss.
Book Synopsis Scrambles in the Dark Peak by : Terry Sleaford
Download or read book Scrambles in the Dark Peak written by Terry Sleaford and published by Cicerone Press Limited. This book was released on 2021-10-27 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide describes 41 scrambles in the Dark Peak and Roaches areas of the Peak District, most of which can be done all year round. The selection of routes are graded 1 to 3, offering a range of scrambles to suit all abilities. Easy routes are suitable for adventurous walkers with good fitness and navigation skills, while harder routes require some climbing experience. Both classic and lesser known routes are featured, taking in areas such as Kinder Scout, the Wilderness Gullies, Bleaklow, Chew Valley and Crowden. Route description, together with information on approach, link routes, variants and extensions, is accompanied by extracts of 1:25,000 OS mapping. Also included is practical information regarding safety, equipment, access and conservation. The UK's first designated national park, the Peak District has long been famed for its walking and climbing opportunities. Perhaps lesser known are the routes that lies somewhere in between - the 'hand's on' ascents that offer the thrill of an adventurous line without venturing on to the climber's crags. This guide showcases some of the best routes in the Dark Peak, perfect for those looking for a change from the well-trodden paths that lead to the moorland tops.
Book Synopsis The Salford Lancaster by : Joe Bamford
Download or read book The Salford Lancaster written by Joe Bamford and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1990-12-31 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Sunday, 30 July 1944, Lancaster PB304 cra shed on the banks of the River Irwell at Salford. This book traces the history of the 7 airmen who died & follows them t hrough training & operations they completed in the 2 weeks b efore their deaths. '
Download or read book Final Descent written by Terence Hill and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1998-08-12 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Final Descent presents detailed information on the loss of allied aircraft in the forbidding hills of Wales and the often tragic consequences.
Book Synopsis White Peak Air Crash Sites by : Pat Cunningham
Download or read book White Peak Air Crash Sites written by Pat Cunningham and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensively researched and well-illustrated survey guides the walker to all the 110 crash sites in the White Peak
Book Synopsis Mass Trespass on Kinder Scout in 1932 by : Geoffrey Glasby D.Sc.
Download or read book Mass Trespass on Kinder Scout in 1932 written by Geoffrey Glasby D.Sc. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victorian Britons knew all about walking. It was part of daily life. However, organized rambling was a totally different matter. G.H.B. Ward (1876-1957) began life as an engineer at a local steel works in Sheffield. In the autumn of 1900, he placed an advert in a newspaper inviting people to join him on a moorland walk. As a result, 13 people turned up for what is thought to be the first ever organized public walk - around the Kinder Scout plateau on 2 September 1900. This led to the formation of the Sheffield Clarion Ramblers which is recognized as the first working class ramblers club and which became the forerunner of the great ramblers’ movements we know today. As one Clarion man wrote of the group's first ramble in 1900: "If our feet were on the heather, our hearts and hopes were with the stars." This mystical communion with the open air, with sore feet on the pathway to Heaven, is reflected on every splendid page of The Best of the Sheffield Clarion Ramblers' Handbooks. The book's editor, David Sissons, has devoted 12 years to researching Ward, who, as a good socialist, refused an OBE for his services to the great outdoors but accepted an honorary M.A. from Sheffield University which was awarded on his deathbed! Sissons describes the old man's outlook as "applied Wordsworth, putting into practice the poet's ideals, trying to raise the working class to a higher level". Ward was obsessed with heights, distances and directions. For every hour he spent on the moors, he would spend another burrowing in the archives through Enclosure Acts and Charity Commissioners' reports. In 1907, Ward participated in the illegal mass trespass on Bleaklow, a fore runner of the 1932 mass trespass. In 1910, he became the founding editor of the Sheffield Clarion Ramblers Club Handbook and chaired the Sheffield Clarion Ramblers until his death in 1957. In 1926, he founded the Sheffield and District Federation of the Ramblers Association. In 1945, the Ramblers Association bought him the summit of Lose Hill in the Peak District which was named "Ward's Piece" and which he subsequently presented to the National Trust. Ward also worked on the purchase of the Longshaw Estate in Derbyshire and was a founder member of the local Youth Hostel Association. He was also an activist for walkers’ rights and a Labour Party politician. Ward was undoubtedly the dominant figure in the early campaign for walkers’ rights in Britain. For those interested, the Best of the Sheffield Clarion Ramblers' Handbooks which he edited for more than 50 years can be ordered from the Yorkshire Post Bookshop. The Handbooks are just four-and-a-half inches by three and small enough to slip into a jacket top pocket and are bibles in the rambling world. They include information on place names, local folk lore and the history of the moors and valleys of the Peak District. Nominally, they were just a prospectus of scheduled walks, with the occasional warning that "only the hardiest ramblers must attend", but they were widely read. The editor of the books, David Sissons, devoted 12 years to researching Ward. Sissons describes the old man's outlook as "applied Wordsworth, putting into practice the poet's ideals, trying to raise the working class to a higher level". Interestingly, in his book, Across the Derbyshire Moors published in 1945, Ward ranked the best full day’s walk available from Sheffield to be round Kinder Scout from Edale Station by Jacob’s Ladder, William Clough, the Snake and Alport Bridge to Hope. He estimated the distance to be 20 miles which he considered to be equivalent to 25 ‘Derbyshire miles’ taking into account the energy used for the ups and downs. To enjoy this walk, he recommended that one left Edale not later than 9.30 a.m. and returned from Hope by train or bus but not before 8 p.m. Clearly, the ramblers of Ward’s generation were a cut above the modern generation! The Old Nags Head at Edale is the official start of the Pennine Way.
Book Synopsis Historic Aircraft Wrecks of Los Angeles County by : G. Pat Macha
Download or read book Historic Aircraft Wrecks of Los Angeles County written by G. Pat Macha and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A century of aviation research and military flights over Los Angeles County has left the San Gabriel Mountains, Mojave Desert and the near-shore Pacific Ocean strewn with more than 1,500 aircraft crash sites. Barnstormers and test pilots too often made unexpected final landings. Accidents occurred on a nearly daily basis during World War II training maneuvers. Private planes, a sign of 1950s prosperity, also met tragic ends. These epic incidents include the 1971 tragedy of Flight 706 in which an airliner collided with a marine fighter jet above Mount Bliss, killing fifty people. Renowned aircraft crash search specialist G. Pat Macha recounts dozens of sorrowful, triumphant and surprising true stories of those who lived through these ordeals while offering touching tributes to those who did not.
Book Synopsis Aircraft Wrecks of the Pacific Northwest by : David L. McCurry
Download or read book Aircraft Wrecks of the Pacific Northwest written by David L. McCurry and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merriam Press Aviation History Series First Edition 2017 In the past decade, the role of aircraft wreck hunting as a hobby has changed more toward protecting crash sites as memorials, honoring those whom were lost, bringing closure to families, and placing memorial plaques in honor of those who were lost in these tragic accidents. For those of us who are offspring from the World War II generation, we feel an ever stronger sense of respect in honoring those that gave their lives for such a great cause. There is a strong sense of responsibility for us in keeping their names alive, and maybe it might be that we are the last real link to them. As youngsters we witnessed the war heroes that received a lot of attention especially those involved in the flying world, but it was sad to think of the aircrews that were lost states-wide whose names were never known. They never had a chance to fight a war, but they were just as much a hero as anyone else. Just think of where they might have gone in life. Contents: Chapter 1: Grand Coulee P-63A Kingcobra Chapter 2: Feathered Engine: A B-24's Failed Go Around Chapter 3: "Tommy's Tigator" Chapter 4: United Flight 173: Portland Oregon Chapter 5: Missing F4F Wildcats Found Chapter 6: Mid-Air Over The Olympics Chapter 7: General Aviation and Unidentified Sites Chapter 8: "Dutch Roll" Sheds Engines From Boeing 707 Jetliner Chapter 9: "Firewood One" Chapter 10: B-47E Refueling Technique Turns Night Mission Into Disaster Chapter 11: "Article 123" The Cover Up Chapter 12: Speed Brakes: A Fatal Consequence to a Sabre Jet Forced Landing Chapter 13: High Altitude Stall Downs P-47D Thunderbolt Chapter 14: Controlled Flight Into Terrain Chapter 15: Failure of Engine Turbine Wheel Severs Aft Fuselage from F-86D Sabre Chapter 16: Mid-Air Break-Up: The Touchet B-24 Tragedy Chapter 17: Broken Connecting Rod Ends Airacobra Night Flight Chapter 18: The Salish Peak F-89s Chapter 19: Ejection From F-86 Sabre Jet Conforms With Fire Warning Light Chapter 20: Echelon Formation Creates Airacobra Collision Chapter 21: Blackbird's Night Training Mission Goes Awry Chapter 22: Mystery Solved: Super Sabre Found Hundreds Of Miles Off Course Chapter 23: Inclement Weather: A Trap for a Vultee BT-13 Chapter 24: Snow Storm Dooms B-25 On Mt. Timpanogos Chapter 25: Phantom Jet Disappears On Routine Training Mission Chapter 26: Regina Airlines DC-3: Attempt at VFR Flight Proves Fatal Chapter 27: The Dakota Crewmen of Sulphur Mountain Chapter 28: In Weather Over Mountains And Out Of Gas Appendix I: Washington State Crash Locator List Appendix II: Oregon Crash Locator List Appendix III: Idaho Crash Locator List Bibliography and Suggested Reading 36 B&W and 313 color photos
Book Synopsis Historic Aircraft Wrecks of San Bernardino County by : G. Pat Macha
Download or read book Historic Aircraft Wrecks of San Bernardino County written by G. Pat Macha and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weather, darkness and twists of fate have contributed to more than three hundred airplane crashes in San Bernardino County, California. Many of these accidents occurred in the vast Mojave Desert, others on the cloud-shrouded, snow-capped mountains of the largest county in the lower forty-eight states. Searches often were labored yet fruitless, even for the privileged: Frank Sinatra's mother perished here in a downed plane. The quest for an aircraft containing $5,000 in cash has become the stuff of legend. Tales of survival in uninhabited, rugged landscapes have been especially harrowing. Join renowned aircraft-crash search specialist G. Pat Macha for dozens of sorrowful, triumphant, touching and surprising true stories of those who lived through the ordeals of plane crashes--and others who didn't.
Book Synopsis Aircraft Wrecks of the Pacific Northwest by : David L. McCurry
Download or read book Aircraft Wrecks of the Pacific Northwest written by David L. McCurry and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-02-19 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merriam Press Military History. Detailed history of each of 33 aircraft wreck sites visited and investigated by the authors, with photos of the aircraft before the accident, and numerous photos of the crash site and evidence found at the site. Includes Washington, Oregon and Idaho state crash locator lists. 354 color photos, 42 B&W photos.
Book Synopsis South Shields at War 1939–45 by : Craig Armstrong
Download or read book South Shields at War 1939–45 written by Craig Armstrong and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tribute to the WWII contributions made by this northeastern English town from the historian and author of RAF Bomber Command at War 1939-1945. South Shields and its near neighbors such as Jarrow were key communities in the national war effort, despite their relatively small size. Located on the East Coast, South Shields was situated at the key entry to the strategically important River Tyne and was well defended against enemy attack. Huge numbers of South Shields men and women volunteered for wartime service, while many others worked in vital wartime industries. The town had a particularly high number of men serving in the Merchant Navy and the South Shields mariners suffered very heavy casualties. South Shields also had a multi-cultural population with a large number of foreign (or aliens as they were referred to) seamen and an especially large and active Yemeni community. Indeed, South Shields was to become the first town in Britain to have a purpose-built mosque. Although there were tensions amongst the population due to cultural and racial differences, the Yemeni community played a considerable and loyal role in the war effort. The book also looks at the considerable contribution made by the men and women who volunteered for the ARP and Civil Defence Services. The towns of Tyneside, including South Shields, were heavily attacked by the Luftwaffe and the blitzes of 1941 hit the town particularly hard. No member of the community was left untouched by the war, whether they were evacuees, workers, servicemen or just civilians struggling to maintain a home in wartime Britain.
Book Synopsis Aircraft Wrecks of the Western States, Volume 2 by : David L. Mccurry
Download or read book Aircraft Wrecks of the Western States, Volume 2 written by David L. Mccurry and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, an aircraft wreckologist, together with several other like-minded friends, has investigated 32 crash sites in the Western States, both military and civilian, covering the period from World War II to the recent present. Together with hundreds of photos of the sites and wreckage found at them, four authors record their findings as well as the story of the crash and any investigations into the incident. This is the second of two volumes on aircraft wrecks in the Western desert and together with the three volumes on aircraft crash sites found in the Pacific Northwest, this series provides coverage for dozens of sites with thousands of photos, most in color. In contrast with the Pacific Northwest, aircraft wreck hunting in the deserts and mountains of Arizona, California, and Nevada is entirely different. With the absence of many trees, visibility and GPS reception is usually excellent. With a good set of binoculars one can spot gleaming pieces of wreckage in bright sunshine from many miles away. In addition to the historical coverage of the crashes and investigations, there is also much detail on the planning conducted before undertaking a wreckage search and also the care taken to leave the sites undisturbed. This book includes details of crashes of these aircraft types: NF-104A 56-762 (Chuck Yeager); C-124A "Deep 50"; F-80C; P-61C; B-52; A-7 Corsair "Sandy 24"; C-46A Commando; P-47; F-4C; F8F Bearcat; JRB-4; F9F Panther; U-2 "Dragon Lady"; F-89 Scorpion; F-104N N813NA (Joe Walker); X-15 56-6672 (Mike Adams); Banshee; C-1 downward ejection survival; IMPLY 84; XB-70 Valkyrie 62-207 (Al White, Carl Cross); Sierra Pacific Airlines Flight 802; Boeing B-50; Grumman OV-1D Mohawk; Starfighter; Lockheed Lodestar. Bibliography. 433 B&W and color photos. A Merriam Press Aviation History.
Book Synopsis Aircraft Wrecks of the Pacific Northwest by : David L McCurry
Download or read book Aircraft Wrecks of the Pacific Northwest written by David L McCurry and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second volume reports the findings of aviation wreckologists to examine the crash sites of military and civilian aircraft in the Pacific Northwest. There are 36 chapters, each covering an aircraft crash, the search and rescue efforts of each, what happened to the pilots and crews, and present day examination of the sites and remains of the aircraft. Aircraft wreck hunting better known as "Wreckchasing" among its thousands of new enthusiasts is a budding hobby throughout the entire United States and many European countries today. There has always been a strong interest in aviation but the intrigue with old historical aircraft is bringing that interest to the deserts and mountains in search of the remains of rare old aircraft that are seldom seen anymore. Some efforts have been made in the past to recover and restore some of these rare old aircraft wrecks for museums and back to flying status, but new efforts are being made to declare these as historical artifacts and preserve the remains on site. Wreckchasing groups have been formed throughout every geographical area within the United States as well as groups of trained aviation archaeologists banding together in an effort to preserve that part of our history and hopefully generate public interest to protect these old sites. Many of our best friends have been made through wreck hunting but most importantly, bringing some type of closure to surviving family members of those lost in some of these tragic accidents makes our wreck hunting efforts absolutely worthwhile. What is sometimes a fun adventure can other times be a long grueling hardship of spending weeks climbing high snow covered mountains and hiking miles of hot desert country in searches that turn up nothing. Other times with good luck and especially good planning, the efforts can be very rewarding noting that seldom though are any of these wreck hunts ever very easy which is why the wrecks are still there. It is a blessing that these kinds of accidents are rare anymore and for most of us involved in wreckchasing groups, it is important that we keep this part of our aviation history alive and respect those whom gave their lives testing and learning from early aviation technology so that today, we may live in a safe flying world! 491 photos, most in color. A Merriam Press Aviation History.
