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Flying Canucks II

Author : Peter Pigott
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1554881668
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (548 download)

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Download or read book Flying Canucks II written by Peter Pigott and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the many technological advances of this century that have shrunk our country, few have had as great an impact as aviation. Technologies evolve and national priorities change, but the qualities necessary to design aircraft, fly them in war and peace, and manage airlines remain constant. In this, his second book about pioneers of Canadian aviation, Peter Pigott brings a richness and understanding of the individuals themselves to the reader. Flying Canucks II takes us into Air Canada’s boardroom with Claude I. Taylor, to the Avro Arrow design office with Jim Floyd, inside the incredible career of Aviation Hall of Fame pilot Herb Seagram, on C.D. Howe’s historic dawn-to-dusk flight, and with Len Birchall in a Stranraer seaplane before he became, in Churchill’s phrase, “The Saviour of Ceylon.” It includes the story of how Scottish immigrant J.A. Wilson engineered a chain of airports across the country, how bush pilot Bob Randall explored the polar regions, and the ordeal of Erroll Boyd, the first Canadian to fly the Atlantic. The lives of “Buck” McNair and “Bus” Davey, half a century after the Second World War, are placed in the perspective of the entire national experience in those years. Whenever possible, Mr. Pigott has interviewed the players themselves, and drawing on his experience and contacts within the aviation community, has created a multi-faceted study of the business, politics, and technology that influenced the ten lives explored in depth in this book. C.D. Howe, wartime Canada’s absolute government czar used to say that running the country’s airline was all he really wanted to do. With a rich aviation heritage such as this, Flying Canucks II depicts the elements and the enemy at their worst and the pioneers of Canadian aviation at their best.

Flying Canucks

Author : Peter Pigott
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1554881676
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (548 download)

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Download or read book Flying Canucks written by Peter Pigott and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1996-07-25 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying Canucks tells the fascinating story of aviation in Canada through this collection of 37 biographies of important aviators in our nation’s history. As early as 1908, having read the Wright brothers’ invention, Alberta farm boys and mechanics in Quebec villages were constructing large kites, attempting to fly them. Within a decade, Canadian air aces, like Bishop and Barker, swept the wartime skies over Frances, piloting deadly machines in mortal combat. Through the 20s, that very Canadian breed of adventurer, the bush pilot, ventured over the desolate tundra, delivering medicine and missionaries, mail and Mounties to remote communities as far as Ellesmere Island and Ungava Bay. Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force fought with distinction during the Second world War. Titles such as The Saviour of London and The Angel of Ceylon seem like wartime hype, but the skill and courage that those pilots displayed half a century ago set them apart still. For the six Canadian airmen who won the Victoria Cross, there were thousands who flew into the meat grinder that was the Allies’ strategic air offensive over Europe. This book chronicles the exploits of only a few men and women – but it truly celebrates the spirit and resolve of countless brave Canadians who are proud part of aviation in this country.

Flying Canucks III

Author : Peter Pigott
Publisher : Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Pub.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flying Canucks III written by Peter Pigott and published by Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Pub.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lives of twelve gravity-defying Canadian aviators are presented in this volume, the third in a series by the aviation writer Peter Pigott.

Air Canada

Author : Peter Pigott
Publisher : Dundurn.com
ISBN 13 : 1459719530
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Air Canada written by Peter Pigott and published by Dundurn.com. This book was released on 2014-03-03 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Begun as a social experiment in 1937, Air Canada has evolved into one of the world's greatest airlines, an integral part of this country's social fabric. During the course of its 75-year history, the airline was privatized, fought off a hostile takeover, merged with arch-rival Canadian Airlines, and touched countless lives. This is its story.

Aviation Pioneers of Canada 7-Book Bundle

Author : Peter Pigott
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459737229
Total Pages : 1616 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Aviation Pioneers of Canada 7-Book Bundle written by Peter Pigott and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 1616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Aviation Pioneers of Canada 7-Book Bundle presents the high-flying insight of Peter Pigott, in a special collection chronicling the aviators, aircraft, and drama of over a century of Canadian flight. From the Avro Arrow and the Silver Dart to the adventurers and visionaries who pushed Canadian airways to new heights, Pigott covers it all with his trademark breezy style and incredible historical photographs. Includes Brace for Impact: Air Crashes and Aviation Safety Air Canada: The History Flying Canucks: Famous Canadian Aviators Flying Canucks II On Canadian Wings: A Century of Flight Taming the Skies: A Celebration of Canadian Flight Wings Across Canada: An Illustrated History of Canadian Aviation

Brace for Impact

Author : Peter Pigott
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459732537
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Brace for Impact written by Peter Pigott and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2016-06-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So many planes seem to fall from the sky or disappear completely. But are accidents really so common and why do they happen in the first place? Brace for Impact traces the evolution of accident investigation and explains why flying is the safest form of travel.

Canadian Books in Print. Author and Title Index

Author :
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1610 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book Canadian Books in Print. Author and Title Index written by and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 1610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Flying Canucks II

Author : Peter Pigott
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459717759
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Flying Canucks II written by Peter Pigott and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the many technological advances of this century that have shrunk our country, few have had as great an impact as aviation. Technologies evolve and national priorities change, but the qualities necessary to design aircraft, fly them in war and peace, and manage airlines remain constant. In this, his second book about pioneers of Canadian aviation, Peter Pigott brings a richness and understanding of the individuals themselves to the reader. Flying Canucks II takes us into Air Canada’s boardroom with Claude I. Taylor, to the Avro Arrow design office with Jim Floyd, inside the incredible career of Aviation Hall of Fame pilot Herb Seagram, on C.D. Howe’s historic dawn-to-dusk flight, and with Len Birchall in a Stranraer seaplane before he became, in Churchill’s phrase, “The Saviour of Ceylon.” It includes the story of how Scottish immigrant J.A. Wilson engineered a chain of airports across the country, how bush pilot Bob Randall explored the polar regions, and the ordeal of Erroll Boyd, the first Canadian to fly the Atlantic. The lives of “Buck” McNair and “Bus” Davey, half a century after the Second World War, are placed in the perspective of the entire national experience in those years. Whenever possible, Mr. Pigott has interviewed the players themselves, and drawing on his experience and contacts within the aviation community, has created a multi-faceted study of the business, politics, and technology that influenced the ten lives explored in depth in this book. C.D. Howe, wartime Canada’s absolute government czar used to say that running the country’s airline was all he really wanted to do. With a rich aviation heritage such as this, Flying Canucks II depicts the elements and the enemy at their worst and the pioneers of Canadian aviation at their best.

Aviation

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 714 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aviation written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Aviation Week & Space Technology

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Aviation Week & Space Technology written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes a mid-December issue called Buyer guide edition.

Flying

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Flying written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ski Films

Author : Bryan Senn
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476672199
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Ski Films written by Bryan Senn and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-05-02 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skiing in movies, like the sport itself, grew more prevalent beginning in the 1930s, when it was a pastime of the elite, with depictions reflecting changes in technique, fashion and social climate. World War II saw skiing featured in a dozen films dealing with that conflict. Fueled by postwar prosperity, the sport exploded in the 1950s--filmmakers followed suit, using scenes on snow-covered slopes for panoramic beauty and the thrill of the chase. Through the free-spirited 1960s and 1970s, the downhill lifestyle shussed into everything from spy thrillers to beach party romps. The extreme sports era of the 1980s and 1990s brought snowboarding to the big screen. This first ever critical history of skiing in film chronicles a century of alpine cinema, with production information and stories and quotes from directors, actors and stuntmen.

Aviation and Aircraft Journal

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Aviation and Aircraft Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Aerial Age Weekly

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Aerial Age Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Crazy Canucks

Author : Janet Love Morrison
Publisher : Harbour Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781550174328
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book The Crazy Canucks written by Janet Love Morrison and published by Harbour Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2009 One Book, One Vancouver: The Host City Reads "Janet Love Morrison has written about an important part of our sporting history . . . For a younger generation, this is like discovering the people who laid the first tracks in fresh powder--the boys of winter who inspired so many who followed." --Peter Mansbridge, foreword No one in Europe had ever seen anything like it: a handful of young Canadian men fearlessly hurling themselves down the iciest, steepest courses of the ski racing circuit. At first they were regarded as a bit of a joke as they travelled in a rusty old Volkswagen and showed little regard for the niceties of European alpine traditions. In the early 1970s no non-European had ever won a Men's World Cup downhill and nobody expected this to change. Then in 1975 Canadian Ken Read won at Val d'Isère and the Canadian boys began appearing on World Cup podiums with increasing regularity. It didn't take long for journalists to start calling them the "Kamikaze Canadians," but the name that stuck was the "Crazy Canucks." The courage and high spirits of the young Canadian racers--Jim Hunter, David Murray, Dave Irwin, Ken Read and Steve Podborski--made them favourites across Europe, where Swiss or Austrian or French fans would rather see Canadians win than their old archrivals. In The Crazy Canucks, Janet Love Morrison chronicles the grit and perseverance of the young skiers who believed they had the right stuff to win and keep winning. Her careful research and interviews with all the key players paint a detailed picture of the Crazy Canucks. As Canadians approach the 2010 Olympics with high hopes for their ski teams, The Crazy Canucks provides a timely look at a most distinguished--and colourful--chapter in our nation's sporting history.

Skiing Heritage Journal

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Skiing Heritage Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skiing Heritage is a quarterly Journal of original, entertaining, and informative feature articles on skiing history. Published by the International Skiing History Association, its contents support ISHA's mission "to preserve skiing history and to increase awareness of the sport's heritage."

Canadian Who's Who 2003

Author : Elizabeth Lumley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780802088666
Total Pages : 1512 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (886 download)

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Download or read book Canadian Who's Who 2003 written by Elizabeth Lumley and published by . This book was released on 2003-03 with total page 1512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its 93rd year of publication this standard Canadian reference source contains comprehensive and authoritative biographical information on notable living Canadians. Those listed are carefully selected because of the positions they hold in Canadian society or because of the contribution they have made to life in Canada. entries are added each year to keep current with developing trends and issues in Canadian society. Included are outstanding Canadians from all walks of life: politics, media, academia, business, sports and the arts, from every area of human activity. memberships, creative works, honours and awards and full addresses. Of use to researchers, students, media, business, government and schools it is a useful source of general knowledge.