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Forgotten Aviator

Author : Barry S. Martin
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1608449297
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Aviator written by Barry S. Martin and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OUT OR WAR-TORN SKIES, A LEGENDARY PILOT IS BORN Royal Leonard (1905-1962) flew in and out of aviation history - just on the edge of fame. His exploits mirror important developments in the Golden Age of American Aviation (1925-1941) and the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). "If Royal's story were told in a novel," says long-time China pilot and author Felix Smith, "nobody would believe it all could have happened to one man." Royal learned his craft at the West Point of the Air in San Antonio, Texas. As a Western Air Express night mail pilot, he pioneered blind flying along the treacherous Rocky Mountains. As a TWA pilot, he introduced celestial navigation. An early Airline Pilots Association (ALPA) officer, he fought for mail plane safety at the cost of his job. He flew the Lockheed Orion in which Wiley Post and Will Rogers later crashed and attributed their fatal accident to a surprising cause. During the 1930s, a handful of elite pilots were racers. Jackie Cochran selected Royal as a copilot for the MacRobertson Race of the Century between England and Australia. Royal also competed in the Bendix Death Race in a Gee Bee Widow Maker. Before World War II, Royal worked for the Chinese warlord known as the Young Marshal who kidnapped Nationalist dictator Chiang Kai-shek and changed the course of Chinese history. Royal provided Communist political commissar Chou En-lai his first plane ride and later served as Chiang Kai-shek's personal pilot. During the war, Royal's roles were unique. Claire Chennault chose him to command the Flying Tigers Bomber Group. Royal briefed Colonel Jimmy Doolittle on Chinese landing fields for the Tokyo Raid. Royal, Chennault and Madame Chiang Kai-shek planned their own Tokyo bombing raid. Royal survived flying the Skyway to Hell over the Hump for China National Aviation Corporation. No wonder after a perilous flight war correspondent Martha Gellhorn described Royal as her "hero." Author's Biography The author has spent twenty years uncovering a rich trove of private documentary sources about the Forgotten Aviator. Martin is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the College of William and Mary and has an M.A. in history from the University of Washington and a J.D. from the University of California - Berkeley. He is a retired Administrative Law Judge and resides in Sacramento, California with his wife, Carolyn.

Antarctica's Lost Aviator

Author : Jeff Maynard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 164313096X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Antarctica's Lost Aviator written by Jeff Maynard and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the 1930s, no one had yet crossed Antarctica, and its vast interior remained a mystery frozen in time. Hoping to write his name in the history books, wealthy American Lincoln Ellsworth announced he would fly across the unexplored continent. The main obstacles to Ellsworth’s ambition were numerous: he didn’t like the cold, he avoided physical work, and he couldn’t navigate. Consequently, he hired the experienced Australian explorer, Sir Hubert Wilkins, to organize the expedition on his behalf. While Ellsworth battled depression and struggled to conceal his homosexuality, Wilkins purchased a ship, hired a crew, and ordered a revolutionary new airplane constructed. The Ellsworth Trans-Antarctic Expeditions became epics of misadventure, as competitors plotted to beat Ellsworth, crews mutinied, and the ship was repeatedly trapped in the ice. A few hours after taking off in 1935, radio contact with Ellsworth was lost and the world gave him up for dead. Antarctica’s Lost Aviator brings alive one of the strangest episodes in polar history, using previously unpublished diaries, correspondence, photographs, and film to reveal the amazing true story of the first crossing of Antarctica and how, against all odds, it was achieved by the unlikeliest of heroes.

Sundowner of the Skies

Author : Mary Garden
Publisher : New Holland Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781760793838
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (938 download)

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Download or read book Sundowner of the Skies written by Mary Garden and published by New Holland Publishers. This book was released on 2022-07-04 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Oscar Garden was a pioneering pilot who embodied the daredevil spirit of the golden age of aviation when he successfully flew from London to Sydney in 1930 with only 39 hours of previous flying experience. This largely forgotten feat forms the centrepiece of Mary Garden's powerful biography, which situates Oscar's public exploits in his unhappy private life, and her own troubled memories of a distant father."--backcover.

Forgotten Eagle

Author : Bryan B. Sterling
Publisher : Carroll & Graf Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780786708949
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Eagle written by Bryan B. Sterling and published by Carroll & Graf Pub. This book was released on 2001 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Forgotten Eagle" follows the daring exploits and eccentric life of the pilot aviation history has forgotten--the first man to fly a single engine plane solo around the world. 50 photos.

Forgotten Aviator

Author : Dan Heaton
Publisher : Branden Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780828324526
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (245 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Aviator written by Dan Heaton and published by Branden Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faced with the challenge of creating an Air Force essentially from scratch, with the nation already in a declared war--U.S. Army leaders were in a scramble. It was the spring of 1917 and the entire U.S. Army had only about 100,000 active-duty soldiers, compared to about 4 million then in uniform for Germany, the largest of the World War I Central Powers. Quality military leaders and men who could teach combat skills to the thousands then being inducted were in high demand. It would be against this backdrop that Lt. Byron Quinby Jones--a stunt pilot who had been kicked out of West Point--who would make his mark. He would go on to wear his nation's uniform for more than 30 years. Now mostly forgotten by history, Jones helped to create one of the nation's first and most-prolific training sites for budding military airmen, setting up shop at a muddy airfield created by an early automobile magnate near Detroit: Selfridge Field. In addition to his skills as a stunt pilot--he was the first U.S. pilot to deliberately fly a loop and live to tell about it--Jones was the pilot of the first American aircraft to ever come under enemy fire. His combat experience, limited as it was, his groundbreaking performance flying both acrobatics and endurance flights and his can-do attitude made him a perfect choice to create one of America's first military flying schools. More than 20 years later, as a Second World War was raging, Jones' name would enter the history books again. Then, the race was on to create a utility vehicle that would eventually become one of the greatest icons of the U.S. military. It would be Jones, who would sign his name on the dotted line and cause the Jeep to come into being. He was Byron Q. Jones. This is his story.

Tony Ryan

Author : Richard Aldous
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0717157830
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Tony Ryan written by Richard Aldous and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2013-08-30 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this authorised biography of one of the most remarkable Irishmen of the twentieth century, Richard Aldous is independent in his judgements and frank in his examination of his subject's shortcomings and eccentricities. But most of all, he writes with verve and pace. Tony Ryan was born in a railwayman's cottage and rose to enormous success, overseeing the spectacular making of two business fortunes and the dramatic loss of one. After an early spell in Aer Lingus, he set up an airline leasing company, Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA), which had its headquarters in Shannon and quickly became the largest such enterprise in the world. Ryan was a hard taskmaster and the company reflected his ferocious work ethic. Yet, despite a stellar board of directors, a botched and poorly timed Initial Public Offering in the 1990s saw GPA crash and burn. Ryan lost almost everything. All that remained was a little airline running massive deficits. Ryan set about turning Ryanair around, putting in one of his assistants, Michael O'Leary, to help knock it into shape. The rest is history. Ryan remade his fortune, lived lavishly and elegantly, was a generous patron of the arts, and in every respect larger than life. His spirit is one that Ireland needs more than ever today. As the nation strives for its own recovery, it can find inspiration in the story of how one of its most famous sons rose and fell, and then rose again. Not one to stand still or lament mistakes, Tony Ryan's determination never to give up is the real lesson of this story. He was in so many ways Ireland's Aviator.

Lost Car Companies of Detroit

Author : Alan Naldrett
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467118737
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Lost Car Companies of Detroit written by Alan Naldrett and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Among more than two hundred auto companies that tried their luck in the Motor City, just three remain: Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. But many of those lost to history have colorful stories worth telling. For instance, J.J. Cole forgot to put brakes in his new auto, so on the first test run, he had to drive it in circles until it ran out of gas. Brothers John and Horace Dodge often trashed saloons during wild evenings but used their great personal wealth to pay for the damage the next day (if they could remember where they had been). David D. Buick went from being the founder of his own leading auto company to working the information desk at the Detroit Board of Trade. Author Alan Naldrett explores these and more tales of automakers who ultimately failed but shaped the industry and designs putting wheels on the road today"--Publisher website.

Forgotten Aviator Hubert Latham

Author : Barbara Walsh
Publisher : Tempus
ISBN 13 : 9780752443188
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Aviator Hubert Latham written by Barbara Walsh and published by Tempus. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Hubert Latham

The Aviator's Wife

Author : Melanie Benjamin
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0345528670
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book The Aviator's Wife written by Melanie Benjamin and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2013 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story inspired by the marriage between Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh traces the romance between a handsome young aviator and a shy ambassador's daughter whose relationship is marked by wild international acclaim, history-making flights and the world-shocking abduction of their child. 30,000 first printing.

Queen Bess

Author : Doris L. Rich
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588345122
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Queen Bess written by Doris L. Rich and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the brief but intense life of Bessie Coleman, America's first African American woman aviator. Born in 1892 in Atlanta, Texas, she became known as “Queen Bess,” a barnstormer and flying-circus performer who defied the strictures of race, sex, and society in pursuit of a dream.

Hubbard

Author : Jim Brown
Publisher : Seattle ; Vancouver : Peanut Butter Pub.
ISBN 13 : 9780897166515
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (665 download)

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Download or read book Hubbard written by Jim Brown and published by Seattle ; Vancouver : Peanut Butter Pub.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Flying Safety

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Flying Safety written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

AN AVIATOR'S WIFE

Author : ADELAIDE OVINGTON
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book AN AVIATOR'S WIFE written by ADELAIDE OVINGTON and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Compassion and Healing in Medicine and Society

Author : Gregory Fricchione
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421402203
Total Pages : 553 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Compassion and Healing in Medicine and Society written by Gregory Fricchione and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reconciling the scientific principles of medicine with the love essential for meaningful care is not an easy task, but it is one that Gregory L. Fricchione performs masterfully in Compassion and Healing in Medicine and Society. At the core of this book is a thought-provoking analysis of the relationship between evolutionary science and neuroscience. Fricchione theorizes that the cries for attachment made by seriously ill patients reflect an underlying evolutionary tenet called the separation challenge–attachment solution process. The pleadings of patients, he explains, are verbal expressions of the history of evolution itself. By exploring the roots of a patient’s attachment needs, we come face to face with a critical component of natural selection and the evolutionary process. Medicine engages with the separation challenge–attachment solution process on many levels of scientific knowledge and human meaning and healing. Fricchione applies these concepts to medical care and encourages physicians to fully understand them so they can better treat their patients. Compassionate humanistic care promotes physical, emotional, and spiritual healing precisely because it is consonant with how life, the brain, and humanity have evolved. It is therefore not a luxury of modern medical care but an essential part of it. Fricchione advocates an attachment-based medical system, one in which physicians evaluate stress and resiliency and prescribe an integrative treatment plan for the whole person designed to accentuate the propensity to health. There is a wisdom or perennial philosophy based on compassionate love that, Fricchione stresses, the medical community must take advantage of in designing future health care—and society must appreciate as it faces its separation challenges.

You Are Not Forgotten

Author : Bryan Bender
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307946460
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book You Are Not Forgotten written by Bryan Bender and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1944 Major Marion “Ryan” McCown Jr., an earnest young Marine Corps pilot, came under attack by enemy fire and went down with his plane, lost to the dense jungle of Papua New Guinea. Some sixty years later, Major George Eyster V would find himself in the same sweltering and nearly impenetrable rain forest searching for evidence of MIAs. Coming from a long line of military officers dating back to the Revolutionary War, army service was Eyster’s family legacy. After a disillusioning tour of duty in Iraq and almost ending his army career, he accepts a posting to JPAC instead, an elite division whose sole mission is to bring all fallen soldiers home to the country for which they gave their lives. While Eyster’s search for McCown proves difficult, what emerges at the end of the unforgettable mission is an inspiring true tale of loss and redemption.

The Call of the Thunder Dragon

Author : Michael J Wormald
Publisher : Michael J Wormald Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1980271674
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book The Call of the Thunder Dragon written by Michael J Wormald and published by Michael J Wormald Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fast action and adventure, exploring forgotten corners of World War II History, also in this book is a spiritual journey set on the eve of World War 2. A series set to make Falstaff Wild infamous! Newly revised and expanded, full of insightful notes and facts. Japanese spies, beautiful women and assassins are after Falstaff Wild as he blazes across the skies of Asia! Falstaff can only respond with deadly force. Leaving dear old England Falstaff Wild becomes a rogue pilot trapped behind lines in China, but he is not alone, - finding a beautiful temptress he is soon occupied with a new mission. Falstaff the Incorrigible, mercenary pilot, and scoundrel with an evil temper. It is the eve of War in Europe, but Falstaff has unfinished business with a princess, the Japanese Army and loot still to find in the east. His eye for the ladies and the chance for a quick buck have got him trouble again.

The Lost Pilots

Author : Corey Mead
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250109256
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Pilots written by Corey Mead and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corey Mead's The Lost Pilots is the saga of two star crossed pilots who soar to the greatest heights of fame, tailspin into scandal and crime, and go the ultimate lengths for a chance at redemption... During the height of the roaring twenties, Jessie Miller longs for adventure. Fleeing a passionless marriage in the backwaters of Australia, twenty-three-year-old Jessie arrives in London and promptly falls in with the Bright Young Things, those gin-soaked boho-chic intellectuals draped in suits, flapper dresses, and pearls. At a party Jessie meets Captain William Lancaster, married himself and fresh from the Royal Air Force, with a scheme in his head to become as famous as Charles Lindbergh, who has just crossed the Atlantic. Lancaster will do Lindy one better: fly from London to Melbourne, and in Jessie Miller he’s found the perfect co-pilot. Within months the two embark on a half-year journey across the globe, hopping from one colonial outpost to the next. But like world records, marriage vows can be broken, and upon their landing in Melbourne Jessie and William are not only international celebrities, but also deeply inlove. Yet the crash of 1929 catches up to even the fastest aviator, and the couple finds themselves in dire straits at their rented house on the outskirts of Miami – the bright glare of the limelight fading quickly.To make ends meet Jessie agrees to write a memoir, and picks the dashing Haden Clarke to be her ghostwriter. It’s not long before this toxic mix of bootleg booze and a handsome interloper leads to a shocking crime, a trial that rivets and scandalizes the world, and a reckless act of abandon to win back former glory. The Lost Pilots is an extraordinary true story, brought to vivid life by Corey Mead. Based on years of research, and full of adventure, forbidden passion, crime, scandal and tragedy, it is a masterwork of narrative nonfiction that firmly restores one of aviation’s leading female pioneers to her rightful place in history.