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Author : Paul Wittreich
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462835112
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)
Download or read book Forgotten First Flights written by Paul Wittreich and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-03-23 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no available information at this time.
Author : Keyshawn Johnson
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1538705478
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (387 download)
Download or read book The Forgotten First written by Keyshawn Johnson and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unknown story of the Black pioneers who collectively changed the face of the NFL in 1946. THE FORGOTTEN FIRST chronicles the lives of four incredible men, the racism they experienced as Black players entering a segregated sport, the burden of expectation they carried, and their many achievements, which would go on to affect football for generations to come. More than a year before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball, there was another seismic moment in pro sports history. On March 21,1946, former UCLA star running back Kenny Washington—a teammate of Robinson's in college—signed a contract with the Los Angeles Rams. This ended one of the most shameful periods in NFL history, when African-American players were banned from league play. Washington would not be alone in serving as a pioneer for NFL integration. Just months after he joined the Rams, thanks to a concerted effort by influential Los Angeles political and civic leaders, the team signed Woody Strode, who played with both Washington and Robinson at UCLA in one of the most celebrated backfields in college sports history. And that same year, a little-known coach named Paul Brown of the fledgling Cleveland Browns signed running back Marion Motley and defensive lineman Bill Willis, thereby integrating a startup league that would eventually merge with the NFL. THE FORGOTTEN FIRST tells the story of one of the most significant cultural shifts in pro football history, as four men opened the door to opportunity and changed the sport forever.
Author : Christopher C. Wehner
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476651434
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Iron Aviator written by Christopher C. Wehner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-09-12 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1911, a legally deaf, beginner pilot with limited training and only 90 minutes of solo flying experience took on newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst's $50,000 challenge to be the first aviator to fly across America in 30 days or less. The transcontinental flight was considered by most to be an extremely dangerous and nearly impossible feat, considering roughly half of all pilots perished in the early years of aviation. Less than a decade since the Wright brothers flew at Kitty Hawk, a time when less than two percent of the country had even seen an airplane, Calbraith "Cal" Perry Rodgers drew tens of thousands of people to watch him fly. He survived a grueling journey, making history by becoming the first person to complete an east-to-west transcontinental flight. In a flimsy aircraft prone to mechanical failure, Rodgers crashed an astonishing 16 times, narrowly avoiding death on numerous occasions. By the time he had reached California and the coast where he would land, on the sand at Long Beach, his story of courage and determination had captured the imagination of an entire nation. This book chronicles the life of Cal Rodgers and depicts the world of aviation during its adventurous, if dangerous, beginnings.
Author : Charlotte Dennett
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603588787
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)
Download or read book The Crash of Flight 3804 written by Charlotte Dennett and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Charlotte Dennett has written an excellent book summarizing the geopolitics of the Middle East historically through to current events. . . . This is an amazing piece of historical writing. . . . Students, foreign affairs ‘experts’ and officials should have this work as required reading."—Jim Miles, The Palestine Chronicle Unraveling the mystery of a master spy’s death by following pipelines and mapping wars in the Middle East In 1947, Daniel Dennett, America’s sole master spy in the Middle East, was dispatched to Saudi Arabia to study the route of the proposed Trans-Arabian Pipeline. It would be his last assignment. A plane carrying him to Ethiopia went down, killing everyone on board. Today, Dennett is recognized by the CIA as a “Fallen Star” and an important figure in US intelligence history. Yet the true cause of his death remains clouded in secrecy. In The Crash of Flight 3804, investigative journalist Charlotte Dennett digs into her father’s postwar counterintelligence work, which pitted him against America’s wartime allies—the British, French, and Russians—in a covert battle for geopolitical and economic influence in the Middle East. Through stories and maps, she reveals how feverish competition among superpower intelligence networks, military, and Big Oil interests have fueled indiscriminate attacks and targeted killings that continue to this day—from Jamal Khashoggi’s murder to drone strikes. The book delivers an irrefutable indictment of these devastating forces and how the brutal violence they incite has shaped the Middle East and birthed an era of endless wars. The Crash of Flight 3804 provides important context for understanding the region, while bringing new questions to the fore: To what lengths has the United States negotiated with the Taliban, Al Qaeda, and ISIS to secure Big Oil’s holdings in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen? Was the Pentagon’s goal of defeating ISIS a fraudulent pretext for America’s occupation of Syrian eastern provinces and a land grab for oil? What part does Ukraine play in the energy-dominance struggle between the US and Russia? Did the infamous double agent Kim Philby, who worked for the British while secretly spying for the Russians, have anything to do with Dennett’s death? Why have the US and China made North Africa the next major battleground in the Great Game for Oil? Part personal pilgrimage, part deft critique, Dennett’s insightful reportage examines what happens to international relations when oil wealth hangs in the balance and shines a glaring light on what so many have actually been dying for.
Author : Elizabeth Raum
Publisher : Compass Point Books
ISBN 13 : 0756562333
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (565 download)
Download or read book Fighting to Survive Space Disasters written by Elizabeth Raum and published by Compass Point Books. This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being lost is scary. Being lost in space is terrifying. These true tales of surviving a disaster in space follow real astronauts through harrowing ordeals in which they relied on their training, instincts, and courage to survive.
Author : Tom D. Crouch
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266787419
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (874 download)
Download or read book First Flight written by Tom D. Crouch and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from First Flight: The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane Their mother's family represented a very different side of the American story. A native of Loudoun County, Virginia, Susan Wright was the daughter of John Gottlieb Koerner, a skilled wheelwright who had fled Germany to escape conscription, and Catherine Fry, a native-born American of Swiss extraction. In 1832 the Koerners moved to Indiana, where Susan had the run of her father's workshop and learned to use tools at an early age. A very well-educated woman for her time and place, she met Milton Wright at Harts ville College, a church school where she was a student and he was a young minister supervising instruction in the preparatory department. They were married on November 24, 1859, following Milton's return from extended missionary work in Oregon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459723821
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)
Download or read book Polar Winds written by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2014-09-10 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With historical research and rare interviews, explore the highs and lows of aviation north of the 60th parallel. This journey takes readers from hot air balloons above the Klondike gold fields, to international bids for the North Pole, to high-profile crashes and search-and-rescue operations.
Author : Steve Englehart
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1583484035
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (834 download)
Download or read book Countdown to Flight! written by Steve Englehart and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 1999-09 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's December 17, 1903, and Wilbur and Orville Wright are about to do what man had dreamed of for centuries--fly! They have worked for five years, studying, trying new ideas, and testing their inventions on a lonely spot of sandy beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Finally, after many setbacks and disappointments, they are ready to launch their engine-powered aeroplane--and this time it works! With Orville in the pilot's seat and Wilbur running alongside holding on to the bottom of the wing, the Kitty Hawk Flyer is in the air. The flight lasts just 12 seconds, but it is the beginning of a new era of the amazing flying machines that now take us all over the world.
Author : Peter Allen
Publisher : Airlife Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book The 91 Before Lindbergh written by Peter Allen and published by Airlife Publishing. This book was released on 1984 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Although many books have appeared on various aspects of the early Atlantic flights, until now no one book has described the conquest of the Atlantic North and South by aeroplane, airship, seaplane and flying boat. In telling the story of all the Atlantic flyers prior to Lindbergh's epic flight, this book reveals much fascinating matter unpublished before and underlines the courage and determination of pioneer aviators."--The dust jacket
Author : Walter J. Boyne
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 9780765347473
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Supersonic Thunder written by Walter J. Boyne and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first flight of the U-2 to the flashing speed of the famous SR-71 Blackbird, Supersonic Thunder is a portrait of the jet as it comes of age. August, 1955. Test pilot and engineer Vance Shannon stands at the beginning of an era of unprecedented development in military and commercial aviation. As the ever-changing industry begins to speed beyond Vance's grasp, he turns to his two sons, Tom and Harry, to keep the family business on the cutting edge. But the stress of trying to stay ahead of the curve is destroying the family and fueling a long-hidden rivalry between the two brothers. The Shannons’ story is set against the backdrop of an astonishing era in history. From the luxury of the Boeing 747 to the abject despair of a cell in the Hanoi Hilton, Supersonic Thunder tells the real story of an amazing chapter of jet aviation through the eyes of the men and women who lived and died to make it a part of our everyday life.
Author : Beatriz Williams
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 000838018X
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Her Last Flight written by Beatriz Williams and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t miss Beatriz Williams’s latest, spellbinding novel – about a daring female pilot and a love story that would last a lifetime...
Download or read book Popular Mechanics written by and published by . This book was released on 1912-10 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1092 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Popular Mechanics written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nicholas A. Veronico
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 0760344094
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)
Download or read book Hidden Warbirds written by Nicholas A. Veronico and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veronico explores the romantic era of World War II warbirds and the stories of some of its most famous wrecks, including the "Swamp Ghost" (a B-17E which crashed in New Guinea in the early days of World War II and which was only recently recovered), and "Glacier Girl" (a P-38, part of "The Lost Squadron," which crashed in a large ice sheet in Greenland in 1942). Throughout, Veronico provides a history of the aircraft, as well as the unique story behind each discovery and recovery with ample illustrations.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 852 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Outing Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Outing Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Poultney Bigelow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 786 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (54 download)
Download or read book Outing Magazine written by Poultney Bigelow and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
