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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 : Barbara Dorger
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1664183310
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (641 download)
Download or read book The Forgotten written by Barbara Dorger and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-07-19 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In my 2004 book, Turbulent Skies, I wrote, “Maybe someday someone will write about the incredible actions of the flight crews on the morning of September 11, 2001.” This wish began to manifest in the 10th year after 9/11 when I had an overwhelming sensation that I should undertake this quest myself. In my first year of writing, as I researched and wrote, my body would chill, and I would cry. Once an article was finished, I could hardly get up out of my chair. I truly felt like I was on the planes with the crews. I knew if I was to continue, I had to control all that emotion. The book’s focus initially was on the flight crews. But as I wrote, it became so much more. The reader will learn how the air traffic controllers cleared the skies, how Canada responded by handling all the incoming international flights, and how the failures of the FAA, the FBI, the CIA, and the airlines allowed this attack to take place. I realized that September 11th could have been even more disastrous had it not been for the actions of those brave crew members and little miracles that occurred that day. I also realized how it might have been prevented if the crews had been properly trained and informed about the threat they were facing. The book further examines how political forces changed the priorities for counter terrorism, and also impeded the examination of how the attacks could happen. These political forces were challenged by four New Jersey widows who got the 9/11 hearings approved. Finally, this book examines the aftermath of the attack, and how it forever changed the airline profession and added significant restrictions on traveling public.
Author : Nicholas C. Selig
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625850883
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Download or read book Forgotten Chicago Airfields written by Nicholas C. Selig and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nick Selig excavates the highways to the sky that have been covered up by urban sprawl or dissolved by neglect. More than a guide to landing strips that have had startling second lives as shopping malls or retirement homes, he uncovers the excitement of the early days of air travel, when a man might cling to his job as a lavatory truck driver for a closer peek at aviation. In this follow-up to "Lost Airports of Chicago," discover how a tractor swap gave birth to Clow International Airport and revel in the daredevil exploits of puddle-jumper pilots over the wide-open spaces of Harlem Avenue.
Author : John T. Corpening
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (757 download)
Download or read book Forgotten Flights written by John T. Corpening and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sebastian Cox
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714652917
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (529 download)
Download or read book Air Power History written by Sebastian Cox and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the theory and practice of air power from its earliest inception.
Author : Serhii Plokhy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190061014
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front written by Serhii Plokhy and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The full story of the first and only time American and Soviets fought side-by-side in World War IIAt the conference held in Tehran November 1943, American officials proposed to their Soviet allies a new operation in the effort to defeat Nazi Germany. The Normandy Invasion was already in the works; what American officials were suggesting until then was a second air front: the US Air Force wouldestablish bases in Soviet-controlled territory. Though pushing relentlessly for the United States and Great Britain to do more to help the war effort - the Soviet body count was staggering - Stalin, recalling the presence of foreign troops during the Russian Revolution, balked. His concern was thatthe American presence would inflame regional and ideological differences. Eventually in early 1944, Stalin was persuaded to give in, and Operation Baseball and then Frantic were initiated. B-17 Superfortresses were flown from bases in Italy to the Poltova region (in what is today Ukraine).As Plokhy's fascinating and utterly original book shows, what happened on these airbases mirrors the fate of the Grand Alliance itself. While both sides were fighting for Germany's unconditional surrender, differences arose that no common purpose could overcome. Soviet secret policeman watched overthe Americans, shadowing every move, and eventually trying to prevent fraternization between American airmen and local women. A catastrophic air raid by the Germans revealed the limitations of Soviet air defenses. Relations soured and the operations went south. Based on previously inaccessiblearchives, Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front offers a bottom-up history of the Grand Alliance itself, showing how it first began to collapse on the airfields of World War II.
Author : Andre Dubus
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453299467
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)
Download or read book Separate Flights written by Andre Dubus and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first collection, from one of the most celebrated masters of the form, “restores faith in the survival of the short story” (Los Angeles Times). For the men and women in Andre Dubus’s poignant debut collection, life and love are not without their tribulations. The devout endeavor to reconcile the demands of their faith with their most basic human inclinations. A doctor is confronted with his limitations as a man. Husbands and wives seek solace in the beds of others, even as their infidelities expose them to further heartbreak. Etched in austere prose that is punctuated with powerful emotional moments, the richly drawn characters of Separate Flights command both compassion and admiration. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Andre Dubus including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 960 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Air Travel News written by and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 776 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Air Force Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1989-07 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ken Larson
Publisher : NorlightsPress
ISBN 13 : 1935254170
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (352 download)
Download or read book Flights of Adventure written by Ken Larson and published by NorlightsPress. This book was released on 2009-12-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who hasn't daydreamed of soaring above a South American rainforest, landing a float plane on a pristine Alaskan lake, or piloting a commercial airliner? Flights Of Adventure introduces the exciting, often harrowing, lifestyles of fighter pilots, wingwalkers, and men and women who brave the elements in the most barren places on the planet. This is a collection of real-life adventures to stir the blood of anyone who loves aviation-stories that are touching, humorous, exciting, and often dangerous or miraculous. Flights Of Adventure is as close as you can get to experiencing aerial adventure while keeping your feet firmly planted on the ground.
Author : Michael Kelley
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN 13 : 1626348855
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (263 download)
Download or read book The Lost Theory written by Michael Kelley and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a thrilling international quest to unlock the mysteries of the universe. Sean McQueen is a staid, middle-aged NYU literature professor leading an uneventful life, until he receives a cryptic letter from his intellectually and poetically gifted best friend, Dylan Byrne. Following years of extensive research, Dylan claims that he has discovered "the theory of everything": a revelation that promises to alter man’s view of existence by reconciling science with spirituality. The two men arrange a meeting to discuss the paradigm-shifting theory, but after Dylan never shows, Sean discovers his friend has died under mysterious circumstances and the theory has gone missing. Sean teams up with Dylan’s scientific collaborator, quantum cosmologist Emily Edens, to find the lost theory. Together they embark on the adventure of a lifetime—traveling from the busy streets of New York City to the mystical corners of Kathmandu where Dylan realized his groundbreaking theory. On their quest, they encounter extraordinary allies and fearsome adversaries, including a covert government operative code-named "Guru," who is hell-bent on finding the theory first and preventing Sean and Emily from sharing it with the world. The Lost Theory is an exhilarating adventure of self-discovery, full of magical realism, mystery, and romance, all wrapped up in a story overflowing with wit, intrigue, and a sense of ultimate redemption.
Author : Andrew Bird
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1909166707
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Separate Little War written by Andrew Bird and published by . This book was released on 2003-09-19 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day for nine months from September 1944 to the end of the war, young British, Commonwealth and Norwegian airmen flew from Banff aerodrome in northern Scotland in their Mosquitoes and Beaufighters to target the German U-Boats, merchantmen and freighters plying along the coast and in the fjords and leads of southwest Norway, encountering the Luftwaffe and flakships every step of the way. This Scottish strike wing fought in some of the bitterest and bloodiest attacks of the war, all at very low level and at close quarters. Their contribution to winning the war was crucial and while the cost in precious lives and equipment was in the same proportion as Bomber Command, they inflicted far greater damage to the enemy in relation to their losses. With Group Captain The Hon. Max Aitken, DSO DFC as station commander, Banff was eventually to become the base for a total of six Mosquito squadrons (including 235, 248 and 143), together with B Flight of the elite 333 Norwegian Squadron, and would team up on missions with the nearby Dallachy Beaufighter strike wing (404 RCAF, 455 RAAF, 489 RNZAF and 144 Squadrons). A Separate Little War, then, is a well researched and detailed history of a microcosm of Coastal Command. Supported by many photographs, maps and charts, the vast majority never published before, the author has drawn on the personal accounts of, amongst others, British and Norwegian pilots, ground crew and civilians which augment the official sources, to give a compelling, accurate and fascinating depiction of an aerodrome at war. It is a subject which will be of great interest and value to the general reader and to those students of the Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, RAF and former Commonwealth Air Forces, the Polish Air Force and of maritime air operations during World War Two.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Aviation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Airline Concentration written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Aviation and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Future of Irregular Airlines in United States Air Transportation Industry written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Denis Richards
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Royal Air Force, 1939-1945: The fight is won, by H. St. G. Saunders written by Denis Richards and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Milton O. Thompson
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588340783
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book At the Edge of Space written by Milton O. Thompson and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2003-02-17 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In At the Edge of Space, Milton O. Thompson tells the dramatic story of one of the most successful research aircraft ever flown. The first full-length account of the X-15 program, the book profiles the twelve test pilots (Neil Armstrong, Joe Engle, Scott Crossfield, and the author among them) chosen for the program. Thompson has translated a highly technical subject into readable accounts of each pilot's participation, including many heroic and humorous anecdotes and highlighting the pilots' careers after the program ended in 1968.
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Publisher : Transportation Research Board
ISBN 13 : 0309283809
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Defining and Measuring Aircraft Delay and Airport Capacity Thresholds written by and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2014 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 104: Defining and Measuring Aircraft Delay and Airport Capacity Thresholds offers guidance to help airports understand, select, calculate, and report measures of delay and capacity. The report describes common metrics, identifies data sources, recommends metrics based on an airport's needs, and suggests ways to potentially improve metrics."--Publisher's description.
