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Author : Russell O'Quinn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (674 download)
Download or read book God's oldest test pilot written by Russell O'Quinn and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Serena Lynn Estes Johnson
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1449735576
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (497 download)
Download or read book God's Test Pilot written by Serena Lynn Estes Johnson and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Serena Johnson wrote God's Test Pilot to encourage you to have patience no matter what the circumstance and keep your challenges in perspective. This life is only temporary. Start the morning with an affirmation; "It's a beautiful day today," and you can get through anything! "For we walk by faith, not by sight" (I Corinthians 5:7) "My brethren, count it a joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience." (James 1:2) Serena encourages and helps others who have experienced trials by sharing her personal story.
Author : Alfred Miller
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1796048348
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (96 download)
Download or read book From Cows to Space with God as My Copilot written by Alfred Miller and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-07-29 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My early years, mid early years, work on the farm, milking cows, High School, College, Courtship, and University years. In addition, my career as a Mathematician where I utilized the first scientific computers for Flight Testing, and Systems Manager for 37 years employed at the Premier Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AB, CA. Had a front row seat involved with all the Test and Evaluation of the latest Aircraft prior to production and put into service. My career began with testing Supersonic Aircraft and ended my career Managing the Edwards Flight Test Range used for the safe recovery of the Space Shuttle on Rogers Dry Lake Bed. Developed the computer Capability in concert with the " Scientific Modern Computer Age" with the justification, budgeting, approval. acquisition, installation, programming of software, training and operation of the latest computer technology available.
Author : Nicholas Schmidle
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 125022974X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Test Gods written by Nicholas Schmidle and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice In the spirit of The Right Stuff, updated for the 21st century, Test Gods is an epic story about extreme bravery and sacrifice, about the thin line between lunacy and genius. Most of all, it is a story about the pursuit of meaning in our lives—and the fulfillment of our dreams. Working from exclusive inside reporting, New Yorker writer Nicholas Schmidle tells the remarkable story of the test pilots, engineers, and visionaries behind Virgin Galactic’s campaign to build a space tourism company. Schmidle follows a handful of characters—Mark Stucky, Virgin’s lead test pilot; Richard Branson, the eccentric billionaire funding the venture; Mike Moses, the grounded, unflappable president; Mike Alsbury, the test pilot killed in a fatal crash; and others—through personal and professional dramas, in pursuit of their collective goal: to make space tourism a reality. Along the way, Schmidle weaves his relationship with his father—a former fighter pilot and decorated war hero—into the tragedies and triumphs that Branson’s team confronts out in the Mojave desert as they design, build, and test-fly their private rocket ship. Gripping and novelistic, Test Gods leads us, through human drama, into a previously unseen world—and beyond.
Author : Robert Gandt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781888962116
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (621 download)
Download or read book Skygods written by Robert Gandt and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1966, Pan American Airways reached the zenith of its wealth & influence. Its pilots were lords of the sky; Skygods. Under aviation pioneer Juan Trippe's autocratic control, Pan Am bought jet airliners before its competitors & made record profits. It was the first U.S. airline to order the supersonic transport; it accepted reservations for the first service to the Moon. Then Pan American Airways fell to earth. In Skygods, Robert Gandt, a Pan Am pilot for 26 years, gives an inside account of the great airline's unprecedented demise. He interviewed hundreds of former Pan Am airmen & executives. He reveals how Pan Am's captains, in Navy-style uniforms, once commanded their ships like petty tyrants. They were the best & brightest in airline industry, but there were disturbing stories of captains who allowed stewardesses to land their aircraft, flew them at the wrong altitude & in the wrong direction & who tragically disappeared, often without a trace. All was not well either in the Pan Am Building, the massive landmark in New York where a succession of impulsive & short-sighted CEOs combined to preside over the demise of a great airline. Pan An bought a domestic airline it did not need; bought aircraft it did not need & operated half-empty planes on low-density routes. It sold the entire Pacific network for a bargain price & sold precious assets to meet its payrolls. And then came the Lockerbie tragedy. This is a fascinating account of what can go wrong with a pillar of strength of the U.S. industry, when its leaders lose their sense of direction & when their star employees-the Skygods-discover that they are mere mortals.
Author : Paul N. Herbert
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1452016348
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)
Download or read book God Knows All Your Names written by Paul N. Herbert and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-08-18 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People with only a slight interest in history will enjoy these fascinating, short and easy to understand stories. Serious history buffs will like these lesser-known episodes, not the stories weve heard a million times. For example: try to find anyone who knows about the attempted slave insurrection in Fairfax County, Virginia. With Mary Lincolns spending habits, who knew that Abraham Lincoln actually saved an enormous percentage of his presidential salary? A slave honored in Virginia with a monument; the history of Lee Highway which opened with great fanfare in 1923 as a 3,000 mile road from Washington, DC to San Diego; a story about the Little River Turnpike, the second oldest turnpike in America, built partly by slaves and captured Hessian soldiers. Youll read about two Civil War ships that collided in the Potomac River. Victims included wounded soldiers' wives and one soldiers six-year-old son. Youll read a great account of the massive Civil War corruption. Youll learn about the disastrous condition of the treasury (sound familiar?) during the Revolutionary War. The government tried everything, including a lottery to get the country afloat in a sea of red ink. But the most fascinating story may be about the Revolutionary War soldier who faked his own desertion to defect to the enemy with the highly secretive mission of going behind enemy lines to capture and return for trial the worst traitor in American history: Benedict Arnold. Bet you never heard of this story. There are many other stories in this eclectic, heavily-researched manuscript. Theres a story about the Christmas Truce in World War One, about long-forgotten holidays in Virginia, about the retrocession which sent an area of Washington back to Virginia in 1846, and about the impeachment of a Supreme Court justice (it happened only once). And more!
Author : G.R. Pafumi
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1450003966
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Is Our Vision of God Obsolete? written by G.R. Pafumi and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-01-15 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our vision of God varies by culture. It has changed over the millennia. We no longer believe in the pagan gods of the Romans and Greeks. Why should we expect that our current view of God will not change? Scientific knowledge and discovery is occurring at a pace never before experienced in human history. Yet our concept of God remains mired in the 15th century. This is about to change. It will become increasingly difficult for religions to convince believers educated in modern science to blindly accept as truth religious dogmas conceived centuries ago. Religious scripture is a combination of literature, myth and superstition. Science will invalidate many of these myths. This is why intelligent design advocates fear science.
Author : N. T. Wright
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 1611640385
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (116 download)
Download or read book Matthew for Everyone, Part 1 written by N. T. Wright and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enlarged print edition now available! Tom Wright's eye-opening comments on the Gospel of Matthew and what it might mean for us are combined, passage-by-passage, with his fresh translation of the Bible text. Making use of his true scholar's understanding, yet writing in an approachable and anecdotal style, Wright captures the urgency and excitement of Matthew's Gospel in a way few writers have. Tom Wright has undertaken a tremendous task: to provide guides to all the books of the New Testament, and to include in them his own translation of the entire text. Each short passage is followed by a highly readable discussion with background information, useful explanations and suggestions, and thoughts as to how the text can be relevant to our lives today. A glossary is included at the back of the book. The series is suitable for group study, personal study, or daily devotions.
Author : William Reid Pogue
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780981475653
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (756 download)
Download or read book But for the Grace of God written by William Reid Pogue and published by . This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: But for the Grace of God is not just the autobiography of astronaut and aviator, William R. "Bill" Pogue. "Competently and directly, he guides the reader through a half-century of technological advance," says Mike Collins, Apollo11. Bill Pogue describes the crucible in which he was raised, lived, and worked -- the crucible that made him an exceptional man and one of our nation¿s finest aviators and astronauts. The honesty and work ethic of country life, love of flying, stresses of being a fighter pilot in the Korean War, demands on a Thunderbird pilot, and challenges of a test pilot all prepared him for his lead role on Skylab, America¿s first space station. He packages his adventure-filled life into easy-to-read, inspiring tales that move swiftly. They are filled with his reverence for family, God, nature, and mankind. Whether engaging the enemy in combat, flying metal-bending aerobatics with the Thunderbirds, or setting records for distance and endurance in Skylab, Bill speaks clearly but modestly with compelling authority. "This is a keeper -- a book all parents should provide their children to show how good life can be when lived to its fullest," says Walter J. Boyne, Former Director, National Air & Space Museum; and Enshrinee, National Aviation Hall of Fame. Alan Bean, Apollo 12 Astronaut and Fourth Man to Set Foot on the Moon, says, "But for the Grace of God will serve as a life-changing inspiration for many. It is a must read for anyone interested in space exploration."
Author : National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Smell of Kerosene written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book puts the reader in the pilot's seat for a "day at the office" unlike any other. The Smell of Kerosene tells the dramatic story of a NASA research pilot who logged over 11,000 flight hours in more than 125 types of aircraft. Donald Mallick gives the reader fascinating first-hand description of his early naval flight training, carrier operations, and his research flying career with NASA. After transferring to the NASA Flight Research Center, Mallick became involved with projects that further pushed the boundaries of aerospace technology. These included the giant delta-winged XB-70 supersonic airplane, the wingless M2-F1 lifting body vehicle, and triple-sonic YF-12 Blackbird. Mallick also test flew the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle and helped develop techniques used in training astronauts to land on the Moon.
Author : Albert Scott Crossfield
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1387491016
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (874 download)
Download or read book Always Another Dawn: The Story of a Rocket Test Pilot written by Albert Scott Crossfield and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-01-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Always Another Dawn: The Story of a Rocket Test Pilot is the detailed account of NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) and Albert Scott Crossfield's work in the post-war years and beyond pioneering the use of rocket-powered planes. Crossfield and his team paved the path for space exploration making this, his autobiography, essential reading for historians and aviation buffs.
Author : Chris Taylor
Publisher : Air World
ISBN 13 : 1399085352
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Test Pilot written by Chris Taylor and published by Air World. This book was released on 2022-04-06 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An elite test pilot recounts his life on the cutting-edge of aviation, flying everything from homebuilt airplanes to helicopters and fighter jets. Over his long career as a licensed Category 1 test pilot and flight test instructor for both airplanes and helicopters, Chris Taylor has flown an astonishing 400 different aircraft. He is arguably one of the best qualified and widely experienced test pilots in the world. Now he shares the literal ups and downs of aviation testing, putting readers in the cockpit. Chris began his service flying career with the Royal Navy, piloting Wasp and Lynx helicopters from warships around. After five years instructing, he became a test pilot flying experimental aircraft for research and development purposes, before returning to the Empire Test Pilot’s School as a tutor. Having served at Boscombe Down for 10 years, he joined the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority as an airplane and rotorcraft test pilot. With the closure of the CAA’s Flight Test Department, he went on to form his own company and has continued to test fly a wide variety of aircraft ever since. In this eventful memoir, Chris covers general aviation aircraft, including testing homebuilt airplanes, helicopters and autogyros. He also discusses testing ex-military jets and warbirds such as the Fieseler Storch, Sea Fury, Spitfire and the Mustang.
Author : Michael Collins
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1466899263
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Carrying the Fire written by Michael Collins and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reissued with a new preface by the author on the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 journey to the moon The years that have passed since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon in July 1969 have done nothing to alter the fundamental wonder of the event: man reaching the moon remains one of the great events—technical and spiritual—of our lifetime. In Carrying the Fire, Collins conveys, in a very personal way, the drama, beauty, and humor of that adventure. He also traces his development from his first flight experiences in the air force, through his days as a test pilot, to his Apollo 11 space walk, presenting an evocative picture of the joys of flight as well as a new perspective on time, light, and movement from someone who has seen the fragile earth from the other side of the moon.
Download or read book Flying Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2000-05 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eugène Ionesco
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802151100
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (511 download)
Download or read book Exit the King, The Killer, and Macbett written by Eugène Ionesco and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents three plays by twentieth-century dramatist Eugene Ionesco, including "Exit the King," which traces the final hours of the once-great King Berenger the First; "The Killer," a study of pure evil; and "Macbett," a spoof of the Shakespearean tragedy.
Author : Eugène Ionesco
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802190774
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Exit the King, The Killer, Macbett written by Eugène Ionesco and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three classic plays exploring the absurdity of death and modern complacency by the 20th century master of French avant-garde theatre. Exit the King presents a ritualized death rite unfolding the final hours of the once-great king Berenger the First. As he dies, so does his kingdom. His armies suffer defeat, the young emigrate, and his kingdom’s borders shrink to the outline of his throne. The Killer is a study of pure evil. B’renger, a conscientious citizen, finds himself in a radiantly beautiful city marred only by the presence of a serial killer. B’renger’s determination to find the murderer in the face of official indifference and his final defeat at the hands of impersonal cruelty speak with the power of Kafka’s The Trial. Macbett, inspired by Shakespeare’s MacBeth, is “a grotesque joke . . . [and] a very funny play. . . . Ionecso maliciously undermines sources and traditions, spoofing Shakespeare along with tragedy” (Mel Gussow, The New York Times).
Author : Werner Herzog
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 0593490312
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (934 download)
Download or read book Every Man for Himself and God Against All written by Werner Herzog and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2024-10-08 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of his epic artistic career in a long-awaited memoir that is as inventive and daring as anything he has done before Werner Herzog was born in September 1942 in Munich, Germany, at a turning point in the Second World War. Soon Germany would be defeated and a new world would have to be made out the rubble and horrors of the war. Fleeing the Allied bombing raids, Herzog’s mother took him and his older brother to a remote, rustic part of Bavaria where he would spend much of his childhood hungry, without running water, in deep poverty. It was there, as the new postwar order was emerging, that one of the most visionary filmmakers of the next seven decades was formed. Until age 11, Herzog did not even know of the existence of cinema. His interest in films began at age 15, but since no one was willing to finance them, he worked the night shift as a welder in a steel factory. He started to travel on foot. He made his first phone call at age 17, and his first film in 1961 at age 19. The wildly productive working life that followed—spanning the seven continents and encompassing both documentary and fiction—was an adventure as grand and otherworldly as any depicted in his many classic films. Every Man for Himself and God Against All is at once a personal record of one of the great and self-invented lives of our time, and a singular literary masterpiece that will enthrall fans old and new alike. In a hypnotic swirl of memory, Herzog untangles and relives his most important experiences and inspirations, telling his story for the first and only time.
