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Author : J. P. A. Michel Lavigne
Publisher : Battleford, Sask. : Turner-Warwick
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Kittyhawk Pilot written by J. P. A. Michel Lavigne and published by Battleford, Sask. : Turner-Warwick. This book was released on 1983 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cyril Ayris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780958157506
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (575 download)
Download or read book The Kittyhawk Pilots written by Cyril Ayris and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Flying Officer Stan Watt and some of his fellow brave WWII pilots who pressed attack after attack through the heaviest anti-aircraft fire the Germans could muster. It is also the story of their remarkable aeroplane, the Kittyhawk, which made the transition from fighter to dive bomber with outstanding success.
Author : R. Conrad Stein
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Story of the Flight at Kitty Hawk written by R. Conrad Stein and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 1981 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief biography of the two famous bicycle makers from Dayton, Ohio, focusing on their efforts to build and fly an airplane, starting with kites and gliders.
Author : Andrew Thomas
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781841760834
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (68 download)
Download or read book Tomahawk and Kittyhawk Aces of the RAF and Commonwealth written by Andrew Thomas and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2002-11-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deemed unsuitable for the Channel Front, lend-lease Tomahawks and Kittyhawks instead became the staple fighters of the Desert Air Force in 1941-42, flying with RAF, South African and Australian squadrons in North Africa and the Middle East. Although usually outclassed by the Bf 109, a number of pilots enjoyed some success during the desert campaign – men like Caldwell, Gibbes, Edwards and Drake, all of whom accrued double figure scores. In the Far East, Australian and New Zealand pilots also saw much action against the Japanese in 1942/43, flying over the jungles of New Guinea in defence of the Australian mainland. This book charts the careers of the men who 'made ace' in these often underestimated fighters.
Author : Ernest R. McDowell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Famous Aircraft: the P-40 Kittyhawk written by Ernest R. McDowell and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Karen Price Hossell
Publisher : Paw Prints
ISBN 13 : 9781439537473
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (374 download)
Download or read book Kitty Hawk written by Karen Price Hossell and published by Paw Prints. This book was released on 2008-08-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the history of human flight, from the first experiments at Kitty Hawk to superjumbo jets, focusing on the contributions made by the Wright Brothers and featuring first-hand accounts of early pilots and observers.
Author : Ron Geibert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781570983900
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (839 download)
Download or read book Kitty Hawk and Beyond written by Ron Geibert and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, published in celebration of the 100th anniversary of powered flight in 2003, tells the story of two 20th century heroes who fashioned from the raw materials of ingenuity and ambition a legacy that will live forever in aviation history. 140 photos.
Author : Phillips Petroleum Company
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 5 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (363 download)
Download or read book Kittyhawk to Cape Canaveral written by Phillips Petroleum Company and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jonathan Nicholas
Publisher : Book Guild Publishing
ISBN 13 : 191355130X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (135 download)
Download or read book Kittyhawk Down: Dennis Copping & ET574 written by Jonathan Nicholas and published by Book Guild Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flight Sergeant Dennis Copping took off in a single-seat Kittyhawk fighter for a short flight across Egypt. He never arrived at his destination. The aeroplane was later found crash-landed, virtually intact, three hundred miles into the Sahara with no sign of the pilot.
Author : Brad Elward
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472807782
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)
Download or read book US Cold War Aircraft Carriers written by Brad Elward and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Forrestal class (Forrestal, Saratoga, Ranger, and Independence) was the first completed class of US Navy supercarriers, so-named for their 25 percent size increase over the World War II-era carriers such as the Midway class, and the strength of their air wings (80–100 aircraft, compared to 65–75 for the Midway, and fewer than 50 for the Essex class). Design-wise, the Forrestals were a huge improvement over their predecessors, being more stable and comfortable, while maintaining advancements such as the armored flight decks that had been introduced with the Midway. The Kitty Hawk class was an improvement on the Forrestal-class designs, and four were built in the 1960s – Kitty Hawk, Constellation, America and John F. Kennedy. These were even longer than the Forrestals, and fitted with advanced defensive weapons systems and an improved elevator layout. All nine of the carriers covered by this volume are icons, and hold a much-respected place in US naval history. They are also some of the more well-known vessels outside of the military, for their long service histories, as well as for some of the more unfortunate events that seem to follow them.
Author : Stephen Budiansky
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101118407
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Air Power written by Stephen Budiansky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-03-29 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No single human invention has transformed war more than the airplane—not even the atomic bomb. Even before the Wright Brothers’ first flight, predictions abounded of the devastating and terrible consequences this new invention would have as an engine of war. Soaring over the battlefield, the airplane became an unstoppable force that left no spot on earth safe from attack. Drawing on combat memoirs, letters, diaries, archival records, museum collections, and eyewitness accounts by the men who fought—and the men who developed the breakthrough inventions and concepts—acclaimed author Stephen Budiansky weaves a vivid and dramatic account of the airplane’s revolutionary transformation of modern warfare. On the web: http://www.budiansky.com/
Author : Richard Ward
Publisher : ARCO
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Curtiss Kittyhawk MKI-IV in RAF-SAAF-RAAF-RNZAF-RCAF-NEIAF Service written by Richard Ward and published by ARCO. This book was released on 1969 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Bracelen Flood
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 080219138X
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book First to Fly written by Charles Bracelen Flood and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The compelling story of the squadron of adventurous young American pilots who were among the first to engage in air combat.” —Tampa Bay Times In First to Fly, lauded historian Charles Bracelen Flood draws on rarely seen primary sources to tell the story of the daredevil Americans of the Lafayette Escadrille, who flew in French planes, wore French uniforms, and showed the world an American brand of heroism before the United States entered the Great War. As citizens of a neutral nation from 1914 to early 1917, Americans were prohibited from serving in a foreign army, but many brave young souls soon made their way into European battle zones. It was partly from the ranks of the French Foreign Legion, and with the sponsorship of an expat American surgeon and a Vanderbilt, that the Lafayette Escadrille was formed in 1916 as the first and only all-American squadron in the French Air Service. Flying rudimentary planes, against one-in-three odds of being killed, these fearless young men gathered reconnaissance and shot down enemy aircraft, participated in the Battle of Verdun and faced off with the Red Baron, dueling across the war-torn skies like modern knights on horseback. “First to Fly shows us that there was something noble and honorable about the Escadrille, men who did not turn against their own country but put their lives up to fight for a cause, not because they had to but because it was the right thing to do.” —The Wall Street Journal
Author : Larry E. Tise
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 0230100600
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Conquering the Sky written by Larry E. Tise and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nail-biting account of the Wright brothers' secret flights at Kitty Hawk and their unexpected rise to fame Despite their great achievements following their first powered flights in 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright still enjoyed virtual anonymity until 1908. In seven crucial days in May of that year, however, the eyes of the world were suddenly cast upon them as they sought lucrative government contracts for their flying technology and then had to prove the capabilities of their machines. In these pivotal moments, the brothers were catapulted into unwanted worldwide fame as the international press discovered and followed their covert flight tests, and reported their every move using rudimentary telegraphs and early forms of photography. From the brothers' rise to fame on the historic Outer Banks, to the quickly expanding role of the world press and the flights' repercussions in war and military technology, Tise weaves a fascinating tale of a key turning point in the history of flight.
Author : Great Britain. Air Ministry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (194 download)
Download or read book Pilot's Notes, the Kittyhawk I Aeroplane written by Great Britain. Air Ministry and published by . This book was released on 194? with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carl Molesworth
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472807065
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)
Download or read book Curtiss P-40 written by Carl Molesworth and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An improved version of the Allison V-1710 engine gave rise to the Curtiss H-87, which began life in 1941 as the P-40D and featured a completely redesigned fuselage. The shorter and deeper nose of the new fighter gave it a decidedly snub-nosed appearance compared to the earlier P-40 models. Curtiss continued to tweak the H-87 for the next two years in the search for better performance, but the last major version, the P-40N, was only marginally faster than the first. In the process, Curtiss even tried an engine change to the Packard Merlin in the P-40F and L but to no avail. What the late model P-40s lacked in speed and service ceiling, they traded for maneuverability, durability and availability. Their niche became fighter-bomber operations, and they fought on fronts as varied as the arctic wastes of the Aleutian Islands and Iceland, the steaming jungles of the South Pacific and the barren deserts of North Africa. P-40s were a common sight in the skies over Burma and China, Sicily and Italy, and western Russia as well. By the time production ceased in 1944, Curtiss had produced nearly 14,000 P-40s.
Author : Air Force History Branch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1922488046
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (224 download)
Download or read book Aircraft of The Royal Australian Air Force written by Air Force History Branch and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aircraft of The Royal Australian Air Force tells the story of the RAAF’s first one hundred years by describing the acquisition, operation, and service record of the multitude of aircraft types flown by the RAAF. The 176 aircraft types include the flimsy wood and canvas aircraft typical of World War I, through the technological advances during and after World War II, to modern fifth-generation, complex aircraft like the F-35 Lightning II. Even before its formation Sir Richard Williams, the Father of the RAAF, had decided to employ an alpha-numeric numbering system to identify and account for each aircraft in service. This system started with A1, A2, A3 etc as each type of aircraft came into service. Each individual aircraft within each series was identified as A1-1, A1-2 and so on and the aircraft serial became known colloquially as the ‘A-number’. With some exceptions over the century since the A-number system started, aircraft entered RAAF service in broadly the sequence of the A-numbers, and so this book is intended to assist in charting the 100-year history of the RAAF by listing aircraft operated in A-number sequence, rather than by listing them by role (such as Fighter, Bomber, Maritime, Trainer, Transport etc) or alphabetically by name or by manufacturer. The inclusion of a comprehensive Index and the Quick Reference Guide to aircraft by role is intended to facilitate the location of the entry for any specific type of aircraft for those who may not already know its A-number. Aircraft of The Royal Australian Air Force is a must have for all those who have served in the RAAF, those with a passion for military aviation and aircraft in general, and the broader members of the public wishing to gain an appreciation of the Royal Australian Air Force in its centenary year.
