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Pages : 828
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The Navigator
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Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Pages : 828
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Aerospace Safety
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Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 778
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Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 778
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USAF Fighter Weapons Review
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Category : Air defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Category : Air defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Driver
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Category : Automobile drivers
Languages : en
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Fighter 'Gator
Author: Lt John E. Norvell
Publisher: Bookbaby
ISBN: 9781098397333
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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This story is about Lt Colonel John E. Norvell's quest to fly and David Garbe's work to restore the shell of F-4D 0720. It first focuses on Norvell's flight training, selection to be a backseater in the F-4, time in combat in Thailand, and F-4 flying over Alaska, providing "Top Cover for America." Then, the appendix covers Garbe's work to find a bird, get the parts, and rebuild the front cockpit area. It is a story of duty and dedication. It covers how the crews trained to fly the Phantom, the specialized survival schools they attended, their entrance in combat, and the toll it took on them. Lt Colonel John E. Norvell tells the story from the perspective of an F-4 backseater or GIB. It is a story of his comrades and the stress he felt from a year-long separation from his wife. He describes the daily combat and how it affected him. He stresses the professionalism and dedication of the aircrews who flew the hostile skies of South East Asia. When the air war ends, he tells of the boredom and frustrations of warriors without a war. Then his story moves to Alaska, where he attends arctic survival school and is stationed at remote sites to provide "Top Cover" alert guarding North America against Soviet aircraft incursions. Alaska is a very different type of flying, and it is clear that he enjoys all that Alaska has to offer. Finally, he discusses the role that his mentor Major Theodore J. Shorack played in his life. Shorack was lost while on a rescue mission over North Vietnam. Norvell considers him to be a personification of the three cardinal principles of the military: Duty, Honor, County. In the end, Norvell looks at the past nearly 50 years and tells what it meant to him to fly and be a military officer.
Publisher: Bookbaby
ISBN: 9781098397333
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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This story is about Lt Colonel John E. Norvell's quest to fly and David Garbe's work to restore the shell of F-4D 0720. It first focuses on Norvell's flight training, selection to be a backseater in the F-4, time in combat in Thailand, and F-4 flying over Alaska, providing "Top Cover for America." Then, the appendix covers Garbe's work to find a bird, get the parts, and rebuild the front cockpit area. It is a story of duty and dedication. It covers how the crews trained to fly the Phantom, the specialized survival schools they attended, their entrance in combat, and the toll it took on them. Lt Colonel John E. Norvell tells the story from the perspective of an F-4 backseater or GIB. It is a story of his comrades and the stress he felt from a year-long separation from his wife. He describes the daily combat and how it affected him. He stresses the professionalism and dedication of the aircrews who flew the hostile skies of South East Asia. When the air war ends, he tells of the boredom and frustrations of warriors without a war. Then his story moves to Alaska, where he attends arctic survival school and is stationed at remote sites to provide "Top Cover" alert guarding North America against Soviet aircraft incursions. Alaska is a very different type of flying, and it is clear that he enjoys all that Alaska has to offer. Finally, he discusses the role that his mentor Major Theodore J. Shorack played in his life. Shorack was lost while on a rescue mission over North Vietnam. Norvell considers him to be a personification of the three cardinal principles of the military: Duty, Honor, County. In the end, Norvell looks at the past nearly 50 years and tells what it meant to him to fly and be a military officer.
The MAC Flyer
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Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Pittman
Author: Jared R. Teer
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN: 168235329X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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He had come back from the grave . . . to send them to theirs. Remy Pittman was a young, undefeated, middleweight boxer who was one win away from a world-title shot. Local mobsters had other plans: Remy would lose the fight . . . or die. When confronted by such monsters, Remy discovers that to fight back, he must become a monster himself. The historical voodoo subculture of modern New Orleans provides a readymade backdrop for this supernatural tale.
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN: 168235329X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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He had come back from the grave . . . to send them to theirs. Remy Pittman was a young, undefeated, middleweight boxer who was one win away from a world-title shot. Local mobsters had other plans: Remy would lose the fight . . . or die. When confronted by such monsters, Remy discovers that to fight back, he must become a monster himself. The historical voodoo subculture of modern New Orleans provides a readymade backdrop for this supernatural tale.
The Red-Tailed Devils
Author: Paul V. Cozens
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532026390
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 153
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The book is a historical fiction. This means that the characters are fictional as are their exploits, but the story line is based on historical fact. Hauptman Otto Kruger is assigned to a special Luftwaffe fighter group tasked with shooting down American bombers even if he must resort to ramming. In order to achieve this goal, he devises a number of innovative techniques, which include tethered bombs and eight-inch mortars. Lt. Vernon Ghest of the 302nd fighter squadron, while flying his war-weary P-51C Mustang with the distinctive red tail markings of the 332nd fighter group, becomes Ottos nemesis. When Vernon and another airman from the Ninety-Ninth FS are eventually forced down, they present the Germans with a new problem as they attempt to insert the black airman into the all-white POW camp. Eventually, Vernon and his companion devise and implement an ingenious escape plan that allows them to escape to once more to fight the Luftwaffe in the skies over Germany.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532026390
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 153
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The book is a historical fiction. This means that the characters are fictional as are their exploits, but the story line is based on historical fact. Hauptman Otto Kruger is assigned to a special Luftwaffe fighter group tasked with shooting down American bombers even if he must resort to ramming. In order to achieve this goal, he devises a number of innovative techniques, which include tethered bombs and eight-inch mortars. Lt. Vernon Ghest of the 302nd fighter squadron, while flying his war-weary P-51C Mustang with the distinctive red tail markings of the 332nd fighter group, becomes Ottos nemesis. When Vernon and another airman from the Ninety-Ninth FS are eventually forced down, they present the Germans with a new problem as they attempt to insert the black airman into the all-white POW camp. Eventually, Vernon and his companion devise and implement an ingenious escape plan that allows them to escape to once more to fight the Luftwaffe in the skies over Germany.
Dinghy Drop
Author: Tom Docherty
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1783403152
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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September 1941 approval was given for the formation of two long-range Air-Sea Rescue squadrons. No 279 Squadron was formed at Bircham Newton in Norfolk. In the period leading up to the formation of the squadron there had been much work done in relation to air-dropped survival equipment such as the Lindholme Dinghy Dropping Gear, the Bircham Barrel and the Thornaby Bag. These contained such items as water, food, first-aid kits and distress signals. 279 was the first squadron to employ the airborne lifeboat, which was carried beneath the bellies of the portly Hudson. In January 1942 a practical boat, fitted with oars, sails and engines was put into production with the intention of slinging it under the bomb bay of the Hudson and to drop it by parachute. In October 1944 the Squadron re-equipped with Warwick Mk I aircraft moved to Thornaby in the NE of England. By now its ASR net was cast wide and there were detachments at Tain, Fraserburgh, Wick and Banff (all in northern Scotland) and Reykjavik.
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1783403152
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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September 1941 approval was given for the formation of two long-range Air-Sea Rescue squadrons. No 279 Squadron was formed at Bircham Newton in Norfolk. In the period leading up to the formation of the squadron there had been much work done in relation to air-dropped survival equipment such as the Lindholme Dinghy Dropping Gear, the Bircham Barrel and the Thornaby Bag. These contained such items as water, food, first-aid kits and distress signals. 279 was the first squadron to employ the airborne lifeboat, which was carried beneath the bellies of the portly Hudson. In January 1942 a practical boat, fitted with oars, sails and engines was put into production with the intention of slinging it under the bomb bay of the Hudson and to drop it by parachute. In October 1944 the Squadron re-equipped with Warwick Mk I aircraft moved to Thornaby in the NE of England. By now its ASR net was cast wide and there were detachments at Tain, Fraserburgh, Wick and Banff (all in northern Scotland) and Reykjavik.
The American Museum Journal
Author: American Museum of Natural History
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Category : Museums
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Category : Museums
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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