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Languages : en
Pages : 978
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The Aeroplane
Author: International Reference Service
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1242
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Flying Adventurers
Author: David K. VaughanPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476688788
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Aviation books were a unique and prolific subgenre of American juvenile literature from the early to mid-20th century, drawing upon the nation's intensifying interest. The first books of this type, Harry L. Sayler's series Airship Boys, appeared shortly after the Wright brothers' first successful flight in 1909. Following Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic, popular series like Ted Scott and Andy Lane established the "golden age" of juvenile aviation literature. This work examines the 375 juvenile aviation series titles published between 1909 and 1964. It weaves together several thematic threads, including the placement of aviation narratives within the context of major historical events, the technical accuracy in depictions of flying machines and the ways in which characters reflected the culture of their eras. Three appendices provide publication data for each series, a list of referenced aircraft and an annotated bibliography; there is a full index.
Flying
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Flying Tiger
Author: Jack SamsonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762795433
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 523
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The Flying Tigers and the U.S. Fourteenth will be the subject of a huge upcoming film from IMAX and director John Woo. The film is scheduled to start shooting in spring 2011 with no firm release date stated yet. The role of Chenault in the film is likely to be the role of a lifetime for a huge star. When a sickly, half-deaf, forty-seven-year-old retired U.S. Army Air Corps Captain went to China in 1937 to survey Chiang Kai-shek’s Chinese Air Force, little did the world know this would be the man to stem the Japanese tide in the Far East. Almost every military expert predicted his handful of pilots of the American Volunteer Group would not last three weeks. Yet in seven months in 1942, the AVG, fighting a rear-guard action over Burma, China, Thailand, and French Indonesia, destroyed a confirmed 199 planes, with another 153 “probables” as well. They did this losing only four pilots and twelve P-40s in air combat and sixty-one on the ground. In this definitive biography of General Claire Chennault, veteran reporter Jack Samson offers a rare and fascinating inside look at this legendary man behind the Flying Tigers. Unlike Eisenhower and MacArthur, Chennault was no saintly military leader. He was a chain-smoking, bourbon-drinking, womanizing man. He was the kind of leader his men knew could and did fly better than they--in any kind of plane. But first and last, he was a fighter--a tough, single-minded warrior who was never confused by who the enemy was in Asia, regardless of what the State Department thought. Following Chennault from this command of the Fourteenth U.S. Army Air Force during World War II to the part of his life that is not well known--the intriguing postwar years in China and Formosa, where his Civilian Air Transport (CAT) became the scourge of the Red Chinese--The Flying Tiger is an extraordinary portrait of one of America’s great military commanders.
The Pioneer Mail and Indian Weekly News
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1402
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Flight
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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A Budget Traveler's Daily Journal of His Solo Adventures through Asia
Author: Jim MoehlenbrockPublisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662430515
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 711
Book Description
This daily journal reveals what it is like to travel into foreign countries without knowing anyone in those countries and not knowing their languages while traveling alone and while not being a part of any tour group. The journal answers many questions about why anyone would want to travel solo and how you can make it a positive experience. You might even feel confident enough to try traveling that way yourself. Read the journal and see if you can picture yourself filling in for me. I bet you can.
The Distinguished Flying Cross Society
Author: Randy W. BaumgardnerPublisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1563116588
Category : Distinguished Flying Cross (Medal)
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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World Trade Information Service
Author: United States. Bureau of Foreign CommercePublisher:
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Category : Public utilities
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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