Author: Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Harper's Aircraft Book
Author: Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Flying Warrior
Author: Jules Harper
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
ISBN: 1683500679
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
A Vietnam veteran takes you into the cockpit and shares true stories of his flying career in this compelling memoir. In this action-packed memoir, Jules Harper recounts the unique process of becoming a naval aviator, revealing his experiences as a brand new pilot in a combat squadron and, finally, a flying warrior. He survived two combat cruises aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk from 1966–1968, compiled 332 career carrier takeoffs and landings, and was shot at daily by enemy fire while completing 200 combat missions over Vietnam, and shares the views of the aviators who flew along with him on these missions while fighting this unpopular war. A recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, twenty-one Air Medals, and many other accolades, he offers readers a new understanding and appreciation of the warriors who protect not only their comrades in arms, but the defense of the nation as well.
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
ISBN: 1683500679
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
A Vietnam veteran takes you into the cockpit and shares true stories of his flying career in this compelling memoir. In this action-packed memoir, Jules Harper recounts the unique process of becoming a naval aviator, revealing his experiences as a brand new pilot in a combat squadron and, finally, a flying warrior. He survived two combat cruises aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk from 1966–1968, compiled 332 career carrier takeoffs and landings, and was shot at daily by enemy fire while completing 200 combat missions over Vietnam, and shares the views of the aviators who flew along with him on these missions while fighting this unpopular war. A recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, twenty-one Air Medals, and many other accolades, he offers readers a new understanding and appreciation of the warriors who protect not only their comrades in arms, but the defense of the nation as well.
Harper's Wireless Book
Author: Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Radio
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Radio
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Make It Rain
Author: Kristine C. Harper
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022659792X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Weather control. Juxtaposing those two words is enough to raise eyebrows in a world where even the best weather models still fail to nail every forecast, and when the effects of climate change on sea level height, seasonal averages of weather phenomena, and biological behavior are being watched with interest by all, regardless of political or scientific persuasion. But between the late nineteenth century—when the United States first funded an attempt to “shock” rain out of clouds—and the late 1940s, rainmaking (as it had been known) became weather control. And then things got out of control. In Make It Rain, Kristine C. Harper tells the long and somewhat ludicrous history of state-funded attempts to manage, manipulate, and deploy the weather in America. Harper shows that governments from the federal to the local became helplessly captivated by the idea that weather control could promote agriculture, health, industrial output, and economic growth at home, or even be used as a military weapon and diplomatic tool abroad. Clear fog for landing aircraft? There’s a project for that. Gentle rain for strawberries? Let’s do it! Enhanced snowpacks for hydroelectric utilities? Check. The heyday of these weather control programs came during the Cold War, as the atmosphere came to be seen as something to be defended, weaponized, and manipulated. Yet Harper demonstrates that today there are clear implications for our attempts to solve the problems of climate change.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022659792X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Weather control. Juxtaposing those two words is enough to raise eyebrows in a world where even the best weather models still fail to nail every forecast, and when the effects of climate change on sea level height, seasonal averages of weather phenomena, and biological behavior are being watched with interest by all, regardless of political or scientific persuasion. But between the late nineteenth century—when the United States first funded an attempt to “shock” rain out of clouds—and the late 1940s, rainmaking (as it had been known) became weather control. And then things got out of control. In Make It Rain, Kristine C. Harper tells the long and somewhat ludicrous history of state-funded attempts to manage, manipulate, and deploy the weather in America. Harper shows that governments from the federal to the local became helplessly captivated by the idea that weather control could promote agriculture, health, industrial output, and economic growth at home, or even be used as a military weapon and diplomatic tool abroad. Clear fog for landing aircraft? There’s a project for that. Gentle rain for strawberries? Let’s do it! Enhanced snowpacks for hydroelectric utilities? Check. The heyday of these weather control programs came during the Cold War, as the atmosphere came to be seen as something to be defended, weaponized, and manipulated. Yet Harper demonstrates that today there are clear implications for our attempts to solve the problems of climate change.
How Do Airplanes Fly?
Author: Melvin Berger
Publisher: Hambleton-Hill Pub
ISBN: 9781571020581
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Covers the history of flight, from Leonardo da Vinci to modern jumbo jets.
Publisher: Hambleton-Hill Pub
ISBN: 9781571020581
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Covers the history of flight, from Leonardo da Vinci to modern jumbo jets.
Plane Board Book
Author: Chris Demarest
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544977033
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Plane lifts, soars high. Far below towns lie. The sky's the limit in this rhyming board book.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544977033
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Plane lifts, soars high. Far below towns lie. The sky's the limit in this rhyming board book.
Illustrated Catalogue of Books
Author: A.C. McClurg & Co
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Publishers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Publishers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Harper's Book for Young Gardeners
Author: Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's gardens
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's gardens
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Harper's Monthly Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1254
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1254
Book Description
Jane's Vintage Aircraft Recognition Guide
Author: Tony Holmes
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780060818968
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
This is a handy and comprehensive directory of all the aircraft ever produced prior to 1945. Although compact in size, the guide provides all the essential information on vintage greats of the aviation world. Organized chronologically, this title captures the rapid developments in flight technology and design, as well as detailing entries the actually don't exist today. Descriptions, photography and specification details combine to make this the most useful guide for any aviation enthusiast who wishes to study vintage aircraft and an airshow, museum or home.
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780060818968
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
This is a handy and comprehensive directory of all the aircraft ever produced prior to 1945. Although compact in size, the guide provides all the essential information on vintage greats of the aviation world. Organized chronologically, this title captures the rapid developments in flight technology and design, as well as detailing entries the actually don't exist today. Descriptions, photography and specification details combine to make this the most useful guide for any aviation enthusiast who wishes to study vintage aircraft and an airshow, museum or home.