Author: James Naidich
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473387248
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
The purpose of this book is simply to teach you how to fly from Here to There. It will teach you the four principle types of navigation which include celestial navigation, radio navigation, dead reckoning, piloting. A concise practical guide for all private civilian flyers.
Dead Reckoning
Author: Dick Lehr
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062448528
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
The definitive and dramatic account of what became known as "Operation Vengeance" -- the targeted kill by U.S. fighter pilots of Japan's larger-than-life military icon, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the naval genius who had devised the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. “AIR RAID, PEARL HARBOR. THIS IS NO DRILL.” At 7:58 a.m. on December 7, 1941, an officer at the Ford Island Command Center typed what would become one of the most famous radio dispatches in history, as the Japanese navy launched a surprise aerial assault on U.S. bases on Hawaii. In a little over two hours, more than 2,400 Americans were dead, propelling the U.S.’s entry into World War II. Dead Reckoning is the epic true story of the high-stakes operation undertaken sixteen months later to avenge that deadly strike – a longshot mission hatched hastily at the U.S. base on Guadalcanal. Expertly crafting this "hunt for Bin Laden"-style WWII story, New York Times bestselling author Dick Lehr recreates the tension-filled events leading up to the climactic clash in the South Pacific skies – frontline moments loaded with xenophobia, spycraft, sacrifice and broken hearts. Lehr goes behind the scenes at Station Hypo on Hawaii, where U.S. Navy code breakers first discovered exactly where and when to find Admiral Yamamoto, on April 18, 1943, and then chronicles in dramatic detail the nerve-wracking mission to kill him. He focuses on Army Air Force Major John W. Mitchell, the ace fighter pilot from the tiny hamlet of Enid, Mississippi who was tasked with conceiving a flight route, literally to the second, for the only U.S. fighter plane on Guadalcanal capable of reaching Yamamoto hundreds of miles away – the new twin-engine P-38 Lightning with its fabled “cone of fire.” Given unprecedented access to Mitchell’s personal papers and hundreds of private letters, Lehr reveals for the first time the full story of Mitchell’s wartime exploits up to the face-off with Yamamoto, along with those of key American pilots Mitchell chose for the momentous mission: Rex Barber, Thomas Lanphier Jr., Besby Holmes, and Ray Hine. The spotlight also shines on their enemy target –Admiral Yamamoto, the enigmatic, charismatic commander in chief of Japan’s Combined Fleet, whose complicated feelings about the U.S.—he studied at Harvard—add rich complexity. In this way Dead Reckoning offers at once a fast-paced recounting of a crucial turning point in the Pacific war and keenly drawn portraits of its two main protagonists: Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of Pearl Harbor, and John Mitchell, the architect of the Yamamoto’s demise. Dead Reckoning features black-and-white photos throughout.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062448528
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
The definitive and dramatic account of what became known as "Operation Vengeance" -- the targeted kill by U.S. fighter pilots of Japan's larger-than-life military icon, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the naval genius who had devised the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. “AIR RAID, PEARL HARBOR. THIS IS NO DRILL.” At 7:58 a.m. on December 7, 1941, an officer at the Ford Island Command Center typed what would become one of the most famous radio dispatches in history, as the Japanese navy launched a surprise aerial assault on U.S. bases on Hawaii. In a little over two hours, more than 2,400 Americans were dead, propelling the U.S.’s entry into World War II. Dead Reckoning is the epic true story of the high-stakes operation undertaken sixteen months later to avenge that deadly strike – a longshot mission hatched hastily at the U.S. base on Guadalcanal. Expertly crafting this "hunt for Bin Laden"-style WWII story, New York Times bestselling author Dick Lehr recreates the tension-filled events leading up to the climactic clash in the South Pacific skies – frontline moments loaded with xenophobia, spycraft, sacrifice and broken hearts. Lehr goes behind the scenes at Station Hypo on Hawaii, where U.S. Navy code breakers first discovered exactly where and when to find Admiral Yamamoto, on April 18, 1943, and then chronicles in dramatic detail the nerve-wracking mission to kill him. He focuses on Army Air Force Major John W. Mitchell, the ace fighter pilot from the tiny hamlet of Enid, Mississippi who was tasked with conceiving a flight route, literally to the second, for the only U.S. fighter plane on Guadalcanal capable of reaching Yamamoto hundreds of miles away – the new twin-engine P-38 Lightning with its fabled “cone of fire.” Given unprecedented access to Mitchell’s personal papers and hundreds of private letters, Lehr reveals for the first time the full story of Mitchell’s wartime exploits up to the face-off with Yamamoto, along with those of key American pilots Mitchell chose for the momentous mission: Rex Barber, Thomas Lanphier Jr., Besby Holmes, and Ray Hine. The spotlight also shines on their enemy target –Admiral Yamamoto, the enigmatic, charismatic commander in chief of Japan’s Combined Fleet, whose complicated feelings about the U.S.—he studied at Harvard—add rich complexity. In this way Dead Reckoning offers at once a fast-paced recounting of a crucial turning point in the Pacific war and keenly drawn portraits of its two main protagonists: Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of Pearl Harbor, and John Mitchell, the architect of the Yamamoto’s demise. Dead Reckoning features black-and-white photos throughout.
Problems and Answers in Navigation and Piloting
Author: Elbert S. Maloney
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Suitable for both classroom use and self-study, this workbook provides over 200 navigational problems and answers dealing with dead reckoning, piloting, and celestial navigation.
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Suitable for both classroom use and self-study, this workbook provides over 200 navigational problems and answers dealing with dead reckoning, piloting, and celestial navigation.
Air Navigation Made Easy
Author: James Naidich
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473387248
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
The purpose of this book is simply to teach you how to fly from Here to There. It will teach you the four principle types of navigation which include celestial navigation, radio navigation, dead reckoning, piloting. A concise practical guide for all private civilian flyers.
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473387248
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
The purpose of this book is simply to teach you how to fly from Here to There. It will teach you the four principle types of navigation which include celestial navigation, radio navigation, dead reckoning, piloting. A concise practical guide for all private civilian flyers.
Practical Air Navigation and the Use of the Aeronautical Charts of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Author: Thoburn Cassady Lyon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Navigation (Aeronautics)
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Navigation (Aeronautics)
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
American Practical Navigator
Author: Nathaniel Bowditch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nautical astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 1406
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nautical astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 1406
Book Description
Pilot Instruction Manual
Author: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Human Factors in the Training of Pilots
Author: Jefferson M. Koonce
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 020316458X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
In this educational yet entertaining text, Jeff Koonce draws on his 44 years of pilot experience and 31 years as a professor of psychology and human factors engineering in addressing the questions of how to apply sound human factors principles to the training of pilots and to one's personal flying. The author discusses principles of human f
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 020316458X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
In this educational yet entertaining text, Jeff Koonce draws on his 44 years of pilot experience and 31 years as a professor of psychology and human factors engineering in addressing the questions of how to apply sound human factors principles to the training of pilots and to one's personal flying. The author discusses principles of human f
Flying Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
How to Become a Pilot
Author: United States. Federal Aviation Administration
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 0806983868
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Contains essential information on learning how to fly. Everything you need to know to get into the air.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 0806983868
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Contains essential information on learning how to fly. Everything you need to know to get into the air.
United States Air Force Academy
Author: United States Air Force Academy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description