Author: Cyndi Rojohn
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1633388190
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The airfield is quiet now! A warm breeze bends the grass that was once moved by the engine of the flying fortresses. Seventy-four years earlier, Glenn H. Rojohn would take off from Thorpe Abbotts and be involved in an event that raises questions to this day!!! The Piggyback Flight is the story of courage, heroism, and legend. -Michael Faley, 100th Bomb Group Historian In early December 1944, flight engineer T/Sgt Conley Culpepper flew aboard "The Little Skipper&q
The Piggyback Flight Pilot's Journey
Author: Cyndi Rojohn
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1633388190
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The airfield is quiet now! A warm breeze bends the grass that was once moved by the engine of the flying fortresses. Seventy-four years earlier, Glenn H. Rojohn would take off from Thorpe Abbotts and be involved in an event that raises questions to this day!!! The Piggyback Flight is the story of courage, heroism, and legend. -Michael Faley, 100th Bomb Group Historian In early December 1944, flight engineer T/Sgt Conley Culpepper flew aboard "The Little Skipper&q
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1633388190
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The airfield is quiet now! A warm breeze bends the grass that was once moved by the engine of the flying fortresses. Seventy-four years earlier, Glenn H. Rojohn would take off from Thorpe Abbotts and be involved in an event that raises questions to this day!!! The Piggyback Flight is the story of courage, heroism, and legend. -Michael Faley, 100th Bomb Group Historian In early December 1944, flight engineer T/Sgt Conley Culpepper flew aboard "The Little Skipper&q
Space Travel
Author: Edna A. Coard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Pilot Training Manual for the Lightning P-38
Author: United States. Army Air Forces. Office of Flying Safety
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bombers
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bombers
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Pilot Training Manual for the P-38 Lightning
Author: Army Air Forces
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359088112
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
This pilot manual describes the features and operation of the P-38 Lightning, twin-engine fighter airplane. Section 1: Meet the Lightning Section 2: Equipment Section 3: Checks and Flight Section 4: Emergencies
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359088112
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
This pilot manual describes the features and operation of the P-38 Lightning, twin-engine fighter airplane. Section 1: Meet the Lightning Section 2: Equipment Section 3: Checks and Flight Section 4: Emergencies
A Cartography of Resistance
Author: Keith Grint
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198921772
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 801
Book Description
Resistance is universal, but why does it occur, and fail or succeed? Resistance is often regarded in traditional management books as a problem to be overcome because it is seen as short-sighted or self-interested. Grint suggests, however, that resistance is not necessarily right or wrong. From resistance to the Roman Empire, to slavery, to the Nazis, to racism, to the state and capital, to patriarchy, and to imperialism, this book ranges across time and place to explain the success or failure of resistance. While many contemporary approaches focus on leadership as the explanatory variable, A Cartography of Resistance expands the approach to include management and command of resistance movements - and of their opponents. Many of the case studies explore the failures, as well as the successes, of resistance and the book suggests that even the failures reveal a fundamental truth about the human condition: just because the situation looks bleak for those suffering from oppression does not mean they surrendered meekly. Rather many seemed to adopt the same attitude that led Sisyphus to keep rolling the boulder up the hill: they were determined not to let their situation define or defeat them.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198921772
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 801
Book Description
Resistance is universal, but why does it occur, and fail or succeed? Resistance is often regarded in traditional management books as a problem to be overcome because it is seen as short-sighted or self-interested. Grint suggests, however, that resistance is not necessarily right or wrong. From resistance to the Roman Empire, to slavery, to the Nazis, to racism, to the state and capital, to patriarchy, and to imperialism, this book ranges across time and place to explain the success or failure of resistance. While many contemporary approaches focus on leadership as the explanatory variable, A Cartography of Resistance expands the approach to include management and command of resistance movements - and of their opponents. Many of the case studies explore the failures, as well as the successes, of resistance and the book suggests that even the failures reveal a fundamental truth about the human condition: just because the situation looks bleak for those suffering from oppression does not mean they surrendered meekly. Rather many seemed to adopt the same attitude that led Sisyphus to keep rolling the boulder up the hill: they were determined not to let their situation define or defeat them.
Lucky 666
Author: Bob Drury
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476774862
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The "untold story of friendship, heroism and survival in World War II"--Book jacket.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476774862
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The "untold story of friendship, heroism and survival in World War II"--Book jacket.
LIFE
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Army Air Forces Manual
Author: United States. Army Air Forces
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Fighter Pilot
Author: Christina Olds
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 142992909X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
Fighter Pilot is the memoir of legendary ace American fighter pilot and general officer in the U.S. Air Force, Robin Olds. Robin Olds was a larger-than-life hero with a towering personality. A graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army, Olds was one of the toughest college football players at the time. In WWII, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of 22—and an ace with 12 aerial victories. But it was in Vietnam where the man became a legend. He arrived in 1966 to find a dejected group of pilots and motivated them by placing himself on the flight schedule under officers junior to himself, then challenging them to train him properly because he would soon be leading them. Proving he wasn't a WWII retread, he led the wing with aggressiveness, scoring another four confirmed kills, becoming a rare triple ace. Olds, who retired a brigadier general and died in 2007, was a unique individual whose personal story presents one of the most eagerly anticipated military books in recent memory. Please note: This ebook edition does not include the photo insert from the print edition.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 142992909X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
Fighter Pilot is the memoir of legendary ace American fighter pilot and general officer in the U.S. Air Force, Robin Olds. Robin Olds was a larger-than-life hero with a towering personality. A graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army, Olds was one of the toughest college football players at the time. In WWII, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of 22—and an ace with 12 aerial victories. But it was in Vietnam where the man became a legend. He arrived in 1966 to find a dejected group of pilots and motivated them by placing himself on the flight schedule under officers junior to himself, then challenging them to train him properly because he would soon be leading them. Proving he wasn't a WWII retread, he led the wing with aggressiveness, scoring another four confirmed kills, becoming a rare triple ace. Olds, who retired a brigadier general and died in 2007, was a unique individual whose personal story presents one of the most eagerly anticipated military books in recent memory. Please note: This ebook edition does not include the photo insert from the print edition.
Shuttle, Houston
Author: Paul Dye
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0316454540
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
From the longest-serving Flight Director in NASA's history comes a revealing account of high-stakes Mission Control work and the Space Shuttle program that has redefined our relationship with the universe. A compelling look inside the Space Shuttle missions that helped lay the groundwork for the Space Age, Shuttle, Houston explores the determined personalities, technological miracles, and eleventh-hour saves that have given us human spaceflight. Relaying stories of missions (and their grueling training) in vivid detail, Paul Dye, NASA's longest-serving Flight Director, examines the split-second decisions that the directors and astronauts were forced to make in a field where mistakes are unthinkable, and where errors led to the loss of national resources -- and more importantly one's crew. Dye's stories from the heart of Mission Control explain the mysteries of flying the Shuttle -- from the powerful fiery ascent to the majesty of on-orbit operations to the high-speed and critical re-entry and landing of a hundred-ton glider. The Space Shuttles flew 135 missions. Astronauts conducted space walks, captured satellites, and docked with the Mir Space Station, bringing space into our everyday life, from GPS to satellite TV. Shuttle, Houston puts readers in his own seat at Mission Control, the hub that made humanity's leap into a new frontier possible.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0316454540
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
From the longest-serving Flight Director in NASA's history comes a revealing account of high-stakes Mission Control work and the Space Shuttle program that has redefined our relationship with the universe. A compelling look inside the Space Shuttle missions that helped lay the groundwork for the Space Age, Shuttle, Houston explores the determined personalities, technological miracles, and eleventh-hour saves that have given us human spaceflight. Relaying stories of missions (and their grueling training) in vivid detail, Paul Dye, NASA's longest-serving Flight Director, examines the split-second decisions that the directors and astronauts were forced to make in a field where mistakes are unthinkable, and where errors led to the loss of national resources -- and more importantly one's crew. Dye's stories from the heart of Mission Control explain the mysteries of flying the Shuttle -- from the powerful fiery ascent to the majesty of on-orbit operations to the high-speed and critical re-entry and landing of a hundred-ton glider. The Space Shuttles flew 135 missions. Astronauts conducted space walks, captured satellites, and docked with the Mir Space Station, bringing space into our everyday life, from GPS to satellite TV. Shuttle, Houston puts readers in his own seat at Mission Control, the hub that made humanity's leap into a new frontier possible.