epub |eng | 2014-02-04 | Author:Peter Pigott

The Gimli Glider: There is a saying in aviation that fuel in the tanks is limited but gravity is forever. This was never better proven than on July 23, 1983, ...

epub |eng | 2011-08-30 | Author:Thomas G. Matowitz Jr.

(Cleveland Press Collection, CSU.) Maj. Jack Berry, manager of the Cleveland airport for many years, is seen here greeting Roscoe Turner as he arrived in Cleveland to participate in the ...

epub |eng | 2020-07-15 | Author:Price, Alfred [Price, Alfred]

Chapter Nine – Bombers against the Tirpitz The final generation of battleships made extremely difficult targets for air attack . Although they were large and difficult to hide , they ...

epub |eng | 2017-07-15 | Author:Cornish, Nik

German intelligencegathering was much more efficient during this period. Patrolling was an essential feature of German security precautions in some of the more isolated areas of AGC’s position. There was ...

epub |eng | 2020-07-14 | Author:Ken H Fortenberry [Fortenberry, Ken H.]

Nine months after the hearing in San Francisco, investigators in Washington are still mystified by the cause of the crash, and members of the Civil Aeronautics Board are becoming increasingly ...

azw3 |eng | 2015-05-19 | Author:Tony Holmes [Holmes, Tony]

ENGAGING THE ENEMY: MALTA During the defence of Malta the Spitfires generally used the ‘B’ armament, and while the initial Mk VC Trops had been delivered with a ‘C’ arrangement, ...

epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Robert Daley [Daley, Robert]

Part IV  War 38 China War came first to China National Aviation Corporation. In the summer of 1937 savage fighting broke out between Chinese and Japanese troops in the ...

epub |eng | 2010-11-22 | Author:Ed Dover [Dover, Ed]

Crew members at their stations on the flight deck. From L to R: Navigator, Pilot and Co-Pilot, Radio Officer, Engineering Officer CHAPTER X EDGE OF THE WAR ZONE On the ...

epub |eng | 2020-04-21 | Author:Katherine Sharp Landdeck [Landdeck, Katherine Sharp]

* * * — By the end of August 1944, it seemed the entire world was shifting on its axis. On August 25 the Allies liberated Paris. Most Americans, including ...

epub |eng | 2019-02-27 | Author:Julian Hale

Jason lands at Port Darwin at the end of Johnson’s gruelling solo flight. At this moment, she became a celebrity – aviation would drive her on for the rest of ...

epub |eng | 2018-08-13 | Author:Edward J. Roach

epub |eng | 2008-06-02 | Author:Lynn Spencer [Spencer, Lynn]

102nd Fighter Wing, Otis Air National Guard Base, Cape Cod, 9:35 a.m. While NEADS command struggles to get fighters to Washington, the Otis alert jets sent to New York are ...

epub |eng | 2014-12-01 | Author:Harold Dick [Dick, Harold]

The takeoff at Frankfurt was normal and the ship proceeded via Cologne to the English Channel. Light winds from the southeast to northwest were encountered during the day but at ...

epub |eng | 2020-05-17 | Author:Lockheed Aircraft Corporation

epub |eng | 2020-05-09 | Author:Powell, Ron [Powell, Ron]

The Luftwaffe had also received other harsh lessons. Although the Messerschmitt 109s had proved capable of protecting the bombers and performed well against the Hurricane and Spitfire, the 110 was ...