epub |eng | 2011-05-20 | Author:Stout, Jay

Chapter 15: Killing Boxes Around this time, though we still continued to fly some large strikes, the emphasis and tactics for prepping the battlefield evolved a bit. We began to ...

epub |eng | 2020-04-20 | 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 | 2019-11-27 | Author:John Weal,John Weal

A smiling Friedrich Wachowiak (right) – perhaps about to go on a spot of leave in that transport He 111 in the background – proudly sports his new feldwebel insignia ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2020-03-30 | Author:Unknown

LETTER 17 KEEP IT AND HONOR IT ALWAYS Tom O’Sullivan to his son, Conor 16 September 1996 The Bosnian War began in April 1992, lasted more than three years, and ...

azw3, epub |eng | 2012-07-16 | Author:Noe Torres & John LeMay

1856 Illustration of a Sea Monster (Wikimedia) By now, the other fishermen and the surveyors were awake and could also see the disturbance occurring in the water. Approaching the shore ...

epub |eng | 2015-06-01 | Author:Andrew K. Johnston [Johnston, Connor, Stephens, and Ceruzzi]

This primary atomic frequency standard, a hydrogen maser, served as a stable frequency source for the Goldstone tracking station. A backup of the Mariner 1 and 2 spacecraft hanging in ...

epub, azw3 |eng | 2012-02-22 | Author:F. Robert van der Linden [Van Der Linden, F. Robert]

The Museum’s Kawanishi N1K2-J Shinden “George,” a land-based descendant of the “Rex” floatplane fighter, was restored in the markings of the 343rd Kokutai, a unit stationed at Omura Naval Air ...

epub |eng | 2018-05-08 | Author:Scott H. Gloodt

In most cases, the pilot makes the decision to keep the engine running or to shut it down, but sometimes the engine makes the decision for him. A Twin Beech ...

epub |eng | 2011-09-21 | Author:Cory Graff

Airport security was a bit more lax during the days before World War II. Here photographers have camped out at the north end of the runway to shoot images of ...

epub |eng | 2012-01-30 | Author:Gibbings, David

The above conditions were laid down for an aircraft operating with an all-up weight at take-off of 35,000lb/1,588kg, with fuel allowances laid by SBAC: • Three minutes at maximum tip-jet ...

epub |eng | | Author:Guy Gibson

Chapter 14 Turning of the Tide I f mere squadrons were giving plenty of thought to the matter of getting more bombs on the target, let us say something of ...

epub |eng | 2013-02-18 | Author:Tony Blackman

The three V Bombers. Of course I was still flying the Valiant on the Blue Steel programme from the other side of the airfield so it was interesting to be ...

epub |eng | 2014-03-19 | Author:Ronald M. Williamson

This map shows the runway configurations for the airfield at NAS Jacksonville and the seaplane runway configurations in the St. Johns River in 1941. The seaplane landing and takeoff areas ...

epub |eng | 2008-07-14 | Author:Polly Vacher

The MSR stove doubled as an engine heater which I regularly practised using so that I could quickly set it up in Antarctica. The fuel problem which had been niggling ...

epub |eng | 2016-03-18 | Author:Pimm, Nancy Roe; [Pimm, Nancy Roe]

A CROWD AWAITS JERRIE’S ARRIVAL AT THE DHAHRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN SAUDI ARABIA Courtesy of Phoenix Graphix Jerrie settled behind the controls of her beloved Charlie and flew over the ...