Download or read book Wallaby Airlines written by Jeff Pedrina and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-04-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeff Pedrina’s book provides a very personal and thoughtful account of his twelve month’s service in Vietnam with No 35 Squadron – ‘Wallaby Airlines’. While the story is primarily about the people, and the personalities, he encountered during his tour of duty in Vietnam, it is also the story of a remarkable aircraft, the de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou – the first mass-produced short take-off and landing (STOL) aircraft of its size. For seven and a half years it was the backbone of the airlift effort in the highlands of Vietnam, and was operated by the Royal Australian Air Force until November 2009, forty-five years after it first entered RAAF service. First into the theatre in 1964 and last out in 1972, the Caribou aircraft and its air and ground crews were the RAAF’s quiet achievers in Vietnam. In the course of seven and a half years, Wallaby Airlines achieved an excellent operational record and reputation as a tactical transport squadron. This book in its original format was first published in 2006, having been awarded Special Mention in the 2005 RAAF Heritage Awards. This new edition is intended to bring the experiences of Jeff Pedrina, and the exploits of the Wallaby Airlines and its venerable Caribou aircraft to life for a new generation of reader.

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Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book My Heart is Africa written by Scott Griffin and published by Dundurn.com. This book was released on 2006-03-02 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1996, successful businessman and certified pilot, Scott Griffin, decided to break from the comfortable routine of his life to go work for the Flying Doctors Service, an African organization that flies doctors to remote areas to administer medical assistance. Griffin also made the daring decision to fly his small, single-engine Cessna 180 solo from Canada to Africa and back again. My Heart is Africa is the engaging, personal story of Griffin’s two-year aviation adventure throughout Africa. Facing storms, equipment problems, fuel shortages and isolation, Griffin successfully made his way to Kenya – little did he know, his harrowing flight over the Atlantic was only the beginning of his adventure. Once in Africa, Griffin circumnavigated the continent, flying over deserts, mountains and jungles both as a medical volunteer and tourist. Throughout his journey – which included being arrested and crashing, then re-crashing, his plane – Griffin discovered the heartrending humanity and beauty of Africa. My Heart is Africa is an absorbing adventure story, but it is also the story of Africa – its problems and people, its landscapes and limitations, its culture and courage. Griffin’s intrepid flying odyssey not only takes the reader on a journey across Africa but into the lives of all the doctors, nurses, aid workers and eccentric characters that crossed his path along the way. My Heart is Africa is a fascinating and gripping account of one man’s quest to push beyond his personal limits in order to explore and experience a new way of life.

Download or read book Authorizing Appropriations for Aircraft Missiles and Naval Vessels for the Armed Forces written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Dream Takes Flight written by SINGLETON - MAJOR UNITED STATES ARMY RET. and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2016-11-19 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major J Glenn Singleton survived near death experiences while an Army pilot during the Vietnam War. Escapes were often pondered as philosophical questions, or was there perhaps intervention beyond self and training. His memoirs present a host of chance meetings and unexpected opportunities that became a theme of confidence to seek advancement. Soon by approval of requested assignments or by orders of change, or was if life was guided to realize his dreams of becoming an army pilot. His inspirational autobiography is woven with the threads of his love for aviation and his documented historical experiences in Vietnam. His journey details: The Vietnam military challenge which was later termed LBJ's "useless war." The first ever AIR MOBILITY UNITS to be used in land based war strategies which provided a non-frontal war zone support for US Special Forces and essential combat units at scattered locations. Tales of the Army CV-2 Caribou (the robust and agile aircraft) that became the "workhorse" of Air Mobility support across South Vietnam. The CV-2 Caribou was the latest and the largest Army transport plane of the 1960's enabling STOL techniques (short take offs and landings). The iconic UH-1 Huey helicopter and its dominant aviation role in Vietnam. Unparalleled in its progressiveness in Army Air Mobility. Major Singleton's military career spanned 20 years with war zone flight periods where he accumulated 496 first pilot combat flight hours, receiving the Bronze star Medal 3 times, the Meritorious service medal, numerous Air Medals for 1st and 2nd tours in Vietnam, the Air Force and Army Commendation medals, along with numerous other Aviation service awards. In September 1970 with 2000 incident free flight hours he received his Senior Pilot wings. By FFA examining he qualified and received a commercial pilots license, rated as multi-engine, land and sea plane, rotary wing, and instrument. Strong character, rightful personal confrontations, self-reliance, and

Download or read book Hearings on Sundry Legislation Affecting the Naval and Military Establishments written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 1338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 1652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hearings Before and Special Reports Made by Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives on Subjects Affecting the Naval and Military Establishments written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 1800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Caribou the Final Years in RAAF Service written by Chris Jaensch and published by . This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photobook of RAAF Caribou Flying Operations

Download or read book Captain Bullen s War written by Paul Ham and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2010-01-31 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hilarity of M*A*S*H meets the satire of Catch 22 in one distinctive Australian voice. 'We need to send our survey party there!' (pointing to map) 'But Colonel, we cain't do it. that's the most insecure area in the whole country!' 'Insecure? Goddamn it! the greatest concentration of American troops in the country is there!' 'Yes Colonel, and have you considered why the greatest concentration of American troops is right there?' CAPtAIN BULLEN'S WAR combines the irreverent humour of M*A*S*H with the sharp satire of Catch 22 in portraying one man's extraordinary experiences of the war in Vietnam in 1968, the bloodiest year of the conflict. the difference is that neither Captain John Bullen nor his experiences are fictional. Nor was he a reluctant soldier. A graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, and a career soldier in the Australian Army, Bullen commanded the vital map-producing section of the Australian task Force at Nui Dat. Alert to the possibility of humour in the bleakest circumstances, he decided to chronicle the events around him. What emerges is one of the most darkly funny and lacerating accounts of the Vietnam War ever written. Strewn with wonderful character sketches and hilarious anecdotes, CAPtAIN BULLEN'S WAR is more than just one man's insightful account of the absurdity of war. He perceives with unsparing clarity the nature and enormity of the conflict around him. A thoughtful, decent man, Bullen's is a voice of sanity in a world gone mad.

Download or read book The De Havilland Canada Story written by Fred W. Hotson and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beretter om de Havilland flyfabrikationen i Canada og flytyperne herfra

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Download or read book Vietnam Air Losses written by Chris Hobson and published by Atlasbooks Distribution. This book was released on 2001 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a most thorough and detailed review of all the fixed wing losses suffered by the USAF, USN and USMC over a 12-year period. The information, culled from a huge variety of sources, is a chronological recording of each aircraft loss including information on unit, personnel, location, and cause of loss. Information is also provided on the background or future career of some of the aircrew involved. Interspersed with the main text is general background information which helps to put the detailed entries into perspective and includes material on campaigns, units, aircraft and weapons, and other relevant topics. A selection of photographs is included, illustrating the various entries in the chronological sections, and there are extensive orders of battle, plus an index of personnel, as well as statistics of the war, list of abbreviations, glossary of code names and a bibliography.