Download or read book Cessna Warbirds the War Years 1941 45 The T 50 Bobcat and the Cessnas Impressed Into Military Service written by Walt Shiel and published by Jacobsville Books. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War II, Cessna Aircraft Company sold more than 5,000 twin-engine aircraft-the T-50 Bobcat-to US and foreign armed forces with a variety of designations and missions. As the USAAF AT-8 and AT-17 and the RCAF Crane multi-engine trainers, the T-50 prepared new pilots for the bigger bomber and transport aircraft they would fly in combat around the world. As the UC-78 and JRC-1, it provided personnel and light cargo transportation worldwide. "Cessna Warbirds: The War Years (1941-45)" details the genesis and evolution of the Cessna T-50 Bobcat from its incarnation as a civilian aircraft throughout its wartime military history. Personal recollections from pilots who flew the aircraft during WW II, a plethora of photographs (some in color), diagrams extracted from the pilot's flight manual, and a collection of Cessna-related wartime ads provide a unique depth of material. "The War Years" also chronicles the pre-war, single-engine Cessnas that were impressed into military service. "The War Years" includes an illustrated overview of Clyde Cessna the man, the aircraft he designed, and the companies he created. It will soon be followed by "Cessna Warbirds: Post-War Adaptations," Volume 3 of the Cessna Warbirds Series.
Download or read book Cessna 182 Handbook written by Facundo Conforti and published by Biblioteca Aeronáutica . This book was released on 2024-07-04 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most flown aircraft in the world. An aircraft that has earned its fame thanks to its high operational performance and reliability. One of Cessna's most successful models, the powerful and robust C182. In this work, you will learn everything about this wonderful flying machine, its history, key characteristics, limitations, emergencies, and performance. An operational manual that will become a permanent reference guide for every pilot privileged to fly a Cessna 182, or for all enthusiasts of large aircraft in a small version.
Download or read book Hunting Warbirds written by Carl Hoffman and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Winged treasure” they call them–the lost remains of the great American fighter planes and bombers that won World War II. Hellcats and Superfortresses, Corsairs and Dauntlesses. Produced by the thousands at the height of the war, and then cast off as scrap in the decades that followed, these warbirds are now worth literally anything–fortunes, families, even lives–to the people who search for them. Like many men, writer Carl Hoffman was bitten by the warbird bug as a child. But he never imagined that he would one day witness and participate in a heroic adventure himself–the most audacious warbird rescue attempt of all time. The crash of the Kee Bird B-29 Superfortress made banner headlines in 1947 when a team of Air Force pilots pulled off the near-miraculous feat of locating the wreck in Greenland and snatching its stranded crew from the teeth of the arctic winter. For nearly half a century, the almost perfectly intact warbird lay abandoned on a lake of ice–but not forgotten. Fifty years later, with collectors paying upward of a million dollars for salvageable World War II planes, two intense fanatics, legendary test pilot Darryl Greenaymer and starry-eyed salvage wizard Gary Larkins, hatched the insane idea of launching an expedition to Greenland to find the Kee Bird, bring it back to life, and fly it out. In this riveting adventure of man, machine, and history, the quest for winged treasure ultimately extends far beyond the search for the Kee Bird. Hoffman literally crisscrosses the country to track down the key players in the high-stakes warbird game. He meets a retired Midwestern carpenter who crammed every inch of his yard with now-precious warbirds during the lean years when they were considered junk; attends an air show where crowds go wild at the sight of four of the twelve air-worthy B-17s flying in formation; speaks to pilots and mechanics, millionaire businessmen and penniless kids–all of them ready to drop everything in pursuit of these fabled planes. “These planes are a sickness, that’s all there is to it,” one warbird fan tells Hoffman as he lovingly polishes his vintage B-17. In this superbly crafted narrative, Hoffman turns the warbird craze into the stuff of high drama and awesome adventure.Hunting Warbirdstakes us to the heart of one of the most fascinating obsessions of our time.
Download or read book A Wasp Among Eagles written by Ann Carl and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before World War II most Americans did not believe that the average woman could fly professionally, but during the war more than a thousand women pilots proved them wrong. These were the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), who served as military flyers on the home front. In March 1944 one of them, Ann Baumgartner, was assigned to the Fighter Flight Test Branch at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. There she would make history as the only woman to test-fly experimental planes during the war and the first woman to fly a jet. A WASP among Eagles is the first-person story of how Baumgartner learned to fly, trained as a WASP, and became one of the earliest jet-age pioneers. Flying such planes as the Curtiss A-25 Helldiver, the Lockheed P-38, and the B-29 Superfortress, she was the first woman to participate in a host of experiments, including in-air refueling and flying the first fighter equipped with a pressurized cockpit. But in evaluating the long-awaited turbojet-powered Bell YP-59A, she set a “first” record that would remain unchallenged for ten years.
Download or read book Cessna Warbirds written by Walt Shiel and published by Slipdown Mountain Publications. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Battle Hymn written by Col. Dean E. Hess and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-19 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The explosive, true story of a man of God turned fighter pilot who fought and prayed his way through 300 combat missions and two wars. Author Dean E. Hess is the subject of this inspiring autobiography, Battle Hymn, first published in 1956, which tells of his experiences as a U.S. Air Force colonel, including his involvement in the so-called “Kiddy Car Airlift” during the Korean War on December 20, 1950. With the airfield over capacity, Hess sent Korean orphans to an orphanage in Seoul. When the North Korean forces began to capture the city, Hess reportedly organized 15 C-54 Skymaster aircraft to airlift 950 orphans and 80 orphanage staff from the path of the Chinese advance to safety on Jeju Island. When Hess departed Korea in June 1951, a new orphanage on this island held over 1,000 Korean children. The book later served the basis for the 1957 film of the same name, where he was played by Rock Hudson. “Stirring”—San Francisco Chronicle “In his career as a war correspondent Quentin Reynolds has met his share of heroes, but few of them, he says have impressed him as deeply as Col. Dean E. Hess.”—Readers Digest “Twentieth century American soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines have enjoyed a warm reputation for caring about the children of the lands they have fought in. Col. Dean E. Hess—Air Force humanitarians—well represents this tradition.”—The Times Magazine
Download or read book Messerschmitt Me 262 written by Dan O'Connell and published by Ian Allan Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an essential work of reference on the history of the world's first operational jet fighter, the Me 262. First flown as a pure jet on 18th July 1942, on 25th July 1944 an Me 262 became the first jet aircraft used in combat when it attacked a British photo-reconnaissance Mosquito flying over Munich. Some 1,500 Me 262s were built but less than 20% of these actually flew in combat. Most remained on the ground awaiting bomber conversion, or were unable to fly because of lack of fuel, spare parts or trained pilots. This is the first time that a detailed summary of every known and identified Me 262 has been compiled. Some 1200 of the 1500 aircraft constructed have been identified. The book lists sequentially each aircraft by Werknummer (Works Number) from prototypes and test aircraft through to all variants of operational machines, together with known pilots, assigned units and recorded flights. Where known the fate of each individual aircraft is given and where possible, a photo of each aircraft will accompany its entry in the Werknummer log.
Download or read book The Air War 1939 1945 written by Richard J. Overy and published by Plunkett Lake Press. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Air War, 1939-1945 was first written in the late 1970s when there was very little academic interest in the history of air power. What there was focused largely on combat. The book was intended to provide a global history of the air war by looking at combat, but also the broader context of technology, production, intelligence and leadership. The book sought to address the question of why the Allies in the end won decisively the war in the air, and concluded that Axis air forces were too tied to a narrow conception of air power attached to surface forces, rather than air power exercised in a broader framework of air defense, logistics, strategic bombing and technological development. The book has been assigned reading in military and air force academies for the past forty years. “The Air War, 1939-1945... immediately and permanently altered the way that historians have examined the nature of aerial warfare during World War II. Overy’s ingenious examination of the global nature of planning, building, deploying, and utilizing air forces remains the finest overall study of the topic more than a quarter-century after its first publication... conclusions drawn in this work... are even today an integral part of U.S. Air Force doctrine.” — Dik A. Daso, US Air Force Chief of Staff’s Reading List “This is an outstanding book on a subject in which past controversy has often generated more heat than light... The strength of the book is... Overy’s masterly discussion of the economic problems of sustaining air forces in war and of hitting the right balance between quantity production of current models and diversion of resources to research and technical innovation... Truly this is a book that deserves attention from all those who wish to study, and learn from, the history of warfare.” — G. C. Peden, Naval War College Review “[T]ightly written... The Air War, 1939-1945 is essential reading for all military historians.” — James J. Hudson, Military Affairs “[O]ne of the best books on aviation in World War II.” — Kenneth P. Werrell, Air Power History “An important and successful book.” — The Economist “Highly effective. The result, as so often with sound scholarship, is the ruthless dispelling of myths.” — A. J. P. Taylor, author of The Origins of the Second World War “The Air War is... an excellent and stimulating book which both needs and deserves slow and careful reading. It is an ambitious book, too, and Dr. Overy should be congratulated for breaking down national histories in writing his history of air power during the Second World War.” — Malcolm Smith, The International History Review “[A] recognized classic.” — Richard B. Frank, The Journal of American History “Originally published in 1980 and still the best one-volume aerial history of World War II, Richard Overy’s classic work remains profound and highly original... [it] deepens our understanding not only of World War II but of military history in general.” — The SHAFR Guide Online “[A]n outstanding book... The Air War is a serious and profound treatise that analyses those various military and civilian themes which, in combination, determined the nature of the struggle in the air during the Second World War... The Air War is something of a novelty in aeronautical literature. It is to be hoped that it will serve as a model for other books to come in this important field.” — Alfred Gollin, The English Historical Review “Overy provides operational accounts of the air-forces’ role in Europe... and in the Pacific. Then, and most exceptionally, he deals separately with all facets of the air war: planning, organization, manpower, equipment, and doctrine... honest... broadly informed, and... well-stocked with useful data.“ — Kirkus “R. J. Overy examines the whole war period from the point of view of each of the warring powers and gives us not only a study of military campaigns but also a highly successful examination of aerial doctrine, economic and scientific mobilization, and the political, diplomatic, and military aspects of the management of hostilities. This fine study analyzes the achievements and the failures of the aerial component of the war... This good analysis of many studies done on this subject... makes possible a new, balanced synthesis from an objective point of view.” — Sam H. Frank, The American Historical Review
Download or read book Strategic Bombing in World War Two written by David MacIsaac and published by Dissertations-G. This book was released on 1976 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En beskrivelse af Strategic Bombing Survey's formål og organiseringen af dets arbejde. Tillige en kritik analyse af undersøgelsens ledelse og resultater. Forfatteren havde undervist i krigshistorie ved Air Force Academy, Colorado.
Download or read book Trichier written by Alessandra Ceretto and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Buried Dot written by James W. Ramsey and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Buried Dot is a story about a unique collection of young men, who in 1956aa year before the first American passenger jet had flownacame together to learn to fly the incredible new machines born of the Jet Age. Their experiences encompassed thrill, accomplishment and prestige, along with fear and self-doubt as the reality of the gauntlet they had accepted came to meet them head-on at a closing rate of 1300 miles per hour in the night skies over the deserts of the western U.S. They would fill the gap for a brief few years, until the missiles took over, as the last line of defense for American cities faced with atomic attack during the cold war. And for some of these young warriors, it was a shock to learn that they would be asked to sacrifice their lives in this endeavor.
Download or read book Superfortress written by Curtis E. LeMay and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1988 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Build Em by the Mile Cut Em Off by the Yard written by Steve Gilford and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is about a time when millions of Americans put their hearts, minds, and bodies into a clearly recognized goal, defeating the forces of Germany and Japan. The stories of the people who accomplished this are a reminder of the potential of this nation to rise up and meet a challenge. The Second World War is long over [but] once again, vital challenges face us. When they seem overwhelming and when the task seems as though it might be too much for us, we can turn to the example of America's World War II home front and in particular to the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California." - Congressman George Miller
Download or read book The Royal Canadian Air Force at War 1939 1945 written by Larry Milberry and published by Canav Books. This book was released on 1990 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This grand Canadian aviation book gives detailed coverage to the Royal Canadian Air Force, both at home and overseas, in World War II. Besides its hefty text, the book counts more than 1500 photographs. The focus is on the people who comprised the RCAF at the time, the aircraft they flew and maintained, their many tasks, and the host of places they served during six hectic years of fighting.
Download or read book United States Military Aircraft Since 1909 written by Gordon Swanborough and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1989 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fine work on military aviation in the US. Gives detailed descriptions of each aircraft and its variants. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Download or read book Duty and Desire Book Club Edition written by Anju Gattani and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-27 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To uphold family honor and tradition, Sheetal Prasad is forced to forsake the man she loves and marry playboy millionaire Rakesh Dhanraj while the citizens of Raigun, India, watch in envy. On her wedding night, however, Sheetal quickly learns that the stranger she married is as cold as the marble floors of the Dhanraj mansion. Forced to smile at family members and cameras and pretend there's nothing wrong with her marriage, Sheetal begins to discover that the family she married into harbors secrets, lies and deceptions powerful enough to tear apart her world. With no one to rely on and no escape, Sheetal must ally with her husband in an attempt to protect her infant son from the tyranny of his family.sion.
Download or read book Cobra written by Mike Verier and published by Osprey Publishing Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows some of the many faces of the quintessential attack helicopter--Bell's remarkable AH-1.
