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Book China Clipper

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert Gandt
  • Publisher : Naval Institute Press
  • Release : 2010-10-01
  • ISBN : 1612514243
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book China Clipper written by Robert Gandt and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the China Clipper shattered aviation records on its maiden six-day flight from California to the Orient in 1935, the flying boat became an instant celebrity. This lively history by Robert Gandt traces the development of the great flying boats as both a triumph of technology and a stirring human drama. He examines the political, military, and economic forces that drove its development and explains the aeronautical advances that made the aircraft possible. To fully document the story he includes interviews with flying boat pioneers and a dynamic collection of photographs, charts, and cutaway illustrations.

Book Wings to the Orient

Download or read book Wings to the Orient written by Stan Cohen and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Night over Water

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ken Follett
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2004-04-06
  • ISBN : 110112668X
  • Pages : 448 pages

Download or read book Night over Water written by Ken Follett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-04-06 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett takes to the skies in this classic novel of international suspense. Set in the early days of World War II, Night over Water captures the daring and desperation of ordinary people caught in extraordinary circumstances—in prose as compelling as history itself. . . . September 1939. England is at war with Nazi Germany. In Southampton, the world's most luxurious airliner—the legendary Pan Am Clipper—takes off for its final flight to neutral America. Aboard are the cream of society and the dregs of humanity, all fleeing the war for reasons of their own . . . shadowed by a danger they do not know exists . . . and heading straight into a storm of violence, intrigue, and betrayal. . . .

Book China clipper

Download or read book China clipper written by Ronald W. Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Pan American Clippers

Download or read book Pan American Clippers written by James Trautman and published by Firefly Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Illustrated with rare period photographs, vintage travel posters, magazine ads and colorful company brochures, Pan American Clippers covers every aspect of the era of flying boats, from 1931-1946. Trautman explains PanAm's founding and growth, their wartime activities, and the design choices that made the company a symbol of luxury. "--

Book Hunting the Wind

    Book Details:
  • Author : Teresa Webber
  • Publisher : Schiffer + ORM
  • Release : 2018-09-28
  • ISBN : 1507302320
  • Pages : 307 pages

Download or read book Hunting the Wind written by Teresa Webber and published by Schiffer + ORM. This book was released on 2018-09-28 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take your seats, and by all means, fasten your seat belts! Come on a journey back in time to aviation’s most daring and innovative era. Travel back nine decades, when for the first time, airplanes determined the victors of global wars—a time that altered the course of the world. Hear never-before-told true stories penned by still-living flight crew members and passengers. Learn about the remarkable men, women, and aircraft builders who launched an aviation phenomenon. Thrill to the romance, adventure, and danger air travelers encountered flying to far-flung, exotic lands. Marvel at art deco air terminals, the world’s only flying-boat museum, and onboard luxuries rivaling five-star hotels. Like mythical Camelot, it was a brief, shining moment. But this was no myth. It was an extraordinary point in global history when Pan American’s quintessentially magnificent flying boats ruled the skies.

Book The Long Way Home   Revised Edition

Download or read book The Long Way Home Revised Edition written by MR Ed Dover and published by . This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...the story of the Pacific Clipper, a B-314 caught between Noumea, New Caledonia and Auckland, New Zealand at the outbreak of World War II and ordered to return home by flying west around the world in radio silence to avoid capture or destruction by enemy forces."--P. [4] of cover.

Book Above the Pacific

Download or read book Above the Pacific written by William Joseph Horvat and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Story of American Aviation

Download or read book The Story of American Aviation written by Jim Ray and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the history of aviation in America, from its early days to post-World War II. The book covers a range of topics, including the first transatlantic flight, the birth of precision bombing, the development of the first aircraft carrier, and the growth of commercial air travel. It also provides a detailed account of key events and innovations in American aviation and the impact of aviation on modern society.

Book Flying Boats and Spies

Download or read book Flying Boats and Spies written by Jamie Dodson and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1935! The winds of war have begun to fan the flames of conflict across the Pacific. As Nick Grant tries to support his mother and sister during the depression, he's swept into a deadly contest between spies struggling to control the Pacific Ocean. Nick's life abruptly changes the moment Anne Lindbergh offers him a month's wages to deliver a mysterious map case to Bill Grooch aboard the tramp steamer, the SS North Haven. Desperate for money, Nich agrees. Suddenly the map case and Grooch catapult him into a quiet, but deadly cat and mouse game between US and Japanese spies. Nick becomes a vital player in a mission spanning the Pacific Ocean: a mission vital to US security as well as a mortal danger to Japan.

Book Ask the Pilot

    Book Details:
  • Author : Patrick Smith
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9781594480041
  • Pages : 292 pages

Download or read book Ask the Pilot written by Patrick Smith and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though we routinely take to the air, for many of us flying remains a mystery. Few of us understand the how and why of jetting from New York to London in six hours. How does a plane stay in the air? Can turbulence bring it down? What is windshear? How good are the security checks? Patrick Smith, an airline pilot and author of Salon.com's popular column, "Ask the Pilot," unravels the secrets and tells you all there is to know about the strange and fascinating world of commercial flight. He offers: A nuts and bolts explanation of how planes fly Insights into safety and security Straight talk about turbulence, air traffic control, windshear, and crashes The history, color, and controversy of the world's airlines The awe and oddity of being a pilot The poetry and drama of airplanes, airports, and traveling abroad In a series of frank, often funny explanations and essays, Smith speaks eloquently to our fears and curiosities, incorporating anecdotes, memoir, and a life's passion for flight. He tackles our toughest concerns, debunks conspiracy theories and myths, and in a rarely heard voice dares to return a dash of romance and glamour to air travel.

Book Space Flyers Paper Airplane Book

Download or read book Space Flyers Paper Airplane Book written by Jeff Lammers and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the world of miniature aviation, intergalactic style. It’s entertainment on the fly for the office, backyard, classroom (don’t get caught!), or anywhere there might be a party, featuring 12 Lilliputian-size models that create 63 planes altogether. From the Dynamo to the Alien Clipper, Cosmojet to the Spectre, these intergalactic flyers are vibrantly colored and gorgeously designed to resemble various spacecraft. Fold up the straight-shooting Star Quest and an Aerobot that’s part spaceship, part robot. Includes step-by-step folding instructions and tips on how to send each plane soaring at its full aerodynamic potential.

Book The World Book Encyclopedia

Download or read book The World Book Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

Book Spear Carrier in a Backwater War

Download or read book Spear Carrier in a Backwater War written by Edward C. Larson and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book China Clipper

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ronald W. Jackson
  • Publisher : W. Clement Stone
  • Release : 1980
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 248 pages

Download or read book China Clipper written by Ronald W. Jackson and published by W. Clement Stone. This book was released on 1980 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Airline at War

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert L. Willett
  • Publisher : Booksurge Publishing
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 9781439200827
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book An Airline at War written by Robert L. Willett and published by Booksurge Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Airline at War: The Story of Pan Am's China National Aviation Corporation and Its Men, by Robert L. Willett, tells the little-known story of the American airmen who flew and died in the skies over

Book The President s Pilot

Download or read book The President s Pilot written by Robert Gandt and published by . This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A year and a half into her first term as President of the United States, Libby Paulsen is in a world of trouble. Her controversial agenda has placed her in a doomsday clash with a right wing cabal led by an enigmatic Air Force general. The conspirators will stop at nothing-including assassination-to remove Libby Paulsen from office. When the cabal targets Air Force One, Libby's Presidency-and her life-rest in the hands of a maverick pilot named Pete Brand, a man with whom the President shares a long-smoldering secret. The President's Pilot is a high stakes political and military thriller drawn from today's-and tomorrow's-explosive headlines.