Download or read book Chopper Pilot s Delight written by Charlie Richards and published by eXtasy Books. This book was released on 2024-06-07 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Enrique Walters thinks the request is weird, gas prices are high and work in the off-season is slow. He takes ex-mayor Sheldon’s money to use his helicopter to surveil the ranch where the new acting mayor—Albert—is living. Even hearing the crazy family rumors about Albert, Enrique thinks Sheldon’s infatuation is due to the fact that the ranch is not only the place where Albert lives but also where the sheriff’s partner works. Sheldon’s actions against the sheriff caused the guy to get fired, after all. Enrique figures Sheldon wants to get some sort of blackmail information on them all. Still, money is money, and Enrique needs it. When Enrique’s trips during the day turn up nothing, Sheldon insists Enrique fly by at night. He spots something he can’t explain right before something slams into his bird. Struggling to control his descent, he hits his head. As he slides into unconsciousness, he figures that’s the end. Enrique’s surprised to wake up, safe and sound, in the arms of…something. He learns gargoyles are real, and he’s the mate of one named Trynche. Enrique knows he can never allow the ex-mayor to find out the truth. Except, Sheldon learns a little something another way and demands Enrique’s help in exposing the monsters. With the help of his new friends, can Enrique shut down Sheldon for good and keep their secrets safe?
Download or read book Chopper Pilot s Delight written by Charlie Richards and published by . This book was released on 2024-06-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chopper Pilot written by Monster Wilkins and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beneath the Blades Humorous Confessions of a Chopper Pilot written by Sal Greco and published by Dorrance Publishing Company. This book was released on 2019-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beneath the Blades is about the many humorous situations the author encountered in his long career flying helicopters while in the military and then as a commercial pilot. The author hopes that whoever reads these anecdotes will have a laugh or two and a smile on their face when they are done. It is an insider look at the often quirky experiences of a helicopter pilot that the public at large never gets to witness. About the Author Sal Greco is eighty-six years old with four children (two boys and two girls), nine grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. His wife Loretta passed away almost three years ago after over sixty years of marriage. Over the course of his career, he has flown eighteen different aircraft and enjoys outdoor activities. He has had a very happy and charmed life and is extremely grateful for that.
Download or read book Surprised at Being Alive written by Robert F. Curtis and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes you do everything right, but it just isnÕt your day. A part fails and your helicopter comes apart in flight, or, another aircraft runs into you and the pieces of both fall to the ground below, or the enemy gunner pulls the trigger at just the right moment and his rounds find your aircraft in exactly the right spot to take it out of the sky. Whichever way it happens, it wasnÕt your day. Which is why, after 24 years and over 5,000 flight hours with four armed services, Major Robert Curtis was so surprised at being alive when he passed his retirement physical. Starting with enlisting in the Army to fly helicopters during Vietnam, and continuing on through service with the National Guard, Marine Corps and Royal Navy, he flew eight different helicoptersÑfrom the wooden-bladed OH-13E, through the Chinook, SeaKnight and SeaKing, in war and peace around the world. During that time over 50 of his friends died in crashes, both in combat and in accidents, but somehow his skill, and not an inconsiderable amount of luck and superstition, saw him through. His flying career began with a misbegotten strategy for beating the draft by enlisting. With the Vietnam War raging full blast in 1968 the draft was inevitable, so he wanted to at least get some small measure of control of his future. Although he had no thought of flying when he walked into the recruiting office, he walked out signed up to be a helicopter pilot. What he did not know was that 43% of all the aircraft sent to Vietnam were destroyed in combat or accidents. Soon he was in the thick of the war, flying Chinooks with the 101st Airborne. After Vietnam he left the Army, but kept flying in the National Guard while going to college. He was accepted at two law schools, but flying is addictive, so he instead enlisted in the USMC to fly some more. Over the next 17 years he would fly around the world off US and British ships from Egypt to Norway and all points in between. His engaging story will be a delight to all aviation enthusiasts.
Download or read book Homer the Helicopter Grand Canyon Adventures written by Julie W. Buscher and published by Julie W. Buscher. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ONE-OF-A-KIND TALE OF HIGH-FLYING AVIATION ADVENTURE! From his pug nose, to his emerald green eyes and shiny blades, down his sleek frame to his tail rotor, this little 'copter will captivate you from the start. Follow Homer from his beginnings at the helicopter factory on an epic journey, as he learns the ropes of being a touring helicopter. Meet Homer?s beautiful mother, Elsa, the golden helicopter, as she tries to discipline her rascal son. Learn along with Homer how to fly a helicopter, as he?s taught by ace pilots, Hank and Jennie. Gasp as the quick-silver-streak 'copter pops out of the puffy clouds, spinning straight down! Dodge sharp spires and rugged chasms of the Grand Canyon as Homer thrills his passengers with the ride of their lives! Laugh with the children when they nick-name Homer the ?The Cliff-Hangin? 'copter. Skim the waters of the deep canyon valleys, as Homer meets face-to-face with the raging Colorado River! Soar high in the deep blue sky with Homer as he befriends the great bald eagle, Baldazar, and learns amazing aerial stunts. Experience Homer?s perilous crash as he skids across the Colorado River, smashing into huge, razor-sharp boulders. Race against time through a perilous sand storm to save a young boy, as Homer learns to be an air-ambulance helicopter. You?ll delight in watching your children laugh and learn with Homer as he grows from a mischievous young helicopter to an experienced flier. With 72 pages including more than 20 color illustrations, Homer?s story is sure to engage and enchant young people everywhere. So, jump on board, fasten your seatbelt, and prepare for a joy ride! Geared for ages 5-9, and grownups still young at heart. Also useful as a hand-up book for parents to read to small children to help improve their vocabulary and understanding of the English language.
Download or read book Chopper Ops written by Mack Maloney and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most technically-advanced, armed cargo plane ever created has vanished and a specialized team of elite helicopter pilots has been sent into Saudi Arabia to retrieve it. They are the Chopper Ops, and they have only one chance to succeed.
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Download or read book I Think of Africa written by Anthony M. Whateley and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the true story of a man who turns his childhood love of the great outdoors and his day dreams about wild and far-off places into a wonderful reality. At twenty, in 1965, he leaves his family in England to work in New Zealand, New Guinea, Australia and South Africa. Camping, hunting and fishing fill his spare time, often alone in wild remote country with primitive people. Returning to England five years later his love for Africa is confirmed. Eventually, Zululand draws him back to an exciting and often dangerous life in the bush. In Hluhluwe, the oldest game reserve in Africa, he becomes involved in wildlife management. Often tinged with humour, the story presents descriptions of life in the bush, his colleagues, zoological and botanical work, close encounters with big game, and problems facing managers and scientists. Settling down to share his love of the bush with his new wife and daughter, descriptions of Zululand come straight from his heart. In 1987, they leave troubled South Africa to settle in England. He works on a country estate with trips to Dartmoor and the Scottish Highlands, revisiting New Zealand and a changed South Africa. In 2005 they settle in Crete, Greece.
Download or read book The Raging of the Sea written by Charles Gidley Wheeler and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steven Jannaway, the son of war hero Frank Jannaway, joins the Royal Navy as a cadet and struggles up the promotional ladder, moving from the bridge of a destroyer in the Mediterranean to the pilot's cockpit of a carrier-borne aircraft flying night patrols over the Malacca Strait. Urging him along the way is an admiral's daughter, Julietta, who is the perfect wife for an ambitious young officer. But Steven tires of the political infighting and the race for promotion, and whatever success he achieves is not without high emotional cost-to him as well as the woman he loves. "One of the best sea novels to appear in years."-Publishers Weekly "A very fine, compelling, thoughtful novel."-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Download or read book 20 Years at Parade Rest written by Frank Washam and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book USMC Vietnam Helicopter Association written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Death is a Hunter written by Henry W. Schober and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An American born of German ancestry in the Philippines, Henry W. Schober has survived four massacres during his lucky life. Joining the US Army in 1945, he became a veteran of World War Two, the Korean and Vietnam Wars and has seen death first hand. In Death Is A Hunter, Henry shares his experiences and close encounters from paratrooper to pilot to Lieutenant Colonel during his 25-year army career. Clocking up 10,000 hours of flying rotary and fixed wing aircraft he has survived about a dozen engine failures and emergency landings in such places as a river bed, a rose garden and in pine trees. Retiring to Greece, and later Australia, his adventures continued in scuba diving, sailing and of course flying. With the death of many close friends and the recent loss of a loved one it seems death is still on the hunt for Henry. Find out how close he came so many times in Death Is A Hunter.
Download or read book Rainhut written by Robert G. Adamson, III and published by XMLAuthor Inc.. This book was released on 2007-03-23 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the island of Kauai, this science fiction adventure challenges common perceptions of reality with provocative and entertaining possibilities.
