America From The Air

Author : Daniel Mathews
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America from the Air written by Daniel Mathews and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated guide, in both book and CD-ROM, this work marries geology, natural history, and human history for a glorious portrait of the continent. Each two-page spread features an aerial photo with captions and identifies landmarks that airline passengers can see.

Author : Robert John Moore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788880958338
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America from the Air written by Robert John Moore and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher Robbins
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1780224494
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Air America written by Christopher Robbins and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The incredible inside story of the world's most extraordinary covert operation. Air America - a secret airline run by the CIA - flew missions no one else would touch, from General Claire Cennault's legendary Flying Tigers in WW II to two brutal decades cruising over the bomb-savaged jungles of Southeast Asia. Their pilots dared all and did all - a high-rolling, fast-playing bunch of has-beens and hellraisers whose motto was 'Anything, Anywhere, Anytime'. Whether it was delivering food and weapons or spooks and opium, Air America was the one airline where you didn't need reservations - just a hell of a lot of courage and a willingness to fly to the bitter end.

Author : Edward Jablonski
Publisher : Time Life Medical
ISBN 13 : 9780809433421
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America in the Air War written by Edward Jablonski and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 1982 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Army Air Forces had only 1,100 combat-ready planes. No one could have imagined then that within the next four years the AAF would become the mighty weapon commemorated in the paintings reproduced on the following pages, or that it would have to scope to engage in what its commander, General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, described as a "global mission." Nevertheless, by 1944 the AAF had grown into 16 separate air forces stationed around the world, and its 1,100 planes had grown to nearly 80,000.

Author : Allen Cates
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1462057470
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Honor Denied written by Allen Cates and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-11-11 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Air America flight crews, hired as civilians, but castigated as mercenaries, malcontents, and psychopaths, operated military aircraft and performed yeoman service for twenty-five years until the war in Southeast Asia ended on a rooftop in downtown Saigon. They have never been recognized for their sacrifices. Author and former Air America pilot Allen Cates cuts through the myths and subterfuge surrounding this elite stealth Air Force used by the United States to fight a secret war in Honor Denied. The culmination of Catess years as a pilot and his in-depth research into Air Americas murky past, this intense study follows his escape from rural, small-town America to the US Marines, as well as his time as an officer and pilot flying combat operations in Vietnam and rescue missions for Air America. Peppering the narrative with vivid personal details, Cates describes the background and purpose of this unique organization and then discloses the startling casualtiesboth those killed in action and those wounded and injured with permanent disability. He shines the light on their cause, long hidden from the general public, and reveals how these brave men and women were denied recognition and benefits by those who knew the truth, including the US President, secretaries of state and defense, and even the director of the CIA. Proud, yet never boastful, Honor Denied tells a story that needs to be toldand heard.

Author : Gail Cooper
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801871139
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Air-conditioning America written by Gail Cooper and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cooper demonstrates how the lure of the open air, from rooftop schoolrooms to open-air theaters to the front porch, challenged air conditioning. Americans were slow to give up the social rituals of hot-weather living - the cold drink, the cool clothes, the summer vacation - for the comforts of either the window air conditioner or the central system.

Author : Berkeley Rice
Publisher : Scribner Book Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trafficking written by Berkeley Rice and published by Scribner Book Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed case study of the rise and fall of the four year Air America cocaine ring.

Author : Gregory Pardlo
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525432213
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Air Traffic written by Gregory Pardlo and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning poet: an extraordinary memoir and blistering meditation on fatherhood, race, addiction, and ambition. Gregory Pardlo's father was a brilliant and charismatic man--a leading labor organizer who presided over a happy suburban family of four. But when he loses his job following the famous air traffic controllers' strike of 1981, he succumbs to addiction and exhausts the family's money on more and more ostentatious whims. In the face of this troubling model and disillusioned presence in the household, young Gregory rebels. Struggling to distinguish himself on his own terms, he hustles off to Marine Corps boot camp. He moves across the world, returning to the United States only to take a job as a manager-cum-barfly at his family's jazz club. Air Traffic follows Gregory as he builds a life that honors his history without allowing it to define his future. Slowly, he embraces the challenges of being a poet, a son, and a father as he enters recovery for alcoholism and tends to his family. In this memoir, written in lyrical and sparkling prose, Gregory tries to free himself from the overwhelming expectations of race and class, and from the tempting yet ruinous legacy of American masculinity. Air Traffic is a richly realized, deeply felt ode to one man's remarkable father, to fatherhood, and to the frustrating yet redemptive ties of family. It is also a scrupulous, searing examination of how manhood can be fashioned in our cultural landscape.

Author : Steve Sheinkin
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
ISBN 13 : 1626721319
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Born to Fly written by Steve Sheinkin and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born to Fly is the gripping story of the fearless women pilots who aimed for the skies—and beyond. Just nine years after American women finally got the right to vote, a group of trailblazers soared to new heights in the 1929 Air Derby, the first women's air race across the U.S. Follow the incredible lives of legend Amelia Earhart, who has captivated generations; Marvel Crosson, who built a plane before she even learned how to fly; Louise Thaden, who shattered jaw-dropping altitude records; and Elinor Smith, who at age seventeen made headlines when she flew under the Brooklyn Bridge. These awe-inspiring stories culminate in a suspenseful, nail-biting rate across the country that brings to life the glory and grit of the dangerous and thrilling early days of flying, expertly told by the master of nonfiction history for young readers, National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin. Featuring illustrations by Bijou Karman.

Author : Bill Bates
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738516899
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bel Air written by Bill Bates and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The town of Bel Air is the hub of Harford County and one of the most vital towns in the state of Maryland. Developed as the county seat in 1780, Bel Air began as an area of about seven blocks by two blocks with a courthouse directly in the center. Today, after tremendous growth, Main Street and the courthouse still lie at the heart of the town. From Bel Air's beginning to its incorporation in 1874 and through the 21st century, growth and change have presented challenges and opportunities for this storybook community.