Blue Skies Orange Wings

Author : Noppen
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802848702
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blue Skies, Orange Wings written by Noppen and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a wealth of photographs and color illustrations and an informed narrative, Blue Skies, Orange Wings documents the surprisingly strong role of Dutch aircraft, airmen, designers, and airlines in world aviation in the first half of the twentieth century. In this beautiful book Ryan Noppen offers the most thorough study of the early years of Dutch commercial and military aviation published in the English language. He examines the famed Fokker airliners, the development of Dutch national airline KLM, and their impact on the world in the pioneering days of flight, including a number of notable individuals -- Charles Lindbergh, Henry Ford, Amelia Earhart, and more.

Author : Samuel L. Broadnax
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313083606
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blue Skies, Black Wings written by Samuel L. Broadnax and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-01-30 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of 17, Samuel L. Broadnax—enamored with flying—enlisted and trained as a pilot at the Tuskegee Army Air Base. Although he left the Air Corps at the end of the Second World War, his experiences inspired him to talk with other pilots and black pioneers of aviation. Blue Skies, Black Wings recounts the history of African Americans in the skies from the very beginnings of manned flight. From Charles Wesley Peters, who flew his own plane in 1911, and Eugene Bullard, a black American ace with the French in World War I, to the 1945 Freeman Field mutiny against segregationist policies in the Air Corps, Broadnax paints a vivid picture of the people who fought oppression to make the skies their own.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Air Force and Space Digest written by and published by . This book was released on 2016-07 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sarah Sundin
Publisher : Revell
ISBN 13 : 1441232710
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blue Skies Tomorrow (Wings of Glory Book #3) written by Sarah Sundin and published by Revell. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lt. Raymond Novak prefers the pulpit to the cockpit, but at least his stateside job training B-17 pilots allows him the luxury of a personal life. As he courts Helen Carlisle, a young war widow and mother who conceals her pain under a frenzy of volunteer work, the sparks of their romance set a fire that flings them both into peril. After Ray leaves to fly a combat mission at the peak of the air war over Europe, Helen takes a job in a dangerous munitions yard and confronts an even graver menace in her own home. Will they find the courage to face their challenges? And can their young love survive until blue skies return? Filled with daring and romance, Blue Skies Tomorrow will capture readers' hearts.

Author : Dana L. Van Loan
Publisher : Sunnyside Press
ISBN 13 : 0971721416
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blue Skies and Tail Winds written by Dana L. Van Loan and published by Sunnyside Press. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Presents stories describing author's experiences from 1990-2005 during his mid-life career change from dairy agriculture to aviation, first as a private pilot, then as pilot of an air ambulance, and finally as Captain-in-Command of Lear jets for corporate aviation"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Ryan K. Noppen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472841921
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Royal Netherlands Navy of World War II written by Ryan K. Noppen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 19th and early 20th century, a combination of coastal defence for the homeland and fleet defence for the East Indies became the established naval strategy for the Royal Dutch Navy and set the template for the world wars. Battleships were too expensive to build and maintain, so after World War I, there was significant investment in submarine development and construction. A handful of modern light cruisers and a new class of destroyers were also constructed during the interwar years to serve as a small Fleet-in-Being in the East Indies, as well as to support the actions of the navy's submarines. The light cruiser HNLMS De Ruyter and the Java-class light cruisers were the most powerful units of the new fleet whilst the backbone of the destroyer fleet was the Admiralen-class and the Tromp-class of destroyer leaders. Beginning in December 1941, the Dutch Navy played a very active role in the defence of the East Indies against the Japanese during World War II. The Battle of the Java Sea at the end of February 1942 crushed Dutch naval power in the East Indies, sinking the cruisers Java and De Ruyter and killing Admiral Karel Doorman. However, several Dutch surface warships and submarines continued the fight against the Axis powers alongside the Allies until the end of World War II, including a pair of British-built destroyers, Van Galen and Tjerk Hiddes. This beautifully illustrated book from a leading scholar on Dutch military history provides a comprehensive guide to the Royal Netherlands Navy of the World War II period, complete with detailed cutaways and battleplates of the fleet in action.

Author : James C. Kennedy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108364012
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Concise History of the Netherlands written by James C. Kennedy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Netherlands is known among foreigners today for its cheese and its windmills, its Golden Age paintings and its experimentation in social policies such as cannabis and euthanasia. Yet the historical background for any of these quintessentially Dutch achievements is often unfamiliar to outsiders. This Concise History offers an overview of this surprisingly little-known but fascinating country. Beginning with the first humanoid settlers, the book follows the most important contours of Dutch history, from Roman times through to the Habsburgs, the Dutch Republic and the Golden Age. The author, a modernist, pays particularly close attention to recent developments, including the signature features of contemporary Dutch society. In addition to being a political history, this overview also gives systematic attention to social and economic developments, as well as in religion, the arts and the Dutch struggle against the water. The Dutch Caribbean is also included in the narrative.

Author : Richard Leroy Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780932044099
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blue Skies Calling Wild Wings written by Richard Leroy Williams and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kristin G. Congdon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1433 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Folk Art [2 volumes] written by Kristin G. Congdon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 1433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folk art is as varied as it is indicative of person and place, informed by innovation and grounded in cultural context. The variety and versatility of 300 American folk artists is captured in this collection of informative and thoroughly engaging essays. American Folk Art: A Regional Reference offers a collection of fascinating essays on the life and work of 300 individual artists. Some of the men and women profiled in these two volumes are well known, while others are important practitioners who have yet to receive the notice they merit. Because many of the artists in both categories have a clear identity with their land and culture, the work is organized by geographical region and includes an essay on each region to help make connections visible. There is also an introductory essay on U.S. folk art as a whole. Those writing about folk art to date tend to view each artist as either traditional or innovative. One of the major contributions of this work is that it demonstrates that folk artists more often exhibit both traits; they are grounded in their cultural context and creative in the way they make work their own. Such insights expand the study of folk art even as they readjust readers' understanding of who folk artists are.

Author : Moira Andrew
Publisher : Folens Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780947882365
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tell Me a Tale written by Moira Andrew and published by Folens Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using 33 themes, ideas and activities are suggested for teaching spelling, grammar, punctuation, comprehension and composition. Imaginative ways to celebrate and promote students' achievements in these areas are also included.