Pilots In Peril

Author : Steven Otfinoski
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 1491451661
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pilots in Peril! written by Steven Otfinoski and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2016-07 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tells the story of U.S. pilots who faced danger every day attempting to deliver supplies over "The Hump" to the Chinese during World War II"--

Author : Brian Williams
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 143294830X
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pilots in Peril written by Brian Williams and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information about the history of air warfare and notable stories featuring heroic pilots.

Author : Steven Anthony Otfinoski
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 162370569X
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pilots in Peril! written by Steven Anthony Otfinoski and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian Theodore White called it "the most dangerous, terrifying, barbarous aerial transport run in the world  the skyway to Hell." Life Magazine called it ?the most dangerous non-combat flying in the war, the world's worst weather over the world's highest mountains.? Both of these statements are referring to the Hump, which was a perilous 500-mile flight path across the eastern Himalayan Mountains many U.S. pilots flew during World War II in order to keep the Allies well-supplied in China. Between 1943 and 1945, about 3,000 pilots went down in the Hump. Only about 1,200 made it back to safety. This narrative nonfiction title recounts the many dangers pilots faced on their missions, including ice storms, high winds, narrow mountain passageways, and attacks by Japanese Zeroes. It also recounts the equally daring rescue attempts to save these pilots, many of which were made by the Indo-China Division of Search and Rescue. Using personal accounts from pilots, rescuers, and U.S. Air Force staff, this fast-paced narrative puts young readers in the cockpit alongside some of the war's bravest pilots.

Author : Sharon Lee
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN 13 : 1618249541
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dragon Ship written by Sharon Lee and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #5 from Baen in the award-winning Liaden Universe® saga. Space ships, action, adventure¾all tied together with a strong dollop of romance and intrigue. First Class courier pilot Theo Waitley was already known as a nexus of violence¾and then she inherited the precarious captaincy of a mysterious self-aware ship. Now she has a trade route to run for Clan Korval while she convinces the near mythic ghost ship Bechimo¾and herself¾that she wants to commit herself as the human side to their immensely powerful symbiosis. While her former lover battles a nano-virus thats eating him alive, Theo is challenged to rescue hundreds of stranded pilots and crewmen from an explosive situation in near orbit around a suddenly hostile planet. Lovers, enemies, an ex-roomie, and a jealous spaceship are all in peril as Theo wields power that no one in the universe is sure of, especially her. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Author : Nedda Davis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781940773209
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hump Pilot written by Nedda Davis and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-24 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the true life exploits of a World War II pilot flying the dangerous route over the Himalayas, the book brings to light a little known facet of World War II. "Flying the Hump" was the name given by American pilots to flying over the treacherous air currents of the Himalayas during World War II. It was an extremely dangerous but necessary route American pilots traveled to bring vital material to Chinese troops in China, and American, and other Allied forces in the Pacific. The material transported, critical to the Allied war effort in the early days enabled the Allies to persist while the industrial might of the United States was retooling.--Publisher.

Author : Robert Gadbois
Publisher : Merriam Press
ISBN 13 : 1576383334
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hellcat Tales written by Robert Gadbois and published by Merriam Press. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From enlistment in 1942, through cadet aviation training, joining VBF-12/Air Group 12 as a SB2C Helldiver pilot, later switching to the F6F Hellcat, embarking on the USS Randolph (CV-15), and conducting air operations including fighter sweeps over Tokyo, combat missions over Iwo Jima and Okinawa, and fighting off kamikaze attacks.

Author : William Morgan Hopkins
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1602234019
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Peril Strait and Wrangell Narrows, Alaska written by William Morgan Hopkins and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2020-04-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning how to pilot a ship through Wrangell Narrows and Peril Strait is not an easy matter for a vessel operator new to the area, or even for those with experience. It takes time, patience, and a certain appetite for risk. The older generation of captains knew the channels in great detail, but they did not write anything down to leave for the next generation coming up through the ranks. Recognizing the wealth of the knowledge these navigators possessed in their memories, William Hopkins decided to document their charts and methods as he himself learned to maneuver ships through these important and narrow southeastern Alaska channels. A now retired captain who logged many voyages, Hopkins delineates the navigable courses for passing these treacherous waterways in this essential guide.

Author : U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book United States Coast Pilot written by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Steven Otfinoski
Publisher : Encounter: Narrative Nonfictio
ISBN 13 : 9781515733621
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encounter written by Steven Otfinoski and published by Encounter: Narrative Nonfictio. This book was released on 2016-08 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book United States Coast Pilot written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: