The Killing Zone

Author : Paul Craig
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 007150415X
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Killing Zone: How & Why Pilots Die written by Paul Craig and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2001-01-02 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This literal survival guide for new pilots identifies "the killing zone," the 40-250 flight hours during which unseasoned aviators are likely to commit lethal mistakes. Presents the statistics of how many pilots will die in the zone within a year; calls attention to the eight top pilot killers (such as "VFR into IFR," "Takeoff and Climb"); and maps strategies for avoiding, diverting, correcting, and managing the dangers. Includes a Pilot Personality Self-Assessment Exercise that identifies pilot "types" and how each type can best react to survive the killing zone.

Author : Frederick Downs Jr.
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393076067
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War written by Frederick Downs Jr. and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2007-02-17 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The best damned book from the point of view of the infantrymen who fought there.”—Army Times Among the best books ever written about men in combat, The Killing Zone tells the story of the platoon of Delta One-six, capturing what it meant to face lethal danger, to follow orders, and to search for the conviction and then the hope that this war was worth the sacrifice. The book includes a new chapter on what happened to the platoon members when they came home.

Author : Stephen G. Rabe
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780190216252
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Killing Zone written by Stephen G. Rabe and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Killing Zone: The United States Wages Cold War in Latin America, Second Edition, is a comprehensive yet concise analysis of U.S. policies in Latin America during the Cold War. Author Stephen G. Rabe, a leading authority in the field, argues that the sense of joy and accomplishment that accompanied the end of the Cold War, the liberation of Eastern Europe, and the collapse of the Soviet Union must be tempered by the realization that Latin Americans paid a ghastly price during the Cold War. Dictatorship, authoritarianism, the methodical abuse of human rights, and campaigns of state terrorism characterized life in Latin America between 1945 and 1989. Countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, and Guatemala endured appalling levels of political violence. The U.S. repeatedly intervened in the internal affairs of Latin American nations in the name of anticommunism, destabilizing constitutional governments and aiding and abetting those who murdered and tortured. Rabe supplements his strong, provocative historical narrative with stories about the fates of ordinary Latin Americans, an extensive chronology, a series of evocative photographs, and an annotated bibliography.

Author : Orr Kelly
Publisher : Berkley
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King of the Killing Zone written by Orr Kelly and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1990 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By examining the development of this tank the reader gains valuable insight into tanks, armored warfare, and military/procurement. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : William Crawford Woods
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Killing Zone written by William Crawford Woods and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frederick Downs
Publisher : Berkley
ISBN 13 : 9780425104361
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Killing Zone written by Frederick Downs and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1987 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A personal narrative about what it was like to fight in Vietnam.

Author : Rex Burns
Publisher : Overamstel Uitgevers
ISBN 13 : 9049985319
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Killing Zone written by Rex Burns and published by Overamstel Uitgevers. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wager hunts for the killer of a black councilman, as the city threatens to riot Gabe’s girlfriend Jo is drowning. She stares up at him, eyes wide with terror, as he fights to grab her hand. In a moment, the frothing river swallows her up, and Jo is gone. Nine months have passed since Jo’s death, and Detective Wager cannot get the image out of his mind. Rather than fight the urge to blame himself, he embraces the guilt, punishing himself for it every day. Only his work on the homicide squad can distract him, and he has just landed a case fraught with political implications. A crusading black city councilman is found murdered in an abandoned lot, and the city teeters on the edge of a riot. As Wager investigates the politician’s secret past, he must balance his own pain with a burning need to see justice done.

Author : William Grawford Woods
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Killing Zone written by William Grawford Woods and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul A. Craig
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071798412
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Killing Zone, Second Edition written by Paul A. Craig and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WARNING! Don't fly solo before you understand all the dangers of the killing zone. It could save your life! This survival guide for new pilots identifies the pitfalls waiting inside the killing zone, the period from 50 to 350 flight hours when they leave their instructors behind and fly as pilot in command for the first time. Although they're privately certified, many of these unseasoned aviators are unaware of the potential accidents that lie ahead while trying to build decision-making skills on their own -- many times falling victim to inexperience. Based on the first in-depth scientific study of pilot behavior and general aviation flying accidents in over 20 years, The Killing Zone, Second Edition offers practical advice to help identify the time frame in which you are most likely to die. Author and aviation specialist Paul Craig offers rare insights into the special risks new pilots face and includes updated preventive strategies for flying through the killing zone . . . alive: NEW to the Second Edition: Dealing with Glass Cockpits; GPS Moving Maps; Collision Avoidance Systems; including a new chapter on Available Safety versus Actual Safety Alerts you to the 12 mistakes likely to kill you Provides guidelines for avoiding, evading, diverting, correcting, and managing dangers Includes a "Pilot Personality Self-Assessment Exercise" for an individualized survival strategy

Author : Richard Dorney
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448118425
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Killing Zone written by Richard Dorney and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-08-09 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a tour of duty in the Helmand River Valley, the Grenadier Guards faced the toughest challenge of their lives... Carrying out patrols in the most fiercely contested land in Afghanistan the Guards were under fire almost constantly. The summer of 2007 saw some of the most frequent and intense combat yet, beyond what anyone could have predicted. Based in isolated forward operating bases their nearest reinforcements were often miles away, down a track strewn with deadly roadside bombs. The Killing Zone is an action-packed and authentic insight into the real Afghanistan. This is what it’s like to deliberately draw fire on your own position so that your mates can escape an ambush, to experience the adrenaline rush of being the first in to clear a Taliban compound, and to rely on skill, loyalty and quick-thinking to survive in one of the most dangerous places on earth.