Wings Over Illinois

Author : Arthur E. Abney
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809327683
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wings Over Illinois written by Arthur E. Abney and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wings over Illinois recounts World War II veteran Arthur Abney’s illustrious aviation career, effectively documenting a span in our own nation’s history from the vantage of the skies. Abney describes a lifetime of experience, from his time as an eager young pilot with the Flying Egyptians to his tour of service during World War II, his years with the Illinois Department of Aeronautics, American Airlines, and the Southern Illinois University Aviation Management and Flight program. Abney introduces readers to hangar flying—exciting end-of-day flight tales told in the hangar—with sixty stories provided by military and civilian airmen from across the country. Included are such accounts as a 1943 bombing squadron assignment over Saipan in a typhoon, an engine freeze on takeoff during a solo training flight, a white-knuckle Bermuda Triangle flight, and a power failure on a homebuilt aircraft. Complementing Abney’s own experiences, these stories offer insights into the split-second decision making necessary to resolve problems in the air. In this fascinating autobiography Abney takes readers on a journey through nearly seven decades of a life in aviation.

Author : Gene Abney
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 0809387700
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wings Over Illinois written by Gene Abney and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wings over Illinois recounts World War II veteran Arthur Abney’s illustrious aviation career, effectively documenting a span in our own nation’s history from the vantage of the skies. Abney describes a lifetime of experience, from his time as an eager young pilot with the Flying Egyptians to his tour of service during World War II, his years with the Illinois Department of Aeronautics, American Airlines, and the Southern Illinois University Aviation Management and Flight program. Abney introduces readers to hangar flying—exciting end-of-day flight tales told in the hangar—with sixty stories provided by military and civilian airmen from across the country. Included are such accounts as a 1943 bombing squadron assignment over Saipan in a typhoon, an engine freeze on takeoff during a solo training flight, a white-knuckle Bermuda Triangle flight, and a power failure on a homebuilt aircraft. Complementing Abney’s own experiences, these stories offer insights into the split-second decision making necessary to resolve problems in the air. In this fascinating autobiography Abney takes readers on a journey through nearly seven decades of a life in aviation.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wings Over the Classroom written by and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Peck
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440652570
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On The Wings of Heroes written by Richard Peck and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-10-16 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Davy Bowman’s dad looks forward to Halloween more than a kid, and Davy’s brother, Bill, flies B-17s. Davy adores these two heroes and tries his best to follow their lead, especially now. World War II has invaded Davy’s homefront boyhood. Bill has joined up, breaking their dad’s heart. It’s an intense, confusing time, and one that will spur Davy to grow up in a hurry. This is one of Richard Peck’s finest novels—a tender, unforgettable portrait of the World War II home front and a family’s enduring love.

Author : John Henry Comstock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wings of Insects written by John Henry Comstock and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gerald Astor
Publisher : Presidio Press
ISBN 13 : 0307417778
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wings of Gold written by Gerald Astor and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From critically acclaimed military historian Gerald Astor comes Wings of Gold, the first account of how the airplane transformed the U.S. Navy and paved the way to victory in the Pacific in World War II. Astor tracks that fateful journey from its humble beginnings in 1910 when Eugene Ely flew the very first plane off the deck of a U.S. Navy ship to the unprecedented air combat missions that helped defeat the Japanese. Few naval aviators in World War II realized that when they earned their wings of gold they were about to become test pilots for a whole new kind of combat. In their own words, these courageous fliers describe the life-and-death air battles that defined the revolution in naval strategy that rose from the ashes of Pearl Harbor, when fighter pilots watched in horror as Japanese carrier-launched aircraft bombed their planes and airfields into smoking rubble. While following the pilots’ firsthand reports of air strikes and blazing dogfights across the islands and atolls of the Pacific, Astor explores the ways the U.S. Navy began its momentous transformation before the war. Later, the critical role of aircraft carriers in the stunning U.S. victory at Midway sounded the death knell for conventional naval warfare, yet the public, the press, the Army, and even the president’s advisors refused to recognize the new reality. In fact, only a few in the Navy understood that a new era had begun that would change the face of war forever. The young Americans who fought the deadly duels against Imperial Japanese forces high over the Pacific gave everything they had to the war effort, and many made the supreme sacrifice. Wings of Gold pays tribute to their courage, daring, and selfless dedication. Vividly told, thoroughly researched, and filled with stirring accounts of the Pacific War’s greatest air battles, Wings of Gold is an important addition to the annals of World War II aerial combat.

Author : Joy Harjo
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819578673
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light written by Joy Harjo and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joy Harjo's play Wings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light is the centerpiece of this collection that includes essays and interviews concerning the roots and the reaches of contemporary Native Theater. Harjo blends storytelling, music, movement, and poetic language in Wings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light—a healing ceremony that chronicles the challenges young protagonist Redbird faces on her path to healing and self-determination. This text is accompanied by interviews with Native theater artists Rolland Meinholtz and Randy Reinholz, as well as an interview with Harjo, conducted by Page. The interviews highlight the lives and contributions of Meinholtz, a theater artist and educator who served as the drama instructor at the Institute of American Indian Arts from 1964–70 and a close mentor and friend to Harjo; and Reinholz, producing artistic director of Native Voices at the Autry, the nation's only Equity theater company dedicated exclusively to the development and production of new plays by Native American, First Nations, and Alaska Native playwrights. The new interview with Harjo focuses on her experiences working in theater. Essays on Harjo's work are provided by Mary Kathryn Nagle—an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee nation, playwright, and attorney who shares her insights on the legal and historical frameworks through which we can better understand the significance of Harjo's play; and Priscilla Page—writer, performer, and educator (of Wiyot heritage), who looks at indigenous feminism, jazz, and performance as influences on Harjo's theatrical work.

Author : United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Professional Aspects of Aviation Education written by United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Timothy Collins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780997787337
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God Down, Moses written by Timothy Collins and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go Down, Moses weaves together the all-but-forgotten story of the rise and fall of the once-internationally famous Wings Over Jordan radio choir. Founded by Rev. Glenn T. Settle, pastor of Cleveland's Gethsemane Baptist Church, the choir won wholehearted support from the white management of WGAR, the "Friendly Station," to start a Sunday morning Negro Hour in 1937. Worth T. Kramer, WGAR's white program director, coached the Gethsemane singers for these broadcasts during the summer of 1937. By the end of the year, he and Settle had garnered a Sunday morning spot on the CBS Radio Network as Wings Over Jordan. The program rapidly gained popularity after half-hour nationwide broadcasts began in January, 1938. In the fall of 1938, the choir launched an extensive concert tour of the South to support the Negro-owned production company. Sunday programs originated from CBS affiliates along the way. Hundreds thousands of Blacks and whites attended the integrated concerts, breaking down racial barriers in cities and towns across the country. The Sunday radio program attracted millions of listeners in the United States and globally via the British Broadcasting Company. Wings Over Jordan was a civil rights broadcasting pioneer, offering Negro Spirituals conducted by Kramer, brief reflective commentaries by Settle, and short addresses on contemporary issues by mainly Black religious, educational, and business leaders.The program, with its message of racial healing, at first showcased naturally talented working-class singers, who began their labor of religious love as volunteers. The group later became more professionalized, continuing to create wonderful renditions of authentic Negro Spirituals on the radio and in Europe for the United Service Organization (USO) during World War II. After leaving CBS in 1947 because of a pay dispute, the choir continued tours in the U.S. and abroad.

Author : Wesley Phillips Newton
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817358250
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wings of Gold written by Wesley Phillips Newton and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wings of Gold is a unique contribution to the history of Naval aviation. The book sets out the almost day-to-day experiences and reactions of a cadet who went through the training program at its peak during World War II. An emphasis on training per se is missing in virtually all books dealing with the war; in this account training is the focus of interest. In contrast with official histories, this is a story of how it was, rather than how it was supposed to be. It chronicles failures as well as successes, frustrations as well as achievements. Beginning with an introduction treating the history of Naval aviation training, it focuses upon the personal experiences of an individual cadet preparing for war. In both the introduction and the personal letters that form the body of the book, the authors have kept both the home front and the battle front in sight. While millions of Americans underwent military training during World War II, only now is the survival, compilation, and publication of their correspondence becoming the concern of historians. This book should encourage that process.