Wings Over The World

Author : Tom Quinn
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wings Over the World written by Tom Quinn and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nowadays air travel is as routine as catching a bus. But before the war, it was truly extraordinary. A giant Handley-Page biplane bound for Paris, bouncing along Croydon Aerodrome's grass runway, meant seat belts were primarily needed before take-off. Africa by Empire flying boat was a five-day aerial voyage via lakes that had to be cleared of hippos before touchdown. On a wartime Boeing flying boat crossing the Atlantic, the navigator plotted his course by the stars. Now, historian Tom Quinn records the remarkable reminiscences of British pilots, navigators, stewardesses, and station commanders. Abundantly illustrated with period posters, photos, and memorabilia, this is stirring social history from the edge of living memory.

Author : Scott Weidensaul
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393608913
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds written by Scott Weidensaul and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize A Library Journal Best Science and Technology Book of the Year An exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration. In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch has exploded. What we’ve learned of these key migrations—how billions of birds circumnavigate the globe, flying tens of thousands of miles between hemispheres on an annual basis—is nothing short of extraordinary. Bird migration entails almost unfathomable endurance, like a sparrow-sized sandpiper that will fly nonstop from Canada to Venezuela—the equivalent of running 126 consecutive marathons without food, water, or rest—avoiding dehydration by "drinking" moisture from its own muscles and organs, while orienting itself using the earth’s magnetic field through a form of quantum entanglement that made Einstein queasy. Crossing the Pacific Ocean in nine days of nonstop flight, as some birds do, leaves little time for sleep, but migrants can put half their brains to sleep for a few seconds at a time, alternating sides—and their reaction time actually improves. These and other revelations convey both the wonder of bird migration and its global sweep, from the mudflats of the Yellow Sea in China to the remote mountains of northeastern India to the dusty hills of southern Cyprus. This breathtaking work of nature writing from Pulitzer Prize finalist Scott Weidensaul also introduces readers to those scientists, researchers, and bird lovers trying to preserve global migratory patterns in the face of climate change and other environmental challenges. Drawing on his own extensive fieldwork, in A World on the Wing Weidensaul unveils with dazzling prose the miracle of nature taking place over our heads.

Author : Polly Vacher
Publisher : Grub Street Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781904943990
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wings Around the World written by Polly Vacher and published by Grub Street Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polly Vacher wanted to become the first pilot to complete a solo flight around the world via both Poles in a single-engine aircraft. Her 60,000 mile voyage would take her to every continent. She prepared meticulously for two years and had garnered multifarious sponsors. However, as she took off, flanked by a Hurricane and a Spitfire, and waved off by her family and the Prince of Wales, she suddenly felt so alone. She had begun a remarkable expedition that would gain her three world records, but would also see her encounter extremes of weather and emotion, kindness, obstruction and also a little political intrigue.

Author : Bill Scollon
Publisher : RH/Disney
ISBN 13 : 0736430164
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wings Around the Globe written by Bill Scollon and published by RH/Disney. This book was released on 2013 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small-town crop duster Dusty Crophopper participates in a race around the world.

Author : Fabien Grolleau
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1910620157
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Audubon, On The Wings Of The World [Graphic Novel] written by Fabien Grolleau and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the start of the nineteenth century, John James Audubon embarked upon an epic ornithological quest across America with nothing but his artist’ s materials, an assistant, a gun and an all-consuming passion for birds... This beautiful volume tells the story of an incredible artist and adventurer: one who encapsulates the spirit of early America, when the wilderness felt limitless and was still greatly unexplored. Based on Audubon's own retellings, this graphic novel version of his travels captures the wild and adventurous spirit of a truly exceptional naturalist and painter.

Author : Joe Haldeman
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504060121
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wings of Omen written by Joe Haldeman and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixth in the magical, action-packed shared-world series: “Thieves’ World® has grown into a real presence in the fantasy genre” (Fantasy-Faction). Under the rule of a humanoid race, the city of Sanctuary finds itself divided. Rebels and assassins stalk the shadows, bringing chaos to the streets—which is nothing new to the lawless locals. But even they will have to put aside their differences to unite against their common enemy. An accomplishment easier said than done in a city where everyone is out for themselves . . . Stories by Chris and Janet Morris, Robin W. Bailey, Diana L. Paxson, Diane Duane, C. J. Cherryh, Andrew J. Offutt, Lynn Abbey, and Robert Lynn Asprin add to the legend and lore of this “surprisingly rich and deep world” (Book Riot). “In the sixth book of the collection, the friction between the residents of Sanctuary and the invading Beysib heats up and makes for some exciting reading . . . Offutt’s character Shadowspawn gets some good coverage, and a few fresh new characters also get some play . . .” —Fantasy-Faction “‘The Hand That Feeds You’ [by Diane Duane] is one of the best stories in the entire collection to date.” —brianbookreviews.blogspot.com

Author : Lou Martin
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1412001072
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wings over Persia written by Lou Martin and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The experiences of a captain flying, from 1976 to 1979, for a charter company indirectly owned by the Shah of Iran.

Author : Dr Karl Friedrich
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1590135911
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wings written by Dr Karl Friedrich and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the true World War II stories of America's first female military pilots, this historic novel follows the story of a young woman from a dirt-poor farm family. Sally Ketchum has little chance of bettering her life until a mysterious barnstormer named Tex teaches her to fly and to dare to love. But when Tex dies in a freak accident, Sally must make her own way in the world. She enrolls in the U.S. military's Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program at a special school known as Avenger, where she learns to fly the biggest, fastest, meanest planes. She also reluctantly becomes involved with Beau Bayard, a flight instructor and aspiring writer who seems to offer her everything she could want. Despite her obvious mastery of flying, many members of the military are unable to accept that a “skirt” has any place in a cockpit. Soon Sally finds herself struggling against a high-powered Washington lawyer that wants to close down Avenger once and for all.

Author : Gerald Astor
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 9780891418535
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wings of Gold written by Gerald Astor and published by Random House. This book was released on 2004 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The distinguished military historian and author of The Greatest War integrates compelling eyewitness accounts into a dramatic study of the air combat missions that led to American victory in the Pacific theater of Warld War II.

Author : Jonathan Glancey
Publisher : Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1786494205
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wings Over Water written by Jonathan Glancey and published by Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Announced in 1912, the Schneider Trophy stole the imaginations of pioneering aircraft manufacturers in America, France, Britain and Italy, as they competed in a series of air races that attracted a hugely popular following. Perhaps inevitably, the dynamism of rival engineering led to the most potent military fighters of World War Two and Reginald Mitchell's record-breaking Supermarine seaplanes morphed into the Spitfire. Wings Over Water tells the story of the Schneider air races afresh and also examines the wider politics and society of the early twentieth-century that framed the event. It is an exhilarating tale of raw adventure, public excitement and engineering genius.