The Desert Hawk ...
Author: Harry Sinclair Drago
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Published: 1927
Total Pages: 330
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The Projects of Skunk Works
Author: Steve Pace
Publisher: Zenith Press
Published: 2016-12-01
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 0760351570
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe stories behind more than 50 secret projects undertaken by the famed Lockheed Martin Skunk Works on behalf of the US Armed Forces, DARPA, and the CIA - all illustrated with official Skunk Works photography and commissioned artworks. Hatched in June 1943 after a special request of the US Army Air Forces to develop a turbojet-powered fighter to counter growing German threats, Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works has gone on to develop remarkable aeronautical and space technologies, including stealth. Some have made it into production, while others never quite made it off drafting boards and computer screens, but proved fascinating nonetheless. This generously illustrated history tackles Skunk Works programs ranging from jet fighters and jet engines to missiles and rockets, helicopters, research aircraft, airships, unmanned aerial vehicles and recon drones, and even the seagoing stealth ship Sea Shadow - more than 50 in all. Author Steve Pace examines the historical context which led government organizations to approach the Skunk Works, as well as the technologies and projects developed there (often on a handshake and unburdened by bureaucracies), and the anecdotes and legends associated with each program. Pace includes official Skunk Works photography of the projects taken both at its headquarters and at test facilities such as Area 51. In addition, commissioned color artworks help further illustrate many of these projects featured herein. In addition to profiling legendary aircraft like the F-80, F-94, F-104, U-2, SR-71, F-117, and F-35, Pace takes on more obscure projects from the past as well as those still to come, such as the hypersonic SR-72 and High Speed Strike Weapon, and even offers a peak into what the future might hold with the proposed TR-X.
A Hawk in the Sun
Author: Leon R. Powers
Publisher: DIMI PRESS
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780931625404
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Hawk in the Sun brilliantly shows the passion of a true scientist. The research was of the nesting and other habits of the ferruginous hawk-an extremely shy and difficult-to-study bird that is the largest hawk in North America. The reader will be emotionally involved from the fight between a pair of hawks and a coyote through the author's description of Penelope, the stay-at-home mom, to the poignant death of a hawk chick. Book jacket.
Random Tangents: Embracing Adventures in Life
Author: Greg Hawk
Publisher: Desert Roamer Press
Published: 2020-04-17
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781734488401
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs Hawk lies on the bottom of the pool paralyzed he realizes the gypsy was right again. How long can he hold his breath before someone notices? Will he be able to pull through this to finish the remaining predictions? Greg Hawk's memoir of a life's adventure takes a drastic turn at the end of a divorce as he listens to a gypsy lady in New Zealand predict things on the path ahead. Every obstacle on his path in life has put him on another tangent of learning and struggle, at times driving him to the edge of defeat. During these years, death seemed to be a constant companion as he witnessed it, as well as facing it personally. As a soldier, a husband, a divorcee, a partner of a successful construction business in Denver, owner of Fantasy Dive Charters in Australia, to being a treasure hunter in the mountains and desert of the Southwest, he faced many self-imposed challenges." Random Tangents is a celebration of a life well-lived, of obstacles overcome, of the triumph of spirit. And let's face it, sometimes a little luck."
Huntinghawk
Author: Mark Wildyr
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Published: 2024-02-03
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 1685506801
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Curt Huntinghawk, a twenty-two-year-old Northern Plains Indian, hooks up with the Colorados Rezagados, a group of Southwestern tribesmen contracted by the US Border Patrol to hunt drug runners along the Mexican border, he recognizes it’s a necessary move to save himself from a life of alcoholism, but he has no idea he’ll turn out to be one of the best at his new profession. Dangerous? Yeah, but it’s as close to living the life of a warrior as he can find, and that restores his self-respect and sense of honor. But when he saves a young man trying to cross the border across the deadly Sonoran Desert, he doesn’t suspect the youth’s intimate way of showing his gratitude will shake his woman-chasing way of life to its foundation. But that carries its own dangers. How will his running buddy Grove Whitedeer react should he find out about Hawk’s sexual deviancy? How will all the Red Rezes, for that matter? One more danger to face while playing cat and mouse with a deadly drug runner he calls Wolverine.
Twenty Years On
Author: Lawrence Martin Cooper
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2021-10-31
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 1664196986
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is Book Two of the (soft) Sci-Fi/Fantasy trilogy The Eye of Venus. Twenty years have passed since Boyd and Sara left Chiaros. They are now parents of several children, two of whom—Jay and Claire—are fully grown and want to go to Chiaros, the place of their parent’s misadventures. Their stated reason is to thank the Old Timers there for saving their parents. But Jay, at least, is interested in looking for the emerald, The Eye of Venus. His interest is stoked by his girlfriend/fiancé, who is not what she seems.
Serials and Series
Author: Buck Rainey
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2015-06-08
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 1476604487
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile many fans remember The Lone Ranger, Ace Drummond and others, fewer focus on the facts that serials had their roots in silent film and that many foreign studios also produced serials, though few made it to the United States. The 471 serials and 100 series (continuing productions without the cliffhanger endings) from the United States and 136 serials and 37 series from other countries are included in this comprehensive reference work. Each entry includes title, country of origin, year, studio, number of episodes, running time or number of reels, episode titles, cast, production credits, and a plot synopsis.
75 years of the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works
Author: James C. Goodall
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2021-05-13
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 1472846486
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Lockheed Martin Skunk Works was founded in the summer of 1943 to develop a jet-powered high-altitude interceptor for the USAAF, and ever since it has been at the forefront of technological development in the world of aviation. From the XP-80 to the U-2, SR-71, F-117, F-22 and now the F-35, the Skunk Works team has designed aircraft that are the pinnacle of innovation and performance. 75 years of the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works takes us through the history of this legendary facility from its foundation at the height of World War II under the talented engineer, Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, through to the present day. Illustrated with over a thousand photographs and drawings, it details the 46 unclassified programmes developed by the Skunk Works, following them through prototype build-up, first flight and, if they reached the frontline, operational service.
