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Author: Steve Ginter
Publisher: Ginter Books
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 73
ISBN-13: 9780942612639
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Grumman Goose was developed to satisfy the needs of 10 businessmen who wanted a modern replacement for the Loening Air Yacht and Commuter amphibians. On 3 of July 1937, just 35 day after first flight the first Goose was delivered for the price of $60,000. This book talks about the many uses for the Goose. From Patrol to Hydrofoil test aircraf
Author: William Wilbanks
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781563115110
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: M. R. Montgomery
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780618411276
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes and illustrates over four hundred different airplanes likely to be seen in North America, grouped in the categories of biplanes, agricultural planes, low-wing singles, amphibians, low-wing twins, high-wing twins, twin-boom and canard twins, four-engine props, business jets, jet airliners, military aircraft, recently retired military aircraft, and helicopters.
Author: Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
Publisher: Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1896941575
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first book to tell the story of one of Canada's most innovative aviation companies, Laurentian Air Services, and thus fills an important gap in Canadian aviation history. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with Laurentian's presidents, pilots and ground crew, author Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail explores the company's 60-year history from its founding in 1936 in Ottawa with small biplanes through to the 1990s when it was operating scheduled flights with twin-engine Beech 99s and Beech King Air 200s. During those 60 years, Laurentian was at the forefront of air tourism in the Ottawa region and the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec as well as fly-in hunting and fishing in Canada's north. It also pioneered the use of the Grumman G-21 Goose and de Havilland Beaver commercially and provided vital air support to survey and development work for such massive undertakings as the Churchill Falls and James Bay hydroelectric projects. This book brings Laurentian's history to life through first-hand stories and an exciting collection of colour and black and white photographs, the majority of which have not previously been published. This is a long-overdue book that appeals to armchair bush flyers and aviation historians alike.
Author: Harold A. Skaarup
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2009-11
Total Pages: 642
ISBN-13: 1440167583
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis aviation handbook is designed to be used as a quick reference to the classic military heritage aircraft that have been flown by members of the Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army and the present-day Canadian Forces. The interested reader will find useful information and a few technical details on most of the military aircraft that have been in service with active Canadian squadrons both at home and overseas. 100 selected photographs have been included to illustrate a few of the major examples in addition to the serial numbers assigned to Canadian service aircraft. For those who like to actually see the aircraft concerned, aviation museum locations, addresses and contact phone numbers have been included, along with a list of aircraft held in each museum's current inventory or on display as gate guardians throughout Canada and overseas. The aircraft presented in this edition are listed alphabetically by manufacturer, number and type. Although many of Canada's heritage warplanes have completely disappeared, a few have been carefully collected, restored and preserved, and some have even been restored to flying condition. This guide-book should help you to find and view Canada's Warplane survivors.
Author: Spike Nasmyth
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Published: 2003-12-04
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1412216273
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSO YOU WANT TO BE A FERRY PILOT is made up of nineteen true short stories about ferrying airplanes from one part of the world to another. Each flight has something about it that wasn't planned. Unexpected heart stopping engine failures, weather that went from CAVU (Clear and Visibility Unlimited) to Oh MY God!!, interception by armed foreign fighters, arrest by third world police or anything that old Mister Murphy can throw your face. I had several pilot friends read the manuscript, here are some of their comments. "Ferry pilots are nuts, everybody knows that." Captain Cal Harman, 20 years with Continental. "These stories are unbelievable, I thought flying combat missions was dangerous." Captain Curt Briggs, shot down in Vietnam while flying an F-4 Phantom, rescued after spending more than 24 hours hiding from the North Vietnamese. "When we were cell mates in Hanoi I suspected that Spike was a little crazy, suspicions confirmed." Lieutenant Commander Larry Friese, USN Retired. POW in Vietnam 51/2 years.
Author: Stéphane Nicolaou
Publisher: Zenith Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 0760306214
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBeginning with races that were staged at elegant French resorts in the early part of the century, flying boats and seaplanes have played an integral part in aviation history. World War I spurred the development of these machines, and by the 1930s, flying boats and seaplanes had become pioneers in transcontinental flight. This photo-filled history recalls the role of flying boats and seaplanes in civil and military aviation history, and the enthusiasm of the engineers and pilots who are associated with their development. In addition to the golden years of hydraviation prior to World War II, author Nicolaou examines the decline of the seaplane, and its subsequent renaissance in nations that are today considered seaplane paradises. The saga is illustrated by more than 200 rare photographs uncovered in archives around the globe.
Author: E.R. Johnson
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2016-03-29
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 0786457082
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work is a comprehensive, heavily illustrated history of the many flying boats and amphibious aircraft designed and built in the United States. It is divided into three chronological sections: the early era (1912-1928), the golden era (1928-1945), and the post-war era (1945-present), with historical overviews of each period. Within each section, individual aircraft types are listed in alphabetical order by manufacturer or builder, with historical background, technical specifications, drawings, and one or more photographs. Appendices cover lesser known flying boat and amphibian types as well as various design concepts that never achieved the flying stage.
Author: Richard L. Bare
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780810840324
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe excitement then continues as Bare takes us through the highs and lows of his life and career, always with humor."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Steven J. Daniels
Publisher: Steven J. Daniels
Published: 2022-07-13
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThree years after 9/11, Lauren Hunter is living the good life on the French Riviera—a world away from Tel Aviv, Israel where her estranged son Ryan is a CIA officer. Ryan Hunter believes his mother, a Port Authority police officer, was killed in the North Tower of the World Trade Center on 9/11. He has no idea Lauren was part of a clandestine black operation responsible for the attacks. Ryan is shown evidence his mother is alive and leaves the CIA to search for her. He is unaware a sinister group of elitists known as The Ring is attempting to locate and silence Lauren and her fellow conspirators. The Ring has hired former US Army Delta Force member Nate Lashlie to lead a group of mercenaries on a mission to follow Ryan to his mother and force her to reveal the location of her former 9/11 compatriots. They have orders to kill them all and collect the bounty. Ryan enlists the help of a fellow CIA officer, a former White House terrorism czar, and an NSA deputy director in the race to find his mother ahead of the mercenaries. This fast-paced suspense thriller is the second book in the Evocatus Series and takes the reader on an exciting worldwide quest as a son struggles to find and save his long-lost mother from certain death. Along the way, he learns the shocking truth she vowed to keep secret.
