Wonders of the Mosquito World
Author: Phillip H. Ault
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780437224903
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Author: Phillip H. Ault
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780437224903
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Phil Ault
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Published: 1970-09-01
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Edward Bishop
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
Published: 1990-06-17
Total Pages: 182
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Phillip H. Ault
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 64
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 64
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jonathan Falconer
Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
Published: 2013-11-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780857333605
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNicknamed the ‘wooden wonder’ , the de Havilland Mosquito was one of the most versatile and successful combat aircraft of the Second World War. Offering insights into the design, construction and operational career of the iconic Mossie, this manual gets under the aircraft’s birch and balsa skin to examine its anatomy and describe the painstaking restoration to flight by Avspecs (New Zealand) of Jerry Yagen’s FB26 KA114 and of Victoria Air Maintenance’s B35 VR796 in British Columbia, Canada.
Author: Martin W. Bowman
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2010-11-20
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 1844683400
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“This is the book that puts the flesh on the bones of its reputation as one of the best aircraft of the Second World War.” —Pennant Magazine The flak started about four or five minutes before the target and immediately it was apparent that it was intense and extremely accurate. Oboe entailed the pilot flying dead straight and level for ten minutes on the attack run. Suddenly a tremendous flash lit up the sky about 50 yards ahead of our nose and exactly at our altitude. Within a tenth of a second we were through the cloud of dirty yellowish-brown smoke and into the blackness beyond. I shall never forget the spontaneous reaction of both my pilot and myself. We turned our heads slowly and looked long and deep into one another’s eyes—no word was spoken—no words were needed. The Mosquito was probably World War II’s most versatile combat aircraft. This book contains hundreds of firsthand accounts from many of the two-man crews who flew in them; pilots and navigators. It portrays the dramatic experiences of flying in its many roles as pathfinder, night fighter, reconnaissance aircraft, precision bombing and low-level ground attack aircraft. It describes many of the RAF’s most audacious raids on prime but difficult targets where carpet bombing by heavy bombers was likely to be ineffective and cause unnecessary casualties to civilians. It is a remarkable record of the aircraft and the men that flew them.
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Published: 1875
Total Pages: 374
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Timothy C. Winegard
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2019-08-06
Total Pages: 639
ISBN-13: 1524743437
DOWNLOAD EBOOK**The instant New York Times bestseller.** *An international bestseller.* Finalist for the Lane Anderson Award Finalist for the RBC Taylor Award “Hugely impressive, a major work.”—NPR A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity’s fate Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of popes for millennia? Why did Scotland surrender its sovereignty to England? What was George Washington's secret weapon during the American Revolution? The answer to all these questions, and many more, is the mosquito. Across our planet since the dawn of humankind, this nefarious pest, roughly the size and weight of a grape seed, has been at the frontlines of history as the grim reaper, the harvester of human populations, and the ultimate agent of historical change. As the mosquito transformed the landscapes of civilization, humans were unwittingly required to respond to its piercing impact and universal projection of power. The mosquito has determined the fates of empires and nations, razed and crippled economies, and decided the outcome of pivotal wars, killing nearly half of humanity along the way. She (only females bite) has dispatched an estimated 52 billion people from a total of 108 billion throughout our relatively brief existence. As the greatest purveyor of extermination we have ever known, she has played a greater role in shaping our human story than any other living thing with which we share our global village. Imagine for a moment a world without deadly mosquitoes, or any mosquitoes, for that matter? Our history and the world we know, or think we know, would be completely unrecognizable. Driven by surprising insights and fast-paced storytelling, The Mosquito is the extraordinary untold story of the mosquito’s reign through human history and her indelible impact on our modern world order.
Author: Deborah Cadbury
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2012-05-03
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 0007388926
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the best-selling author of THE DINOSAUR HUNTERS and THE LOST KING OF FRANCE comes the story of how our modern world was forged – in rivets, grease and steam; in blood, sweat and human imagination.