Fair Winds Following Winds And A Few Bolters My Navy Years
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Fair Winds Following Winds And A Few Bolters My Navy Years
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Author : Stephen C. McKenna
language : en
Publisher: Koehler Books
Release Date : 2022-12-30
Fair Winds Following Winds And A Few Bolters My Navy Years written by Stephen C. McKenna and has been published by Koehler Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From rural Michigan through Georgia Tech, Aviation Officer Candidate School, flight training, two Western Pacific cruises, and as an instructor pilot, Lt. McKenna met and overcame multiple obstacles in pursuing his dream of serving his country as a Navy carrier pilot. His story is told with humor, and a heartfelt belief in the importance of American leadership, morally and militarily. As an aerospace engineer, pilot, and landing signals officer, Lt. McKenna uses his extensive knowledge of aircraft and flight deck operations to take readers aboard an aircraft carrier as it launches and recovers aircraft off a pitching flight deck in what has been described as one of the most dangerous work environments on the planet.
Fair Winds And Following Seas
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Author : Tim Noble
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006-12-01
Fair Winds And Following Seas written by Tim Noble and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-12-01 with categories.
This is an autobiography about a kid who grew up in rural Alabama with a dream of becoming a sailor. This book contains events that happened in his growing up years through his induction into the United States Navy. It continues on to tell about his military career, from A-bomb testing in the South Pacific to launching sorties off the coast of North Vietnam. It was the authors intention that this book may, in some way, serve as an inspiration to some of the younger generation and perhaps spur some of the older generation into putting their memoirs into print. Recruiters may also find it valuable for young people thinking of the military as a career.
Fair Winds
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1937
Fair Winds written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1937 with Naval art and science categories.
Fair Wind And A Following Sea
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Author : Anthony Johansen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Fair Wind And A Following Sea written by Anthony Johansen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Sailors categories.
John Paul Jones
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Author : Evan Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-06-15
John Paul Jones written by Evan Thomas and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The New York Times bestseller from master biographer Evan Thomas brings to life the tumultuous story of the father of the American Navy. John Paul Jones, at sea and in the heat of the battle, was the great American hero of the Age of Sail. He was to history what Patrick O’Brian’s Jack Aubrey and C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower are to fiction. Ruthless, indomitable, clever; he vowed to sail, as he put it, “in harm’s way.” Evan Thomas’s minute-by-minute re-creation of the bloodbath between Jones’s Bonhomme Richard and the British man-of-war Serapis off the coast of England on an autumn night in 1779 is as gripping a sea battle as can be found in any novel. Drawing on Jones’s correspondence with some of the most significant figures of the American Revolution—John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson—Thomas’s biography teaches us that it took fighters as well as thinkers, men driven by dreams of personal glory as well as high-minded principle, to break free of the past and start a new world. Jones’s spirit was classically American.
A Pilot S Story
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Author : Don Volz
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2012-08-27
A Pilot S Story written by Don Volz and has been published by Trafford Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is my storythe story of a pilot who flew airplanes for some thirty-seven years: ten years in the United States Air Force, primarily in jet fighters, and then twenty-seven years flying commercial jet airliners. I was inspired to write this story after reading the autobiography, a few years ago, of Gen. Chuck Yeagerhe being the world-renowned test pilot, World War II fighter ace, and first man to break the sound barrier in the Bell X-1. My story is the story of an average pilot, an average guy who survived several close calls, had many interesting experiences along the way, and often wondered, Am I still here because I was especially good or because I was especially lucky? I think the answer is definitely a combination of the two, just as Yeager says or implies in his book. With him, it may have been a larger contribution of skill, but as he said, The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day. I have to echo that comment. While flying around the country with American Airlines, during hours of complete boredom (as we say), we pilots often traded our war stories of our flying (and other) experiences. I often thought that I had many tales that were similar to some of Yeagers and that I should put my experiences down on paper, even if it would only be my family who might read it. So this, then, is my story, my life, primarily, as it revolved around my aviating experiences over some thirty-seven years, from the viewpoint of a pilot who has no particular claim to fame but who has survived to fly another day. One of the best descriptions of a flying career says: You start out with a big bag of luck and an empty bag of experience; you want to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck! I guess I have done that.
The Soof
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-06-12
The Soof written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-12 with categories.
Dr. Samantha Stone, a civilian environmental scientist, is thrust into the middle of the male-dominated nuclear submarine world when the president tasks her to help plan a suicide mission in the Sea of Okhotsk. The objective: to locate and destroy a top-secret Russian command and control facility called the SOOF. The SOOF has been built out of sight, under the waves and sea-ice canopy of the Okhotsk, to support a Russian military coup that has been in the works for ten years-a coup that is only the first step on the path to world domination. Critical to both sides, the SOOF must be destroyed to prevent catastrophe, and failure is not an option. To accomplish this daunting task, a submarine, a platoon of Navy SEALs, and Samantha are required. Though submarine commander Captain Ira Coen initially doubts her abilities, it soon becomes clear that Samantha is essential to the success of the mission. The ensuing Okhotsk operation is fraught with surprises and life-threatening situations as Ira's submarine tactical skills and Samantha's environmental knowledge are tested to the fullest against seemingly impossible odds-with the fate of the entire world hanging in the balance.
The Smell Of Kerosene
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Author : National Aeronautics and Space Administration
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-12-28
The Smell Of Kerosene written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-28 with Transportation categories.
This book puts the reader in the pilot's seat for a "day at the office" unlike any other. The Smell of Kerosene tells the dramatic story of a NASA research pilot who logged over 11,000 flight hours in more than 125 types of aircraft. Donald Mallick gives the reader fascinating first-hand description of his early naval flight training, carrier operations, and his research flying career with NASA. After transferring to the NASA Flight Research Center, Mallick became involved with projects that further pushed the boundaries of aerospace technology. These included the giant delta-winged XB-70 supersonic airplane, the wingless M2-F1 lifting body vehicle, and triple-sonic YF-12 Blackbird. Mallick also test flew the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle and helped develop techniques used in training astronauts to land on the Moon.
His Natural Life
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Author : Marcus Clarke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878
His Natural Life written by Marcus Clarke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with Australian fiction categories.
Mauve Gloves And Madmen Clutter And Vine
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Author : Tom Wolfe
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 1988-04-01
Mauve Gloves And Madmen Clutter And Vine written by Tom Wolfe and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-04-01 with Literary Collections categories.
"When are the 1970s going to begin?" ran the joke during the Presidential campaign of 1976. With his own patented combination of serious journalism and dazzling comedy, Tom Wolfe met the question head-on in these rollicking essays in Mauve Gloves and Madmen, Clutter and Vine -- and even provided the 1970s with its name: "The Me Decade."