Portrait Of A Flying Lady

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Portrait Of A Flying Lady

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Author : George Menzel
language : en
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Release Date : 1994-08-01

Portrait Of A Flying Lady written by George Menzel and has been published by Turner Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-08-01 with History categories.

(From the Foreword) George Menzel has an investigative mind, as one might expect of a man whose main career was with the FBI...he would not rest until he had traced the reason for an artist's choice of subject in a print that fascinated. The subject was a B-17 Fortress bomber bearing the markings of the squadron with which, as a young man, George Menzel had served during the trouble with Adolf Hitler and his supporters. Soon the detective discovered that the individual Flying Fortress portrayed by the artist had been involved in a remarkable adventure. And, like all good detectives, George Menzel did not rest until he had gathered and sifted all the evidence.

The Winged Life

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Author : Richard Rumbold
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955

The Winged Life written by Richard Rumbold and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with categories.

In writing this book my collaborator and I had two aims in view. Firstly, to shed some light on the life and ideas of a complex, gifted and fascinating individual; a man whose life was packed with adventure, both in the realms of action and in the realms of thought; who was pioneer airman, writer, poet, philosopher, administrator, mathematician, scientist and practical inventor. Secondly, and in so doing, to say something about that relatively new discovery -- flying; about the psychology of the airman; and about the beauty and interest of his profession.

For God Country And The Thrill Of It

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Author : Anne Noggle
language : en
Publisher: TAMU Press
Release Date : 1990

For God Country And The Thrill Of It written by Anne Noggle and has been published by TAMU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

American women pilots garnered much attention during the Gulf War, but American women were in fact military pilots as far back as World War II. Anne Noggle, now a photographer and author based in Albuquerque, has captured the spirit of these dynamic aviation pioneers in her photographic book For God, Country, and the Thrill of It. In 1943-44 Noggle was a WASP--a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots group, the country's first women military pilots. She and her colleagues disproved assertions that women would be too emotional or high-strung to fly military aircraft. They flew every type of plane in use at the time, initially ferrying aircraft wherever they were needed and later serving as test pilots and "enemy" in training maneuvers for male combat flyers. Earning $50 a month less than male counterparts in noncombatant roles, WASPs were called on several times to test planes, such as the P-39, that male flyers had declared "flying coffins." The women flyers had better records and adhered to flight regulations, and after their test flights the military declared that the planes were indeed safe to fly--if flown properly. Still, thirty-eight WASPs did lose their lives on active duty. Not until 1979, however, did Congress affirm that these women had been in active military service and were thus eligible for veterans' benefits. Women Airforce Service Pilots had been abruptly dismissed in December 1944, when it was decided that they were no longer needed. Since 1944 Anne Noggle has been a flight instructor, a crop duster, and an air show pilot. More recently she has turned her considerable energy and enthusiasm toward photography and serves on the arts faculty at the University of New Mexico. It was at the 1986 WASP reunion at their old training ground on the flat prairies of Sweetwater, Texas, that Anne Noggle made the stunning photographs of these military pioneers. The Chicago Tribune reported that "the portraits, taken against a neutral background that focuses attention on the women themselves, are the heart of the book. . . . Pride and confidence are hallmarks of these pictures. Some women wear their uniforms and the rest wear every manner of civilian dress. But all of them wear their wings and their age with the distinct bearing of people who challenged their own strength of character and won." The WASP portraits have been exhibited across the country. Ms. Noggle's interest in photography on women's experiences in the military took her to Moscow three times, even as the Soviet Union dissolved. Her forthcoming book, A Dance with Death (fall 1994), presents the stories of the Soviet Union's female combat pilots in World War II, along with historic photographs and contemporary portraits by Noggle.

Portrait Of Myself

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Author : Margaret Bourke-White
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2016-08-09

Portrait Of Myself written by Margaret Bourke-White and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-09 with History categories.

This is the story of the internationally acclaimed American woman Margaret Bourke-White, who for over thirty years made photographic history: as the first photographer to see the artistic and storytelling possibilities in American industry, as the first to write social criticism with a lens, and as the most distinguished and venturesome foreign correspondent-with-a-camera to report wars, politics and social and political revolution on three continents. In this poignant autobiography, Bourke-White details her fight against Parkinson’s disease, and recounts tales of her struggles to master her art and craft, of photographing Stalin, Gandhi and many other notables, of being torpedoed off North Africa while reporting World War II, of flying combat missions, of photographing the dread murder camps of Nazi Germany, of touring Tobacco Road to produce the book You Have Seen Their Faces with Erskine Caldwell (whom she later married), of adventures—and wonderful picture-taking—in the mines of South Africa, in the frozen North, in war-torn Korea. Illustrated throughout with over 70 of Margaret Bourke-White’s fine photographs, this is the great life story of a great American, greatly yet modestly told.

The Flying Girl

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Author : Margarita Engle
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2018-03-06

The Flying Girl written by Margarita Engle 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 2018-03-06 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

In this beautiful picture book filled with soaring words and buoyant illustrations, award-winners Margarita Engle and Sara Palacios tell the inspiring true story of Aída de Acosta, the first woman to fly a motorized aircraft. On a lively street in the lovely city of Paris, a girl named Aída glanced up and was dazzled by the sight of an airship. Oh, how she wished she could soar through the sky like that! The inventor of the airship, Alberto, invited Aída to ride with him, but she didn’t want to be a passenger. She wanted to be the pilot. Aída was just a teenager, and no woman or girl had ever flown before. She didn’t let that stop her, though. All she needed was courage and a chance to try.

New Peterson Magazine

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897

New Peterson Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with categories.

Women Who Fly

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Author : Lynn M. Homan
language : en
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Release Date : 2004

Women Who Fly written by Lynn M. Homan and has been published by Pelican Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Air pilots categories.

Tells the stories of pioneering women who defied convention and made contributions to the field of aviation by becoming pilots and astronauts.

Woman And Flying

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Author : Lady Sophie Mary Pierce Evans Heath
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1929

Woman And Flying written by Lady Sophie Mary Pierce Evans Heath and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1929 with Aeronautics categories.

The Wars Of Myron King

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Author : James L. McDonough
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 2009

The Wars Of Myron King written by James L. McDonough and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

"This book offers an engrossing account of King's early life and wartime service as a part of the 401st Bombardment Group, U.S. Eighth Air Force ... Based on a wide array of published and primary sources, including trial transcripts and interviews with King, the book offers a unique view of the experience of air combat, the intertwining of politics and military justice, and the complex circumstances that inaugurated the Cold War"--Jacket.

Women And Flight

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Author : Carolyn Russo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997

Women And Flight written by Carolyn Russo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Women air pilots categories.

Here are women in commercial and military occupations: a skywriter, a crop duster, an aerial photographer, a cattle herder, a helitack pilot, sport aviators, and several women in the U.S. Armed Forces, including one of the first female Navy combat pilots. For anyone interested in aviation and space flight, women trailblazers, and photography, Women and Flight is a fascinating journey of discovery.