The Man On The Plane
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The Man On The Plane
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Author : Michelle Pettyjohn
language : en
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
Release Date : 2024-06-24
The Man On The Plane written by Michelle Pettyjohn and has been published by Gatekeeper Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-24 with Fiction categories.
“You Were Meant for Me” —Gene Kelly Daniel is a Native American from Albuquerque, New Mexico who wears many hats—Air Marshal, professor, DEA consultant. Julie is a retired teacher from Seattle, Washington trying to find a future without her husband. After a chance encounter on an airplane, Daniel makes sure they meet again, and fate intervenes ensuring they survive amid life-threatening chaos. Daniel deals with his PTSD and Julie with her loneliness. They form a close bond to both his community on a New Mexico reservation and her family in Washington. Julie believes that fate has saved Daniel for a special purpose, and she aids in his endeavor to help his people find their way in the world, changing both their lives and the lives around them. In The Man on the Plane, fate brings two people and two disparate cultures together—to save both of their lives.
The Man Who Discovered Flight
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Author : Richard Dee
language : en
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Limited
Release Date : 2007
The Man Who Discovered Flight written by Richard Dee and has been published by McClelland & Stewart Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In 1799, one hundred years before the Wright Brothers' historic flights at Kitty Hawk, Sir George Cayley had engraved, on a silver disc about the size of a British shilling, both the design for an airplane and the earliest recorded description of the forces by which a wing can fly. Through his work Cayley was the first to recognize the two opponent-paired forces of flight: weight and lift, thrust and drag. These discoveries culminated in the invention of the first practical airplanes. Cayley, his grandson John, and the ever supportive engineer Mr. Vick formed a team that would finally conquer the air. Aged seventy-five, Cayley and his little group developed a series of advanced models, and in 1849 they finally flew a full-sized glider with a crew consisting of a ten-year-old boy. Shortly before the his eightieth birthday, Cayley would finally build the machine that launched the world's first heavier-than-air aviator. Within less than a generation of his death, Cayley's name would be virtually forgotten. The "father of aviation" would remain unknown to all but a tiny group who followed his pioneering work. In this compelling account, Richard Dee tells the story of this remarkable man and his remarkable time. Dee's biography of Cayley allows him to combine his scientific and historical knowledge of aviation to produce an accessible and highly readable account of one of aviation's unsung heroes.
Three Men On A Plane
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Author : Mavis Cheek
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Three Men On A Plane written by Mavis Cheek and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Divorced women categories.
A single mom finds her romantic life is up in the air-and getting turbulent-in this "intelligent, hard-nosed comedy" (The Observer). Pamela Pryor is free. Her son has, at last, left home. Her business is thriving. But she's feeling strangely restless, and there's the small matter of the missing Mr. Right. There have been three significant men in her life: her ex-husband, Peter; Douglas, the style guru turned perfect post-divorce romance; and Dean, the younger man as wildly handsome as he is completely inappropriate. All three are suddenly back in Pamela's life and, as luck and air travel would have it, about to board the same flight. Pamela felt she was ready for a new man, but not three, not now ... and not on one plane. "An ingenious story-line affording ample scope for the sly humor at which Mavis Cheek excels."--The Observer "A marvellous writer whose characters are beautifully drawn, whose observations on the absurd behavior of the middle aged invariably hit the mark and who makes you laugh out loud."--Daily Mail.
Dragged Off
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Author : David Anh Dao
language : en
Publisher: Mango Media Inc.
Release Date : 2021-03-16
Dragged Off written by David Anh Dao and has been published by Mango Media Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-16 with Political Science categories.
A Vietnamese Refugee, a Viral Video, and the United Airlines Scandal That Started It All “His refusal to give up his seat on a United Airlines flight, and the ensuing assault he suffered, is emblematic of how far we, the people, still have to travel to create a world with liberty and justice for all.” —Marlena Fiol, PhD, globally recognized scholar and speaker and author of Nothing Bad Between Us Dr. David Dao was dragged off United Express Flight 3411 on April 9, 2017 after refusing to give up his seat. In the tradition of contemporary immigrant stories comes a personal narrative of the many small but significant acts of racial discrimination faced on the way to the American Dream. The unseen effects of discrimination. The United Airlines scandal of 2017 garnered over a million views on YouTube. A result of an overbooking overlook, security officials forcibly removed Dr. Dao after refusing to give up his seat. He awoke in the hospital to a concussion, a broken nose, several broken teeth, and worldwide attention. Things aren’t always fair for an immigrant, but according to Dr. Dao, you can prevail if you firmly advocate for yourself. A response to a lifetime of oppressive acts. Why was Dr. Dao so adamant on his right to a seat? His entire life had led to that moment. A Vietnamese refugee, he fled his home country during the fall of Saigon. He was stranded in the Indian Ocean, immigrated to the United States, enrolled in medical school for a second time, built a practice, and started a family-all the while battling the effects of discrimination and what he had to embrace as a result. This is his story. If you are moved by immigrant stories, or books like America for Americans, Minor Feelings, How to Be an Antiracist, or The Making of Asian America, then you’ll want to read Dr. David Dao's story, Dragged Off.
The Only Plane In The Sky
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Author : Garrett M. Graff
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-09-10
The Only Plane In The Sky written by Garrett M. Graff and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-10 with History categories.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Incredibly evocative and compelling." The Washington Post "A hugely powerful new book." Dan Snow "The most moving and chilling oral history you will read." The Times "Astonishing book about an astonishing, terrifying atrocity, relived in real time by those who were there. I read it in one sitting & was utterly gripped from start to finish." Piers Morgan "An American academic has meticulously pieced together testimony from those who were there, using declassified documents and having conducted hundreds of new interviews. The resulting book is a harrowing picture of a day that changed history." The Sun "Although many years have passed since 9/11, this book, told with such immediacy, brings so vividly back to mind the shock of that day, and why it continues to shape the tragic history that has followed." Lawrence Wright, author of The Looming Tower "The Only Plane in the Sky is a stunning and important work-chilling, heartbreaking-and I cannot stop thinking about it. To hear the voices of those who survived, and those who did not, it is so moving and powerful. I learned so much and am so thankful for this book." Anderson Cooper, Anchor, CNN Of all the books about 9/11 one has been missing until now - a panoramic narrative from the men and women caught up in the unprecedented human drama of that terrible day. The Only Plane in the Sky is nothing less than the first comprehensive oral history of 9/11, deftly woven and told in the voices of ordinary people grappling with extraordinary events. Drawing on never-before-published transcripts, recently declassified documents, new and archived interviews from nearly five hundred people, historian Garrett Graff skillfully tells the story of the day as it was lived. It begins in the predawn hours of airports in the Northeast, where we meet the ticket agents who unknowingly usher terrorists onto their flights. In New York, first responders confront a scene of unimaginable chaos at the Twin Towers. From a secret bunker beneath the White House, Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice watch for incoming planes on radar. In the offices of the Pentagon, top officials feel the violent tremor as their headquarters come under attack. We hear the stories of the father and son working on separate floors in the North Tower; the firefighter who rushes to the scene to search for his wife; the telephone operator who keeps her promise to share a passenger's last words with his family; the chaplain who stays on the scene to perform last rites, losing his own life when the Towers collapse; the teachers evacuating terrified children from schools mere blocks from the World Trade Center; the generals at the Pentagon who break down and weep when they are barred from rushing into the burning building to try and rescue their colleagues. The Only Plane in the Sky is a unique, profound, and searing exploration of humanity on a day that changed the course of history, and all of our lives.
Man In Flight
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Author : Creighton Peet
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Man In Flight written by Creighton Peet and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Discusses varied aspects of the flight business such as flight patterns, training and duties of air personnel, construction and problems of airports, past and present fuels and engines, hijackers, and other related areas.
The Man Who Didn T Fly
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Author : Margot Bennett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
The Man Who Didn T Fly written by Margot Bennett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with categories.
Special Duties Pilot
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Author : John M. Billings
language : en
Publisher: Air World
Release Date : 2021-08-31
Special Duties Pilot written by John M. Billings and has been published by Air World this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
If there was ever a man who was born to fly, it is John M. Billings. He took his first plane ride in 1926, began taking piloting lessons in 1938, and joined the US Army Air Force in July 1942. After training he was assigned to fly Consolidated B-24 Liberator long-range bombers. He joined the 825th Bombardment Squadron of the 484th Bombardment Group. After flying fifteen daylight strategic bombing missions, Billings was selected for assignment to the 885th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (Special). As its designation suggests, the 885th was no regular bombing unit. The 885th specialized in flying top secret, low-altitude missions at night in support of the clandestine operations of the OSS and the Special Operations Executive. The unit’s covert missions included parachuting OSS and SOE agents and supplies deep inside German territory. The most eventful and dangerous of Billings’ thirty-nine secret missions with the 885th was his assignment in February 1945 to clandestinely insert a three-man OSS team, code-named Greenup, into Austria. The drop zone selected for the Greenup insertion was located on a glacier in a valley surrounded by mountains in the middle of the snow-covered Alps. Billings and his crew finally found the weather in the Alps clear enough to spot the drop zone, slip their unwieldy B-24 between the mountain peaks and descend to an altitude just a few hundred feet above the moonlit snow. On Billings’ signal, the OSS agents parachuted right on target. The insertion of this OSS team was the inspiration for the feature film Inglorious Bastards. However, Brad Pitt’s vengeful character was far removed from the leader of the Greenup team, Fred Mayer, who achieved success by infiltrating enemy ranks to gain vital intelligence. After the war, John Billings flew with Trans World Airlines and Eastern Airlines. He also flew more than 300 ‘Angel Flight’ airlift missions which involve the specialized aerial transportation of critically ill medical patients. This is one man’s story of a remarkable lifetime of flying, both in peace and in war.
101 Amazing Facts About Planes
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Author : Jack Goldstein
language : en
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Release Date : 2014-01-09
101 Amazing Facts About Planes written by Jack Goldstein and has been published by Andrews UK Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-09 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Do you know which way round a country's flag is placed on an airplane's tail? What Qantas stands for? What are the twenty most iconic planes of all time? And what happened to the man who successfully glided from a tower in China in the year 559 AD? This fantastic quick-read eBook features 101 amazing facts about planes, split into categories such as the history of flight, world records, the most amazing facts and many more. So if you want to know who owns the most expensive private jet in the world, or what is particularly unusual about the photographs of the Wright brothers’ first flight, then this is the book for you. Find the information you want, fast!
The New Philosophy
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916
The New Philosophy written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916 with categories.