Wings Across The Border
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Wings Across The Border
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Author : Derrick Pratt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-11-09
Wings Across The Border written by Derrick Pratt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-09 with Aeronautics categories.
Wings Across The Border
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Author : Stauffer Miller
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2022-04-14
Wings Across The Border written by Stauffer Miller and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-14 with Nature categories.
Occurring within Mexico’s borders are around 1000 bird species. They can be found in every type of habitat, from Sonoran desert in the north to rain forest in the south, and between in all sorts of land forms—cloud forests, canyons, grasslands, marshes, off-shore ocean islands. Each of these has its own mix of birds. To see the birds of all these habitats requires a lot of travel, often multiple visits to the same places. This is the story of Stauffer and Ellie Miller’s wings across the border, how two Americans got started with Mexico birding and how they kept it up so that both, and later Stauffer without her, traveled to every corner and habitat of this sprawling country. Come and discover, through them, the richness that is Mexico and its birds.
Wings Over The Border
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Author : Stacy C. Hinkle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Wings Over The Border written by Stacy C. Hinkle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Border patrols categories.
Wings Over The Mexican Border
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Author : Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Wings Over The Mexican Border written by Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with categories.
Wings Over The Mexican Border
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Author : Kenneth B. Ragsdale
language : en
Publisher: Univ of TX + ORM
Release Date : 2010-07-05
Wings Over The Mexican Border written by Kenneth B. Ragsdale and has been published by Univ of TX + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-05 with History categories.
A Texas historian reveals how a borderland ranch became the proving ground for American combat aviation and a flashpoint for US-Mexico relations. Against a backdrop of revolution, border banditry, freewheeling aerial dramatics, and World War II, Kenneth B. Ragsdale tells the story of Elmo Johnson’s Big Bend ranch in southwestern Texas. This remote airfield is where hundreds of young Army Air Corps pilots demonstrated the US military’s reconnaissance and emergency response capabilities and, in so doing, dramatized the changing role of the airplane as an instrument of war and peace. Ragsdale vividly portrays the development of the US aerial strike force; the men who would go on to become combat leaders; and especially Elmo Johnson himself, the Big Bend rancher, trader, and rural sage who emerges as the dominant figure at one of the most unusual facilities in the annals of the Air Corps. Ragsdale also examines how these aerial escapades effected border tensions. He provides a reflective look at US–Mexican relations from the 1920s through the 1940s, paying special attention to the tense days during and after the Escobar Rebellion of 1929. Wings over the Mexican Border tells a stirring story of the American frontier juxtaposed with the new age of aerial technology.
Wings Across Canada
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Author : Peter Pigott
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2002-10-01
Wings Across Canada written by Peter Pigott and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10-01 with Transportation categories.
From the eccentric Fairey Battle to the lethal-looking CF-18, from modern airliners that have no defects (and no character) to the classic North Star (which had both), here is the ultimate line-up of the aircraft that have served Canadians in the last century. With over one hundred photographs of fifty historic planes, Wings Across Canada is a retrospective of Canada’s aeronautical technology. This book does not compare the planes, nor claim that all are "classics" in the traditional sense of the word. Instead, it is a celebration of a love affair with aircraft that all served a purpose in their own time.
Wings Over The Mexican Border
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Author : Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 1997
Wings Over The Mexican Border written by Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
Against a backdrop of revolution, border banditry, freewheeling aerial dramatics, and World War II comes this compelling look at the rise of U.S. combat aviation at an unlikely proving ground—a remote airfield in the rugged reaches of the southwestern Texas borderlands. Here, at Elmo Johnson's Big Bend ranch, hundreds of young Army Air Corps pilots demonstrated the U.S. military's reconnaissance and emergency response capabilities and, in so doing, dramatized the changing role of the airplane as an instrument of war and peace. Kenneth Ragsdale's gripping account not only sets the United States squarely in the forefront of aerial development but also provides a reflective look at U.S.-Mexican relations of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, particularly the tense days and aftermath of the Escobar Rebellion of 1929. He paints a vivid picture of the development of the U.S. aerial strike force; the character, ideals, and expectations of the men who would one day become combat leaders; and the high esteem in which U.S. citizens held the courageous pilots. Particularly noteworthy is Ragsdale's portrait of Elmo Johnson, the Big Bend rancher, trader, and rural sage who emerges as the dominant figure at one of the most unusual facilities in the annals of the Air Corps. Wings over the Mexican Border tells a stirring story of the American frontier juxtaposed with the new age of aerial technology.
Wings Over The Border
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Author : Eugene Oliver Porter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Wings Over The Border written by Eugene Oliver Porter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Border patrols categories.
Wings Of War
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Author : Martin W. Bowman
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2016-07-07
Wings Of War written by Martin W. Bowman and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-07 with History categories.
Of the 7,953 Bomber Command aircraft lost on night operations during the Second World War, an estimated 5,833 fell victim to Luftwaffe night fighters. In this detailed re-enactment of the air war over Western Europe and the raids flown by the men of RAF Bomber Command, author Martin Bowman pieces together official data with the words and memories of the pilots and air crew who took part. Detailing many unique experiences during the night bombing raids that were hurled against Hitler's war machine, these truly epic stories span the period between November 1939 and 1945 and form an appropriate epitaph to the men of RAF Bomber Command.
Wings Of Fury
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Author : Robert K. Wilcox
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-05-11
Wings Of Fury written by Robert K. Wilcox 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 2010-05-11 with History categories.
They are America's best fighter pilots -- from the Navy, Air Force, and Marines. Heroes who push the envelope with their machines, their bodies, and the will to fight and win on their... WINGS OF FURY Here, these airborne warriors reveal themselves as never before. Ride shotgun with TOPGUN pilot Dale "Snort" Snodgrass as he becomes the first student pilot ever to land an F-14 Tomcat on an aircraft carrier. Silver Star winner Rob Graeter recalls a Cold War close call as he flew his F-15 Eagle over Soviet waters -- almost triggering World War III. Feel the adrenaline as Brian "Rocky" Fitzpatrick remembers test-flying the F/A-18 Hornet when it suddenly went haywire, leaving him with a crippled plane, a faulty parachute -- and a very long way down.... From the training grounds of Miramar to combat in Vietnam and Desert Storm, these are the stories of those who defend our skies -- and the dramatic evolution of modern air warfare.