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By William T. Creech
This Book is a story of the life and times of a professional Fighter pilot. Where did he come from? What are the early life experiences that effected his abilities and capabilities to be a Great Fighter Pilot? What characteristics of a person and his experiences are important in becoming a leader of men and of becoming a superb fighter pilot? Why does this fighter pilot relegate himself to being the Third Best Fighter Pilot, rather than the first best? What is it like to be shot down in the jungles of North Burma, alone and with no help toward survival other than his own will? And later in that combat tour, how does one manage survival in the unending expanse of the Gobi Desert? What are the pressures that are forced upon the leader of a combat fighter squadron? How does he maintain a high morale in a unit when there are few positive factors available to assist? How are political pressures dealt with on a day to day basis? This book is a MUST READ for any young commander of fighter pilots. It’s also a great read for those who are just interested in the subject of flying. The author’s answers to all these questions are studies in perseverance, loyalty, dedication, and intense desire to do what many others would find impossible.
FORMAT: Hardcover
By Ron Bell
At the start of the 20th century railroads were the main life line for communities to get their products out to the world. This is the true story of how one man changed a large portion of Southern Indiana from a back woods area to a thriving mineral extraction economy. John R. Walsh was a Chicago banker that financed a small belt line railroad and quarry in Bedford, Ind. The loan went sour and he was hung with the assets when the borrowers went broke. This story reports his efforts to save his investment loan capital, and in the process made limestone a nation wide recognized building product. Other railroads of the time were reluctant to adequately serve the quarries and mills, so John R. Walsh bought a defunct rail line and made it into a 'State of the Art' railroad to move his products to market. To get enough traffic on his railroad to make it profitable, he opened up several coal mines in Western Indiana., so his line would have more to haul. Railroads were expensive to build, and Walsh borrowed more from his bank than the banking laws allowed. In addition the large railroads in the Chicago area did not want another road entering Chicago. As John was building his railroad into Chicago, he was brought into federal court on banking law violations and found guilty. This book is a diary of the overall events that caused him to get into the railroad business, how he built the road, day to day chit-chat about what happened on a 1900 railroad, and the trial that put him in jail. The book is 250 pages.
FORMAT: Softcover
By STEVEN HARVEY
& n b s p ; & n b s p ; & n b s p ; & n b s p ; & n b s p ; & nbsp; In little over a hundred years America went from a country that lacked a national road system to become a world leader in all forms of fast transportation. It was from 1807 to 1909 that the foundations of cheap fast travel forever changed us as a people and a nation. It all started with a steamboat trip up the Hudson which brought about a mechanical transportation revolution that came ashore and finally took to the air. & n b s p ; & nbsp; Our story is about transportation starting with the steamboat, the development of New York’s Finger Lakes, and how this helped bring about the modern business world we take for granted. It took only a century for the magical formula of fast transportation speeding up local development and business growth to transform our nation and the world we live in. The reader should always keep in mind the endless cycle of speed, development and business that keeps the ball rolling as time and distance continue to shrink in this ever changing world. & n b s p ; & nbsp; Speed changed our lives to the point that we needed to escape it as the Excursionist Age of lakeside resorts, fine wines and dance halls came to life for the working weary and high rollers of the land. New York’s Finger Lakes were the crown jewels of this age, having fine wineries and some of the best railroads and steamboats in the land. & n b s p ; & nbsp; Out of all of this energy emerged the “Wizard of Hammondsport,” Glenn H. Curtiss! He would go on to become the fastest man on earth and in the air! Because of these events we no longer think in terms of distance, but instead in the time it takes to get there. We now think in sound bits, eat on the run, as our children live fast pace lives. Here is the story of how this came to be.
FORMAT: Softcover
By STEVEN HARVEY
& n b s p ; & n b s p ; & n b s p ; & n b s p ; & n b s p ; & nbsp; In little over a hundred years America went from a country that lacked a national road system to become a world leader in all forms of fast transportation. It was from 1807 to 1909 that the foundations of cheap fast travel forever changed us as a people and a nation. It all started with a steamboat trip up the Hudson which brought about a mechanical transportation revolution that came ashore and finally took to the air. & n b s p ; & nbsp; Our story is about transportation starting with the steamboat, the development of New York’s Finger Lakes, and how this helped bring about the modern business world we take for granted. It took only a century for the magical formula of fast transportation speeding up local development and business growth to transform our nation and the world we live in. The reader should always keep in mind the endless cycle of speed, development and business that keeps the ball rolling as time and distance continue to shrink in this ever changing world. & n b s p ; & nbsp; Speed changed our lives to the point that we needed to escape it as the Excursionist Age of lakeside resorts, fine wines and dance halls came to life for the working weary and high rollers of the land. New York’s Finger Lakes were the crown jewels of this age, having fine wineries and some of the best railroads and steamboats in the land. & n b s p ; & nbsp; Out of all of this energy emerged the “Wizard of Hammondsport,” Glenn H. Curtiss! He would go on to become the fastest man on earth and in the air! Because of these events we no longer think in terms of distance, but instead in the time it takes to get there. We now think in sound bits, eat on the run, as our children live fast pace lives. Here is the story of how this came to be.
FORMAT: E-Book
By STEVEN HARVEY
& n b s p ; & n b s p ; & n b s p ; & n b s p ; & n b s p ; & nbsp; In little over a hundred years America went from a country that lacked a national road system to become a world leader in all forms of fast transportation. It was from 1807 to 1909 that the foundations of cheap fast travel forever changed us as a people and a nation. It all started with a steamboat trip up the Hudson which brought about a mechanical transportation revolution that came ashore and finally took to the air. & n b s p ; & nbsp; Our story is about transportation starting with the steamboat, the development of New York’s Finger Lakes, and how this helped bring about the modern business world we take for granted. It took only a century for the magical formula of fast transportation speeding up local development and business growth to transform our nation and the world we live in. The reader should always keep in mind the endless cycle of speed, development and business that keeps the ball rolling as time and distance continue to shrink in this ever changing world. & n b s p ; & nbsp; Speed changed our lives to the point that we needed to escape it as the Excursionist Age of lakeside resorts, fine wines and dance halls came to life for the working weary and high rollers of the land. New York’s Finger Lakes were the crown jewels of this age, having fine wineries and some of the best railroads and steamboats in the land. & n b s p ; & nbsp; Out of all of this energy emerged the “Wizard of Hammondsport,” Glenn H. Curtiss! He would go on to become the fastest man on earth and in the air! Because of these events we no longer think in terms of distance, but instead in the time it takes to get there. We now think in sound bits, eat on the run, as our children live fast pace lives. Here is the story of how this came to be.
FORMAT: Hardcover
By SONNY ABBOTT
This book contains graphic war, survival, love and humor. It is for readers who want to know what it was like to serve in < s t 1 : c o u n t r y - r e g i o n>Vietnam. For twenty-seven years after serving in < s t 1 : c o u n t r y -region>Vietnam I suffered from Delayed Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. In 1983 a psychiatrist, told me I needed to get into group therapy. I declined immediately because I didn’t want to talk about my � � � < s t 1 : c o u ntry-region>Nam experience. She told me I should record my nightmares & flashbacks; and to dig down deep and pull out all the stressful memories. I did this, and the more I wrote, the more I hurt and the more I hurt, the more I cried. I wrote for two years and began to feel better about myself and about < s t 1 : c o u n t r y - r e g i o n>Vietnam. I had so many notes I decided to try and write them into a book. I didn’t have to do any research. This is how GUNNER’S WINGS came to be. I wrote this story about the helicopter side of the war. Names, places and dates have been changed. If characters in this book resemble anyone living or dead, it is purely coincidently.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Ilana Dover
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FORMAT: Softcover
By David Llorente
This book is a work of fiction, and its plot is well within the realm of possibility. The story is of a former Vietnam War POW incarcerated in the infamous Hoa Lo prison in Hanoi, more popularly known as the Hanoi Hilton. He, as well as his brothers-in-arms, endured the unendurable, and they may well be the last Americans to uphold the love of country and the Code of Conduct. To many, their threads for survival were the links of religious faith, family, and love. One exception is our principal character, Robert Stone, whose will to survive was nurtured instead by hate so he might one day have his reckoning. If not against the North Vietnamese, then perhaps to take vengeance upon one whose presence in North Vietnam was traitorous and the catalyst for further grief to the hapless Americans. Upon his repatriation into an entirely different world, the fervor of hate diminished with an equivalent ardor developing for furtherance of his career and a return to the cockpit, something only aviators would understand. The chronicles of his career weave through association with friends, mentors, and a special woman whom he met at Clark Field upon his arrival from Hanoi. In anticipation of promotion to general rank during his tenure at Williams AFB as the Pilot Training Wing Commander, he sets his sights on becoming the Air Force's Public Information Officer, something no respecting fighter pilot would do. His purposes were to be afforded the opportunity to instill backbone in an otherwise lackey service career field and to digest all the information and film footage of those American collaborators in North Vietnam. Though his vow for retribution lay dormant for a number of years, a periodic nagging from within often caused a struggle with how he might one day fulfill his vow. Due to the expertise developed in the public relations field while assigned as the Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Public Information, Robert Stone elects upon retirement to set up a public relations firm in Beverly Hills. He now zeroes in on his prey, today a renowned author. This is a story of the innovation required to ensure Robert Stone's action of retribution receives an element of notoriety, now commonplace in American society. This planned retribution is not meant for his personal gratification, but for all his comrades so they are not forgotten. It is his Gift of Reckoning.
FORMAT: E-Book
By David Llorente
This book is a work of fiction, and its plot is well within the realm of possibility. The story is of a former Vietnam War POW incarcerated in the infamous Hoa Lo prison in Hanoi, more popularly known as the Hanoi Hilton. He, as well as his brothers-in-arms, endured the unendurable, and they may well be the last Americans to uphold the love of country and the Code of Conduct. To many, their threads for survival were the links of religious faith, family, and love. One exception is our principal character, Robert Stone, whose will to survive was nurtured instead by hate so he might one day have his reckoning. If not against the North Vietnamese, then perhaps to take vengeance upon one whose presence in North Vietnam was traitorous and the catalyst for further grief to the hapless Americans. Upon his repatriation into an entirely different world, the fervor of hate diminished with an equivalent ardor developing for furtherance of his career and a return to the cockpit, something only aviators would understand. The chronicles of his career weave through association with friends, mentors, and a special woman whom he met at Clark Field upon his arrival from Hanoi. In anticipation of promotion to general rank during his tenure at Williams AFB as the Pilot Training Wing Commander, he sets his sights on becoming the Air Force's Public Information Officer, something no respecting fighter pilot would do. His purposes were to be afforded the opportunity to instill backbone in an otherwise lackey service career field and to digest all the information and film footage of those American collaborators in North Vietnam. Though his vow for retribution lay dormant for a number of years, a periodic nagging from within often caused a struggle with how he might one day fulfill his vow. Due to the expertise developed in the public relations field while assigned as the Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Public Information, Robert Stone elects upon retirement to set up a public relations firm in Beverly Hills. He now zeroes in on his prey, today a renowned author. This is a story of the innovation required to ensure Robert Stone's action of retribution receives an element of notoriety, now commonplace in American society. This planned retribution is not meant for his personal gratification, but for all his comrades so they are not forgotten. It is his Gift of Reckoning.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Jo Grimm
Bea Stephens was nineteen and female in the early 1940’s. She was uncomfortably removed from the war effort. Men of her generation were headed overseas or in training. Brave women enlisted. Bea came upon a job with Civil Aeronautics never before offered to women. Her story takes the reader through initial training in Chicago, Illinois. It travels with her to five stations in a three-year period. Each is a challenge to her as a young girl on her own, and to her skill as an Aircraft Communicator. There is romance, travel, and the making of a woman in this novel. Her protagonist is the war itself, and the difficulties placed upon young citizens of her time.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Rashid Ahmed
Bird strike is a common threat to flight safety, which can often be catastrophic.Birdstrike means a collision between a flying bird and the aircraft. Bird strikes cost $1.5 billion to $2 billion in damages worldwide and $600 million only in USA. Bird strike requires more investigative attention and positive analysis to reduce these incidents. Flight safety is the main objective of all the aviation organizations and aviation professionals. Playing a small role in ensuring the flight safety is the main objective of this book , which discusses some significant bird strike incidents, reasons, effects and countermeasures to reduce or avoid these incidents and catastrophes.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Rashid Ahmed
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FORMAT: E-Book
By John Passfield
This novel, Inside the Wright Brothers: Flight is Possible, presents the Wright Brothers as idealists who build a dream out of the nuts and bolts of their everyday reality. There is a hard core of steel in the Wrights that, however compassionate, polite, accommodating and modest they appear to be to other people, is the straight arrow that allows them to see their life's work clearly, to make every decision and action move towards the achievement of their goal, and to seldom make false judgments or false gestures that would cause them to deviate from their true course. The assurance that guides the brothers is that quality in creative people that allows them to work towards their life’s goal no matter who or what encourages or discourages them, advances them or retards them, promotes them or disparages them. Familiarity with the Wright Brothers story has made the invention of the world’s first airplane seem to have a fairy-tale ambiance which is divorced from the sweat and anxiety of everyday life. This assumption of an effortless invention process is actually a hold-over from the initial response to their accomplishment by the people of the Wright Brothers’ own time. While suitably impressed with the achievement of the Wright Brothers, the people of the early 20th Century remained unaware of the complex process that the Wright Brothers had actually gone through in order to produce such amazing results. The lack of appreciation of the complexity of the invention process is a result of the pronouncements of "aviation experts" of the time who failed to appreciate the magnitude of the Wright accomplishment for two reasons: an inability to imagine the number and complexity of the challenges that the Wrights had found solutions to, and a desire to limit the Wright’s legal hold over their inventions in light of what promised to be a great financial future for the new innovation. In effect, while the public of the early 20th Century marveled at the invention of the airplane, and gave full credit to the Wright Brothers, many "aviation experts"assumed that the Wright Brothers’ contribution to the invention process had involved nothing more complicated than a little tinkering with the ideas of those who were better qualified – by education and by academic eminence – to invent the airplane. True appreciation of the wonder of the Wright Brothers’ contribution to the invention of controlled, human-piloted, powered flight has been reserved for the detailed historical and aeronautical researches and studies of our own time. It is here, a century after the Wright Brothers’ accomplishment, that the mythical story – of small-town bicycle mechanics astonishing the world with a feat as impressive as the boy Arthur pulling the sword from the stone – and the modern story of painstaking scientific research and development – of problem, theory, experiment and solution – come together. The novel explores the tenacity which allows the Wright Brothers to cling with an eagle’s talons to the single idea that human flight is possible.
FORMAT: Softcover
By John Passfield
This novel, Inside the Wright Brothers: Flight is Possible, presents the Wright Brothers as idealists who build a dream out of the nuts and bolts of their everyday reality. There is a hard core of steel in the Wrights that, however compassionate, polite, accommodating and modest they appear to be to other people, is the straight arrow that allows them to see their life's work clearly, to make every decision and action move towards the achievement of their goal, and to seldom make false judgments or false gestures that would cause them to deviate from their true course. The assurance that guides the brothers is that quality in creative people that allows them to work towards their life’s goal no matter who or what encourages or discourages them, advances them or retards them, promotes them or disparages them. Familiarity with the Wright Brothers story has made the invention of the world’s first airplane seem to have a fairy-tale ambiance which is divorced from the sweat and anxiety of everyday life. This assumption of an effortless invention process is actually a hold-over from the initial response to their accomplishment by the people of the Wright Brothers’ own time. While suitably impressed with the achievement of the Wright Brothers, the people of the early 20th Century remained unaware of the complex process that the Wright Brothers had actually gone through in order to produce such amazing results. The lack of appreciation of the complexity of the invention process is a result of the pronouncements of "aviation experts" of the time who failed to appreciate the magnitude of the Wright accomplishment for two reasons: an inability to imagine the number and complexity of the challenges that the Wrights had found solutions to, and a desire to limit the Wright’s legal hold over their inventions in light of what promised to be a great financial future for the new innovation. In effect, while the public of the early 20th Century marveled at the invention of the airplane, and gave full credit to the Wright Brothers, many "aviation experts"assumed that the Wright Brothers’ contribution to the invention process had involved nothing more complicated than a little tinkering with the ideas of those who were better qualified – by education and by academic eminence – to invent the airplane. True appreciation of the wonder of the Wright Brothers’ contribution to the invention of controlled, human-piloted, powered flight has been reserved for the detailed historical and aeronautical researches and studies of our own time. It is here, a century after the Wright Brothers’ accomplishment, that the mythical story – of small-town bicycle mechanics astonishing the world with a feat as impressive as the boy Arthur pulling the sword from the stone – and the modern story of painstaking scientific research and development – of problem, theory, experiment and solution – come together. The novel explores the tenacity which allows the Wright Brothers to cling with an eagle’s talons to the single idea that human flight is possible.
FORMAT: Hardcover
By Ruwantissa Abeyratne
There has been a long felt need for a book which details the legal aspects of the airport business. This book will discuss the nature of the airport business and inquire into the constraints faced by airports in obtaining their revenues. It will also discuss the liability of an airport operator for injury to persons who use the airport premises and liability for vehicular accidents landside or airside including work accidents of airport employees or other accidents caused by airport employees of the airport. The bulk of the book will be dedicated to the legal aspects of issues such as principles of lease financing of premises and equipment; employee contracts; agency; general contractual and tortuous liability of airports; negligent entrustment of property and equipment; obligations of oversight of tenants in their implementation and application of contractual terms, Risk Management; legal principles pertaining to the oversight of airport safety and security; competition; labour law; and the art of negotiation.
FORMAT: Softcover
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