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Author | : Eileen A. Bjorkman |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2017-04-04 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0295741457 |
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On July 25, 2010, Arnold Ebneter flew across the country in a plane he designed and built himself, setting an aviation world record for aircraft of its class. He was eighty-two at the time and the flight represented the culmination of a dream he’d cultivated since his childhood in the 1930s. Eileen Bjorkman — herself a pilot and aeronautical engineer — frames her father’s journey from teenage airplane enthusiast to Air Force pilot and Boeing engineer in the context of the rise, near extermination, and ongoing interest in homebuilt aircraft in the United States. She gives us a glimpse into life growing up in a “flying family” with two pilots for parents, a family plane named Charlie, and quite literally, a propeller under her parents’ bed. From early airplane designs serialized in magazines to the annual Oshkosh Fly-in where you can see experimental aircraft on display, Bjorkman offers a personal take on the history of building something in your garage that you can actually (and legally) fly as well as how the homebuilt aircraft movement has contributed to aviation and innovation in America. Watch the book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8PvowEMkmQ
Author | : Eileen A. Bjorkman |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2020-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1640123636 |
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On November 18, 1965, U.S. Navy pilot Willie Sharp ejected from his F-8 fighter after being hit while positioned over a target in North Vietnam. With a cloud layer beneath him, he did not know if he was over land--where he would most certainly be captured or killed by the North Vietnamese--or over the Gulf of Tonkin. As he ejected, both navy and air force aircraft were already heading toward him to help. What followed was a dramatic rescue made by pilots and other airmen with little or no training or experience in combat search-and-rescue. Told by former military flight test engineer Eileen A. Bjorkman, this story includes nail-biting descriptions of air combat, flight, and rescue. Bjorkman places Sharp's story in the larger context of the U.S. military's bedrock credo--No Man Left Behind--and calls attention to the more than eighty thousand Americans still missing from conflicts since World War I. She also explores the devastating aftershocks of the Vietnam War as Sharp struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder. Woven into this gripping tale is the fascinating history of combat search-and-rescue missions that officially began in World War II. Combining the cockiness and camaraderie of Top Gun with the heroics of Sully, Unforgotten in the Gulf of Tonkin is a riveting tale of combat rescue and an unforgettable story about the U.S. military's commitment to leave no man behind.
Author | : Jiaxing Zhang |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 2590 |
Release | : 2015-05-06 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 1138026743 |
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This proceedings volume contains selected papers presented at the 2014 International Conference on Informatics, Networking and Intelligent Computing, held in Shenzhen, China. Contributions cover the latest developments and advances in the field of Informatics, Networking and Intelligent Computing.
Author | : Elissa Washuta |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2019-06-28 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 0295745770 |
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Just as a basket’s purpose determines its materials, weave, and shape, so too is the purpose of the essay related to its material, weave, and shape. Editors Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton ground this anthology of essays by Native writers in the formal art of basket weaving. Using weaving techniques such as coiling and plaiting as organizing themes, the editors have curated an exciting collection of imaginative, world-making lyric essays by twenty-seven contemporary Native writers from tribal nations across Turtle Island into a well-crafted basket. Shapes of Native Nonfiction features a dynamic combination of established and emerging Native writers, including Stephen Graham Jones, Deborah Miranda, Terese Marie Mailhot, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Eden Robinson, and Kim TallBear. Their ambitious, creative, and visionary work with genre and form demonstrate the slippery, shape-changing possibilities of Native stories. Considered together, they offer responses to broader questions of materiality, orality, spatiality, and temporality that continue to animate the study and practice of distinct Native literary traditions in North America.
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Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Fisheries |
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Release | : 1926-03 |
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Total Pages | : 1522 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Boats and boating |
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Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Motorboats |
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Download Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway System Navigation Feasibility Study, Integrated Feasiblity Report Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : John Carlton |
Publisher | : Butterworth-Heinemann |
Total Pages | : 539 |
Release | : 2012-10-30 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0080971237 |
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The early development of the screw propeller. Propeller geometry. The propeller environment. The ship wake field, propeller performance characteristics.