Author: Publisher:
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Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Wings Over the Classroom
Author: Wings Over Illinois
Author: Gene AbneyPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 0809387700
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Wings over Illinois recounts World War II veteran Arthur Abney’s illustrious aviation career, effectively documenting a span in our own nation’s history from the vantage of the skies. Abney describes a lifetime of experience, from his time as an eager young pilot with the Flying Egyptians to his tour of service during World War II, his years with the Illinois Department of Aeronautics, American Airlines, and the Southern Illinois University Aviation Management and Flight program. Abney introduces readers to hangar flying—exciting end-of-day flight tales told in the hangar—with sixty stories provided by military and civilian airmen from across the country. Included are such accounts as a 1943 bombing squadron assignment over Saipan in a typhoon, an engine freeze on takeoff during a solo training flight, a white-knuckle Bermuda Triangle flight, and a power failure on a homebuilt aircraft. Complementing Abney’s own experiences, these stories offer insights into the split-second decision making necessary to resolve problems in the air. In this fascinating autobiography Abney takes readers on a journey through nearly seven decades of a life in aviation.
Wings Over Illinois
Author: Arthur E. AbneyPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809327683
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Wings over Illinois recounts World War II veteran Arthur Abney’s illustrious aviation career, effectively documenting a span in our own nation’s history from the vantage of the skies. Abney describes a lifetime of experience, from his time as an eager young pilot with the Flying Egyptians to his tour of service during World War II, his years with the Illinois Department of Aeronautics, American Airlines, and the Southern Illinois University Aviation Management and Flight program. Abney introduces readers to hangar flying—exciting end-of-day flight tales told in the hangar—with sixty stories provided by military and civilian airmen from across the country. Included are such accounts as a 1943 bombing squadron assignment over Saipan in a typhoon, an engine freeze on takeoff during a solo training flight, a white-knuckle Bermuda Triangle flight, and a power failure on a homebuilt aircraft. Complementing Abney’s own experiences, these stories offer insights into the split-second decision making necessary to resolve problems in the air. In this fascinating autobiography Abney takes readers on a journey through nearly seven decades of a life in aviation.
On Wings of Song in the Classroom
Author: Marguerite Vivian HoodPublisher:
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Category : Choral singing
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Second Graders Try Their Wings
Author: National Education Association of the United States. Department of Elementary School PrincipalsPublisher:
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Wings over Ogaden
Author: Tom CooperPublisher: Helion and Company
ISBN: 1910777501
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
With Ethiopia in disarray following a period of severe internal unrest and the spread of insurgencies in Eritrea and Tigray, Ethiopia and its armed forces should have offered little opposition to well-equipped Somali armed forces which were unleashed to capture Ogaden, in July 1977. However, excellently trained pilots of the Ethiopian Air Force took full advantage of their US-made equipment, primarily their few brand-new Northrop F-5E Tiger II fighter-bombers, to take the fight to their opponents, win air superiority over the battlefield, and thus have their hands free to interdict the Somali supply links to stop the invasion cold. This air victory practically sealed the fate of the Somali juggernaut in Ogaden, especially so once Ethiopia convinced Cuba and the Soviet Bloc to support her instead of Somalia. In a fit of pique, Somalia forced all Soviet advisers to leave the country. Already bitter over similar experiences in Egypt in 1972, Moscow's revenge was designed as a clear message: nobody was to treat her in such fashion again. The USSR subsequently launched an air bridge to Ethiopia, unique and unprecedented in its extension and importance, delivering huge quantities of armament and equipment necessary for the Ethiopians to reconquer Ogaden, and beyond. In turn Somalia asked the USA for help and thus occurred an unprecedented switch of Cold War alliances. This volume details the history and training of both Ethiopian and Somali air forces, their equipment and training, tactics used and kills claimed, against the backdrop of the flow of the Ogaden war. It explains in detail, supported by over 100 contemporary and exclusive photographs, maps and color profiles, how the Ethiopian Air Force won the decisive victory in the air by expertly deploying the F-5Es - unequaled in maneuverability, small size and powerful armament - to practically destroy the Somali Air Force and its MiG-17s and MiG-21s.
The American School Board Journal
Author: William George BrucePublisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
A periodical of school administration.
San Fernando, California, Earthquake of February 9, 1971
Author: Neil A. BenferPublisher:
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Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
San Fernando, California, Earthquake of February 9, 1971: Effects on building structures. pt. A. Introduction. Buildings. pt. B. Buildings, continued. Soils and foundations
Author: Wings over Madison
Author: Clyde H. BeyerPublisher: Author House
ISBN: 1420873423
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
The adventure chronicles the daily ambitions, hopes, trials & tribulations, successes and failures, and all the while enjoying life to the fullest, as I strive to fulfill my dream at the Dixie Flying Service Dayton School of Aviation in Madison, Indiana.