Author: Laurence Gonzales Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1501122002 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 267
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Galt Airport in northern Illinois is known to the people who fly out of it as “One-Zero-Charlie” (for its FAA designation as Airport 10C). This evocative excursion into a little-known part of the heart of America takes us to a place where a love of flying draws people together, and a fascination with its sheer exhilaration keeps them that way.
Author: Rich Schaffer Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1475955286 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 365
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Rich Schaffer served the Lord for 20 years as a missionary pilot with the Sudan Interior Mission in Nigeria, West Africa. Harold Fuller wrote .. Great stuff, Rich. You have a very interesting writing style .. reconstructing conversation, describing vividly, building suspense. Were enjoying the chapters as you send them. I knew you were an accomplished pilot, but had no idea of your writing skills. Glad you are now using them! Flying with Rich at the controls was always okay. Although my heart at times pounded as the tiny Cessna faced a threatening tropical storm. I knew this matter-of fact guy of few words had the courage and professional experience to find a hole through or around the thunderheads and bring us out safely on the other side. And Rich always acknowledged that the Lord had given him the qualities that made him a top-rate pilot for Africas uncertain weather and questionable landing strips. In this story about SIMAIR, Rich takes the reader through many an adventure that showed Gods hand to be on the Mission aircraft and its occupants. With vivid description and homey dialogue , Rich weaves an honest account how God took a little boy from a tarpaper shack in Americas Midwest and made him part of a team who brought the Gospel to the neglected interior of West Africa .. fullfilling his boyhood dream of flying. Down to earth humor, growing pains, high adventure, finding God in dry season and rainy-season tempest .. Rich holds the readers attention from pagecone to the storys end. W. Harold Fuller, Lit.D (SIM Nigeria Director for several years of the Shaffers ministry)
Author: James Rennie Publisher: Pen and Sword ISBN: 1473834961 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 340
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A rare look inside the British Army’s elite special forces unit and its counter-terrorism surveillance operations—from one of its own. Few outside the security services have heard of 14 Company. As deadly as the SAS yet more secret, the Operators of 14 Company are Britain’s most effective weapon against international terrorism. For every bomb that goes off 14 Company prevent twelve. The selection process is the most physically, intellectually and emotionally demanding anywhere in the world. Trained to operate under cover, Operators have at their disposal an arsenal of techniques and weapons unmatched by any other UK government or military agency. This is the true story of one Operator and of some of the most hair-raising military operations ever conducted on the streets of Britain.
Author: Greville Edgecombe Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1291724990 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 109
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A selection of cautionary tales by a legendary Army pilot for the benefit of those just starting their careers in aviation. 'Tales for Beginners' are all factual stories, often at the expense of the author, which bring out useful and light-hearted lessons in flight safety. Covering a lifetime in the Army, these tales include basic training and early operations at home and abroad, counter-terrorist operations in Aden, and the subsequent terrors of staff work and command.
Author: Niall Edworthy Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 0141959819 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 291
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The British Army's Challenger II Main Battle Tank is one of the most awesome war machines ever built. In March 2003, three Squadrons of Challenger 2s from the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, part of Britain's 7th Armoured Brigade, the fabled Desert Rats, gathered in Southern Iraq to prepare for battle.The Army's newest Big Guns were going to war for the first time. But Operation TELIC was a war which the Challenger 2, designed to operate in the fog and mud of the Central European Plain, had never been expected to fight. And one that would quickly break every rule of tank warfare including the golden maxim: never take a tank into a town. In Main Battle Tank, author Niall Edworthy, granted unprecedented access to the Scots DGs, tells the story of an extraordinary chapter in the history of British Army. From the terrifying rescue of a stricken Challenger 2 and countless nerve-shredding raids into Basra and Az Zubyar, to the biggest tank engagement fought by the British since the end of WWII, Main Battle Tank is the brutal, blistering true story of a war that tested man and machine to the bloody limit.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 234
Author: Catherine Jones Publisher: Piatkus ISBN: 1405522542 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 345
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Kate has almost resigned herself to remaining single for ever. After all, any man willing to take her on, also has to take on an instant family in the form of her adorable baby son. So this dedicated working mother is surprised to find not one but two men vying for her attention. First there's her boss, Greek hotel tycoon Andreas. Powerful, enigmatic and rich, he makes it clear he'd like to take their relationship beyond office hours. And then there's Martin. Kate feels the first stirrings of attraction for her sexy colleague. Maybe she won't have to go through life solo after all . . .
Author: Myron L. Humble Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 147593338X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 209
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Michael Hunter is a dreamer who longs to become a pilot. His classmates and teachers have nicknamed him the daydreamer. Despite his best efforts to pay attention, Michael often finds himself dreaming of flying. He also dreams of Karen McCormick, the quarterback's girlfriend. When a chance encounter with a pilot gives him the opportunity to discover what flying is really like, Michael becomes determined to do whatever it takes to succeed so that he can eventually enroll in flight school. The only problem is, the more Michael succeeds at his school work or other activities, the more prideful he becomes. And although his mother warns him to let go of his pride and put his faith in the Lord, Michael believes he has everything under control and that he can take on the world. After battling bullies, rumors, and winning the girl of his dreams, it seems that nothing can slow him down. But as his mother says, Pride goes before a fall. Will it be the key to Michael's undoing? Read more in Dreamer: The Rise and Fall of the Flyer.
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