Reckless Fellows

Author: Edward Bujak
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857726099
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
The Royal Flying Corps, later the Royal Air Force, was formed in 1912 and went to war in 1914 where it played a vital role in reconnaissance, supporting the British Expeditionary Force as 'air cavalry' and also in combat, establishing air superiority over the Imperial German Air Force. Edward Bujak here combines the history of the air war, including details of strategy, tactics, technical issues and combat, with a social and cultural history. The RFC was originally dominated by the landed elite, in Lloyd George's phrase 'from the stateliest houses in England', and its pilots were regarded as 'knights of the air'. Harlaxton Manor in Lincolnshire, seat of landed gentry, became their major training base. Bujak shows how, within the circle of the RFC, the class divide and unconscious superiority of Edwardian Britain disappeared - absorbed by common purpose, technical expertise and by an influx of pilots from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. He thus provides an original and unusual take on the air war in World War I, combining military, social and cultural history.

The High Adventure

Author: Jeffery Farnol
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boxing stories
Languages : en
Pages : 382

Book Description
A tale of true high adventure in Georgian times.

Edmund Hillary

Author: Dan Elish
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9780761422242
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84

Book Description
"An examination of the life and accomplishments of the famed explorer from New Zealand who was one of the first to scale Mount Everest"--Provided by publisher.

Pirates of New Jersey

Author: Mark P. Donnelly
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811706672
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
Legendary figures of the Golden Age of Piracy. Stories of great battles. Contains a Glossary of pirate ships and nautical items.

High Adventure in the Great Outdoors

Author: Henry Rollins
Publisher: 2.13.61 Publications
ISBN: 9781880985021
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description

Trends

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description

High Adventure

Author: Emile Tepperman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781886937093
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description

Grid

Author: Adam Claasen
Publisher: Massey University Press
ISBN: 1991016913
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 658

Book Description
This gripping biography of Air Commodore Keith &‘ Grid' Caldwell CBE, MC, DFC & bar, Croix de guerre, tells the story of his remarkable exploits during the First World War. Flying single-seat fighters against the best of the German air force, including the Red Baron' s Flying Circus and airmen such as Werner Voss, Caldwell accumulated 26 victories in aerial combat.Over his illustrious career he flew with numerous &‘ stars' of the British air service, including Albert Ball, William &‘ Billy' Bishop and Edward &‘ Mick' Mannock. In the last year of the war, aged only 22, he was given command of the new 74 Squadron. Under his leadership 74 &‘ Tiger' Sqaudron become one of the war' s most feared and revered units.Written by a leading military historian, Grid details Caldwell' s journey from early flight training in Auckland to his death-defying sorties over enemy lines on the Western Front. It also details his pivotal role in sustaining military aviation in interwar New Zealand, and his role in reinvigorating interest in the airmen of the First World War during the 1960s and 1970s.

Scouting

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94

Book Description
Published by the Boy Scouts of America for all BSA registered adult volunteers and professionals, Scouting magazine offers editorial content that is a mixture of information, instruction, and inspiration, designed to strengthen readers' abilities to better perform their leadership roles in Scouting and also to assist them as parents in strengthening families.

The Great Adventure

Author: Michael C. Adams
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253116093
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
In 1914 Europe descended into a slaughter unlike anything that had been seen before. Yet, far from seeing the conflict as a tragedy, many men welcomed it as a healthy development for society, a relief from peace. The Great Adventure explores the intellectual trends that made war seem a natural and high expression of social values. This is not a book about the specific causes of World War I, but a study of the mood in which it could take place. What the book uncovers is a complex of deeply ingrained attitudes about manhood, sex, power, maturity, boredom, and war that defined a culture in which war came to be seen as a positive option. Although the book focuses on attitudes in Great Britain and the United States of nearly a century ago, it makes a remarkably contemporary statement about men, women, and the culture of war., reviewing a previous edition or volume