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Author : Graham Coster
Release : 2018
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Book Rating : 378/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Flying Boat that Fell to Earth by : Graham Coster
Download or read book The Flying Boat that Fell to Earth written by Graham Coster. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Graham Coster
Release : 2019-01-10
Genre : Air travel
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Book Rating : 166/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Flying Boat That Fell to Earth by : Graham Coster
Download or read book The Flying Boat That Fell to Earth written by Graham Coster. This book was released on 2019-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alan Sillitoe
Release : 2016-06-14
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 457/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Lost Flying Boat by : Alan Sillitoe
Download or read book The Lost Flying Boat written by Alan Sillitoe. This book was released on 2016-06-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A post-WWII adventure from the bestselling author of The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner. A top-secret mission sends a crew of Royal Air Force veterans from South Africa to the subarctic Kerguelen Islands in this suspense-packed tale of lawlessness, piracy, obsession, and greed. At the helm of the Aldebaran, a huge flying boat, sits the monomaniacal Captain Bennett, a man hell-bent on unearthing a treasure buried by the Germans in the final days of World War II. And on the seaplane’s radio is the young wireless operator Adcock, a man who listens to everything and tries to make sense of it all. The rest of the ex-soldiers on board seek either riches or adventure—but all are fleeing the frustrations and disappointments of their postwar lives. As the voyage takes dangerous turns toward natural and manmade threats, it becomes clear that Captain Bennett is keeping secrets and the Aldebaran is not alone on her quest. Adcock’s morals are soon put to the test, machine guns are mounted on the flying boat’s turrets, and the thirst for gold may cost the crew their lives. Classic kitchen sink realism meets high-flying adventure in this British thriller that goes beyond action and into the depths of human values and motivations in a war-damaged world. Drawing upon Alan Sillitoe’s own wartime experiences as a wireless operator, The Lost Flying Boat is full of aerial heroics, coded messages, shattered dreams, and the will to persevere.
Author : Brian Shul
Release : 1991
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 089/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sled Driver by : Brian Shul
Download or read book Sled Driver written by Brian Shul. This book was released on 1991. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No aircraft ever captured the curiosity & fascination of the public like the SR-71 Blackbird. Nicknamed "The Sled" by those few who flew it, the aircraft was shrouded in secrecy from its inception. Entering the U.S. Air Force inventory in 1966, the SR-71 was the fastest, highest flying jet aircraft in the world. Now for the first time, a Blackbird pilot shares his unique experience of what it was like to fly this legend of aviation history. Through the words & photographs of retired Major Brian Shul, we enter the world of the "Sled Driver." Major Shul gives us insight on all phases of flying, including the humbling experience of simulator training, the physiological stresses of wearing a space suit for long hours, & the intensity & magic of flying 80,000 feet above the Earth's surface at 2000 miles per hour. SLED DRIVER takes the reader through riveting accounts of the rigors of initial training, the gamut of emotions experienced while flying over hostile territory, & the sheer joy of displaying the jet at some of the world's largest airshows. Illustrated with rare photographs, seen here for the first time, SLED DRIVER captures the mystique & magnificence of this most unique of all aircraft.
Author : Graham Coster
Release : 2000
Genre : Aeronautics
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Book Synopsis Corsairville by : Graham Coster
Download or read book Corsairville written by Graham Coster. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the obscure legend of the lying boat Corsair, recued from the Belgian Congo in an epic salvage operation, that fired Graham Coster's quest for the lost world of the flying boat. Coster's journey begins in Southampton, from where Imperial Airways' Empire boats departed to fly up the Nile on their way to South Africa, and takes him to the flying boats' old haunts in Uganda, Kenya, Malawi and Zimbabwe, from Lake Naivasha to Victoria Falls.
