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Author
Series
Publisher
Schiffer Military
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The world-famous US Navy Blue Angels have performed in airshows in the United States and around the world. This book details the origins of the team, as well as describing the different model aircraft that the team has flown during its 70-year history. The book also presents descriptions of some of the team's signature air show maneuvers.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a test flight. Only one ever returned: Leon Crane, a city kid from Philadelphia with little more than a parachute on his back when he bailed from his B-24 Liberator before it crashed into the Arctic. Alone in subzero temperatures, Crane managed to stay alive in the dead of the Yukon winter for nearly twelve weeks and, amazingly, walked out of the ordeal intact. 81 Days...
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Describes the contributions made to the Union's efforts in the Civil War by Thaddeus Lowe and a corps of hot air balloonists who helped spy on the Confederate army, despite becoming targets in the war themselves.
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