Patton S Spaceship

Author : John Barnes
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781453262597

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Patton's Spaceship by John Barnes Pdf

First in the series blending alternate history, time travel, and detective thriller, from a Nebula and Hugo Award nominee. There are a million different Earths across an infinite number of timelines—and every one of them is in peril. Mark Strang became a bodyguard and private investigator when terrorists killed his family; now he spends his days protecting Pittsburgh’s helpless and abused. But while on a mission to save the life of a ten-year-old girl, Strang is inexplicably cast into an alternate reality, transported to a different time on another Earth, where America was defeated in the Second World War and now suffers under the brutal yoke of Nazi oppression. Joining up with the remnants of the Resistance in the Free Zone—and allied with such notable commanders as George Patton and John F. Kennedy—Strang is suddenly a marked man and the last hope in a desperate fight for freedom, not only on this world but on countless others. For a war unlike any other is raging across time and dimensions, threatening every possible Earth, including Strang’s own. And the enemy will not rest until the entire multiverse is in chains. In his epic and action-packed science fiction saga the Timeline Wars, John Barnes takes alternate-history SF to new heights, ingeniously reinventing and reinvigorating a genre popularized by such acclaimed authors as Harry Turtledove while joining the stellar ranks of Robert Heinlein and Joe Haldeman.

Author : Patton Oswalt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781439156278

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Zombie Spaceship Wasteland by Patton Oswalt Pdf

Prepare yourself for a journey through the world of Patton Oswalt, one of the most creative, insightful, and hysterical voices on the entertain­ment scene today. Widely known for his roles in the films Big Fan and Ratatouille, as well as the television hit The King of Queens, Patton Oswalt—a staple of Comedy Central—has been amusing audiences for decades. Now, with Zombie Spaceship Wasteland, he offers a fascinating look into his most unusual, and lovable, mindscape. Oswalt combines memoir with uproarious humor, from snow forts to Dungeons & Dragons to gifts from Grandma that had to be explained. He remem­bers his teen summers spent working in a movie Cineplex and his early years doing stand-up. Readers are also treated to several graphic elements, includ­ing a vampire tale for the rest of us and some greeting cards with a special touch. Then there’s the book’s centerpiece, which posits that before all young creative minds have anything to write about, they will home in on one of three story lines: zom­bies, spaceships, or wastelands. Oswalt chose wastelands, and ever since he has been mining our society’s wasteland for perversion and excess, pop culture and fatty foods, indie rock and single-malt scotch. Zombie Spaceship Wasteland is an inventive account of the evolution of Patton Oswalt’s wildly insightful worldview, sure to indulge his legion of fans and lure many new admirers to his very entertaining “wasteland.”

Author : Anonim
Publisher : biblioteca24horas
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9788578935696

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FASHODA - ALTERNATE HISTORY TALES by Anonim Pdf

Author : Phil Patton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : 0752810448

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Travels in Dreamland by Phil Patton Pdf

It is the most secret place in America- maybe on Earth: Area 51, Groom Lake, Paradise Ranch, The Box...Dreamland. This is the official military air traffic control name for the area of Groom Dry Lake, Nevada, which since 1954 has been the secret test site for advanced aircraft-the U-2 Spy craft, the Stealth Fighter, robot planes and some say, alien craft. The book traces the history of the place and the history of those who speculate on what is there. It tracks the way secrecy inspires fantasy and charts the parallel culture of the "Stealthies" and UFO buffs.

Author : Patton Oswalt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451673227

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Silver Screen Fiend by Patton Oswalt Pdf

"Between 1995 and 1999, Patton Oswalt lived with an unshakable addiction. It wasn't drugs, alcohol or sex: it was film. After moving to L.A., Oswalt became a huge film buff (or as he calls it, a sprocket fiend), absorbing classics, cult hits, and new releases at the New Beverly Cinema. Silver screen celluloid became Patton's life schoolbook, informing his notion of acting, writing, comedy, and relationships. Set in the nascent days of L.A.'s alternative comedy scene, Oswalt's memoir chronicles his journey from fledgling stand-up comedian to self-assured sitcom actor, with the colorful New Beverly collective and a cast of now-notable young comedians supporting him all along the way"--

Author : Qinglei Hu,Bing Xiao,Bo Li,Youmin Zhang
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780323901246

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Fault-Tolerant Attitude Control of Spacecraft by Qinglei Hu,Bing Xiao,Bo Li,Youmin Zhang Pdf

Fault-Tolerant Attitude Control of Spacecraft presents the fundamentals of spacecraft fault-tolerant attitude control systems, along with the most recent research and advanced, nonlinear control techniques. This book gives researchers a self-contained guide to the complex tasks of envisaging, designing, implementing and experimenting by presenting designs for integrated modeling, dynamics, fault-tolerant attitude control, and fault reconstruction for spacecraft. Specifically, the book gives a full literature review and presents preliminaries and mathematical models, robust fault-tolerant attitude control, fault-tolerant attitude control with actuator saturation, velocity-free fault tolerant attitude control, finite-time fault-tolerant attitude tracking control, and active fault-tolerant attitude contour. Finally, the book looks at the future of this interesting topic, offering readers a one-stop solution for those working on fault-tolerant attitude control for spacecraft. Presents the fundamentals of fault-tolerant attitude control systems for spacecraft in one practical solution Gives the latest research and thinking on nonlinear attitude control, fault tolerant control, and reliable attitude control Brings together concepts in fault control theory, fault diagnosis, and attitude control for spacecraft Covers advances in theory, technological aspects, and applications in spacecraft Presents detailed numerical and simulation results to assist engineers Offers a clear, systematic reference on fault-tolerant control and attitude control for spacecraft

Author : Cliff Ball
Publisher : Cliff Ball Books
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Out of Time by Cliff Ball Pdf

In the 2150's, a scientist discovers time is actually fluid; past, present, and future all exist at the same time. What he doesn't know, is if the current timeline can change when something is changed in the past. The US government wants him to find out. The theme being to make right what once went wrong. When they end up back in their present time, they find things have changed, but not necessarily for the better. Will they return to the point in time where everything changed, or will they decide they've messed with history too much? Find out in this time travel story.

Author : Phil Patton
Publisher : Villard
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-31
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780307828606

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Dreamland by Phil Patton Pdf

There is a place in the Nevada desert the size of Belgium that doesn't officially exist. It is the airbase where test flights of our top-secret experimental military aircraft are conducted and --not coincidentally--where the conspiracy theorists insist the Pentagon is hiding UFOs and aliens. This is Dreamland--or Area 51. For Phil Patton, the idea of writing a travel account of a place he couldn't actually visit was irresistible. What he found was a world where Chick Yeager and the secret planes of the Cold War converged with the Nevada Test Site and alien landings at Roswell. A think tank for aviation engineering, Dreamland can be seen from a summit outside the base's perimeter, a hundred miles north of Las Vegas. On Freedom Ridge, groups of airplane buffs gather with their camouflage outfits and binoculars. These are the Stealth chasers, the Skunkers, guys with code names like Agent X and Zero, hoping for a glimpse of the rumored raylike shapes of planes like Black Manta and "the mother ship." The most mysterious craft is Aurora, the successor to the legendary U-2, said to run on methane and fly as fast as Mach 6. Scanning the same horizon, the UFO buffs are looking for the hovering lights and doughnut-shaped contrails of alien aircraft. Are they looking at something sinister and mysterious? Imagined? Or more terrestrial than they think? Dreamland shows how much we need mystery in the information age, and how the cultures of nuclear power and airpower merge with the folklores of extraterrestrials and earthly conspiracies. Patton found people who found themselves in the mysteries of the place. John Lear, the son of aviation pioneer Bill Lear--who gave his name to the jet--served as a pilot for the CIA's Air America, but back home, he became fascinated by UFOs and eventually believed in it all: the underground bases, the alien-human hybrids, the secret treaties. But was he a true believer, or part of a disinformation campaign? Bob Lazar seems to know when the saucers will come, and has made three clear sightings at night along Dreamland's perimeter, but is his story real, or a vision of what's possible? Dreamland is an exploration of America's most secret place: the base for our experimental airplanes, the fount of UFO rumors, an offshoot of the Nevada Test Site. How this "blackspot" came to exist--its history, its creators, its spies and counterspies--is Phil Patton's tale. He tunnels into the subcultures of the conspiracy buffs, the true believers, and the aeronautic geniuses, creating a novelistic tour de force destined to make us all rethink our convictions about American know-how--and alien inventiveness.

Author : Thomas J. Carey,Donald R. Schmitt
Publisher : Red Wheel Weiser
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781633411319

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UFO Secrets Inside Wright-Patterson by Thomas J. Carey,Donald R. Schmitt Pdf

“Carey and Schmitt show that good, old-fashioned investigative reporting is still alive and well.” —Cheryll Jones, former anchor, CNN News The true nature of what actually crashed in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947 remains classified. Only a select few have ever had access to the truth about what became known as Area 51. But what happened to the remnants of that crash is shrouded in even greater mystery. What began in the high desert of New Mexico ended at Wright-Patterson, an ultra-top-secret Air Force base in Dayton, Ohio. The physical evidence of extraterrestrial visitation was buried deep within this nuclear stronghold. How tragic that such seismic news should be kept from the people of the world . . . pieces of history, now quickly dwindling into oblivion as the last of the secret-keepers passes on. In addition to its rich history of military service to our nation, Wright-Patterson also stands as the secret tomb of one of the greatest occurrences in recorded history. Be prepared . . . the real Area 51—Wright-Patterson‘s vault—is about to be opened. UFO Secrets Inside Wright-Patterson is a thoroughly researched work that includes: New eyewitness accounts from the late Leonard Stringfield's files about the crash retrieval evidence stored at Wright-Patterson New testimonies from the late Emmy-award-winning TV reporter Carl Day concerning physical evidence of crashed UFOs stored in underground facilities at Wright-Patterson Newly discovered Project Blue Book files from Wright-Patterson including photos and Air Force investigations of UFOs.

Author : Paul A. Czysz,Claudio Bruno,Bernd Chudoba
Publisher : Springer
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783662547441

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Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems and Integration by Paul A. Czysz,Claudio Bruno,Bernd Chudoba Pdf

The updated and expanded third edition of this book focuses on the multi-disciplinary coupling between flight-vehicle hardware alternatives and enabling propulsion systems. It discusses how to match near-term and far-term aerospace vehicles to missions and provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, directly contributing to the next-generation space infrastructure, from space tourism to space exploration. This holistic treatment defines a mission portfolio addressing near-term to long-term space transportation needs covering sub-orbital, orbital and escape flight profiles. In this context, a vehicle configuration classification is introduced covering alternatives starting from the dawn of space access. A best-practice parametric sizing approach is introduced to correctly design the flight vehicle for the mission. This technique balances required mission with the available vehicle solution space and is an essential capability sought after by technology forecasters and strategic planners alike.

Author : Noe Torres,Ruben Uriarte
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780981759708

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The Other Roswell by Noe Torres,Ruben Uriarte Pdf

On a clear spring day in 1955, Air Force pilot Willingham was flying an F-86 fighter jet across West Texas when he saw an object streak past him and then execute a 90-degree turn going 2,000 miles per hour. Giving chase in his jet, the decorated World War II and Korean War veteran watched in awe as the UFO suddenly plummeted to Earth near Del Rio, Texas.

Author : Qinglei Hu,Bo Li,Bing Xiao,Youmin Zhang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811604393

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Control Allocation for Spacecraft Under Actuator Faults by Qinglei Hu,Bo Li,Bing Xiao,Youmin Zhang Pdf

This book provides a systematical and comprehensive description of some facets of modeling, designing, analyzing and exploring the control allocation and fault-tolerant control problems for over-actuated spacecraft attitude control system under actuator failures, system uncertainties and disturbances. The book intends to provide a unified platform for understanding and applicability of the fault-tolerant attitude control and control allocation for different purposes in aerospace engineering and some related fields. And it is particularly suited for readers who are interested to learn solutions in spacecraft attitude control system design and related engineering applications.

Author : Robert S. Allen
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813169149

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Forward with Patton by Robert S. Allen Pdf

The WWII diary of a US soldier and Soviet spy who worked closely with General Patton is presented in this fully annotated edition. Robert S. Allen is one of the more controversial figures of the Second World War. After serving in France during World War I, he left the military to start a career as a syndicated columnist, eventually becoming the Washington, DC, bureau chief for the Christian Science Monitor. In that time, he also developed a sideline as a paid informant for the KGB. When American entered World War II, Allen rejoined the army to serve as General Patton's chief of situation and executive officer for operations. He was considered such an authority on Patton after the war that Twentieth Century-Fox asked him to develop a film script about the general. In Forward with Patton, John Nelson Rickard presents a complete, annotated edition of Colonel Allen's World War II diary for 1944-1945. The entries reflect Allen's private thoughts on the Third Army and provide an invaluable perspective on Patton, whom Allen deeply admired.

Author : Germain Lumiere
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780557439164

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Mind-Bending Black Operations, Weapons Systems and Experiments by Extraterrestrials, Grays and Governments:the Hidden World of the Anunnaki, Ulema, Grays and Secret Military-Aliens Bases and Laboratories on Earth, Underwater and in Space by Germain Lumiere Pdf

An explosive book on secret projects and black operations conducted by extraterrestrials and the Gray alien race living here on planet Earth. Detailed listing of each project, and explanation of its impact on the human race.'¢B.C.B: The horrible "Compressor" and the alien-US technology: Sucking up your brain, memory and all your personal thoughts. '¢Weapons systems capable of slowing down time, or prolonging it indefinitely. '¢Bioelectric extraterrestrial robots "B.E.R": The Humanoids-US "BER Program" and Men-in-Black. '¢Extraterrestrials' "Corridor Plasma". '¢The Vortex Tunnel: The American military has successfully sent six men through the vortex. '¢Extraterrestrial genetic labs that created half humans/half animals.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428990432

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The Praetorian STARShip : the untold story of the Combat Talon by Anonim Pdf

Jerry Thigpen's study on the history of the Combat Talon is the first effort to tell the story of this wonderfully capable machine. This weapons system has performed virtually every imaginable tactical event in the spectrum of conflict and by any measure is the most versatile C-130 derivative ever produced. First modified and sent to Southeast Asia (SEA) in 1966 to replace theater unconventional warfare (UW) assets that were limited in both lift capability and speed the Talon I quickly adapted to theater UW tasking including infiltration and resupply and psychological warfare operations into North Vietnam. After spending four years in SEA and maturing into a highly respected UW weapons system the Joint Chief of Staff (JCS) chose the Combat Talon to lead the night low-level raid on the North Vietnamese prison camp at Son Tay. Despite the outcome of the operation the Talon I cemented its reputation as the weapons system of choice for long-range clandestine operations. In the period following the Vietnam War United States Air Force (USAF) special operations gradually lost its political and financial support which was graphically demonstrated in the failed Desert One mission into Iran. Thanks to congressional supporters like Earl Hutto of Florida and Dan Daniel of Virginia funds for aircraft upgrades and military construction projects materialized to meet the ever-increasing threat to our nation. Under the leadership of such committed hard-driven officers as Brenci Uttaro Ferkes Meller and Thigpen the crew force became the most disciplined in our Air Force. It was capable of penetrating hostile airspace at night in a low-level mountainous environment covertly to execute any number of unconventional warfare missions.