The Wingmen

Author : Adam Lazarus
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806542522

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The Wingmen by Adam Lazarus Pdf

The untold story of the unique fifty-year friendship between two American icons: John Glenn, the unassailable pioneer of space exploration and Ted Williams, indisputably the greatest hitter in baseball history. It was 1953, the Korean War in full throttle, when two men—already experts in their fields—crossed the fabled 38th Parallel into Communist airspace aboard matching Panther jets. John Glenn was an ambitious operations officer with fifty-nine World War II combat missions under his belt. His wingman was Ted Williams, the two-time American League Triple Crown winner who, at the pinnacle of his career, was inexplicably recalled to active service in the United States Marine Corps. Together, the affable flier and the notoriously tempestuous left fielder soared into North Korea, creating a death-defying bond. Although, over the next half century, their contrasting lives were challenged by exhilarating highs and devastating lows, that bond would endure. Through unpublished letters, unit diaries, declassified military records, manuscripts, and new and illuminating interviews, The Wingmen reveals an epic and intimate portrait of two heroes—larger-than-life and yet ineffably human, ordinary men who accomplished the extraordinary. At its heart, this was a conflicted friendship that found commonality in mutual respect—throughout the perils of war, sports dominance, scientific innovation, cutthroat national politics, the burden of celebrity, and the meaning of bravery. Now, author Adam Lazaraus sheds light on a largely forgotten chapter in these legends’ lives—as singular individuals, inspiring patriots, and eventually, however improbable, profoundly close friends.

Author : Mack Maloney
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781645402404

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Battle of the Wingmen by Mack Maloney Pdf

"The best high-action thriller writer out there today, bar none."—Jon Land, USA Today bestselling author Wingman and his United American allies take the newly rebuilt aircraft carrier, USS USA, on its first Pacific patrol, looking for a mystery fighter jet last seen flying over Los Angeles. Like modern-day Argonauts, they sail into the unknown, have many adventures and fight many battles before discovering a lost Polynesian empire and finding the mystery airplane. This leads to a dogfight for the ages. The prize at stake: Who will be crowned the world's Top Gun?

Author : Milkyway Media
Publisher : Milkyway Media
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-29
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Summary of Adam Lazarus's The Wingmen by Milkyway Media Pdf

Get the Summary of Adam Lazarus's The Wingmen in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Wingmen" by Adam Lazarus chronicles the intertwined lives of baseball legend Ted Williams and astronaut John Glenn, focusing on their military service during the Korean War and subsequent careers. Williams, known for his batting prowess with the Boston Red Sox, faced criticism for his attitude and was nearly traded. He served as a Navy pilot in WWII and was recalled for the Korean War, where he flew alongside Glenn...

Author : Rosalind Wiseman
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-29
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780307986689

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Masterminds and Wingmen by Rosalind Wiseman Pdf

A landmark book that reveals the way boys think and that shows parents, educators and coaches how to reach out and help boys overcome their most common and difficult challenges -- by the bestselling author who changed our conception of adolescent girls. Do you constantly struggle to pull information from your son, student, or athlete, only to encounter mumbling or evasive assurances such as “It’s nothing” or “I’m good?” Do you sense that the boy you care about is being bullied, but that he’ll do anything to avoid your “help?” Have you repeatedly reminded him that schoolwork and chores come before video games only to spy him reaching for the controller as soon as you leave the room? Have you watched with frustration as your boy flounders with girls? Welcome to Boy World. It’s a place where asking for help or showing emotional pain often feels impossible. Where sports and video games can mean everything, but working hard in school frequently earns ridicule from “the guys” even as they ask to copy assignments. Where “masterminds” dominate and friends ruthlessly insult each other but can never object when someone steps over the line. Where hiding problems from adults is the ironclad rule because their involvement only makes situations worse. Boy world is governed by social hierarchies and a powerful set of unwritten rules that have huge implications for your boy’s relationships, his interactions with you, and the man he’ll become. If you want what’s best for him, you need to know what these rules are and how to work with them effectively. What you’ll find in Masterminds and Wingmen is critically important for every parent – or anyone who cares about boys – to know. Collaborating with a large team of middle- and high-school-age editors, Rosalind Wiseman has created an unprecedented guide to the life your boy is actually experiencing – his on-the-ground reality. Not only does Wiseman challenge you to examine your assumptions, she offers innovative coping strategies aimed at helping your boy develop a positive, authentic, and strong sense of self.

Author : Ensan Case
Publisher : Lethe Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590215746

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Wingmen by Ensan Case Pdf

First published in 1979 by Avon books, this World War II novel, with overtones of From Here to Eternity, was a precursor to the gay romance genre. Jack Hardigan's Hellcat fighter squadron blew the Japanese Zekes out of the blazing Pacific skies. But a more subtle kind of hell was brewing in his feelings for rookie pilot Fred Trusteau. While a beautiful widow pursues Jack, and another pilot becomes suspicious of Jack and Fred's close friendship, the two heroes cut a fiery swath through the skies from Wake Island to Tarawa to Truk, there to keep a fateful rendezvous with love and death in the blood-clouded waters of the Pacific.

Author : Natasha Anders
Publisher : Montlake Romance
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1503943151

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The Wingman by Natasha Anders Pdf

She was supposed to be his one-night distraction. But their attraction is undeniable. Introverted Daisy McGregor is used to being a wallflower, but what she lacks in style, she makes up for with an acerbic wit, a passion for life, and a deep devotion to her family. So she'll suffer through her sister Dahlia's bachelorette party and accept the cloud of pity for going stag to the wedding. Out at the pub, sexy bad boy Mason Carlisle is a reluctant wingman tasked with entertaining Daisy while his brother flirts with her oldest sister, Daffodil. When the plan fails and Mason's true intent is revealed, he feels intense guilt--and a sensual spark of desire for the unlikeliest of women. Daisy decides to use this unfortunate encounter to her advantage: to make it up to her, Mason will be another kind of wingman, playing the role of her boyfriend and wedding date. Will their ruse unravel completely--or will Mason and Daisy's undeniable attraction ignite a scorching love affair that knows no rules?

Author : Steven A. Fino
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781421423289

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Tiger Check by Steven A. Fino Pdf

How did American fighter pilots respond to the challenges posed by increasing automation? Spurred by their commanders during the Korean War to be “tigers,” aggressive and tenacious American fighter pilots charged headlong into packs of fireball-spewing enemy MiGs, relying on their keen eyesight, piloting finesse, and steady trigger fingers to achieve victory. But by the 1980s, American fighter pilots vanquished their foes by focusing on a four-inch-square cockpit display, manipulating electromagnetic waves, and launching rocket-propelled guided missiles from miles away. In this new era of automated, long-range air combat, can fighter pilots still be considered tigers? Aimed at scholars of technology and airpower aficionados alike, Steven A. Fino’s Tiger Check offers a detailed study of air-to-air combat focusing on three of the US Air Force’s most famed aircraft: the F-86E Sabre, the F-4C Phantom II, and the F-15A Eagle. Fino argues that increasing fire control automation altered what fighter pilots actually did during air-to-air combat. Drawing on an array of sources, as well as his own decade of experience as an F-15C fighter pilot, Fino unpacks not just the technological black box of fighter fire control equipment, but also fighter pilots’ attitudes toward their profession and their evolving aircraft. He describes how pilots grappled with the new technologies, acutely aware that the very systems that promised to simplify their jobs while increasing their lethality in the air also threatened to rob them of the quintessential—albeit mythic—fighter pilot experience. Finally, Fino explains that these new systems often required new, unique skills that took time for the pilots to identify and then develop. Eschewing the typical “great machine” or “great pilot” perspectives that dominate aviation historiography, Tiger Check provides a richer perspective on humans and machines working and evolving together in the air. The book illuminates the complex interactions between human and machine that accompany advancing automation in the workplace.

Author : United States. Department of the Army
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Airplanes
ISBN : MINN:31951D01261592D

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Fixed Wing Flight by United States. Department of the Army Pdf

Author : Wayne Ralph
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780470158142

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Aces, Warriors and Wingmen by Wayne Ralph Pdf

A celebration and a tribute to the warriors of the air who as young men served their country with unselfish devotion. Hear their words. Join these young Canadians in combat. AN EXCERPT FROM THE ACCOUNT OF GROUP CAPTAIN RAYNE SCHULTZ, 410 SQUADRON. It was heading home very fast, a Junkers 188, in thin cloud, well out over the North Sea. We hit it badly, and it was flaming, two-three hundred yards [of] flames streaming behind... my navigator, being a serious-minded individual said, "Let's get in closer and take a good look at it, as it is a different type of aircraft and I can report on it when we get down." So I closed in, which was the stupidest thing I ever did.... The mid-upper gunner was not dead; he was sitting inside of the flames. The next thing I saw the gun traversing down toward us. I broke as fast as I could, but he put forty to forty-four 13mm cannon shells into us. I had pistons blown out of one engine and the constant speed unit blown out in the other. We were going to bail out! We jettisoned the door and the navigator was halfway out when the chap came back from the Ground Control Intercept (GCI) and said, "There is a Force 9 to 10 sea and we will never be able [to rescue] you." So we brought that aircraft back to Bradwell Bay and I can tell you it near flew again. My navigator was wounded, bleeding from the face. I could see the engines running red hot, one was actually running on molten metal... the whole thing glowing inside. The air bottles were shot away and I had no brakes for landing. The Mosquito was in ribbons.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : UIUC:30112064023762

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Flying Safety by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : UVA:X004788791

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Principles of Fixed Wing Flight by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jianglong Yu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789819733323

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Proceedings of 2023 7th Chinese Conference on Swarm Intelligence and Cooperative Control by Jianglong Yu Pdf

Author : Douglas C. Dildy,Pablo Calcaterra
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472818911

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Sea Harrier FRS 1 vs Mirage III/Dagger by Douglas C. Dildy,Pablo Calcaterra Pdf

Following Argentina's military operation to take possession of the Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government launched a major naval operation to return them to British rule. Defending the Royal Navy task force were two small squadrons totalling 20 Sea Harriers (SHARs). Initial clashes between SHARs and Argentine Mirages and Daggers on 1 May 1982 failed to eliminate the Sea Harrier defenders. FAA fighter-bomber pilots relied on daring and courageous ultra-low level attacks, frequently escaping the Sea Harrier's limited capabilities, against Royal Navy warships and auxiliaries, causing considerable damage during Operation Corporate, the large-scale amphibious operation to repossess the islands. Publishing 35 years after the end of the conflict, this fully illustrated volume offers a balanced and objective examination of the SHAR and the Argentine Mirage and Dagger aircraft, highlighting the attributes of both and the skills and courage of the pilots flying them.

Author : Jake
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-24
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781401304126

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Always Hit on the Wingman by Jake Pdf

Dear Person Picking Up This Book, Hi, I'm Jake. Glamour magazine's advice columnist. You probably think you don't know me. I'm anonymous, after all. But trust me, you do: I'm the guy who doesn't call. Who breaks up by text. Who stays for breakfast, walks your dog, then disappears into thin, thin air. At least I used to be. For years I was your basic dating nightmare. And then, under the influence of one magical woman my readers came to know as Orange Blossoms, I changed. Now I'm here to blow the lid off what you think you know about the way guys think. Because here's the big secret I learned from being slayed by Blossoms: Women already have what it takes to get what they want from men; they just need to know how to use that power. Want a boyfriend? A better boyfriend? A ring? It's all yours for the asking. But don't just take it from me. Glamour's "Jake" has been at it, living among men sharing their secrets with women since 1956. Now we're distilling our collective wisdom into ten rules to help you get the love life you deserve. A sneak peak at what you'll learn: You've got to broadcast your personality. If you're a nerd, let your nerd flag fly. The best men out there DON'T send expensive flowers. For great sex, save a few tricks for later (much later) on. Plus: How to make him think commitment was his idea? (Sneaky Yes. Necessary YES.) For more than 50 years, Glamour magazine's Jake columnist has served as a dating consigliore for millions of American women. Now, in his trademark no-B.S. voice, Jake offers this indispensable guide for women. What are men really thinking How can you get the love life you want and deserve? Jake knows.

Author : Don Wilcox
Publisher : eStar Books
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781612101644

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The Giants of Mogo by Don Wilcox Pdf

The relationship between men of tremendous stature and ordinary men is peculiar at best --and on the planet Mogo, events dwarfed even the imagination --and brought death!