The Turtle and the Dreamboat
Title | The Turtle and the Dreamboat PDF eBook |
Author | Leeke Jim Leeke |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | 317 |
Release | 2022-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1640125191 |
The 'Turtle' and the 'Dreamboat' is the first detailed account of the race for long-distance flight records between the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy less than fourteen months after World War II. The flights were risky and unprecedented. Each service intended to demonstrate its offensive capabilities during the dawning nuclear age, a time when America was realigning its military structure and preparing to create a new armed service--the United States Air Force. The first week of October 1946 saw the conclusion of both record-breaking, nonstop flights by the military fliers. The first aircraft, a two-engine U.S. Navy P2V Neptune patrol plane nicknamed the Truculent Turtle, flew more than eleven thousand miles from Perth, Western Australia, to Columbus, Ohio. The Turtle carried four war-honed pilots and a young kangaroo as a passenger. The second plane, a four-engine U.S. Army B-29 Superfortress bomber dubbed the Pacusan Dreamboat, flew nearly ten thousand miles from Honolulu to Cairo via the Arctic. Although presented as a friendly rivalry, the two flights were anything but collegial. These military missions were meant to capture public opinion and establish aviation leadership within the coming Department of Defense. Both audacious flights above oceans, deserts, mountains, and icecaps helped to shape the future of worldwide commercial aviation, greatly reducing the length and costs of international routes. Jim Leeke provides an account of the remarkable and record-breaking flights that forever changed aviation.
The Turtle and the Dreamboat
Title | The Turtle and the Dreamboat PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Leeke |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | 270 |
Release | 2022-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1640124136 |
This is the first detailed account of the historic race for long-distance flight records between the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy after World War II.
Flying Magazine
Title | Flying Magazine PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | 112 |
Release | 1947-02 |
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The Gas and Flame Men
Title | The Gas and Flame Men PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Leeke |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | 201 |
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ISBN | 1640126112 |
Dream of the Blue Turtle
Title | Dream of the Blue Turtle PDF eBook |
Author | Debbie Dadey |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 128 |
Release | 2014-01-28 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1442482648 |
Experiencing occasional visions of the future, mermaid Kiki Coral receives a psychic warning that her classmate, Rocky Ridge, will have a dangerous encounter with a giant leatherback turtle, a premonition she fears nobody will believe. By the award-winning author of the Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series. Simultaneous.
Cruising World
Title | Cruising World PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | 2128 |
Release | 1997-01 |
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Information Bulletin
Title | Information Bulletin PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | 912 |
Release | 1948 |
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