1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996393694703316

Autore

Dade William

Titolo

The country-man's kalender for the year of Christ 1692, being leap-year [[electronic resource] ] : containing the daily motions of the sun and moon, with the aspects of the planets, and their conjunctions with the moon, and from thence the inclination of the air, and alteration of the weather throughout the year, accomodated with the other useful things .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[S.l.], : Printed by J. Miller for the Company of Stationers, 1692

Descrizione fisica

[39] p

Soggetti

Almanacs, English

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

At head of title: Dade, 1692.

"A prognostication in which you may behold the state of this present year ..." has special t.p. with imprint: London : Printed by T.J. for the Company of Stationers.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910794236403321

Autore

Caryl Raymond G.

Titolo

Catkiller 3-2 : an Army pilot flying for the Marines in the Vietnam war. / / by Raymond Caryl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-68247-353-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

358.41

Soggetti

Air pilots, Military

Port Angeles (Wash.) Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

A fear of flying -- Silver wings -- Becoming a Catkiller -- Catkiller 3-2 -- 220th RAC -- Just a little bit different -- Birddogs, AOS, and the bonds forged in combat -- Wild night in the valley -- Convoy cover -- Helicopters: the other way to fly -- Fun and games in the Que Son valley -- Catkillers and special forces -- Kentucky windage, enemy rockets, and a near catastrophe -- The A Shau valley from fifty feet -- Pink elephants, a big cat, and funny-looking logs -- TPQ, MSQ, and wild Navy rockets -- What the hell was that? -- Tet and technology -- A near miss and a missed opportunity -- One hundred ways to die on the DMZ -- Sharkey, POZ, and the miracle of the six-holer -- Low-level flight: the good, the bad, and the ugly -- Homeward bound -- Afterword -- Appendix.

Sommario/riassunto

Catkiller 3-2 provides unique insights into the role of the tactical air controller, airborne (TACA) in I Corps as seen through the eyes of one of the pilots who flew low-flying, unarmed, single-engine aircraft in support of Marine ground units during the Vietnam War.