The turtle and the dreamboat : the Cold War flights that forever changed the course of global aviation / / Jim Leeke
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| Autore: |
Leeke Jim <1949->
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| Titolo: |
The turtle and the dreamboat : the Cold War flights that forever changed the course of global aviation / / Jim Leeke
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| Pubblicazione: | Lincoln, Nebraska : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2022] |
| ©2022 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (271 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 358.400973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Aeronautics - United States - Flights - History - 20th century |
| Naval aviation - United States - History - 20th century | |
| Aeronautics, Military - United States - History - 20th century | |
| Classificazione: | HIS027140HIS036060 |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-229) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- 1. The Great Circle -- 2. Unification -- 3. Cross Country -- 4. Neptune -- 5. Superfortress -- 6. Distances -- 7. Honolulu -- 8. Perth -- 9. Gremlins -- 10. Navigators -- 11. JATO -- 12. The Pacific -- 13. Landfall -- 14. The Pole -- 15. Downhill -- 16. Blue Skies -- 17. Commercial Air -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "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"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The turtle and the dreamboat |
| ISBN: | 1-64012-520-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910822888403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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