The Turtle and the Dreamboat

The Turtle and the Dreamboat
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 9781640125209
ISBN-13 : 1640125205
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Book Synopsis The Turtle and the Dreamboat by : Jim Leeke

Download or read book The Turtle and the Dreamboat written by Jim Leeke and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2022-06 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Dreamboat Experience Trilogy

The Dreamboat Experience Trilogy
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Publisher : Paris April Press
Total Pages : 319
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Download or read book The Dreamboat Experience Trilogy written by Parker Avrile and published by Paris April Press. This book was released on 2022-04-04 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gay romance is all fun in the sun... until it isn't. Billionaire's son Sheldon is shocked to find himself disinherited and working on a cruise ship. Undercover reporter Kyler is equally perplexed to find himself posing as a tech multimillionaire in the luxury suite. Romcom meets beach romance meets m/m love/hate at first sight. This high-steam volume includes all three novels in the Dreamboat Experience trilogy: * The Loveboat Experience * The Dreamboat Experience * The Island Experience Your favorite gay romance (male/male romance) vacation tropes include the spoiled billionaire's son, secret identities, cruise ship and beach romance, and even an island castaway romance. If you loved Parker Avrile's Assured Elites and Last Chances Academy gay romance series, you'll love The Dreamboat Experience Trilogy.

The Dream Boat

The Dream Boat
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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages : 91
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ISBN-10 : 9781503518285
ISBN-13 : 1503518280
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Dream Boat by : Donald C. Chivers

Download or read book The Dream Boat written by Donald C. Chivers and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-11-22 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Am I joking? One does not usually choose a lifestyle. It is something you are born with, and on reaching maturity, strive to maintain in the face of an economy that will not permit beggars being choosers. Lifestyle depends on many things including; health, wealth, IQ, appearance, contacts and just plain luck. It is not easy to just change your lifestyle. It usually entails an up-grade, occasionally a change comes along on the tails of an idea. It happened in the following story, but it proved rather a rough passage.

Dreamboat

Dreamboat
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Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:$B115450
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Book Synopsis Dreamboat by : Arthur Watterson Hoppe

Download or read book Dreamboat written by Arthur Watterson Hoppe and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dictionary of Contemporary Slang

Dictionary of Contemporary Slang
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 513
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ISBN-10 : 9781408181805
ISBN-13 : 1408181800
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Dictionary of Contemporary Slang by : Tony Thorne

Download or read book Dictionary of Contemporary Slang written by Tony Thorne and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-02-27 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 7,000 definitions, this book provides a definitive guide to the use of slang today. It deals with drugs, sport and contemporary society, as well as favourite slang topics such as sex and bodily functions. In this fully updated fourth edition of the highly acclaimed Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, language and culture expert Tony Thorne explores the ever-changing underworld of the English language, bringing back intriguing examples of eccentricity and irreverence from the linguistic front-line. "Thorne is a kind of slang detective, going down the streets where other lexicographers fear to tread." Daily Telegraph

Essential 120000 English-Dutch Words Dictionary

Essential 120000 English-Dutch Words Dictionary
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Publisher : Nam H Nguyen
Total Pages : 4421
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Download or read book Essential 120000 English-Dutch Words Dictionary written by Nam H Nguyen and published by Nam H Nguyen. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 4421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential 120,000 English-Dutch Words Dictionary is a great resource anywhere you go; it is an easy tool that has just the words you want and need! The entire dictionary is an alphabetical list of English words and their Dutch equivalent translations. It will be very useful for everyone (home, school, students, travel, interpreting and learning Dutch or English). The words you will learn will help you in any situation! De Essential 120.000 Engels-Nederlands Woordenwoordenboek is een geweldige bron waar u ook bent; het is een eenvoudige tool die precies de woorden bevat die jij wilt en nodig hebt! Het gehele woordenboek is een alfabetische lijst van Engelse woorden en hun equivalente vertalingen in het Dutch. Het zal zeer nuttig zijn voor iedereen (thuis, op school, studenten, reizen, tolken en Dutch of Engels leren). De woorden die u leert, helpen u in elke situatie!

Essential 120000 English-Afrikaans Words Dictionary

Essential 120000 English-Afrikaans Words Dictionary
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Publisher : Nam H Nguyen
Total Pages : 4416
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Download or read book Essential 120000 English-Afrikaans Words Dictionary written by Nam H Nguyen and published by Nam H Nguyen. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 4416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The entire dictionary is an alphabetical list of English words and their French equivalent translations. It will be very useful for everyone (home, school, students, travel, interpreting and learning French or English). Die hele woordeboek is 'n alfabetiese lys van Engelse woorde en hul Franse ekwivalente vertalings. Dit sal baie nuttig wees vir almal (tuis, skool, studente, reis, tolk en leer Frans of Engels).