Author: Alan Bramson
Publisher: Crecy
Published: 2020-05-05
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 1800350023
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Tiger Moth is one of the major aviation success stories in the history of British aviation. Developed by Geoffrey de Havilland and flown for the first time on October 26 1931, the biplane became the most important elementary trainer used by Commonwealth forces. More than 1,000 Tiger Moths were delivered before WWII, and subsequently around 4,000 were built in the UK with an extra 2,000 being manufactured in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Following the end of WWII, pilots could buy and modify a Tiger Moth for recreational use or agricultural crop spraying and use it relatively cheaply. This, combined with its popularity within the aero club movement, provided employment for the Tiger Moths until the late fifties when the more modern closed cockpit aircraft began to force them into retirement. This new edition provides a comprehensive account of the aircraft's origins and its development as a trainer of Commonwealth pilots in times of peace and war. It also looks at some of the other roles which this versatile little aeroplane performed such as a crop duster, glider tug, aerial advertiser, bomber, coastal patrol plane and aerial ambulance. Technical narrative and drawings, handling ability and performance as seen through the eyes of the pilots combine to make The Tiger Moth Story the most comprehensive book of the aircraft.
Author: Mary Woodbury
Publisher: Coteau Books
Published: 2007-04
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1550506595
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When death threatens a pilot at the nearby air training base, seventeen-year-old Jack must use a secretly-acquired skill to save a life and affirm his own identity to his over protective mother.
Author: Alan Bramson
Publisher: Crecy
Published: 2020-05-05
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 1800350198
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Tiger Moth is one of the major aviation success stories in the history of British aviation. Developed by Geoffrey de Havilland and flown for the first time on October 26 1931, the biplane became the most important elementary trainer used by Commonwealth forces. More than 1,000 Tiger Moths were delivered before WWII, and subsequently around 4,000 were built in the UK with an extra 2,000 being manufactured in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Following the end of WWII, pilots could buy and modify a Tiger Moth for recreational use or agricultural crop spraying and use it relatively cheaply. This, combined with its popularity within the aero club movement, provided employment for the Tiger Moths until the late fifties when the more modern closed cockpit aircraft began to force them into retirement. This new edition provides a comprehensive account of the aircraft's origins and its development as a trainer of Commonwealth pilots in times of peace and war. It also looks at some of the other roles which this versatile little aeroplane performed such as a crop duster, glider tug, aerial advertiser, bomber, coastal patrol plane and aerial ambulance. Technical narrative and drawings, handling ability and performance as seen through the eyes of the pilots combine to make The Tiger Moth Story the most comprehensive book of the aircraft.
Author: Aaron Reynolds
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2006-08-27
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781598890563
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Tiger Moth and Kung Pow are celebrating the chinese New Year. Will the kite-flying contest end in sky-high disaster?
Author: Ed Caesar
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2021-11-02
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1501143387
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a plane from England to Everest, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit--all utterly alone. Wilson doesn't know how to climb. He barely knows how to fly. But he has the right plane, the right equipment, and a deep yearning to achieve his goal. In 1933, he takes off from London in a Gipsy Moth biplane with his course set for the highest mountain on earth. Wilson's eleven-month journey to Everest is wild: full of twists, turns, and daring. Eventually, in disguise, he sneaks into Tibet. His icy ordeal is just beginning."--Provided by publisher.
Author: John Himmelman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2023-07-01
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 0811772128
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In lively, accessible prose, John Himmelman explains the intricacy of moths' life cycle, their importance in nature, and how just a tiny handful of the many moth species are truly pests to humans. He tells how to attract moths with lights and bait, when and where to observe them, and how best to photograph these tiny subjects. Entertaining personal anecdotes and short profiles of some of the country's foremost moth-ers add human interest. This new edition updates photos and information while focusing on states east of the Mississippi.
Author: Aaron Reynolds
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2006-08-27
Total Pages: 46
ISBN-13: 9781598890570
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Young Tiger Moth is a ninja-in-training, a martial arts warrior who fights evil in the streets and classrooms of the bug world. With the help of his best friend, pillbug Kung Pow, he works for truth and justice, while still hoping to finish the fourth grade.
Author: Aaron Reynolds
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 66
ISBN-13: 1434230325
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Fourth grader insect ninjas Tiger Moth and Kung Pow investigate who stole a valuable painting, enter a dragon kite contest, visit a beetle ranch where the dung beetle herd has been rustled, and discover the villain Weevil running a carnival.
Author: Stuart McKay
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2016-10-15
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1445657244
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The full story of one of the most significant British aircraft of all time