[PDF] Wreckchasing 102 eBook

Author : Nicholas A. Veronico
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,10 MB
Release : 2023-11-15
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ISBN : 9780963633231

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Finding an historic aircraft crash site is 95 percent research and five percent field work. Wreckchasing 102 is the continuation of the Wreckchasing series. Wreckchasing 101 discussed how to research aircraft crash sites and the many resources available while Wreckchasing 102 presents 16 stories for the arm-chair adventurer, taking them from the mountains and deserts of the United States to a forest outside Paris, France. Historic aircraft types range from commercial Boeing 247s, to DC-3s, C-46s and DC-10s; fighter aircraft such as the P-39 and P-51 to the F-86 and F-100 jets; and large bombers and patrol planes including the B-17, B-1A, and P-3 Orion. The accident and decades later search for these aircraft are told in detail. Sixteen chapters with more than 200 black and white photos.

Author : A Nicholas Veronico
Publisher :
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 11,68 MB
Release : 2011-03
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780983060642

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Finding an aircraft crash site is 95 percent research and five percent field work. To be successful at finding historic aircraft wrecks, a Wreckchaser must do the homework first. This book is the starting place for anyone interested in aviation, history, research, hiking, and historic preservation.Wreckchasing 101: A Guide to Finding Aircraft Crash Sites teaches readers how to research and locate a historic aircraft's final resting place. It takes readers to more than 20 commercial and military crashes and provides extensive research resources, including the longitude and latitude coordinates for more than 500 aircraft wrecks, plus data on another 1,700 aircraft crashes. The book also provides information on how to obtain civil and military crash reports, individual military aircraft record cards, and vital topo maps, as well as lists of Internet resources and recommended reading. Individual aircraft crashes profiled include: Western Air Express Fokker F-10A The Philippine Clipper Grand Canyon Mid-Air Carole Lombard's TWA DC-3 DC-3 That Crashed and Flew Again Airwest Mid-Air with F-4 Phantom Airship USS Macon and its Sparrowhawk fighters Grumman F3F Recovered from the Pacific Arizona TF-51 crash Lend-Lease P-39 Found in a Canadian lake...and much more.

Author : Angie Belcher
Publisher : Learning Media Ltd
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,76 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Readers
ISBN : 9780478237696

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Looks at underwater wrecks, including the Titanic, the 16th century warship the Mary Rose, and the Rainbow Warrior. Suggested level: primary.

Author : Henry Keatts
Publisher : Aqua Quest Publications
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 31,10 MB
Release : 1999-07-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN :

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This comprehensive guide is for both beginning and advanced divers. It tells how to find wrecks, details the equipment and techniques needed, explains safety concerns, and teaches how to recover artifacts and preserve them. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Nicholas A. Veronico
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 12,8 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Aircraft accidents
ISBN : 9780962673030

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Includes the midair collision of TWA Flight 2 and United Flight 718 over the Grand Canyon and the American Airlines DC-3 that crashed -- and flew again.

Author : David A. Taylor
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Page : 35 pages
File Size : 28,76 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Little Falls (N.Y.)
ISBN : 9780974625102

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New 36-page second edition describing the events and accurately-depicting eyewitness accounts and facts of the New York Central Gulf Curve Wreck of the Lake Shore Limited at Little Falls, NY, on April 19, 1940. Features digitally enhanced photos. This was the last great wreck of the New York Central, which changed to course of the Mohawk River in a multi-million dollar rebuilding project by the railroad.