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From Lysander to Lightning Teddy Petter, Aircraft Designer


Free Download Glyn Davies – From Lysander to Lightning: Teddy Petter, Aircraft Designer
The History Press | 2014 | ISBN: 075249211X | English | 192 pages | PDF | 77.36 MB
The Lysander, Canberra, Lightning, and Folland Gnat are massive names in the world of aviation, but not so their designer, "Teddy" Petter. Only three aspects bound together these top-class aircraft: they were each radical, all successful in Britain and overseas, and were all born of the genius of Teddy Petter. This book tells the story of Petter’s life and family, from his ability to inspire loyalty in his teams, to his tendencies, to his eccentricities, right down to his retirement to a religious commune in France. Here Davies not only explores his life, but also expands on the nature of his remarkable aircraft, and why they were so legendary.

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My Own Lightning


Free Download Lauren Wolk, "My Own Lightning"
English | 2023 | ISBN: 0525555617, 0525555595 | EPUB | pages: 320 | 2.0 mb
Bestselling author Lauren Wolk returns to the world of Wolf Hollow, in this sequel to her beloved, Newbery Honor-winning debut.

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The Lockheed P-38 Lightning The Definitive Story of Lockheed’s P-38 Fighter (2024)


Free Download Warren M. Bodie – The Lockheed P-38 Lightning: The Definitive Story of Lockheed’s P-38 Fighter
Widewing Publications | 1991 | ISBN: 0962935905 | English | 280 pages | PDF | 160.16 MB
Warren Bodie’s book is a marvel of completeness, including photos of all series and one-offs, and favorably presents what was arguably the best all-around fighter of World War Two. All the subjective criticisms of the famous Lockheed twin-boom plane are clearly discussed in their proper historical context, with ample support from the main historical actors. The book also demonstrates that the P-38, as a good child of Clarence "Kelly" Johnson’s genius, was several years ahead of its time both in its technology and in the capacity of air strategists and pilots to fully exploit the advances it had over current aviation designs, as well as to foresee its potential. For example, the P-51 Mustang was a pig (and used the same Allison engine of the P-38) before being refitted with the famous Rolls-Royce Merlin engine which made it the masterpiece we know; just imagine a P-38 with two Merlins, something that never happened but that could have dramatically changed the air war before 1944 in all theaters. Bodie demonstrates that the P-38 was already the long-range fighter the Allies needed a couple of years before the P-51D and P-47N, but was stupidly underused and underdeveloped; its firepower was overwhelming and almost unparalleled throughout the war; it could turn with any enemy fighter and outrun most of them and, finally, having another engine was a priceless safeguard in the long flights over the Pacific Ocean and the Mediterranean. Highly recommended reading about my favorite fighter plane.

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Lightning Strikes English Electric’s Supersonic Fighter in Action


Free Download Martin W. Bowman – Lightning Strikes: English Electric’s Supersonic Fighter in Action
Airlife Publishing | 2001 | ISBN: 1840372362 | English | 116 pages | PDF | 153.39 MB
The Lightning was probably the most spectacular airplane ever created in Great Britain. It is the only truly supersonic fighter that was designed and built without cooperation from overseas partners. It sheer power allowed a vertical climb from take-off; a not entirely noiseless experience but everybody loved it. Contains a unique collection of spectacular, vintage color photographs. Many air-to-air images were taken by the pilots themselves and show the aircraft in its different variants.

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Lightning Gods and Feathered Serpents The Public Sculpture of El Tajín


Free Download Rex Koontz, "Lightning Gods and Feathered Serpents: The Public Sculpture of El Tajín"
English | 2009 | pages: 152 | ISBN: 0292718993 | PDF | 25,7 mb
El Tajín, an ancient Mesoamerican capital in Veracruz, Mexico, has long been admired for its stunning pyramids and ballcourts decorated with extensive sculptural programs. Yet the city’s singularity as the only center in the region with such a wealth of sculpture and fine architecture has hindered attempts to place it more firmly in the context of Mesoamerican history. In Lightning Gods and Feathered Serpents, Rex Koontz undertakes the first extensive treatment of El Tajín’s iconography in over thirty years, allowing us to view its imagery in the broader Mesoamerican context of rising capitals and new elites during a period of fundamental historical transformations.

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Learn Salesforce Lightning The Visual Guide to the Lightning UI


Free Download Learn Salesforce Lightning: The Visual Guide to the Lightning UI by Felicia Duarte, Rachelle Hoffman
English | December 20, 2019 | ISBN: 1484229932 | 390 pages | MOBI | 13 Mb
Refer to this invaluable how-to guide for basic training on Salesforce Lightning. Salespeople and technical users and consultants will no longer have to resort to learning the interface on their own, which is very time consuming.

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