Written by Don Evans, who joined the RAF in 1942 and served as a Flight Mechanic working on Hurricanes and Defiants. Posted to Weston Zoyland in 1944 to service Martinet, Henley and Defiant target tugs, he was persuaded by the princely sum of ninepence a day flying pay to complete 90 hours as a target winch operator. He transferred to the Fleet Air Arm in 1945 until demobilisation in 1947, whereupon he began working at the A&AEE at Boscombe Down until his retirement in 1989. For 12 years he was supervisor of the Towed Target Development Section, where he was when awarded the British Empire Medal for the design of the Trident Target and the Rapid Target Exchanger. He is still involved with Boscombe Down where he looks after over 1,000 scale model aircraft. When compared to combat operations, target towing to most aviation enthusiasts is a non-event. Most of the time, however, air forces are at peace, but they need to prepare for war. In the absence of actual hostilities therefore, the only way for pilots, gunners and aircrew to learn how to fire their weaponry and hit their mark is with the aid of dummy targets. Consequently, providing the targets for the combatants to practice against is a vital, yet almost totally ignored role. In this concise yet fascinating history, possibly for the first time the ways and means by which the necessary aerial targetry and the associated equipment was provided for the British Services is described and explained in some 31,000 words, aided by photographs, technical details, diagrams and specifications. The human side of the target towing task, now almost a lost art, is not forgotten either, for as the author notes, 'the men who tow tails have tales to tell.'

The Long Drag: A Short History of British Target Towing

History

Evans, Don

Europe

Flight Recorder

A grisly murder in a photography studio sets Richmond Constabulary detective Able Rand on the trail of a hired killer whose next victim could be the one man who offers hope for the Confederate States of America. His investigation takes him from corrupt government ministers and black marketeers to gamblers, gangsters and prostitutes.

Locust Alley

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Wordsmith & Penn

A "must read" for anyone interested in the regional history of eastern Arkansas and especially the area between the White and St. Francis Rivers including the watersheds of Bayou Deview and the Spice Swamps, Brushy Lake, and L'Anguille River.

35 Degrees 24 Minutes North - 91 Degrees West: A Town Called Hickory Ridge

Jeffers, James

Bratcher, Isaac

Trafford Publishing

Whether you ride the back of a garbage truck, do extensive research to end world hunger, guide people to the heights of the Himalayas, or work to sabotage the threat of breast cancer . . . not the task -- but how you approach and perform the task are the critical elements with which you are faced. All jobs are extremely important in their relation to human existence. Your attitude as to how you perform in the arena of the workplace speaks volumes about your ratio of success. How we carry ourselves on the golf course in correlation to the way we live in public is synonymous with success. Character in both arenas is analogous to the vigorous pursuit of what is right and worthy. The way we amplify our energy in pursuit of that elusive hole-in-one and the voracity with which we approach life stand in ultimate contrast to the stoic approach to our existence. The veritable conclusion to this thing called "life" in comparison to a round of golf can be exhaustive, intriguing, or downright ridiculous. It is all in the way you look at it . . . approach it. For many of us golf is a passion. For many of us life is a melody. Reining in the two and subduing the lusts of each can be mesmerizing in their appeal. Our approach to life as compared to 18 holes of golf may just be the answer to sanity in this impoverished dilemma of existence.

Life In 18 Holes

Self-Help

Motivational

Outskirts Press

This landmark volume covers the length and breadth of the law as it applies to business in Texas and offers invaluable guidance to every businessman and business student in the state. Its chapters deal with every aspect of law affecting the business community, including the following: - Introduction to Law - Courts and Court Procedures - Contracts - Personal and Property Relationships - Commercial Paper - Sale and Transportation of Goods - Secured Transactions - Business Regulation - Business Organizations - Real Property - Trusts and Estates The Texas Business Law Teacherï¿½s Guide is available upon adoption of the textbook.

Texas Business Law

Business

Pelican Publishing

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