Tiger in the Sea
Title | Tiger in the Sea PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Lindner |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 359 |
Release | 2021-05-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1493031570 |
September 1962: On a moonless night over the raging Atlantic Ocean, a thousand miles from land, the engines of Flying Tiger flight 923 to Germany burst into flames, one by one. Pilot John Murray didn’t have long before the plane crashed headlong into the 20-foot waves at 120 mph. As the four flight attendants donned life vests, collected sharp objects, and explained how to brace for the ferocious impact, 68 passengers clung to their seats: elementary schoolchildren from Hawaii, a teenage newlywed from Germany, a disabled Normandy vet from Cape Cod, an immigrant from Mexico, and 30 recent graduates of the 82nd Airborne’s Jump School. They all expected to die. Murray radioed out “Mayday” as he attempted to fly down through gale-force winds into the rough water, hoping the plane didn’t break apart when it hit the sea. Only a handful of ships could pick up the distress call so far from land. The closest was a Swiss freighter 13 hours away. Dozens of other ships and planes from 9 countries abruptly changed course or scrambled from Canada, Iceland, Ireland, Scotland, and Cornwall, all racing to the rescue—but they would take hours, or days, to arrive. From the cockpit, the blackness of the Atlantic grew ever closer. Could Murray do what no pilot had ever done—“land” a commercial airliner at night in a violent sea without everyone dying? And if he did, would rescuers find any survivors before they drowned or died from hypothermia in the icy water? The fate of Flying Tiger 923 riveted the world. Bulletins interrupted radio and TV programs. Headlines shouted off newspapers from London to LA. Frantic family members overwhelmed telephone switchboards. President Kennedy took a break from the brewing crises in Cuba and Mississippi to ask for hourly updates. Tiger in the Sea is a gripping tale of triumph, tragedy, unparalleled airmanship, and incredibly brave people from all walks of life. The author has pieced together the story—long hidden because of murky Cold War politics—through exhaustive research and reconstructed a true and inspiring tribute to the virtues of outside-the-box-thinking, teamwork, and hope.
The Sea Tiger
Title | The Sea Tiger PDF eBook |
Author | Victoria Turnbull |
Publisher | Templar Publishing |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2017-03-02 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 178370697X |
The Sea Tiger is Oscar's best friend, Oscar's only friend. They do everything together - explore the ocean, visit the sea circus, even hitch a ride to the surface to look at the stars... But Oscar is not a Sea Tiger, and so it's up to the Sea Tiger to help him find a new friend. A bittersweet tale from a stunning new talent in children's illustration.
The Sea Tiger
Title | The Sea Tiger PDF eBook |
Author | Terry Jones |
Publisher | Peter Bedrick Books |
Pages | 28 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780872263789 |
Tired of Tiger's boasting, the other jungle animals ask a wizard for something to make Tiger stop his enormous lies.
The Eye of the Tiger
Title | The Eye of the Tiger PDF eBook |
Author | Wilbur Smith |
Publisher | St. Martin's Paperbacks |
Pages | 428 |
Release | 2001-04-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1429907843 |
The deep. The deadly. The damned... For a thousand years, an unimaginable treasure has rested on the bottom of the Indian Ocean, hidden by swift blue currents, guarded by deadly coral reefs, and even deadlier school of man-eating great white sharks. Harry Fletcher, a former soldier turned fisherman, is now being pulled into a murderous mystery by men willing to kill and a beautiful woman willing to lie for what rests far beneath the sea. Now, Harry has no choice but to enter full bore into an international battle to raise an extraordinary object from the deep. Because possessing this treasure isn't just about getting rich--it's about staying alive... in Wilbur Smith's The Eye of the Tiger.
Under the Sea
Title | Under the Sea PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 10 |
Release | 2014-02-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781783432189 |
The Sea
Title | The Sea PDF eBook |
Author | Sue Sheppy |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 140 |
Release | 2013-04-03 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1136608257 |
This exciting topic-based series offers early years practitioners collections of activities based on familiar themes. The activities can be easily implemented and readily incorporated into curriculum planning through links made to the Foundation Stage curriculum. Each book includes: activities that can be used on their own or as part of a themed program ideas for enjoying an all round curriculum approach guidance on expanding existing ideas and resources linked ideas to be carried out at home. The Sea includes themes of seasides, beaches, fish and boats. It provides a wonderful topic for room nursery displays and is a positive theme for boys and girls.
Merchant Vessels of the United States
Title | Merchant Vessels of the United States PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 2152 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Merchant marine |
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