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1945ABE-38520534181937687372 PAGES-43 CM X 60 CM-P1: "TOUT CELA N'EST PAS TRAGIQUE" REPONDAIT PETAIN EN 1942-M.MICHEL CLEMENCEAU A ETE ENTENDU PAR LA HAUTE COUR, 3 PHOTOS-A BADEN-BADEN CAPITALE MILITAIRE TOUS LES FRANCAIS PORTENT L'UNIFORME-UNE FORTERESSE VOLONTE S'ECRASE CONTRE LE PLUS GRAND GRATTE-CIEL DE NEW-YORK-P2: LES DEPOSITIONS DE M.CLEMENCEAU ET DU GENERAL DOYEN-LES PROJETS CONSTITUTIONNELS EN DISCUSSION A LA CONSULTATIVE LE GENERAL INTERVIENT-1 COUPURE 8 CM EN MARGE DE PLIURE HORIZONTALE
1978233051978. Continental Airlines Flight 603 disaster photographs documenting the burned wreckage and structural damage of the DC 10 runway overrun at Los Angeles International Airport on March 1 1978 one of the most consequential American aviation accidents of the late 1970s and a major catalyst for changes in tire safety standards rejected takeoff procedures and aircraft evacuation systems. Flight 603 a Continental Airlines DC 10 10 scheduled from Los Angeles to Honolulu attempted to abort takeoff after multiple tire failures near decision speed on a wet runway; the aircraft overran runway 6R at LAX the left main landing gear collapsed beyond the pavement fuel tanks ruptured and a major fire engulfed the underside and left side of the aircraft during evacuation. The NTSB recorded 2 deaths and 28 serious injuries in its formal report while later accounts place the eventual death toll at 4 after additional passengers later died from injuries sustained in the crash.<br /> Photo archive of 14 color snapshot photographs each approximately 3.5" x 4.5" Los Angeles International Airport California March 1978. The photographs show Continental Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC 10 10 N68045 after the accident resting heavily fire damaged on the runway and adjacent overrun area. Multiple images focus closely on the burned underside of the fuselage where large sections of aluminum skin have been completely burned away exposing the aircraft's internal rib structure wiring insulation and lower cabin framework. Other views show extensive scorching along the left side of the aircraft blackened and partially melted fuselage panels around the wing root and landing gear area collapsed structural sections beneath the passenger cabin and debris scattered across the wet runway surface. Several photographs widen outward to show emergency and recovery operations surrounding the aircraft including personnel service vehicles cranes and towing equipment positioned around the destroyed DC 10. One image records the full profile of the aircraft from a distance emphasizing the scale of the burn damage extending across much of the fuselage exterior. Together the photographs document not merely the existence of the accident but the specific physical consequences of the runway overrun and post crash fire: ruptured lower fuselage sections exposed aircraft structure burned cabin undersides and the recovery environment at LAX immediately after the disaster. <br /> Flight 603 became an important case study in late twentieth century aviation safety because the accident linked tire failure runway conditions aircraft stopping performance and evacuation survivability within the emerging era of mass deregulated air travel. The NTSB investigation led to recommendations intended to "significantly reduce the incidence of tire failures during takeoffs and rejected takeoffs" while later FAA and industry reforms addressed tire testing standards takeoff performance calculations and the durability and fire resistance of emergency evacuation slides. These photographs preserve the material evidence behind those institutional and engineering changes documenting the burned airframe and structural destruction that transformed Flight 603 into a major reference point in modern commercial aviation safety history. Minor wear from handling. Overall very good condition. unknown
500365174Dargaud Sans date. Le contenu mentionne un crash spectaculaire impliquant Michel Vaillant dans le tome 67 de la série ainsi qu'un numéro du journal Tintin (n°1029 18 juillet 1968) consacré à ce personnage. Il s'agit d'une bande dessinée de course automobile éditée par Dargaud
19981708140531010Madacy Records 1998-11-03. DVD. Like New. DVD plays perfectly & the case looks good. Madacy Records unknown
19981708140531043Madacy Records 1998-11-03. DVD. Like New. DVD plays perfectly & the case looks good. Madacy Records unknown
260518008Audio CD. Used: Very Good. 5x5x0. Very good condition. From a private collection. Comes from non smoking home. unknown
0793535611.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
220 pages plus index. The essential companion for every chiropractic patient who wants to successfully manage their physical recovery and obtain maximum insurance settlement. Author, an Attorney, reveals his step-by-step strategies for negotiating with insurance companies. Now anyone can successfully handle their own auto accident claim and obtain a successful settlement. Rubber stamp inside front cover else unmarked. Light wear. Solid copy. Book
198625469New York: Appearances Press 1986. Touch of rubbing to the silkscreened white covers else near fine in sewn self-wrappers. A sharp copy. Limited edition. Oblong octavo. Number 1 of 100 copies SIGNED and numbered by Crash on the vellum title page. Featuring 12 pages of the graffiti artist's screenprints this volume was one of a series of five silkscreen artists' books produced in 1986 by Appearances Press publisher Joe Lewis in conjunction with the Lower East Side Print Shop the others being Daze Darrel Ellis Betty Tompkins and a collaboration by Marilyn Minter and Christof Kohlhöfer. New York: Appearances Press unknown books
B9781304102744Hardback. New. hardcover
45158386like new. unknown
1304102742.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
201219401Koch Media GmbH - DVD, 2012. 1 DVD DVD
1976311037München : Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, 1976. 435 S. ; 18 cm. Originalbroschur.
19352011160874xbvkBrünn u.a., Verlag Rudolf M. Rohrer, ohne Jahr (Datierung des Vorwortes 'Mai 1935'). 58 Seiten. - Brauner Halbleineneinband mit braun-marmorierten Buchdeckeln und handschriftlichem Papierrückenschild; 8vo.(ca. 22,5 x 16,5 cm).
46 pages. Features: Lovely cover photo of Carmen McRae; Small photo ad for Selmer saxophones features John Coltrane; Pacific Jazz ad features Carmell Jones; Sinatra sues Capital; AFM sues Republic Pictures; Confusion reigns in wake of MCA breakup; Ellington sues and is sued in return; Elegy for Eddie Costa who died in car crash July 28; Something Rockin' in Denmark; Carmell Jones - Trumpet in a Hurry; The agonies of exploration - Jeanne Lee and Ran Blake; On the Threshold - feature article on the singer's singer, Carmen McRae; Sketches of the Rollins quartet by George Roth; Focus on Vi Redd - alto saxophonist, soprano saxophonist, and vocalist; Centrefold ad for Gretsch drums features Philly Joe Jones, Elvin Jones, Max Roach, and Art Blakey; Record reviews; Large ad for Jimmy Smith and his Fats Waller album; Ad for Dodo Greene and her album 'My Hour of Need'; Art Blakey - Blindfold Test; Caught in the Act - Woody Herman and Leandro Barbieri; Fender Accordio-Organ ad features photo of Buddy De Franco and Tommy Gumina; Slingerland drum company ad features photo of Rufus Jones of the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra; Small ad for Martin Trumpets features Al Hirt; Zildjian cymbal ad on back cover features photos of Mr. Zildjian and dozens of prominent drummers. Unmarked with somewhat average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1957233541957. De Havilland Vampire jet photographs documenting French Air Force training accident inspection and air base control at Meknès Morocco in the years immediately following Moroccan independence with direct evidence of how Base École 708 recorded aircraft damage runway incidents and jet operations within the shrinking French military presence in North Africa. French military personnel are identifiable not through portraiture but through the administrative system embedded in the material itself: repeated verso stamps reading Section Photo 21/708 Meknès dated from 1957 to 1959 and technical annotations that turn the group into an official working record rather than informal aviation imagery. The historical force of the archive lies in that function. Meknès served as a major French fighter training center the de Havilland Vampire formed part of its early jet instruction program and the base remained active until its dissolution in 1961 placing these photographs within the last phase of French air force operations in Morocco after France recognized Moroccan independence in 1956.<br /> <br /> Photo archive of approximately 27 silver gelatin photographs approximately 4.5 x 3.5 inches each Meknès Morocco 1957 to 1959. The images center on multiple de Havilland Vampire aircraft marked with large fuselage letters including TT UA RD RG RE and UM photographed from the nose wing cockpit tail and runway line in a methodical sequence. Several prints isolate impact evidence and structural damage: one close view marks "traces de frottement" on a crushed nose section another labels "cockpit avion abordeur / plan gauche avion abordé" and others identify "vue générale" "vue 3/4 arrière" and "axe de la bande" showing that the planes were being recorded for inspection orientation and incident analysis. Additional photographs show grounded jets in grass beside the field aircraft parked on the tarmac in rows hangar exteriors and broad runway views with service vehicles nearby. The versos carry dated Meknès section stamps penciled numbering and occasional reference notes from French military photographic and cinematographic services preserving the bureaucratic chain by which the images were produced filed and cross referenced.<br /> <br /> The archive belongs to the first generation of French jet aviation in North Africa. The Vampire was among the earliest jet fighters used by the French Air Force and Meknès was one of the key training sites where pilots moved into jet instruction before the school later shifted to newer aircraft and eventually left Morocco. In that setting aircraft photography was not decorative; it was part of the operational machinery of flight training maintenance and accident inquiry. These prints preserve that machinery at the moment when French colonial authority in Morocco had formally ended but French bases and training institutions still operated on Moroccan soil linking jet modernization to decolonization and military retrenchment. Written notes and official stamps throughout; light handling wear from use otherwise well preserved. Overall good condition. unknown
Book shows creaseless covers with a little edge wear. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 62 pages English, 80 in German. Nice b&w cover shot of dog pooping plugged cord. Learn German the blasphemous growl way!
1997100146493Ramsay 1997 358 pages in8. 1997. Broché. 358 pages. Ce livre de Jean-Gabriel Greslé est une enquête rigoureuse et documentée sur le phénomène OVNI centrée sur l'affaire de Roswell de 1947. Il examine le crash d'un aéronef non identifié près d'une base militaire américaine les témoignages sur des créatures extraterrestres et la dissimulation orchestrée par l'US Air Force. L'ouvrage présenté comme clair et se lisant comme un roman explore également les survols de bases atomiques et les mensonges d'État entourant ce sujet depuis plus de 50 ans
198690439Elsenham Bishops Stortford England: East Anglia Books 1986. First Edition and presumed first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The format is approximately 8.5 inches by 12 inches. 320 pages. Explanation of Terminology. Illustrations. Map. Tables/Tabular Data. Technical Data. Selected Bibliography. Research Sources. Index. Illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket has minor wear and soiling. Slight corner bumps. Cliff Bishop is a Structures Design Engineer and the proprietor of East Anglia Books which specialized in U.S.A.F. and World War Two history. He served in the Royal Air Force in the 1950's. He had been personally involved in the dismantling and rebuilding of B-17 aircraft one for the Imperial War Museum. He researched the information for this work over a ten year period. His brother Stanley specialized in air crash investigating and research on missing aircrews. VIII Bomber Command of the United States Army Air Forces was established early in 1942. The first combat operations began in July with first heavy bomber operations in August. Its bomber units were deployed in the UK chiefly around East Anglia. From June 1943 it was the daylight bombing part of the Combined Bomber Offensive against Germany. It was redesignated as Eighth Air Force on 22 February 1944. The Eighth Army Air Force 8 AAF was a United States Army Air Forces combat air force in the European theater of World War II 1939/41–1945 engaging in operations primarily in the Northern Europe area of responsibility; carrying out strategic bombing of enemy targets in France the Low Countries and Germany; and engaging in air-to-air fighter combat against enemy aircraft until the German capitulation in May 1945. The 1st Bombardment Wing was initially formed in France in 1918 during World War I as a command and control organization for the Pursuit Groups of the First Army Air Service. It was re-established in the United States as the first wing formed in the reorganized United States Army Air Service created in August 1919 to control three groups patrolling the border with Mexico after revolution broke out there. As the 1st Wing the unit was one of the original wings of the GHQ Air Force on 1 March 1935. During World War II it was one of the primary B-17 Flying Fortress heavy strategic bombardment wings of VIII Bomber Command and later Eighth Air Force. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945. After the Pearl Harbor Attack initially supervised Heavy Bomber Operational Training at Tucson AAF. Re-designated as 1st Bombardment Wing and reassigned to VIII Bomber Command and deployed to England July–August 1942. In England mission was command and control of B-17 Flying Fortress bombardment groups stationed in East Anglia receiving operational orders from VIII BC headquarters and mobilizing subordinate groups for strategic bombardment attacks on enemy targets in Occupied Europe. Operated primarily from RAF Bassingbourn Cambridgeshire. Served in combat in the European Theater of Operations ETO from August 1942 until 25 April 1945 receiving a Distinguished Unit Citation DUC for an attack on aircraft factories in Germany on 11 January 1944. Returned to the United States in August 1945. Almost all the bomber and fighter groups and squadrons in Cambridgeshire were commanded by the First Bomber Wing in Brampton renamed the First Bomber Division and finally renamed in 1944 the First Air Division. By the war’s end the 8th Air Force was spread over 112 airfields across East Anglia flying B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers B-26 Marauder medium bombers P-38 Lightning P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51 Mustang fighters as well as Spitfires and Mosquito bombers provided by the RAF. Throughout the war the 8th Air Force dropped 700000 tons of bombs on Germany and occupied Europe flew 600000 bomber and fighter sorties and destroyed over 15000 enemy aircraft by air-to-air engagements ground strafing or by bomber crew engagement. 35000 men and women would serve with the 8th Air Force during the war with many thousands never returning home. Much of that enormous effort was planned and executed from the Grange in Brampton. East Anglia Books hardcover
20081351120810025Sbme Special Mkts 2008-04-29. Audio CD. Very Good. CD plays perfectly & the case looks good. Sbme Special Mkts unknown
198603845Biel, Institut Finanzanalyse, 1986. kt, 100S, gutes Exemplar,
1936319519.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
pp. xii, 305. Map upon front endpaper. Numerous black and white photographic plates. " A masterly account of the first solo flight made from Great Britain to Canada via Greenland. Recounts author's mishaps, his crash at Iceland, his second attempt, his Greenland adventures, and his ultimate success. Also includes much that is extremely interesting about Mr. Grierson's record flight from India to Great Britain and his experiences of winter aviation in Europe. Tells of an intrepid piece of pioneering courageously carried out, but which history has, perhaps, been made." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's name and date atop half-title page else unmarked. Average wear. Binding sound. Some spotting and soiling to edges. Small chips, tears and yellowing to dust jacket. Nice copy overall. Book
6009286-nnew. unknown
