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This fascinating story begins with post-World War Two sales of
surplus Mustangs to various foreign governments and a few civilian
customers. More than a decade later, in 1957 and 1958, the US Air
Force auctioned off its remaining inventory of P-51s. These
Mustangs became high-speed executive transports in the days before
the introduction of the LearJet and other corporate aircraft. Soon
after, in the mid-1960s and early 1970s, as the warbird movement
was gaining traction, many of the remaining Mustangs came onto the
civilian market. Today, these warbirds are the stars of airshows
around the world. The effort to restore them to as close to their
original wartime condition as possible has reached new levels of
authenticity. With over 140 images, accompanied by service
histories, this book shows the fighters where they should be seen -
in the air.
The end of the Cold War created a golden opportunity for reducing
the defense burden and providing taxpayers with a "Peace Dividend."
For the United States Air Force, this resulted over the past six
years in drastic reductions: 23% in aircraft inventory, 30% in
personnel, and 32% in the number of bases and other major
installations. Well-known and long-serving aircraft, such as the
A-7D/K, the B-52G, the F-4C/D/E, the F-111A/D, the FB-111A and the
SR-71, have been withdrawn from active and reserve components, and
some states, such as California, have lost nearly half of their Air
Force bases.\nIllustrated with over 410 color photos, this new book
provides a rich pictorial record of aircraft (including old and new
markings) and units which no longer exist, and offers a visual
chronicle of organizational changes between 1988-1995.
Very Private and Public Relations is the autobiography of Travel PR
guru Jim Dunn, who takes us on a rollicking ride from poor boy
growing up gay in a small town on the west coast of Scotland to the
five-star lifestyle of a PR guru in the fledgling travel industry
of the early seventies in London. We discover Dunn’s story, from
his childhood as a mummy's boy to his regular encounters on the
"Love Train" home from Glasgow and his first love with a man in
uniform. His life quite literally 'took off' when he got his first
job on the weekly newspaper Travel Trade Gazette. The fact that he
admits he couldn't type, write or understand one end of PR from the
other didn't stop him from creating the UK's leading travel and
leisure PR consultancy over the next 3O years. This book is a tour
de force of Jim's life and work and is a fascinating insight into
the travel business as we know it today - from the decidedly
unglamorous British Benidorm to Hong Kong and the Bahamas. Jim Dunn
has 40 years' experience in journalism and public relations and
extensive knowledge of advising organisations in the corporate,
travel and leisure, entertainment, property and financial sectors.
His current business interest is in helping to build up a small
group of luxury 5 star hotels in Europe but he still keeps his hand
in at writing and contributes a regular columns on his travels
around the world.
Steps to Freedom is a Christ-Centered recovery program for all who
struggle with addictive tendencies. It is designed to help men and
women find victory over drugs, alcohol and other life-dominating
sins and lead them into a life-changing relationship with Jesus
Christ. Our "Big Book" as we lovingly refer to it, is the Holy
Bible. We believe that it holds the key to victorious living.
Joshua 1:8 says it best: "This Book of the Law shall not depart
from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that
you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For
then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good
success" We invite you to come along on our pilgrim's journey as we
walk the Steps to Freedom together!
The Old North Side Cafe is about stories of all kinds - heroic
escapades, bittersweet memories, tall tales, bad jokes, and
disturbing confessions. This book is filled with stories that mark
the seasons, unite the years, and draw conclusions that your never
saw coming. It is here at the Old North Side Cafe that Water Street
Pete leads the crew ...Holly Lake Jake, Camelot Bob, Gladstone Gus,
Manor Hill Mack and the waitress Stella, in the ceremonial
recounting of life's events, meaning and purpose. Everyone is
welcome at the cafe as long as you can behave. The coffee is hot,
the pie is sweet, lights are on and every story is faithful to a
greater truth.
The Impossible Dream takes you on a journey over fourteen years as
we chart two separate life forces. Both longing for what the other
has. One craves a return to mortal life, the other the refuge of
death. We begin our journey in Hollywood in the early nineteen
seventies, at the death of Chen Li the legendary Kung-Fu and film
superstar, as he interrupts his journey to the afterlife. Confused
and angry he has quests unfulfilled, a debt of honour outstanding.
We then cross to the story of young John Bentley. He is the eleven
year old son of a fishing family from the port of Hull in England,
as he makes his annual trip to the Hull Fair'. It is here we meet
the blind old gypsy Zena', as she foresees the terrible tragedies
that await John and his family as he passes from boy to manhood. As
the two stories unfold we witness the turmoil Chen suffers as he
pleads for another chance' in life and the price he pays for his
refusal to complete his journey. When contact is made by the Devil
as Chen sleeps the Sleep of the Ancients', it galvanises the
Council of Light' to make Chen an offer, one he could have never
have imagined. John's life begins its descent into spiritual death
at the age of sixteen with the death of his father, the same day
John achieved the coveted black-belt in Karate. Anger and violence
ruling his life until his mind goes completely, caused by the death
of his mother a few years later. After John is almost killed by an
infamous drug dealer his life hangs in the balance. His spirit
broken, in the blackness of coma he longs for death . . . then
comes the Joining'.
In The Logical Psychic, Professional psychic James M. Dunn reveals
how he became a famous psychic and how everyone else truly has
psychic abilities they need only uncover. Fascinating and
provocative, this groundbreaking book shows how everyday lives
actually border on the paranormal.
The United States military stores more than 4,000 aircraft in the
Arizona desert at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration
Group (AMARG) facility adjacent to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
Known as the Boneyard, this facility is much more than a place
where aerospace vehicles come to die. Here some aircraft are
maintained in both short- and long-term storage, while others serve
as a parts inventory on the wing holding valuable spare parts in
known locations ready to be harvested, overhauled, and returned to
the fleet when needed. When an aircraft has yielded all the parts
necessary to keep its brethren in the air, its carcass eventually
meets the scrapper's torch. AMARG's storage rows are home to
massive fleets of F-15, F-16, and F/A-18 fighters, aerial
refuelling tankers, C-130 and C-5 transports, helicopters of
varying sizes, and bombers from the frontline B-1 to B-52s that are
much older than the pilots flying them around the globe today.
Among the rows are special use aircraft including the AWACS, P-3
maritime patrol bombers, aeromedical evacuation aircraft, and
reconnaissance planes that serve a variety of missions, along with
celebrity aircraft such as MiG killers that dominated the skies in
aerial combat. As well as bringing the reader up to date with
recent activities at AMARG, including the intake of new aircraft
types, regeneration and the return to the fleet of aircraft
formerly in storage, this book presents new, never-before-seen
images that provide a visual tour of the Boneyard.
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