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...A War of Their Own Bombers overthe Southwest Pacific MATTHEW K. RODMAN Captain, USAF Air University... ...ng DataRodman, Matthew K. A war of their own : bombers over the Southwest Pacific / Matthew K. Rodman p. ; cm. Includes bibliographical references... ...rationsFigure Page1 Southwest Pacific Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 SWPA b... ...ntishipping weapon that would give fly-ers the advantage in the battle for coastal-defense dollars: “Con-sider the effect of a direct hit by a single ... ...omber, including the B-17, was therefore developed . . .under the guise of coastal defense.”27 11PREWAR DOCTRINE AND TACTICS If... ... April, many German ships had been sunk by a new method which the British Coastal Command was using. Light bombers, flying low over the water, relea... ... bombs would explode just above thetarget surface. “Since the time setting ranges from five to 93seconds, these bombs can be dropped from various alti...

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...3rd And October 28th, 2002 – With Kepa Maly. 239 -- Walter Keliiokekai Paulo-Fishing Customs And Fisheries Of Kapalilua, South Kona;-The Waianae-Kona Coast Of Oahu;-And The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands-July 14th, 2002 And March 5, 2003 At Milolii – With Kepa Maly. 253 -- Howard Ackerman (With Harriet Ackerman)-Fisheries Of The Kealakekua-Keei Region, South Kona-August 5,...

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... 239 Walter Keli‘iokekai Paulo Fishing Customs and Fisheries of Kapalilua, South Kona; The Wai‘anae-Kona Coast of O‘ahu; and the ... ... Isaac Harp March 26, 2003, at Wahikuli, Maui – with Kep" Maly Fishing along the Wai‘anae and Kahalu‘u Coasts of O‘ahu; the... ... pertaining to fisheries on various islands, spanning from Hawai‘i to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, and the larger Pacific region. Interviewee ... ...ng to the place named— L0nai-o-Kauhi (sheltered porch of Kauhi). Kauhi was a chief who resided in the coastal village of HKkOkano, ... ...lu, included commercial fishing, until 1951 when he began working on DLNR research vessels, investigating Hawaiian and Pacific area fisheries. Kupu... ... Right, right! While serving as captain of the research vessel, Cromwell, kupuna Paulo spoke with a Pacific Island native who obs... ...rea, where there salt works were located, and I think they were located some what in the vicinity of the firing ranges now. They have ...

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...d was never a single highway, but rather a system which incorporated multiple branches of caravan routes which took different passes through mountain ranges, skirting the deserts. Originally, the Silk Road took off at Chang’an, China’s ancient capital, and ran along the northern Tian Shan toward Dunhuang, a city near the end of the Great Wall of China. Here the single Ro...

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...and of Java (Indonesia). By its skull the creature the Atlantic coast in the west, where he would set-could be classified as something betw... ...changes5. The only areas that remained unpopulated were islands of the Pacific Basin and Antarctica. 1.2.1. Mesolithic Optimum By mid-Mesol... ...y from Asia Minor, after which multiple settlements along the Dead Sea coast. It was there that merchants emerged on that island. The ... ... bull represents the god of the Nile River.28 Plough Amberiterranean coast. There the so-called Impresso/Cardial9 By the end of the... ... run along nearly impassable mountain ranges, so here and there the ... ...ed-off civilization isolated from the rest of the world by the mountain ranges of Tian Shan, Kun- lun, Karakoram, Hindu Kush and Himalayas. But ... ...sses via Baghdad, led to Damascus and beyond to finallythrough mountain ranges, skirting the deserts. reach the Mediterranean. ... ...e Dan- vaini. He wrote: “When their kingdom enlarged and ube to the Pacific Ocean. Naturally, Gehghis Khan extended and important events st... ...inent was Japanese history which lasted until 1867, its contri- the Pacific Ocean that contained two-thirds of the bution to road developmen...

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...WORLD WAR II: SOVIET AIR FORCE . . . .51 13 WORLD WAR II: THE FALL OF THE LUFTWAFFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 14 WORLD WAR II: PACIFIC—JAPANESE AIRPOWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 15 WORLD WAR II: PACIFIC—THE USAAF IN THE SOUTHWEST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 16 WORLD WAR II: CENTRAL PACIFIC—NAVAL AIRPOWER . . . . . . . . . . ...

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...II: THE FALL OF THE LUFTWAFFE . . . . . . . . . . . 55 14 WORLD WAR II: PACIFIC—JAPANESE AIRPOWER . . . . . . . . . . 61 15 ... ... II: PACIFIC—JAPANESE AIRPOWER . . . . . . . . . . 61 15 WORLD WAR II: PACIFIC—THE USAAF IN THE SOUTHWEST. . . . . 67 16 ... ...CIFIC—THE USAAF IN THE SOUTHWEST. . . . . 67 16 WORLD WAR II: CENTRAL PACIFIC—NAVAL AIRPOWER . . . . . . . 73 17 WORLD ... ...ght it impractical to develop fighter escorts that would have the tankage to givethem ranges comparable to the bombers and yet retain the agility to t... ...t science, and some efforts werewasted—as in bombing the submarine pens on the French coast. 33WORLD WAR II: EUROPE—THE STRATEG... ... Pearl Harbor was bombed, Hitlersoon sent his long-range U-boats to the American East Coast and into the Caribbean 41WORLD WAR ... ...arned much from their Canadian and Britishallies, and they overcame the problem using coastal convoys. The Germans moved their operation back out into... ...d topping off the aircraft tanksonce airborne. Too, for bombers it could extend their ranges by refilling their tanks oncethey arrived at altitude. Bu... ...of probes and drogues forfuel transfer—cumbersome and dangerous. In World War II, the ranges for bombers wereadequate for the European war, as they we...

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...ief. Although extremely effective training enhancements, these systems are enormously expensive and typically require flight over restricted airspace ranges. These factors have prevented fleetwide implementation of ACMI training on a daily basis. This study presents a summary of the development of the current and proposed family of ACMI systems and the capabilities each sy...

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...toring and recording this onboard data will reduce the require-ment for special ranges, eliminate pod requirements, and allow debrief and pres-entatio... ...quires the pilot to position the air-craft and fire the weapon within specified ranges. Most weapons, such asmissiles or bullets, have prescribed mini... ...ods. Until recently, the ACMI systems also required aircraftto fly over special ranges equipped with special transceivers mountedon towers. These char... ...uding locations in the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea,the Mediterranean, and the Pacific. These over-water ranges offered theadvantage of reducing the ... ...verely damaged the tracking towers usedby the Kadena ACMI range located off the coast of Okinawa. Faced with towerrepair costs in excess of $200,000 e...

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...Early on the morning of 1 August 1699, a small vessel, the Roebuck, tacked back and forth over the shoals off the western coast of New Holland awaiting daylight and the sight of land. Having suffered a long journey from Brazil, Captain William Dampier sought a harbour on the coast to replenish his dwindling supplies of water and fresh vegetables...

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...PREFACE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE Discovery: 1699–1777 CHAPTER TWO Van Diemens Land and the western coast of New Holland: 1788–93 CHAPTER THREE Establishment of the British Colony, the initial years: 1788–92 CHAPTER FOUR Establishment of the British Colony—survival assured: 1793–99 CHAPTER FIVE The Continent D...

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...3–10CHAPTER TWOVan Diemens Land and the CHAPTER EIGHTwestern coast of New Holland: Penetrating the Interior: 1811–181788–93 ... ...–93 CHAPTER NINECHAPTER THREE Coastal Exploration—British andEstablishment of the British Fre... ...of Bruny valid taxonomy of various species include J.Island off the coast of Tasmania. Anderson, K. Aplin, W. Boles, E. Cameron, P.... ...to birds, it was left to the French to record most ofinvestigate the Pacific region and New Holland, the more mundane species of the colony... ...her and an Voyage to New Holland ‘having now had in theexpert on the Pacific Ocean. These qualifications Ship with me a Person Skill’d in Dr... ...allis in the midenshrined in botanical literature when in the south Pacific. The Royal Society prevailed uponearly 1800s Robert Brown collected... ...‘vegetables’, or moreaccurately the botany of the voyage, but hisnarrative ranges freely over botany, zoology,geology, and anthropology, even down to ... ...rt In the eyes of many, religion and sciencenoted that the barrier ranges near the coast were could travel together, especially geology an...

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... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 2 THE RUSSO–GERMAN WAR, 1941–45 . . . . 11 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 3 THE PACIFIC WAR, 1941–45 . . . . . . . . . .55 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 4 CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111...

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... Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 3 THE PACIFIC WAR, 1941–45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...t and Marshall Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8212 Marianas, South Pacific, and Philippine Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ... during the conduct of modern, conventionalwar? The Russo–German War of 1941–45 and the Pacific War of1941–45 provide the historical evidence for this... ...bombers, though slower than their American counter-parts, carried heavy loads over long ranges.”38 In fact, the Zerohad remarkable range for a single-... ... Battleof Guadalcanal in November 1942.132 The Americans also exploited the Australian coastwatchernetwork in the Solomon Islands. This network provi... ...portant as ever while the United States stormedacross the Pacific and up the New Guinea coast. Phase 3: 9 February 1943–2 Sept... ...ty. The syn-ergy between their success with Magic and the contribution of theAustralian coastwatchers proved critical to victory at Guadalca-nal. Japa...

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...............................21 Chapter 3 More Schooling and Command.....44 Chapter 4 Washington and AWPD-l..............64 Chapter 5 The Southwest Pacific and Fifth Bombern Command.................................89 Chapter 6 Walker’s Last Mission ...............111 Chapter 7 The Lingering Doubts ..............126...

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..., Air Force, 5th— Officers—Biography. 4. World War, 1939-1945—Campaigns—Pacific Ocean. I. Title. U53.W255B95 1997 358.4’0092—dc21 [B] ... ...ngton and AWPD-l................................64Chapter 5 The Southwest Pacific and Fifth Bomber Command............................................. ...crifice—enabled the Alliesto overcome the military crisis in the Southwest Pacific in late1942 and early 1943. The Japanese advance through New Guinea... ...ies, even for someone who had grownup on the frontier. Potholes dotted the coast road from Manila tothe base, six miles south; the stench of garlic, f... ... article, “Driving Home theBombardment Attack,” which was published in the CoastArtillery Journal of October 1930. In an orderly and reasonedmanner, h... ...fense of Oahu.”To provide reconnaissance, the plan called for a daily long-rangesearch by B-17s with an attack force to hit anything found. Thebombard... ...ur issues. 1. Necessity with respect to insuring daylight operations. 2. Ranges. Types of aircraft. Proportion of escort fighters to bombers. 3. D... ...challenges they faced. A mission againstJapanese positions on the northern coast of New Guinea, one ofthe most primitive and inaccessible areas of the...

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... . . . . . . . . . 308 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 PHOTO SECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329 4 SOUTH PACIFIC 16 SEPTEMBER–2 OCTOBER 1942 . . . . . . .345 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 The Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 Postscript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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... SECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 4 SOUTH PACIFIC 16 SEPTEMBER–2 OCTOBER 1942 . . . . . . . 345 ... ... the 29th Regiment in Manila.A gentlemanly two-week train trip to the west coast after leavewith his family in Pennsylvania was followed by seven week... ...s and awaiting a ship in San Francisco.9 Aftera month’s journey across the Pacific, Arnold landed on theislands in early December 1907, six months aft... ...d War II where he livedafter retiring in 1946. His assignments on the west coast varied from air officer ofthe Western Department at the Presidio in S... ...the land-based Air Corps would assist theUS Army in defending the nation’s coastlines. This under-standing, later repudiated by Pratt’s successor Adm ... ...nold becameaware of the need to obtain bombing, gunnery, and experi-mental ranges far from cities. Within nine months of hisassuming command at March,... ...nd Japan. He had very littlecontact with them except for his visits to the Pacific theaterand Germany in the closing days of the war. However, his hav...

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...ea a theater missile defense (TMD) family of systems (FoS) in Northeast Asia. First, the author summarizes the US security strategy for the East Asia-Pacific region with emphasis on the importance of regional missile defense. Second, he characterizes the ballistic missile capabilities of North Korea and China, which constitute the primary threat in the region and have spur...

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...ast Asia. First, the author sum-marizes the US security strategy for the East Asia-Pacificregion with emphasis on the importance of regional missilede... ...ipelago. Its first stage fell into the Sea ofJapan, the second stage landed in the Pacific Ocean off theSanriku coast of northeastern Honshu, and the ... ... into the Sea ofJapan, the second stage landed in the Pacific Ocean off theSanriku coast of northeastern Honshu, and the third stagefailed during powe... ... and, more specifically, the 1998 United States SecurityStrategy for the East Asia-Pacific Region (or East Asia Strat-egy Report [EASR]) define the en... ...ge, solid-fuel surface-to-surface missile. They are designatedNHK-1 and NHK-2 with ranges of 180 and 260 km and payloads of 500and 450 kg, respectivel...

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... of Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185 14 Air Staff Plans and Operations . . . . . . .201 15 Vice-Chief of the US Air Force . . . . . . . 219 16 Pacific Air Force Commander . . . . . . . . 233 17 Tactical Air Force Commander and the Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 APPENDIX: War Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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... 15 Vice-Chief of the US Air Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 16 Pacific Air Force Commander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... between Patrickand his dad, Aloysius Casey. Although their residences are onopposite coasts of the country, they collaborated through yearsof researc... ...ley would do this!25 Many years later, when O’Malley was a four-star commanderof the Pacific Air Forces, he spoke at the 25th reunion of theclass of ... ...r. By then, General Harris had gained his fourth star and was commander in chief of Pacific Air Forces at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. At the time, I was Di... ... a speed of more than three times the speed ofsound and capable of operating for long ranges at over 80,000feet altitude. Before that announcement, th... ... distinction of logging the second combat sortie for theirunit. After refueling, they coasted in near Saigon and headednorth to cross the DMZ into Nor...

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...h & Read2Gether: Mapping Out a New Education 9 World Red Cross Day: World of Good 10 Moving Abroad: Immigration/Expat Writers and Artists 11 Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month 12 The “See-Food” Diet 13 Transportation, Fairy Tale Style 15 Making Slow Strides: World Turtle Day 16 Up in Smoke 17 Practicing Mindfulness...

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... Writers and Artists 11 Asian/Pacific American ... ...und, and Paul GauguinImmigration the Calm Madman by Beril Becker.10 Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month ... ...n additional 1.5 million 50th state of the United States after an illegalNative Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders. The cele- overthrow in 1... ... isn’t a per- ple would be forced to change teams of hors-fect sphere, that distance actually ranges from es frequently or proceed at a s... ...os,which live in the Galapagos Islands and the Al-dabra, which reside in the Aldabra Islands offthe coast of Africa. An in-depth study by JonVan Denbu...

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...st 8, 1945 near the town of Walbrzych in Southern Poland.4. It’s August 9, 1945, Coast of Argentina south of Mar de Plata.5. At exactly 8 hours si... ...and.”“But the war against those people is over?”“Yes, in Europe but the war in the Pacific, our big ocean it’s still on going.”“This Germans are all b... ... that they use artificial intelligence processorsthat can monitor all known signal ranges.” Einstein asks. “Artificial intelligenceprocesses you mean ... ...ng something.”“Of course they are, after all they are humans.”It’s August 9, 1945, Coast of Argentina south of Mar de Plata. It’s a warm night andonly... ...d wind is coming from theEast. Two figures stand in the conning tower watching the coast. Just before 11:00pm asteady red and blue lights breaks the d... ...t different those it makes?”“Different types of aircraft have different speeds and ranges. I can get an idea where areyou by flying from the city of C... ...g tobe free to return home. The war it's over in Europe and as of yesterday in the pacific. Butif they shoot we will shoot back.” Dinia passes the mes... ...onel.”“Listen you all, inside the building. The war in Europe it’s over and in the Pacific. Youare civilians now. After we leave, you can go home you ...

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...PTER XII The Struggle of the Bushmen for Existence CHAPTER XIII The Encroachment of the Stronger Races CHAPTER XIV The Tribes of the West Coast CHAPTER XV The Koranas CHAPTER XVI Account of Various Korana Clans CHAPTER XVII The Griquas CHAPTER XVIII Barend Barends, the Original Chief of the Sept of the BasTAARDS CHAPTER XIX The Griquas...

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...uine Arabs, of whom many families of pure blood are settled on the coast, .............. have a great regard for the truth, and in their fin... ...abs who are Muslims as well as settlers from Arabia on the Malabar coast. He mentions the similarity. At this point, I did have to c... ...t alive by the facility with which the slaves could be sold on the coast to the agents of vessels engaged in the trade sailing fromthe French... ...round them, the colonists began to cross the great mountain ranges in considerable and ever-increasing numbers, carryi... ...sive steps or terraces, the outer edges of each being fringed with ranges of mountains of greater or less elevation, the older rocks... ... On arriving at the great mountain ranges in the south, they turned to th... ... interest. He said the Landdrost Stockenstrom was also friendly to pacific measures, and encouraged the plan he had adopted. This wa... ...ent to satisfy their desire for cattle ; thesleek and numerous herds of the pacific Leghoya presented too strong anallurement for them to withstand.A ...

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.... . . . 24 Allied Countermeasures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Fratricide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 The US Navy in the Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Japanese Antiaircraft Artillery . . . . . . . . . . .53 The Lessons of World War II . . . . . . . . . . .57 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 2 FROM GUNS TO...

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... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 The US Navy in the Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Japanese An... ...y AAA piece during the interwar years was this three-inch gun. Members of the 62d Coast Artillery engage in a practice ex-ercise in August 1941. (Repr... ...Germans opened a new phase to the airwar against Britain with attacks on southern coastal towns bysmall numbers of low-flying fighter-bombers. A lack ... ...Allied ground advance.22 The V-ls traveled fast for the day, crossing the English coastat an average speed of 340 mph and accelerating to about 400mph... ...rs in 1943 and 55 in the first half of 1944 over Germanyto their own flak. In the Pacific between December 1943 andJune 1944, the US Navy downed at le... ...with downing three of their air-craft during the war.91 The US Navy in the Pacific The US Navy made strenuous efforts to defend its shipsagains... ...al improve-ments were made to the system’s radars to extend detectionand tracking ranges to the ground-based units. Testing ofthese improvements again... ...ersity of Michigan’s Wizard and GeneralElectric’s Thumper, both designed to reach ranges of 550 milesand altitudes of 500,000 feet. In 1947, the USAF ... ....7 feet shorter than the A model, itweighed 532 pounds more and could reach slant ranges of 400nautical miles and almost Mach 4.0. In its most memorab...

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.... . .79 The Mediterranean and European Campaigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Troop Carrier Operations in the Pacific . . . .122 Troop Carrier Aviation in the China-Burma-India Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 The Troop Carrier Heritage of World War 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 No...

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... . . . . . . . . 80 Troop Carrier Operations in the Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ...transports are essential for the movement of an Air Force . Thedefense of our coastline by an air force depends to a large extent on the mobility ofth... ...military crews needed training "in navigation, weather andradio flying that a coast-to-coast ferrying service would give them-and on thelatest, hottes... ... of lend-lease goods to the Middle East, to India, China, and the Southwest Pacific . 15 The importance of both the concept and the reality of... ...rol by local commanders. A transport or ferried airplane flying from the West Coast to Australia in 1942 passed through the territory of four princi... ...: theCaribbean, South Atlantic, Africa-Middle East, North Atlantic, and South PacificWings. Between October 1942 and January 1943, four more were adde... ...r its airplanes, especially sincethe tactical transporters in development had ranges of only about 1,000 miles. "3 Economics overcame common sense an... ...f a rapidly deployable short takeoff and landing aircraft,the short C-7/C-123 ranges, and C-130E runway requirements all supported thisrequirement . T... ...ssivetheater distribution system; and TAC planners also knew that the speeds, ranges,cargo-lift capability, and STOL capabilities of current aircraft ...

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...colour as they turn from the black of newborn to a grey; that will take on a silver hue for when their time comes in a few weeks to head out into the Pacific Ocean. A lot of the baby seals have pulled themselves away from the beach and are now amongst the sand dunes some even pushing up hard against the fence that borders the highway! The beach is quiet with a lot of the ...

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...nto the sleeping bags and hope that thefumes don’t make me ill. With the sound of the Pacific ocean crashing on the shore and thebearded neighbour ma... ...ches from Cambria to San Francisco providing threehundred and fifty miles of protected coastline for the array ofwildlife that lives along it. The ti... ... warming in the hotsunshine. The seals watch me as I wander and stumble along therocky coast, big pools of water and slippery weed covered rocksmake t... ...ver them and soft sand tugs at my trainersmaking me think of an easier route along the coast so I climb thecliff and walk along a field of long grass.... ...e the last sixty miles of the PecosRiver before it enters the Rio Grande. The Southern Pacific Railroadbuilt the first high bridge across the river in... ...velling west and were eager to hear ofmy experiences; especially of California and the Pacific Coast. I find myself warming to these lovely ladies as... ... ofloggers’ track we reach a paved road and turn left. The scenery of wooded mountain ranges continues and I can seeSpruce Knob and the giant Green B...

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... flee a saltwater surge that filled the Black Sea and scatter its language west toward the Atlantic, southeast toward India, and northeast toward the Pacific? -- 4. Scripting Symbols of Shape-Scripting symbolic images lets man communicate over space and time. Balance of power shifts from tribal chiefs to city-state warrior-kings and priests. -- 5. Symbols of Sound Demand A...

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...t well by the time you get to the other end. My own personal perspective ranges from the Gutenberg Press to eBooks. It nicelycomplements Mr. Bradfor... ...havinglived primarily on aquatic animals and plants from shallow fresh and coastal waters. Dr. Crawford also notes that the famed prehistoric female... ...ve Scandinavia, as far west as the Atlantic Ocean, as far northeast as the Pacific, and asfar southeast as India. As they dispersed, generation afte... ...sold the cedars to King Solomon (1011–931 BC).Their homeland lay along the coastal regions known today as Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and thePalestinian T... ...ory‘s most amazing empire.Mongolian climates challenge man and beast The Pacific Ocean‘s moisture-bearing winds water the lush coastal plains of Asi... ... man and beast The Pacific Ocean‘s moisture-bearing winds water the lush coastal plains of Asia‘sagrarian civilizations. North of the 45-degree para... ...es would overrun everything from the IndusRiver to the Danube and from the Pacific Ocean to the Mediterranean. The Mongols promised justice to those...

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...alf-laugh and stared at me in disbelief. ‘You really didn’t know about our arrangement?’ I shook my head. ‘You’ve got to be the only person on the Coast who didn’t!’ She gave me a strange look—a compound of pity and mild anger. ‘Sit here,’ she patted the bed, ‘and talk to me. I’m too fired up to sleep.’ ‘Talk about what?’ ‘Max, me, you, the world.’ The last person I...

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...dn’t know aboutour arrangement?’ I shook my head. ‘You’ve got to be the only person on the Coast who didn’t!’ She gave me astrange look—a compound... ...ake thinking. ‘Ok,’ I sighed, sitting on theend of the bed. ‘Tell me what everyone else on the Coast knows.’ ‘Four years ago,’ she said with complac... ... the frames and mounts and bring me any paper work tomorrow. Come at eleven.’ She lived in the coastal hills so I could call in on the way to Celia an... ...erandah the land sloped away to the west, affording a view over pastures, coppices, anddistant ranges. A State Forest abutted the southern boundary. T... ...inued, at least for a time. I shared their excitement about a proposedsummer cruise around the Pacific Islands. We laughed at memories of house buildi... ...y eight thirty the nextmorning was waving goodbye. Forty kilometres south in a wet part of the ranges, my thirty-five acres were as lush as theFierney... ...predicted that if we ever had a king tide accompanied by unusually highrainfall in the coastal ranges, coinciding with cyclonic winds from the sea, or...

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...DAN THE DEVILA MEMORY OF 'THE SYSTEM'CHAPTER ICHAPTER IICHAPTER IIIA NORTH PACIFIC LAGOON ISLANDBILGER, OF SYDNEYTHE VISION OF MILLI THE SLAVEDENISON ... ...anlabour-ship, which had picked him up in a canoe at sea, somewhere offthe coast of Dutch New Guinea. He was the only survivor of a party ofseven, and... ...rs are generally termed 'boys.'Von Hammer had been everywhere in the North Pacific, so Burton tookhim to Ridan's hut, and called to the 'sulky devil' ... ...more than once in five years. It's a very isolatedspot, off the north-east coast of New Guinea. "Bully" Hayes used tocall there once. However, let me ... ...d slopes of a treeless bluff which overlookedthe blue waters of the sunlit Pacific. Except for a cluster of five or sixlittle weatherboard cottages pe... ...r's walk over the slopes of the bluff brought us to thefringe of the dense coastal forest, through which our track lay foranother two or three miles b... ...and miles to see; it is terrible, awe-inspiring andwonderful. The 'killer' ranges in length from ten feet to twenty-five feet(whalemen have told me th...