The Hercules Story [Audiobook] download free by Martin W. Bowman
- Listen audiobook: The Hercules Story
- Author: Martin W. Bowman
- Release date: 2009/10/29
- Publisher: THE HISTORY PRESS LTD
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Transportation
- ISBN: 9780752450810
- Rating: 9.98 of 10
- Votes: 230
- Review by: Esmeralda Galvez
- Review rating: 7.28 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/15
- Duration: 1H37M56S in 256 kbps (25.6 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-27
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WMA, MPEG4, ATRAC, FLAC, MP4, MP3, WAV, AAC (compression RZ, CBR, ZIP, AZW4, RAR)
- Total pages original book: 128
- Includes a PDF summary of 10 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 6M55S (2 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: The C-130 Hercules first flew in 1954, an easily maintained aircraft which entered service with the USAF Tactical Air Command. Ten years later the 'Charlie 130' was providing the essential logistical support in Vietnam where a new landing technique, the Khe Sanh approach, added to the Hercules folklore. Paradrops, airlift and evacuation operations were completed around the clock, often at low level, usually under fire and nearly always in bad weather. AC-130 gunships blasted the Ho Chi Minh Trail at night, Lamplighters and Blind Bats dropped flares, and others scattered defoliant, 'pancake bombs' and 15,000 'Big Blue' block-busters. But more than anything else it was in the role of 'Trash and Ass hauler' that the C-130 earned unstinting admiration from ground troops and aircrews alike. The 'Herky Bird' or 'Fat Albert', as the C-130 is fondly known, went on to serve with similar panache in the Gulf War and in humanitarian relief operations around the world. Today, the modern C-130J version continues to provide the effective support for which the Hercules name is renowned.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Military History, Military Aircraft, Military Vehicles, Military Engineering, Aircraft
- Download servers: MyUpload, 4Shared, BitShare, Google Drive, HowFile.com, Torrent, Uploaded, Microsoft OneDrive. Compressed in RZ, CBR, ZIP, AZW4, RAR
- Format: Hardback
- Approximate value: 11.69 USD
- Dimensions: 130x190x20mm
- Weight: 270g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Stroud, United Kingdom
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