Plastic Wings


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When seven-year-old Evie Weiss discovers a strange, sickly boy in her otherwise familiar forest, she has no idea what it holds for her world. He is a dark angel, one of a race of humanoid beings that feed on humanity and tear Evie's world down around her. Years later, as humanity mounts a counter-attack against the dark angels, Evie remembers the boy in the forest and finds herself torn between her loyalty to her own people and feelings of compassion for these strange creatures that first captivated her as a child. It is the quest of one girl to unite two worlds so separated by war, but how can she close the gap between two races so determined to hate each other?




Secret Wings of World War II


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There are many myths and legends surrounding the advanced German aeronautical technology of the Second World War. There are also facts and proven events. Yet within these stories and behind these facts lie conspiracy theories, mistaken assumptions and denials that seem to contradict the evidence. So what really happened? How far ahead were the German scientists? And, of even greater interest, why and how???There have been other books about advanced German wartime aeronautics, yet few authors have fully examined the detail of the designs and their relevance to the fighter and bomber legends of the 1950s and '60s, let alone the current crop of military and civil all-wing or blended-wing aircraft. This book charts the story from it origins, through current-day innovations and beyond, into the all-wing future of tomorrow.




The Verlinden Way


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Plastic Sea


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A clear explanation of a pressing problem and an invitation to take action.-- KIRKUS REVIEWS Plastic garbage knows no borders. In the sea, it floats on ocean currents and makes its way around the globe, threatening seabirds and animals that eat it by mistake and are sometimes caught in plastic waste. Told from the perspective of a Northern Fulmar, a seabird that lives across the oceans of the northern hemisphere, Plastic Sea: A Bird's-eye View uses the most up-to-date science to offer insight into a growing environmental crisis with global implications. If we continue to waste as much plastic as we do today, there will be more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050. Fortunately, there are actions we can take as individuals and as a global community to reduce plastic waste in our oceans. Plastic Sea is an invitation to give seabirds, animals, and the Earth itself a chance to thrive again.




ONLY WINGS


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Wings are the most popular appetizer in restaurants across the nation. One nation restaurant franchise is dedicated (almost) solely to chicken wings, and virtually every Chinese buffet serves them. The interactive cookbook Only Wings: Bold and Unusual Recipes showcases recipes with intriguing and enticing flavor profiles including Tequila Chipotle Wings, Banana and Green Chilies Wings, Orange Marmalade and Honey Wings, Peanut Butter and Beer Wings, Plum Jam and Horseradish Wings, and Ginger and Garlic Wings.




Plastic Wing with Laminar Profile


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A brief review is presented of the design and fabrication problems of plane and trapezoidal fiberglass wings with laminar profiles to be used in aerodynamic tests on an automatic airborne laboratory under real flight conditions. Techniques for manufacturing such plastic wings with required specifications and surface roughness and configuration allowances are described. The properties and fabrication of the wing rigging are discussed, and a version of a slotted plastic wing producing laminarization is described. A lower production cost, a simpler manufacturing technology, and higher aerodynamic properties are noted as the advantages of these plastic wings over riveted or wooden wings. (Author).







Good Flies


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The favorite fly patterns of one of the country's top angling writers, revised and updated.




How to Build Plastic Aircraft Models


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Håndbog og vejledning i bygning af modelfly i plastic




Aerodynamics of Wings and Bodies


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This excellent, innovative reference offers a wealth of useful information and a solid background in the fundamentals of aerodynamics. Fluid mechanics, constant density inviscid flow, singular perturbation problems, viscosity, thin-wing and slender body theories, drag minimalization, and other essentials are addressed in a lively, literate manner and accompanied by diagrams.