Happy New Year
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:20:46 +0000

Flexible Information Retrieval Environment Project Let there be light in the world With 2008 completed in all time zones, the editorial and development teams at the FIRE project thank all of our readers for using our on-line portals and on-line information resource through the past year. Once again we have seen significant growth in readership from around [...]

One Hundred Years of British Naval Aviation
Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:56:10 +0000

The author has traced the full history of British naval aviation from the writings of Admiral Thomas Cockrane more than two hundred years ago, through the use of balloons and then towed kites to the first aeroplanes and airships, on through the triumphs of World War II and into the Cold War, then through the [...]

One Hundred Years of British Naval Aviation
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:36:22 +0000

Just out, this eBook tells the story of British Naval Aviation, and a gripping story it is. Fly Navy 100 will celebrate one hundred years of the Fleet Air Arm in May 2009. The full story of British Naval Aviation starts during the Napoleonic Wars at the start of the Nineteenth Century. Since 1908, the Royal Navy [...]

IMO chief makes direct appeal to Security Council for Somalia piracy action
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:10:03 +0000

IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos has issued a call at the highest level for a coordinated and cohesive response, both internationally and nationally, to combat the scourge of piracy off the coast of Somalia. Yesterday (20 November), in a personal briefing to the UN Security Council in the context of the latter’s consideration of UN Secretary-General [...]

“Vertical” round the world solo yachtsman to give fundraising talk for local RNLI lifeboats
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:41:24 +0000

Adrian aboard Barrabas off the Siberian coast Date: 11/11/2008 Author: Adrian Don, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer Reference: Tynemouth 045 2008 Tynemouth and Cullercoats RNLI lifeboat stations are asking people to join us for an extraordinary event. Adrian Flannigan, solo yachtsman, will re-live his adventures to raise funds to help keep our lifeboats saving lives at sea. Adrian has a reputation for [...]

Over The Top
Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:30:54 +0000

This is an inspiring story and it holds the reader from the first page. Good books inform and entertain. This is a good book. The author is a writer who embarked on an extraordinary adventure. The result is a well-written book. The adventure was the first attempt to complete a vertical or bi-polar circumnavigation by sea. [...]

The Voyage of the Beagle
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:50:27 +0000

This book is both a fascinating account of one of the events that changed the world, and fine art. The publisher has produced a handsome volume with printed linen covers and high quality paper. The work is lavishly illustrated with art, photographs, sketches, maps, facsimile extracts of newspapers and advertisements. The production standard is very [...]

OVER THE TOP
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:28:14 +0000

The First Lone Yachtsman to Sail Vertically Around The World by Adrian Flanagan Published in hardback by Weidenfeld & Nicolson on 6th November 2008, at £16.99 In May 2008, Adrian Flanagan made history when he completed the first ever single-handed ‘vertical’ circumnavigation of the world. Over The Top tells the story of this remarkable voyage. In 1975, when [...]

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF BRITISH NAVAL AVIATION
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:05:24 +0000

“One Hundred Years of British Naval Aviation” Nighthawk Publishing, Available November 2008, eBook, £9.99, ISBN 1-84280-118-X The British Government has selected 2009 as the Official Centenary of the Fleet Air Arm. This is an arbitrary date that can be justified on the basis that the Naval Estimates for 1909 included funds for the construction of the ill-fated HM [...]

AGX - Mission Accomplished
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:05:30 +0000

The final Broadly Boats Special in the Alpha Global Expedition series is now available as a free download from: tinyurl.com/59vkxp The book “Over The Top” by Adrian Flanagan will be launched by Orion in October 2008. bb.firetrench.com ftnews.firetrench.com agx.firetrench.com nighthawk.firetrench.com ftd.firetrench.com