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FLASHMAN: FROM THE FLASHMAN PAPERS 1839-1842, edited and arranged by George MacDonald Fraser. But don't believe it for a minute. Though Flashman has fooled several scholars, it is actually an agreeable fictional takeoff on assorted British tales of derring-do in the days of the Empah...
FLASHMAN: FROM THE FLASHMAN PAPERS 1839-1842, edited and arranged by George MacDonald Fraser. But don't believe it for a minute. Though it has fooled several scholars, Flashman is actually an agreeable fictional takeoff on assorted British tales of derring-do in the days of the Empah...
FLASHMAN: FROM THE FLASHMAN PAPERS 1839-1842, edited and arranged by George MacDonald Fraser. But don't believe it for a minute. Though it has fooled several scholars, Flashman is actually an agreeable fictional takeoff on assorted British tales of derring-do in the days of the Empah...
FLASHMAN: FROM THE FLASHMAN PAPERS 1839-1842, edited and arranged by George MacDonald Fraser. But don't believe it for a minute. Though it has fooled several scholars, Flashman is actually an agreeable fictional takeoff on assorted British tales of derring-do in the days of the Empah...
...Armstrong and Aldrin, the next nerve-racking maneuver was lift-off from the moon's surface. The squat, 172-Ib. ascent engine had been test-fired more than 3,000 times, but this was no test. Houston radioed: "You're cleared for takeoff." Replied Aldrin: "Roger, understand. We're No. 1 on the runway." Seconds later, tension dissolved; Eagle was airborne, headed into a lunar orbit. Within four hours, the module had rendezvoused and docked with Columbia on the far side of the moon. Then Armstrong and Aldrin left the LM so quickly that ground controllers, caught...