#by julie tizard

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POTS PPL LISTEN UP

You all NEED to know about the Anti-G Straining Maneuver

It's what fighter pilots are taught to do when G forces are pulling all their blood from their brains to their feet (sound familiar?) to help prevent them from blacking out or going unconscious.

I have used this many times and it's very effective.

First tighten/contract all of the muscles in your lower body (abdomen down to toes). This acts much in the same way as compression stockings and helps force blood back upward and prevent it from running en mass to your ankles.

Second step is to take quick, shallow breaths. Basically you're hyperventilating here which helps to super-oxygenate your blood making what little blood you can get to your brain more effective at delivering the much needed oxygen.

If you find this technique at all helpful you can thank lesbian romance novels because that's where I learned about it and went "huh, that's basically what happens when I stand up I wonder if it'll help" and it did so now you know about it too.

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• RP-3 (Tulip Rockets)

The RP-3 (from Rocket Projectile 3 inch) was a British rocket projectile used during and after the Second World War. Though primarily an air-to-ground weapon, it saw limited use in other roles.

The first use of rockets fired from aircraft was during World War I. The "unrotated projectiles" (UPs) were Le Prieur rockets which were mounted on the interplane struts of Nieuport fighters. These were used to attack observation balloons and were reasonably successful. With the war ended the Royal Air Force, intent on retrenching, forgot about firing rockets from aircraft. The British Army, however, did see a use for rockets against low-flying aircraft; from late 1940 parts of Britain were defended by increasing numbers of "Z-Batteries" 2-inch (51 mm) rockets supplementing the conventional anti-aircraft guns. When German forces under the command of Rommel intervened in the Western Desert from early 1941, it became clear that the Desert Air Force lacked weapons capable of damaging or destroying the large numbers of armoured fighting vehicles, particularly the heavier Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks possessed by the Germans. Consequently, in April 1941 Henry Tizard, the Chief Scientist, called together a panel to study "Methods of Attacking Armoured Vehicles."

The types of weapons investigated included the 40 mm Vickers S gun and related weapons manufactured by the Coventry Ordnance Works, as well as the Bofors 40 mm and the US 37 mm T9 cannon fitted to the Bell P-39 Airacobra: however, it was already recognised that these weapons were only capable of dealing with light tanks and motor transport, and using larger weapons on fighter-bombers was ruled out because of weight and difficulties handling recoil. Information was sought from the Soviets, who had just started using unguided RS-82 rockets against German ground forces in the opening phases of Operation Barbarossa. By September 1941 it was decided that two models of UP would be developed.

After consideration it was decided to concentrate on development of the 3-inch version, which could be developed from the 2-inch rocket used in the Z-Batteries. The rocket body was a steel tube 3 inches (76 mm) in diameter filled with 11 pounds (5.0 kg) of cordite propellant, fired electrically. The warhead was screwed into the forward end, and was initially a solid 25-pound (11 kg), 3.44-inch (87 mm) armor-piercing shell which was quickly supplemented by a 6-inch-diameter (150 mm), 60 pounds (27 kg) high-explosive head. Another type of head was a 25-pound (11 kg) mild steel (later concrete) practice head. Once the rocket had been mounted on the rails, an electrical lead was plugged into the exhaust of the rocket. Four large tailfins induced enough spin to stabilize the rocket, but as it was unguided, aiming was a matter of judgment and experience. Approach to the target needed to be precise, with no sideslip or yaw, which could throw the RP off line. Aircraft speed had to be precise at the moment of launch, and the angle of attack required precision. Trajectory drop was also a problem, especially at longer ranges. On the plus side the rocket was less complicated and more reliable than a gun firing a shell, and there was no recoil on firing. It was found to be a demoralising form of attack against ground troops, and the 60-pound warhead could be devastating. The rocket installations were light enough to be carried by single-seat fighters, giving them the punch of a cruiser.

Before the new weapon was released for service extensive tests were carried out by the Instrument, Armament and Defence Flight (IADF) at Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough. Hurricanes were fitted with rockets and rails and flown during June and July 1942. Further tests were undertaken from September 28th to November 30th to develop rocket firing tactics. Other aircraft used were a Hudson, a Swordfish, and a Sea Hurricane. Aiming was through a standard GM.II reflector gunsight. A later modification enabled the reflector to be tilted with the aid of a graduated scale, depressing the line of sight, the GM.IIL. The first operational use of the RP was in the Western Desert as a "tank-busting" weapon on Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIEs and IVs. The 25-pound armour-piercing heads were found to be ineffective against the Tiger I tanks coming into German service. With the example of the success of Royal Artillery gunners using high-explosive shells from the 25 pdr gun-howitzer, it was decided to design a new 60-pound semi-armour-piercing (SAP) head. These were capable of knocking turrets off tanks. A typical RP-3 installation was 4 projectiles on launching rails under each wing. A selector switch was fitted to allow the pilot to fire them singly (later omitted), in pairs, or as a full salvo. Towards the end of the war some RAF Second Tactical Air Force Hawker Typhoons had their installation adapted to carry an additional four rockets.

Possibly the best known action involving RP-3s was that of the Falaise pocket of mid-August 1944. During the battle German forces, retreating to avoid being trapped in a pincer movement by Allied ground forces, came under air attack. Amongst the waves of light, medium and fighter bombers attacking the German columns the Typhoons of 2 TAF attacked with their rockets, claiming hundreds of tanks and "mechanised enemy transport". After the battle Army and 2nd TAF Operational Research Sections studying the battleground came to the conclusion that far fewer vehicles (17 in total) had been destroyed by rocket strike alone. What was clear was that in the heat of battle it was far harder for pilots to launch the weapons while meeting the conditions needed for accuracy.

In 1945, some British Shermans were fitted with two or four rails – one or two either side of the turret – to carry 60-pound headed rockets. These were used at the Rhine Crossing by tanks of the 1st Coldstream Guards. The tanks were called "Sherman Tulips". The tanks fitted included both conventional Shermans and the more heavily armed Sherman Fireflies. The modifications were first tried out by two officers of the 1st Armoured Battalion, Coldstream Guards, 5th Guards Armoured Brigade, who obtained rockets and launching rails from an RAF base and carried out the first test firings on March 17th, 1945. They were inspired after hearing the idea had been earlier tried, but abandoned, by a Canadian unit, the 18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons), who had fitted RP-3 rails to a Staghound Armoured Car. The rockets were highly inaccurate when fired from a tank as they were being fired from a stationary point and had little slipstream over the fins. Despite this, the RP-3 was valued by tank crews for the destructive effect of its 60-pound warhead. In combat, they were also used for short-range, saturation bombardment of an area and were effective as an immediate counter to German ambushes.

The 3-inch RP continued to be used on RAF and RN aircraft in the ground attack role until replaced by the SNEB podded rocket (RAF) and the 2-inch podded RP (RN). Operational use included the Malayan emergency, the Korean War, the Suez crisis, and the Radfan campaign.

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An original premise for an entertaining read

Gaby's Review of Free Fall at Angel Creek by Julie Tizard

Review of Free Fall at Angel Creek by Julie Tizard I’ve got this author on my radar (no pun intended) since I read her debut The Road to Wings which won a GCLS Goldie Award. Her expertise in airplanes and flying make her books very original and interesting. I couldn’t pass this up. When Flight 402 has an accident without any survivors, among them, Detective Dee Rawlings’s estranged sister, Dee is…

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The road to Wings by Julie Tizard

The story itself was intriguing but for my taste there were too many technical terms about flying military planes. It doesn’t make the story harder to follow or harder to understand – it just a lot of those terms that interrupt the flow a little bit. It good how it points out the problems of the military and how women have a hard time be accepted and can only advance to certain point. Both main…

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2020 Winners of the Lesfic Bard Award — Lesfic Bard Awards News

2020 Winners of the Lesfic Bard Award — Lesfic Bard Awards News

Action Adventure Julie Tizard Flight to the Horizon Airline Captain Kerri Sullivan has a perfect life. Only one thing is missing―a woman to share it with. She’s had plenty of women on the road to success, but she’s never met “the one.” Flight attendant Janine Case is beautiful beyond measure, but comes across as aloof […]2020 Winners of the Lesfic Bard Award — Lesfic Bard Awards News

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RT @CharlieTizard: Any esports photographers that aren't working iseries already, and aren't going to gamescom, slide into the DM's!

Any esports photographers that aren't working iseries already, and aren't going to gamescom, slide into the DM's!

— Charlie Tizard (@CharlieTizard) July 23, 2018

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For the past 14 years, the Golden Crown Literary Society has hosted “The Goldies”, literary awards for lesbian literature in sixteen genres and five special categories. Winners will be announced on July 7th at the awards ceremony in Las Vegas. I’m excited to see so many novels that I’ve enjoyed (as well many more piled atop my TBR shelf) over the past year appear as finalists.

For more information on how books are nominated and considered, head on over to Golden Crown’s website. Click on any title below to learn more about each nominee.

Genre Categories

   Anthology/Collections (Fiction)

    Conference Call, Ann Roberts (ed.), Bella Books Our Happy Hours, LGBT Voices from the Gay Bars, S. Renee Bess and Lee Lynch (Story Collectors), Flashpoint Publications

  Combined Non-Fiction

    Fried & Convicted: Rehoboth Beach Uncorked by Fay Jacobs, Bywater Books Grief Map by Sarah Hahn Campbell, Brain Mill Press

   Contemporary Romance (Short Novels)

    Bait and Switch by Blythe H. Warren, Bella Books Echo Point by Virginia Hale, Bella Books Fake it till You Make It by M. Ullrich, Bold Strokes Books Forget Me Not by Kris Bryant, Bold Strokes Books Highland Fling by Anna Larner, Bold Strokes Books Pausing by Renee Mackenzie, Affinity Rainbow Publications Unbridled by Fox Brison, Bold Fox Publishing Unexpected by Jenny Frame, Bold Strokes Books

  Contemporary Romance (Mid-Length Novels)

    Ask, Tell by E. J. Noyes, Bella Books The Butterfly Whisperer by Lisa Moreau, Bold Strokes Books Delay of Game by Tracey Richardson, Bella Books Love After Hours: A Rivers Community Romance by Radclyffe, Bold Strokes Books Nantucket Rose by CF Frizzell, Bold Strokes Books Night Voice by CF Frizzell, Bold Strokes Books Right Here, Right Now by Georgia Beers, Bold Strokes Books Sidebar by Carsen Taite, Bold Strokes Books What Matters Most by Georgia Beers, Brisk Press Wishing on a Dream by Julie Cannon, Bold Strokes Books

  Contemporary Romance (Long Novels)

    Casting Lacey by Elle Spencer, Self-Published Crescent City Confidential by Aurora Rey, Bold Strokes Books Edge of Glory by Rachel Spangler, Bywater Books Perfect Rhythm by Jae, Ylva Publishing Rock and a Hard Place by Andrea Bramhall, Ylva Publishing The Secret Pond by Gerri Hill, Bella Books Vacationland by Susan X Meagher, Brisk Press Who’d Have Thought by G Benson, Ylva Publishing  

Debut Novel

    Bend by Nancy J. Hedin, Anglerfish Press an imprint of Riptide Publishing Falling into Her by Erin Zak, Bold Strokes Books Frame by Frame by CJ Murphy, Desert Palm Press Just Beyond the Shining River by Lynnette Beers, Regal Crest Enterprises Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu, Soho Press The Road to Wings by Julie Tizard, Bold Strokes Books The Square Donut by Lauren Crane, Backyard Bird Publishing The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera, Tor/Forge Books The Winter Loon by Lori Henriksen, Cougar Creek Books  

Erotica

    Her Best Friend’s Sister by Meghan O’Brien, Bold Strokes Books Party Favors by Jaime Clevenger, Bella Books This Foreign Affair by Harper Bliss, Ladylit Publishing  

General Fiction

    Bend by Nancy J. Hedin, Anglerfish Press an imprint of Riptide Publishing Bitterroot Queen by Jove Belle, Dirt Road Books Changing Perspectives by Jen Silver, Affinity Rainbow Publications Goldenrod by Ann McMan, Bywater Books The Price of Cash by Ashley Bartlett, Bold Strokes Books  

Historical Fiction

  The Ada Decades by Paula Martinac, Bywater Books Crossing the Wide Forever by Missouri Vaun, Bold Strokes Books The Sniper’s Kiss by Justine Saracen, Bold Strokes Books The Winter Loon by Lori Henriksen, Cougar Creek Books

  Mystery/Thriller

    A Quiet Death by Cari Hunter, Bold Strokes Books Forsaken Trust: A Luce Hansen Thriller by Meredith Doench, Bold Strokes Books Genuine Gold by Ann Aptaker, Bold Strokes Books The Girl on the Edge of Summer by J. M. Redmann, Bold Strokes Books Lethal Care by Claire McNab with Katherine V. Forrest, Bella Books        Taken In by Erica Abbott, Bella Books  

Paranormal/Horror

    Five Moons Rising by Lise MacTague, Bella Books Little Dip – Garoul Series Book V by Gill McKnight, Dirt Road Books

  Poetry

    The Girls with Stone Faces by Arleen Paré, Brick Books Hanging on Our Own Bones by Judy Grahn, Arktoi Books Walking Through Turquoise by Laurie MacFayden, Frontenac House Ltd.

  Romantic Suspense/Intrigue

A More Perfect Union by Carsen Taite, Bold Strokes Books Heart Stop by Radclyffe, Bold Strokes Books Into Thin Air by Jeannie Levig, Bold Strokes Books Letter of the Law by Carsen Taite, Bold Strokes Books Lucy’s Chance by Jackie D, Bold Strokes Books Mine to Keep by Wendy Hudson, Ylva Publishing Moment of Weakness by KG MacGregor, Bella Books The Road to Wings by Julie Tizard, Bold Strokes Books The Scholarship by Jaime Maddox, Bold Strokes Books  

Science Fiction/Fantasy

Ardulum: Second Don by J.S. Fields, Ninestar Press The End by Roselle Graskey and Cheyne Curry, Bossy Pants Books Erased by Robbi McCoy, Bella Books Fury’s Choice by Brey Willows, Bold Strokes Books House of Fate by Barbara Ann Wright, Bold Strokes Books Phoenix Rising by Rebecca Harwell, Bold Strokes Books Seoul Circuit by Tamara Boyens, Supposed Crimes Shattered by Lee Winter, Ylva Publishing Spark by Catherine Friend, Bold Strokes Books

  Young Adult

Girls Like Me by Nina Packebush, Bedazzled Ink Publishing Sovereign by April Daniels, Diversion Books The Square Donut by Lauren Crane, Backyard Bird Publishing

  Special Categories

  Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award

  Cork, Ireland

An Outsider Inside by R.J. Samuel, Self-Published Edge of Glory by Rachel Spangler, Bywater Books Goldenrod by Ann McMan, Bywater Books Our Happy Hours, LGBT Voices from the Gay Bars, S. Renee Bess and Lee Lynch (Story Collectors), Flashpoint Publications Perfect Rhythm by Jae, Ylva Publishing Right Here, Right Now by Georgia Beers, Bold Strokes Books Sappho’s Bar and Grill by Bonnie J. Morris, Bywater Books Strawberry Summer by Melissa Brayden, Bold Strokes Books Time’s Rainbow: Writing Ourselves Back into American History, Lori L. Lake & Christopher Hawthorne Moss (eds.), Launch Point Press

Directors’ Award – TBD

Lee Lynch Classic Award – TBD

Tee Corine Award for Outstanding Cover Art

The Ada Decades, Ann McMan, TreeHouse Studio, Bywater Books An Outsider Inside, Ann McMan, Treehouse Studio, Self-Published Buried Heart, Melody Pond, Bold Strokes Books Close to Home, Ann McMan, TreeHouse Studio, Bywater Books Edge of Glory, Ann McMan, TreeHouse Studio, Bywater Books Goldenrod, Ann McMan, TreeHouse Studio, Bywater Books On a LARP, Ann McMan, TreeHouse Studio, Bywater Books Our Happy Hours, LGBT Voices from the Gay Bars, Ann McMan, TreeHouse Studio, Flashpoint Publications

Trailblazer Award – TBD  

Golden Crown Literary Society 2018 Award Finalists For the past 14 years, the Golden Crown Literary Society has hosted "The Goldies", literary awards for lesbian literature in sixteen genres and five special categories.

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Mamas & Papas unveils commerce and content strategy for new-look website

Mamas & Papas has put content alongside commerce in its new-look website, part of a strategy to put digital first.

The nursery brand, a Top100 retailer in IRUK Top500 research, aims to take in-store customer service onto the website while showcasing content from bloggers and writers.

Mamas & Papas says the relaunch marks the move from away from transactional online shop to a site where the brand engages with the customer.

Global digital and marketing director Neil Sumner said: “We’ve relaunched mamasandpapas.com as a content-rich, ecommerce website to not only drive digital sales but to connect with our customer and power the brand’s global growth through all our channels.”

The relaunch is part of investment across the business that has also seen some of its 32 stores given a new look and feel. Online, the new site aims to create a personalised shopping experience that takes the service customers receive in-store to the internet. More than three-quarters of Mamas & Papas online customers visit from a mobile or tablet device, and the new site is optimised for mobile. The site has also teamed up with experts in areas from nutrition and sleep to exercise and travel. Guest bloggers include Anna Tizard and Lydia Barron, founders of Tiba & Marl who will share style tipes, and Bloom & Blossom founders Christina Moss and Julia Yule, who will advise on wellbeing.

Head of digital Julie Austin said: “Our customer has different wants and needs at key stages throughout their parenthood journey and we wanted to ensure we are interacting with them – whether through their research or their shopping experience.

“Creation of the new ‘Discover’ content, increased video visibility, enhanced furniture and travel showroom experience on fully responsive templates were building blocks to extending our best in class store experience. This is step one for us on an enhanced international roadmap for all our channels.”

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An ok lesbian romance book with great flying scenes

Lex's Review of 'Flight to the Horizon' by Julie Tizard

Review of ‘Flight to the Horizon’ by Julie Tizard

I thought this lesbian romance book was okay. There were parts I really enjoyed, others not so much. I think Tizard tried to pack too much instead of sticking to just one or two things and nailing them. I have to say that I enjoyed her debut book, ‘The Road to Wings’, more than this one. She’s still on my radar as an author because what she does…