[Compl]Flying for France: With the American Escadrille...-tg

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Flying for France: With the American Escadrille at Verdun by James McConnell (1887 - 1917).

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/flying-for-france-by-james-mcconnell/
The experiences of American James R. McConnell, while flying with the French Flying Corp at Verdun during World War One. Sgt McConnell was a member of the Layfette Escadrille also called the American Escadrille from 1915 to 1917. McConnell volunteered for Ambulance service in France in 1915. While serving with the Ambulance service he was cited for courage in retrieving wounded soldiers under fire and was awarded the French Croix de Gurre for bravery. He decided to volunteer for service in the French Flying Corps and became a member of the American Escadrelle. A unit formed in the years before the United States became involved in the war made up of American Volunteer pilots. ( William A Crenshaw)
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Last edited by carteki on October 15th, 2016, 12:45 pm, edited 5 times in total.
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Post by MaxineMarie »

I'll be happy to DPL this. I like to finish what I've started.
Max :)
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MaxineMarie wrote:I'll be happy to DPL this. I like to finish what I've started.
Max :)
Thank you Max.
If you want to check the submitted sections, they're here: http://uploads.librivox.org/abandoned/flyingforfrance/
(only 3 were completed)
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Um, I'm a bit confused. The orig project popped back into my bookmarks, complete with MW which contains completed sections that I DPL'd. So now I have two. Maybe Tricia is going to continue as MC and you don't need to start over?
Max
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Post by TriciaG »

You're set up.

I've added Bill's section 5 to the Magic window. Here were the PL notes from the old thread:
1:44 to 2:00 repeat
4:41 to 6:04 repeat
6:37 to 6:42 long pause
16:17 to 16:28 repeat

It's up to you if you want to edit and use the file. The original thread shows that Bill edited the file, but the one in the uploader seems to be the old, unedited one.
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MaxineMarie wrote:Um, I'm a bit confused. The orig project popped back into my bookmarks, complete with MW which contains completed sections that I DPL'd. So now I have two. Maybe Tricia is going to continue as MC and you don't need to start over?
Max
Kim asked to see the old thread to possibly resurrect the project, so I stuck it in Book Suggestions and posted in it. That's how it came up in your bookmarks. But now I've merged the old project into this one, so you only have one again. :)
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Thank you :)
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TriciaG wrote:You're set up.

I've added Bill's section 5 to the Magic window. Here were the PL notes from the old thread:
1:44 to 2:00 repeat
4:41 to 6:04 repeat
6:37 to 6:42 long pause
16:17 to 16:28 repeat

It's up to you if you want to edit and use the file. The original thread shows that Bill edited the file, but the one in the uploader seems to be the old, unedited one.
I've edited the file and evened out the volume - goes from -2 to +2 at the end!
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/flyingforfrance_05_mcconnell_128kbs.mp3
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I would like to read Section 6 -Chapter 3
thanks
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BettyB wrote:I would like to read Section 6 -Chapter 3
thanks
BettyB
Assigned. Thank you.
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Post by MaxineMarie »

Section 5 won't open for me in MW.
Max :)
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MaxineMarie wrote:Section 5 won't open for me in MW.
Max :)

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/flyingforfrance_05_mcconnell_128kb.mp3
Re-uploaded and checked link works.

Tricia, please delete the other versions of ch5 as this should be the final one.

Kim
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Post by MaxineMarie »

The file you put in Section 5 is actually Chapter 5 which is already in the MW as Section 8 and PL OK.
Max :)
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MaxineMarie wrote:The file you put in Section 5 is actually Chapter 5 which is already in the MW as Section 8 and PL OK.
Max :)
Thank you :p That would explain why Tricia could only find an "old" version on the server! MW updated :D
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Post by TriciaG »

Yes, it does! Mystery solved. 8-)

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