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Fighter Pilot

Author : Christina Olds
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781429929097
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Fighter Pilot written by Christina Olds and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-04-13 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This ebook edition does not include the photo insert from the print edition. The widely anticipated memoir of legendary ace American fighter pilot, Robin Olds Robin Olds was a larger-than-life hero with a towering personality. A graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army, Olds was one of the toughest college football players at the time. In WWII, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of 22—and an ace with 12 aerial victories. But it was in Vietnam where the man became a legend. He arrived in 1966 to find a dejected group of pilots and motivated them by placing himself on the flight schedule under officers junior to himself, then challenging them to train him properly because he would soon be leading them. Proving he wasn't a WWII retread, he led the wing with aggressiveness, scoring another four confirmed kills, becoming a rare triple ace. Olds (who retired a brigadier general and died in 2007) was a unique individual whose personal story is one of the most eagerly anticipated military books of the year.

Fighter Pilot

Author : Christina Olds
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 9780312569518
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (695 download)

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Download or read book Fighter Pilot written by Christina Olds and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fighter Pilot is the memoir of legendary ace American fighter pilot and general officer in the U.S. Air Force, Robin Olds. Robin Olds was a larger-than-life hero with a towering personality. A graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army, Olds was one of the toughest college football players at the time. In WWII, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of 22—and an ace with 12 aerial victories. But it was in Vietnam where the man became a legend. He arrived in 1966 to find a dejected group of pilots and motivated them by placing himself on the flight schedule under officers junior to himself, then challenging them to train him properly because he would soon be leading them. Proving he wasn't a WWII retread, he led the wing with aggressiveness, scoring another four confirmed kills, becoming a rare triple ace. Olds, who retired a brigadier general and died in 2007, was a unique individual whose personal story presents one of the most eagerly anticipated military books in recent memory.

Fighter Pilot

Author : Robin Olds
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 9780312560232
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Fighter Pilot written by Robin Olds and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2010-04-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The widely anticipated memoir of legendary ace American fighter pilot, Robin Olds Robin Olds was a larger-than-life hero with a towering personality. A graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army, Olds was one of the toughest college football players at the time. In WWII, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of 22—and an ace with 12 aerial victories. But it was in Vietnam where the man became a legend. He arrived in 1966 to find a dejected group of pilots and motivated them by placing himself on the flight schedule under officers junior to himself, then challenging them to train him properly because he would soon be leading them. Proving he wasn’t a WWII retread, he led the wing with aggressiveness, scoring another four confirmed kills, becoming a rare triple ace. Olds (who retired a brigadier general and died in 2007) was a unique individual whose personal story is one of the most eagerly anticipated military books of the year.

Summary of Robin Olds, Christina Olds & Ed Rasimus's Fighter Pilot

Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Summary of Robin Olds, Christina Olds & Ed Rasimus's Fighter Pilot written by Everest Media, and published by Everest Media LLC. This book was released on 2022-06-04T22:59:00Z with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I was excited to be leading the 479th Fighter Group on D-day. We had been taking the war to Hitler, and it felt good. I had two kills, and I wanted more. I was scanning the horizon for contrails or telltale dots that didn’t belong there. It was quiet. #2 The single-engine pilot doesn’t know about the pulse, but in the Lightning, you live with it all of the time. The engines have a rhythm that signals the minor differences in props and rpm, and when it is constant and steady, you feel relaxed. When it is loud or too fast or too slow, it jangles the nerves.

Thud Ridge

Author : Jack Broughton
Publisher : Crecy Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780859791168
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Thud Ridge written by Jack Broughton and published by Crecy Pub. This book was released on 2006 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a special breed of warrior, the fighter-bomber pilot; the story of valiant men who flew the F-105 Thunderchief 'Thud' Fighter-Bomber over the hostile skies of North Vietnam. From the briefing rooms to the bombing runs, Vice-Wing Commander Colonel Jack Broughton, recounts the tragedy and heartache, the high drama and flaming terror, the exhilaration and thrill of life on the edge. He relives the incredible feeling of high-speed, low-level sorties where SAM missiles, flak and MiGs were all in a day's work. The bravery of the pilots and their commitment to each other in times of extreme fear, crisis and catastrophe are highlighted by vivid, fast moving flying sequences. Thud Ridgeis a fascinating and graphic memorial to the courage of the men, the power of their machines and their dedication to their mission.

Palace Cobra

Author : Ed Rasimus
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312948764
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (487 download)

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Download or read book Palace Cobra written by Ed Rasimus and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-08-28 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picking up where the acclaimed "When Thunder Rolled" leaves off, the author pens a riveting memoir of his service as an experienced combat pilot in the waning days of the Vietnam War. photos. Martins Press.

Flying Warrior

Author : Jules Harper
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1683500679
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book Flying Warrior written by Jules Harper and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Vietnam veteran takes you into the cockpit and shares true stories of his flying career in this compelling memoir. In this action-packed memoir, Jules Harper recounts the unique process of becoming a naval aviator, revealing his experiences as a brand new pilot in a combat squadron and, finally, a flying warrior. He survived two combat cruises aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk from 1966–1968, compiled 332 career carrier takeoffs and landings, and was shot at daily by enemy fire while completing 200 combat missions over Vietnam, and shares the views of the aviators who flew along with him on these missions while fighting this unpopular war. A recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, twenty-one Air Medals, and many other accolades, he offers readers a new understanding and appreciation of the warriors who protect not only their comrades in arms, but the defense of the nation as well.

Phantom Over Vietnam

Author : John Trotti
Publisher : iBooks
ISBN 13 : 9780743445351
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (453 download)

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Download or read book Phantom Over Vietnam written by John Trotti and published by iBooks. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his two separate tours in Vietnam, US Marine Corps pilot John Trotti was uniquely placed to see and experience the war in Vietnam from the war's early and optimistic days during his first tour, to the cynicism found in his second.

A Tithe of Their Lives

Author : Jim Bloom
Publisher : Tate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1618629662
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book A Tithe of Their Lives written by Jim Bloom and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's not every day you get to meet someone who is entirely willing to give up everything and move to a country twelve time zones away. That's exactly what Don and Alta Warren did. Don was a successful businessman in the heating and cooling industry in southern California. Understanding the call of God to minister to soldiers in the war torn country of Vietnam, 'Mom' and 'Pop' sold their business and left their family behind to open a servicemen's center in a hamlet called Vung Tau. Arriving in the country at the height of American's troop count of 500,000, they stayed until there were no more GIs to minister to, nine months before the South Vietnamese government fell in 1975. Because of their hearts, God was able to use them to not only minister to troops but also to the Vietnamese people who desperately looked for hope in the God who never forgets. The Tithe of Their Lives shares the story of two lives poured out over the course of a lifetime to the glory of God.

Ours to Hold it High

Author : United States. Army. Infantry Division, 77th
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Ours to Hold it High written by United States. Army. Infantry Division, 77th and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Hunter Killers

Author : Dan Hampton
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062375148
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book The Hunter Killers written by Dan Hampton and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the height of the Cold War, America's most elite aviators bravely volunteered for a covert program aimed at eliminating an impossible new threat. Half never returned. All became legends. From New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton comes one of the most extraordinary untold stories of aviation history. Vietnam, 1965: On July 24 a USAF F-4 Phantom jet was suddenly blown from the sky by a mysterious and lethal weapon—a Soviet SA-2 surface-to-air missile (SAM), launched by Russian "advisors" to North Vietnam. Three days later, six F-105 Thunderchiefs were brought down trying to avenge the Phantom. More tragic losses followed, establishing the enemy's SAMs as the deadliest anti-aircraft threat in history and dramatically turning the tables of Cold War air superiority in favor of Soviet technology. Stunned and desperately searching for answers, the Pentagon ordered a top secret program called Wild Weasel I to counter the SAM problem—fast. So it came to be that a small group of maverick fighter pilots and Electronic Warfare Officers volunteered to fly behind enemy lines and into the teeth of the threat. To most it seemed a suicide mission—but they beat the door down to join. Those who survived the 50 percent casualty rate would revolutionize warfare forever. "You gotta be sh*#@ing me!" This immortal phrase was uttered by Captain Jack Donovan when the Wild Weasel concept was first explained to him. "You want me to fly in the back of a little tiny fighter aircraft with a crazy fighter pilot who thinks he's invincible, home in on a SAM site in North Vietnam, and shoot it before it shoots me?" Based on unprecedented firsthand interviews with Wild Weasel veterans and previously unseen personal papers and declassified documents from both sides of the conflict, as well as Dan Hampton's own experience as a highly decorated F-16 Wild Weasel pilot, The Hunter Killers is a gripping, cockpit-level chronicle of the first-generation Weasels, the remarkable band of aviators who faced head-on the advanced Soviet missile technology that was decimating fellow American pilots over the skies of Vietnam.

Vanished Hero

Author : Jay A. Stout
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612003966
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Vanished Hero written by Jay A. Stout and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A superb, edge-of-the-seat account of [Elwyn] Righetti’s stellar combat career during the final months of the air war against Germany” (Eric Hammel, author of Two Flags over Iwo Jima). A hell-bent-for-leather fighter pilot, Elwyn G. Righetti remains one of the most unknown, yet most compelling, colorful and controversial commanders of World War II. Arriving late to the war, he led the England-based 55th Fighter Group against the Nazis during the closing months of the fight with a no-holds-barred aggressiveness that transformed the group from a middling organization of no reputation into a headline-grabbing team that made excuses to no one. Indeed, Righetti’s boldness paid off, as he quickly achieved ace status and scored more strafing victories—twenty-seven—than any other Eighth Air Force pilot. Ultimately, Righetti’s calculated recklessness ran full speed into the odds. His aircraft was hit while strafing an enemy airfield only four days before the 55th flew its last mission. Almost farcically aggressive to the end, he coaxed his crippled fighter through one more firing pass before making a successful crash landing. Immediately, he radioed his men that he was fine and asked that they reassure his family. Righetti was never heard from again. Vanished Hero tells a story “worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster . . . It is a fitting tribute to both Righetti and the man who collected his life’s journey” (Military Heritage). “An excellent biography of a true American hero . . . a worthy contribution to an understanding of the application of air power in the Second World War.” —History News Network

Bury Us Upside Down

Author : Rick Newman
Publisher : Presidio Press
ISBN 13 : 0307414701
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Bury Us Upside Down written by Rick Newman and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They had the most dangerous job n the Air Force. Now Bury Us Upside Down reveals the never-before-told story of the Vietnam War’s top-secret jet-fighter outfit–an all-volunteer unit composed of truly extraordinary men who flew missions from which heroes are made. In today’s wars, computers, targeting pods, lasers, and precision-guided bombs help FAC (forward air controller) pilots identify and destroy targets from safe distances. But in the search for enemy traffic on the elusive Ho Chi Minh Trail, always risking enemy fire, capture, and death, pilots had to drop low enough to glimpse the telltale signs of movement such as suspicious dust on treetops or disappearing tire marks on a dirt road (indicating a hidden truck park). Written by an accomplished journalist and veteran, Bury Us Upside Down is the stunning story of these brave Americans, the men who flew in the covert Operation Commando Sabre–or “Misty”–the most innovative air operation of the war. In missions that lasted for hours, the pilots of Misty flew zigzag patterns searching for enemy troops, vehicles, and weapons, without benefit of night-vision goggles, infrared devices, or other now common sensors. What they gained in exhilarating autonomy also cost them: of 157 pilots, 34 were shot down, 3 captured, and 7 killed. Here is a firsthand account of courage and technical mastery under fire. Here, too, is a tale of forbearance and loss, including the experience of the family of a missing Misty flier–Howard K. Williams–as they learn, after twenty-three years, that his remains have been found. Now that bombs are smart and remote sensors are even smarter, the missions that the Mistys flew would now be considered no less than suicidal. Bury Us Upside Down reminds us that for some, such dangers simply came with the territory.

Flying the SR-71 Blackbird

Author : Richard H. Graham
Publisher : Motorbooks
ISBN 13 : 0760366411
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Flying the SR-71 Blackbird written by Richard H. Graham and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For anyone who has ever wondered what it's like to fly the SR-71 on a secret Mach 3 reconnaissance mission, this book has the answer. Completely redesigned and updated with photos from author Colonel Richard H. Graham's personal archive, as well as a new introduction, Flying the SR-71 Blackbird details what an SR-71 mission entailed, from planning to donning a pressure suit to returning to base. The Lockheed SR-71, unofficially known as the Blackbird, was an advanced, long-range, Mach 3 strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed by Lockheed Skunk Works. The aircraft flew so fast and high that not one was ever shot down, even by a missile. SR-71 pilot and instructor Colonel Richard Graham offers a rare cockpit perspective on how regular Air Force pilots and navigators transformed themselves into SR-71 Blackbird crews, turning their unique aviation talents to account in an unprecedented way. Arguably the world's foremost expert on piloting the Blackbird, Graham takes readers along on an operational mission that only a few Air Force pilots have ever experienced.

The Last Fighter Pilot

Author : Don Brown
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1621575551
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (215 download)

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Download or read book The Last Fighter Pilot written by Don Brown and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!* The New York Post calls The Last Fighter Pilot a "must-read" book. From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and a small group of fellow fighter pilots flew dangerous bombing and strafe missions out of Iwo Jima over Japan. Even days after America dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9, the pilots continued to fly. Though Japan had suffered unimaginable devastation, the emperor still refused to surrender. Bestselling author Don Brown (Treason) sits down with Yelllin, now ninety-three years old, to tell the incredible true story of the final combat mission of World War II. Nine days after Hiroshima, on the morning of August 14th, Yellin and his wingman 1st Lieutenant Phillip Schlamberg took off from Iwo Jima to bomb Tokyo. By the time Yellin returned to Iwo Jima, the war was officially over—but his young friend Schlamberg would never get to hear the news. The Last Fighter Pilot is a harrowing first-person account of war from one of America's last living World War II veterans.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Author : Gregory Boyington
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0804150796
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Baa Baa Black Sheep written by Gregory Boyington and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2013-08-07 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, in his own words, is the true story of America's wildest flying hero, of his extraordinary heroism, and of his greatest battle of all—the fight to survive. The World War II air war in the Pacific needed tough men like Colonel Pappy Boyington and his Black Sheep Squadron. The legendary Marine Corps officer and his bunch of misfits, outcasts, and daredevils gave new definition to “hell-raising”—on the ground and in the skies. Pappy himself was a living legend—he personally shot down twenty-eight Japanese planes, and won the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. He broke every rule in the book doing so, but when he fell into the hands of the vengeful Japanese his real ordeal began.

This Might Be Too Personal

Author : Alyssa Shelasky
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1250810892
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book This Might Be Too Personal written by Alyssa Shelasky and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A frisky, feminine, funny, and profoundly genuine essay collection on relationships, sex, motherhood, and finding yourself, by the editor of New York Magazine's Sex Diaries. Alyssa Shelasky has a lot to tell you. In this hilarious and intimate essay collection, Alyssa navigates life as a wild-hearted woman and her thrilling career as a sex, relationship, and celebrity writer in New York City. From double-booking an interview with Sarah Jessica Parker and an abortion appointment and unsuccessfully quitting sex and men entirely to have a baby via an anonymous sperm donor, to hooking up with a hot musician while eight months pregnant and then finding her life partner but vowing to never get married, Alyssa's essays paint a deeply genuine, romantic, and uproarious portrait of a woman who craves both love and lust, and refuses to settle or sacrifice her fierce inner-spirit, sometimes to her own regret and detriment. And she's not afraid to give you every single beautiful, messy, embarrassing, and emotional detail of her bleeding heart and busy bedroom. This Might Be Too Personal is like having (several) drinks with your best friend who has seen, heard, and done everything. Literally, everything. Told in a refreshing candor with jolts of humor, undeniable relatability, and irresistible energy, Alyssa’s book is the ultimate meditation on living an authentic life with big feelings, hard decisions, and the small victories and painful mistakes of motherhood, womanhood, and profound independence.