books: a fighter pilot

books: a fighter pilot

books:

A fighter pilot

Palace Cobra: A Fighter Pilot in the Vietnam Air War

Ed Rasimus

St. Martin's Press, 2006

The Flight Of Arnold The Pig
After writing the superlative "When Thunder Rolled" about his early F-105 tour in Vietnam, Ed Rasimus, one of the most literary of all pilot-authors, turns his attention to his second tour flying F-4's. The result is "Palace Cobra" and it is another masterwork of ...

Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

Robert Coram

Back Bay Books, 2004

Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
Great book - Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War if you like history!!! I was a member of the Officers Club that Boyd and his team met at. I never got to meet this genius - wish I had. The book is great and I have bought other books about Boyd's ...

Dumb but Lucky!: Confessions of a P-51 Fighter Pilot in World War II

Richard Curtis

Presidio Press, 2005

Great account from an ignored theater of operations.
I am a big fan of this book. The author was a human guinea pig who was sent to a front line fighter group with minimal training, as the government wanted to see how little training pilots could receive and still be effective and survive. This is not the usual account ...

Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot (Reprint ed.)

Jim Stockdale

Hoover Institution Press, 1995

Put on your short list of books to live by
Stockdale mixes philosophy with his hard-earned wisdom as a POW in this incredible, honest inspiring book. Better than 99% of all self-help books. Read it, live it.

The Blond Knight of Germany

Raymond F. Toliver, Trevor J. Constable

McGraw-Hill Professional, 1986

Hartmann's score will never be surpassed
It is, perhaps, unamazing that Hartmann's incredible lethality is lost in accolade's to our far less dangerous allied pilots. Hartmann was, after all, the "enemy." Still, it is a great shame that the greatest ace who ever lived has been virtually relocated to the ...

Dark Tide I: Onslaught (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, Book 2)

Michael A. Stackpole

Del Rey, 2000

Overall a pleaser for those who love the Star Wars characters
I m a very big fan of the NJO, and I thought this book was one of the best. It dived into a whole new world, still being only the 2nd book in the series. You also get to know many character on a more personal level. Characters such as Mara Jade, Anakin, and Jacen. And ...

Rupert Red Two: A Fighter Pilot's Life From Thunderbolts to Thunderchiefs

Jack Broughton

Zenith Press, 2008

Rupert Red Two
This is the third book by Colonel Broughton that I have read (the first being "Thud Ridge" and the second, "Going Downtown"), and as always, I found it extraordinarily well written. His previous books provided us with the real soundtrack of flying combat missions over ...

The Great Santini

Pat Conroy

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2002

Penetrating portrait of fathers and sons, and of America
The Great Santini is Colonel Bull Meecham, husband to his lovely Southern enabling wife Lillian, father to Ben, Mary Anne, Matt, and Karen, Marine, fighter pilot, bully, creep, alcoholic, and all around jerk. Bull rules his family as he does the marines that serve ...

Flawless Execution: Use the Techniques and Systems of America's Fighter Pilots to Perform at Your Peak and ...

James D. Murphy

Collins Business, 2006

This is the official Afterburner handbook.
If you haven't had the opportunity to experience an Afterburner seminar yet, this book links you into their entire process top-down, from strategy to the flawless execution model to the people who carry out the mission. As head of Training for my organization, I was ...

Spitfires, Thunderbolts, and Warm Beer: An American Fighter Pilot Over Europe (The Warriors)

Philip D. Caine

Potomac Books Inc., 2005

An education and entertaining read
Although history and aviation buffs will definitely enjoy this book, there was so much more to it. This book really makes you think about the value of life. Many, many people died in this book, from training accidents, falling off boats in the ocean, getting hit by ...

Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot: Unleashing Your Brain's Potential

Richard Restak

Three Rivers Press, 2002

Mozart's Brain
This book would be most useful to students of human anatomy, medicine and biology. The author begins with an exhaustive description of how the brain operates. He explains that we should not be wedded to notions of rationality or order. Three important states ...

Reach for the Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader, Legless Ace of the Battle of Britain (Bluejacket Books)

Paul Brickhill

US Naval Institute Press, 2001

If you liked this story...
Excellent book about a truly amazing man. If you enjoyed this one, try Fly for Your Life, by Larry Forrester, which chronicles the life of RAF pilot Robert Stanford Tuck. Tuck is mentioned several times in Reach for the Sky and his book is another 5 star, Battle of ...

First Light

Geoffrey Wellum

Wiley, 2003

If you want to feel what it was like to be a Spitfire pilot, this is the book!!!
Geoff Wellum joined the RAF as a boy just out of secondary school. From there, "First Light" chronicles his training, survival from the Battle of Britain as well as fighter sweeps into France, and his participation in Operation Pedestal (the rescue of Malta). What is ...

100 Missions North: A Fighter Pilot's Story of the Vietnam War

Ken Bell

Potomac Books Inc., 2003

Great Selection
The book arrived on time and in excellent condition. It will be a good read.

The Mind of War: John Boyd and American Security

Grant T. Hammond

Smithsonian, 2004

Balancing Boyd with Chesterton
If you want to change the world for the better or just keep your little corner of it from getting worse, then you'll want to read this book. It's what Boyd discovered about how conflicts are fought and won. Sadly, although he flew in two wars, most of Boyd's clashes ...