What aircraft book to read next?
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Riding Rockets by Mike Mullane is very good. He was a Space Shuttle astronaut and gives a good account of the earlier part of the shuttle programme.
A Fiery Peace in a Cold War, by Neil Sheehan is a biography of Bennie Schriever, who was a bomber pilot in WW2 and went on to head the USAFs strategic missile programme during the cold war. Not so much an aircraft book as such, but there's a lot of interesting background and history that is aviation related.
The Wild Blue by Stephen Ambrose, about flying B-24s over Germany in WW2.
A Fiery Peace in a Cold War, by Neil Sheehan is a biography of Bennie Schriever, who was a bomber pilot in WW2 and went on to head the USAFs strategic missile programme during the cold war. Not so much an aircraft book as such, but there's a lot of interesting background and history that is aviation related.
The Wild Blue by Stephen Ambrose, about flying B-24s over Germany in WW2.
This has a bit of both - comparing fighter aces/leaders across four wars:
http://www.amazon.com/Aces-Command-Fighter-Pilots-...
http://www.amazon.com/Aces-Command-Fighter-Pilots-...
jjones said:
chickenhawk
rotary wing, but christ what a book
Indeed, one of the few books I've bothered to read more than once.rotary wing, but christ what a book
I just shoved 'chickenhawk' into the search function on here, it gets mentioned on many a book thread.
Perhaps if the OP does the same he can browse those threads for further inspiration too.
+1 to a lot of the above, especially Vulcan 607, Chickenhawk and Riding Rockets.
"Fate is the hunter" is excellent and shows a much ignored side of civil aviation during WWII.
"Empire of the Clouds" was a fantastic but depressing read about the decline of British aircraft manufacturing at the dawn of the jet age.
Also Chuck Yeager's autobiography is a cracking read.
"Fate is the hunter" is excellent and shows a much ignored side of civil aviation during WWII.
"Empire of the Clouds" was a fantastic but depressing read about the decline of British aircraft manufacturing at the dawn of the jet age.
Also Chuck Yeager's autobiography is a cracking read.
Zaxxon said:
As said, Chickenhawk, possibly the best war book ever.
Thud Ridge
Low level Hell
Snake Pilot
When Thunder Rolled
Palace Cobra
100 Missions North
Naked in Da Nang
You stole my library!! Thud Ridge
Low level Hell
Snake Pilot
When Thunder Rolled
Palace Cobra
100 Missions North
Naked in Da Nang
Thay buried us upside down. Setting up of the Misty FACs in vietnam. Many well known names feature and it's superb.
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