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To The Limit: An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam
NAL Trade2007English
416 pg.ISBN-10: 0451222180Review written by: Rinie HoogendoornThe ones who found Robert Mason’s ‘Chickenhawk’ interesting, shall surely appreciate Tom A. Johnson’s ‘To the limit’. Johnsons describes his mission as helicopter pilot to Vietnam in 1968, the year of the battles for Hue and Khe San. If you always wondered how it would be to land a difficult to navigate, fragile and overloaded […]
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The Final Hours- The Luftwaffe Plot against Göring
Potomac Books, Inc.2005English
224 pg.ISBN-10: 1574888633Review written by: Rinie HoogendoornThe plot against Göring? Why haven’t we read anything about that before in the history books? Whoever buys this book because of the promising subtitle, shall be disappointed. There was no conspiracy. Only a lot of grumbling. That doesn’t alter the fact that this book, written by a fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe during the […]
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Higher than an eagle, A Wings of Mercy Novel
Merrimack Media2014English
194 pg.978-1-939166-40-1 (paperback) , isbn: 978-1-939166-41-8 (ebook)Review written by: Joris GonggrijpAssistance under extreme circumstances in artic Quebec. A polar bear, pilot, military surgeon, navigator and two weather men form the ‘crew’ of this, above all, funny aviation story….a true aviation novel! Shortly summarized it comes down to this: a polar bear mauls one of the weather men severely, his colleague manages to get him to […]
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Hamfist down
2012English
233 pg.978-0-9754362-2-6Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp‘This book is dedicated to American military veterans, past, present and future’; the first sentence is: ‘Getting shot down sucks.’ With that the tone of this Vietnam book has been set. Special Ops and Green Berets all over the place. And owh dear you if you say something nasty (Japanese journalist) about it! Interesting fact […]
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From Stearmans to Starfighters: A Pilot's Memoir Paperback
Tree of Life Memoirs2014English
152 pg.0615982360Review written by: Max HeldringThis book describes the military and civil carrier of William H. Pickron Jr., as an aviator, written by his daughter Patricia West. When William Prickon’s health at the end of 2012 diminished, he decided, after endless pressure from his family, to put onto paper his carrier as jet pilot at USAF and later as private […]
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COBRA! THE Attack helicopter
Pen & Sword Books2014English
248 pg.9781781593387Review written by: Joris GonggrijpThe book tells about the genesis of the first attack helicopter. This was born out of necessity. Vietnam became soon too dangerous for unprotected helicopters of the Air Cavalry. What becomes apparent in this book, is that from the early beginning of WO II and the by everyone known M.A.S.H. helicopter for transport of the […]
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Soviet Spyplanes of the Cold War
Pen & Sword Books2013English
96 pg.ISBN-10: 1781592853Review written by: Joris GonggrijpThis large book gave me for the first time insight information about the Soviet’s involvement in and around Israel during the period of just after the 6-day war (initiative Israel) and the Yom Kippur war (initiative Egypt and Syria). Surprisingly detailed the operational dedication of the MIG-25R (reconnaissance) under real war circumstances is explained, even […]
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Above the Labyrinth
Michael H. Yeager2014English
157 pg.Review written by: Max HeldringThis 26 chapter counting book describes the experiences of a young aviator, who wants to make his carrier in the large aviation. His father owns a charter company and FBO for planes which makes that because of this he could already obtain his aviation license in a cheap way. After having gained his license he […]
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Trailblazer in Flight- Britain's First Female Jet Airline Captain
Pen & Sword Books2013English
192 pg.1783462671Review written by: Max HeldringThis English book tells in 186 pages the story of Yvonne Pope Sintes, who became in England the first woman captain on a commercial passenger airplane. In that time – we are talking about the 50’s- it was very unusual to employ a woman in a function in the by men dominated aviation. The bigger […]
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Aces of the Reich
Pen & Sword Books2013English
240 pg.9781848327221Review written by: Max HeldringTake the book in your hands, which, by the way, is provided with a beautiful cover and then, with the book in your mind, go back to the 30’s, were it all began with the development of the German Luftwaffe. Because of the treaty of Versailles the Germans were after WO I tied with hands […]