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if anyone here is interested in the Bell UH-1 Huey and Vietnam (or even if you're not) I can highly recommend reading CHICKENHAWK by Robert Mason. I can't put it down...
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Give the guy a break! We haven't all been around since the foundation of the RFC. It's a great book. BTW he did a follow-up about what happened after he came home - quite sad
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just finished it today....10/10
Sand Dune: You are entitled to your opinion, but may I say that I am left scratching my head as to how you could compare this masterpiece to a piece of hollywood bullsh*t. Guess you are on a different wavelength to everyone else who has replied to this thread...
Sand Dune: You are entitled to your opinion, but may I say that I am left scratching my head as to how you could compare this masterpiece to a piece of hollywood bullsh*t. Guess you are on a different wavelength to everyone else who has replied to this thread...
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Me too..still do..I think it's a good book for the newbies to read how it was done in days gone by....and also for those of us a little further down the line to remind us we still don't know it all. The ending was a shock though.
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Another book
You might want to try the following:-
My Secret War
by Richard S Drury
ISBN 0-312-90503-3
1 year flying a Skyraider in Laos and Vietnam in 66-67
Thud Ridge
Jack Broughton
ISBN 0-553-25189-9
F105 flying in action.
and for those on the ground.
Once a Warrior King
David Donovan
ISBN 0-552-13273-x
My Secret War
by Richard S Drury
ISBN 0-312-90503-3
1 year flying a Skyraider in Laos and Vietnam in 66-67
Thud Ridge
Jack Broughton
ISBN 0-553-25189-9
F105 flying in action.
and for those on the ground.
Once a Warrior King
David Donovan
ISBN 0-552-13273-x
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2 more worthy reads
The best book I've ever read on combat flying is without a doubt "TERROR IN THE STARBOARD SEAT".
Written by Dave McIntosh, a Canuk Mossie Alligator who joined up solely because he was flunking Uni and saw that you'd be credited with 3rd year if you took the shilling. He ended up being crewed with an Jewish American driver who would make every effort humany possible to kill every German he came across, whilst Mcintosh used the thickest grease pencil he could find duiring planning in the hope that he could make 2 threat rings meet up so that there was no gap in the middle to tempt his crazy driver!
An excellent read from a truly brave and honest bloke flying the F-111 of the 40's. Here's a link:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books
Another superb read is by Peter Dornan entitled "Nicky Barr- an Australian Air Ace.
Another great read, this time about a young Aussie Pilot flying in the Western Desert in WW II
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...846637-2709712
Written by Dave McIntosh, a Canuk Mossie Alligator who joined up solely because he was flunking Uni and saw that you'd be credited with 3rd year if you took the shilling. He ended up being crewed with an Jewish American driver who would make every effort humany possible to kill every German he came across, whilst Mcintosh used the thickest grease pencil he could find duiring planning in the hope that he could make 2 threat rings meet up so that there was no gap in the middle to tempt his crazy driver!
An excellent read from a truly brave and honest bloke flying the F-111 of the 40's. Here's a link:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books
Another superb read is by Peter Dornan entitled "Nicky Barr- an Australian Air Ace.
Another great read, this time about a young Aussie Pilot flying in the Western Desert in WW II
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...846637-2709712
Absolutely agree....Terror in the Starboard Seat ...has to be the best book I have read.....funny...and definitely written by someone that had been there!
Ranks right up there with Gann and Bach (the writer)!
Ranks right up there with Gann and Bach (the writer)!
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If anybody here who has flown a huey can validate the content of Chickenhawk it would be nice to hear, especially someone who flew it in 'Nam.
So, Sand Dune tell me what makes Chickenhawk such a load of bollocks (as you imply)...Is it the fact that Mason actually had to do things in war that you wouldn't even contemplate doing during peace time? Gee, I wonder if it had anything to do with the fact that he normally had no other option..After all, you are the resident expert here. I await your reply with bated breath.
Silberfuchs: Thanks for providing some detail to clarify the contentious issue! Us lesser beings who have not flown the huey (all worship Sand Dune now please...) have benefited from your post.
Cheers
So, Sand Dune tell me what makes Chickenhawk such a load of bollocks (as you imply)...Is it the fact that Mason actually had to do things in war that you wouldn't even contemplate doing during peace time? Gee, I wonder if it had anything to do with the fact that he normally had no other option..After all, you are the resident expert here. I await your reply with bated breath.
Silberfuchs: Thanks for providing some detail to clarify the contentious issue! Us lesser beings who have not flown the huey (all worship Sand Dune now please...) have benefited from your post.
Cheers