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Author | : Capt. J.L. Groom |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2016-02-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 151445940X |
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Think the Marine Corps is a war-fighting organization? Think again. A Marine Cobra helicopter pilot finds himself off the coast of Korea taking part in a political exercise known as Ssang Young. The goal is to conduct a Marine amphibious landing. However, Captain Groom soon learns amphibious assault in practice is a dog and pony show parade, the likes of which even the Westminster dog show would envy. The following tale covers one Marine pilots journey through the lead-up, execution, and aftermath of this epic tale in the pivot, uh, I mean shift, to the Pacific. Pivot means we turn our backs. It was replaced with shift.
Author | : Randy R. Zahn |
Publisher | : Potomac Books, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1574885650 |
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Flies the reader into combat with the same elite air cavalry unit portrayed in the film "Apocalypse Now"
Author | : Dan Sheehan |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012-10-05 |
Genre | : Air pilots, Military |
ISBN | : 9781480034068 |
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If you are a warrior ... or know one ... you will want to read this brave and moving memoir.
Author | : Ed Rasimus |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2007-08-28 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 146680310X |
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Palace Cobra picks up where Ed Rasimus's critically acclaimed When Thunder Rolled left off. Now he's flying the F-4 Phantom and the attitude is still there. In the waning days of the Vietnam War, Rasimus and his fellow pilots were determined that they were not going be the last to die in a conflict their country had abandoned. They were young fighter pilots fresh from training and experienced aviators who came back to the war again and again, not for patriotism, but for the adrenaline rush of combat. From the bathhouses and barrooms to the prison camps of North Vietnam, this is a gripping combat memoir by a veteran fighter pilot who experienced it all. The wry cynicism of a combat aviator will give readers insights into the Vietnam experience that haven't been available before, and the heart-stopping action will keep readers turning the pages all night.
Author | : Ira McComic |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2015-05-09 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780988757448 |
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A Cobra Pilot in Vietnam: True Tales and Otherwise is a collection of narrative episodes from Ira McComic, an Army AH-1 Cobra helicopter gunship pilot and fire team leader who served with the 235th Aerial Weapons Company (the Delta Devils) in Vietnam. These firsthand accounts range from the tragically true to ones that reflect a tradition among those aviators whose philosophy is expressed as "Why bother to tell a story unless you can improve it?" A person who was curious once asked a Cobra pilot what it was like to fly these gunships in Vietnam, and he replied, "I got to fly around, shoot up things, and camp out a lot. What was there not to like?" It was another Cobra pilot who supplied the answer to that question: "All the other stuff." The reality of being a gunship pilot in Vietnam was contrary to a dime-novel notion of a shoot-em-up aerial gunslinger, and if you're curious about what it was like to fly Cobra helicopter gunships in Vietnam, ride along with A Cobra Pilot in Vietnam: True Tales and Otherwise.
Author | : Barbie Schrayter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2021-04-21 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
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In aerobatics, the Cobra maneuver (often shorted to just the Cobra), also named dynamic deceleration, among several other names, is a dramatic and demanding maneuver in which an airplane flying at a moderate speed suddenly raises the nose momentarily to the vertical position and slightly beyond, momentarily stalling the plane and making it a full-body air brake, before dropping it back to normal, during which the aircraft does not change effective altitude. And Dan Sheehan is a third-generation naval aviator. He was eager to test his skills as a Cobra gunship pilot in the theatre of combat - and then he got his chance, first, in East Timor, then during two tours of duty in Iraq. The scenes in this book crackle with tension and excitement as we follow his path into battle. Bullets pierce their Cobras as Dan and his comrades struggle to separate enemy fighters from civilians - ultimately deciding who lives and dies. Through blinding sandstorms, the smoke of battle, and the chaos of low-altitude firefights at night, Dan puts us in the front seat of the Cobra - where we white-knuckle our way through barrages of enemy fire - and into his head as he makes split-second decisions that carry lasting consequences. Buy now.
Author | : Ed Rasimus |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2007-08-28 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780312948764 |
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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.
Author | : Mauricio Laurenceau |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2021-04-19 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
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In aerobatics, the Cobra maneuver (often shorted to just the Cobra), also named dynamic deceleration, among several other names, is a dramatic and demanding maneuver in which an airplane flying at a moderate speed suddenly raises the nose momentarily to the vertical position and slightly beyond, momentarily stalling the plane and making it a full-body air brake, before dropping it back to normal, during which the aircraft does not change effective altitude. And Dan Sheehan is a third-generation naval aviator. He was eager to test his skills as a Cobra gunship pilot in the theatre of combat - and then he got his chance, first, in East Timor, then during two tours of duty in Iraq. The scenes in this book crackle with tension and excitement as we follow his path into battle. Bullets pierce their Cobras as Dan and his comrades struggle to separate enemy fighters from civilians - ultimately deciding who lives and dies. Through blinding sandstorms, the smoke of battle, and the chaos of low-altitude firefights at night, Dan puts us in the front seat of the Cobra - where we white-knuckle our way through barrages of enemy fire - and into his head as he makes split-second decisions that carry lasting consequences. Buy now.
Author | : M J Lalli |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2020-04-27 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
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Professionally edited, 3nd edition of the classic Cobra pilot's story. Kenneth Whitley is a decorated Vietnam Veteran, Having received the Distinguished Flying Cross Medal. He flew in Gulf of Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and Angola in Africa. This is his life story, and how he went from a"Tom Sawyer" childhood to a top-notch pilot
Author | : Robert D. Walker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017-03 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781854432834 |
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This book primarily takes a close look at the Hugus-Shelby Cobra connection. In the early 1960s James Edward (Ed) Hugus personally financed the first seven production Cobras built since Carroll Shelby did not have the money or facilities for the project. Hugus ordered the first modified but unfinished Aces the A.C. Cars factory in England, and had his service department mechanics at European Cars in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania install the Ford 260 engines and Galaxie transmissions, completing the cars for sale. Once Ford signed a contract for Shelby American Cobra production in Venice, California, Hugus still completed Cobras for distribution and sales to all points east of the Mississippi River. -- In his capacity as a driver, Hugus piloted the first racing Cobra (CSX 2001) in competition, and in 1963, the first Cobra (CSX 2142) to appear at Le Mans. -- Carroll Shelby may have had the Cobra dream but it was Hugus who stepped forward and made Shelby's venture a reality.