Flying the LIne, An Air Force Pilot's Journey
Author | : Jay Lacklen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781545601792 |
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Author | : Jay Lacklen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781545601792 |
Author | : Lt Col Jay Lacklen, USAFR, Retired |
Publisher | : Hillcrest Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 323 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1626524734 |
Embarking on an insightful journey through the 1970s American military, Jay Lacklen takes you on an enthralling adventure from pilot training to his surreal, nightmarish B-52 bomb run during the Vietnam War. Bringing a fresh perspective to the era, Lacklen shows how the military draft diverted him from a prospective journalism career into an Air Force cockpit. He speaks to the reader as a writer trying to become a pilot rather than the other way around. Ensnaring you with accounts of bomb runs over Cambodia and several episodes of his aircraft on the verge of crashing, Lacklen delves into the darkest moments of a pilot's life with a writer's eye for detail and descriptive ability. Difficult subjects are faced head on, including encounters with hookers in Southeast Asia, a nuanced view of the North Vietnamese Army, and a surprising perspective on the Vietnam War protests including actress and activist Jane Fonda. This is a journey all students of the Vietnam War era should undertake
Author | : Lt Col Jay Lacklen |
Publisher | : MCP Books |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2017-07-04 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781635055863 |
'Flying the Line, an Air Force Pilot's Journey,'' book two, is a wide-ranging look at the Air Force Miltary Airlift Command (MAC) in the 1980s and early 1990s while flying the C-5 Galaxy. While the author was stationed in Dover AFB, DE and Westover AFB, MA, he covers flying the Air Force's largest aircraft into a myriad of bases throughout the world and explores his experience in numerous conflicts of the time.
Author | : Jay Lacklen |
Publisher | : MCP Books |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2020-04-21 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781629529776 |
This book follows an Air Force pilot's experiences as a C-5 Galaxy pilot of America's largest transport aircraft through ten years in the Air Mobility Command. This is the third and final book of my three-book autobiography. In addition to my flying experiences, I detail the anthrax shot debacle inflicted on America's front line troops by national command authorities, civilian and military.
Author | : Don McKay |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2012-08 |
Genre | : Air pilots |
ISBN | : 9781771230131 |
Author | : S. P. MacKenzie |
Publisher | : University Press of Kansas |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2017-08-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0700624694 |
During World War II, Allied casualty rates in the air were high. Of the roughly 125,000 who served as aircrew with Bomber Command, 59,423 were killed or missing and presumed killed—a fatality rate of 45.5%. With odds like that, it would be no surprise if there were as few atheists in cockpits as there were in foxholes; and indeed, many airmen faced their dangerous missions with beliefs and rituals ranging from the traditional to the outlandish. Military historian S. P. MacKenzie considers this phenomenon in Flying against Fate, a pioneering study of the important role that superstition played in combat flier morale among the Allies in World War II. Mining a wealth of documents as well as a trove of published and unpublished memoirs and diaries, MacKenzie examines the myriad forms combat fliers' superstitions assumed, from jinxes to premonitions. Most commonly, airmen carried amulets or talismans—lucky boots or a stuffed toy; a coin whose year numbers added up to thirteen; counterintuitively, a boomerang. Some performed rituals or avoided other acts, e.g., having a photo taken before a flight. Whatever seemed to work was worth sticking with, and a heightened risk often meant an upsurge in superstitious thought and behavior. MacKenzie delves into behavior analysis studies to help explain the psychology behind much of the behavior he documents—not slighting the large cohort of crew members and commanders who demurred. He also looks into the ways in which superstitious behavior was tolerated or even encouraged by those in command who saw it as a means of buttressing morale. The first in-depth exploration of just how varied and deeply felt superstitious beliefs were to tens of thousands of combat fliers, Flying against Fate expands our understanding of a major aspect of the psychology of war in the air and of World War II.
Author | : John Murphy |
Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 2012-10-15 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1477276343 |
This book is about a shy boy, who learned discipline from strict parents and seven years of Parochial School. My ten years in a band taught marching. A graduate mechanical engineer, who loved to fly control line model airplanes, was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant, and found the Air Force a piece of cake. The Air Force taught me to fly, although I had little desire to do so, and pushed me to be an extremely aggressive pilot. Skill, knowledge, and training allowed me to advance through the highest performance jet aircraft during the time period of 1955 through 1984. Jet aircraft flown were the T-33A, F86F (Sabre), F100 (Series A, D & F Super-Sabre), F105 (B & D Thunderchief), and the F110 (F4D Phantom). My stories progress from Primary Flight School, through all training and missions in the above aircraft as Pilot, Test Pilot, Instructor, and Air to Air Fighter Pilot. Few understand the training and life of an Air Force Pilot, so the Drivel shows a portion of life with these interesting, actual flying stories. A most enjoyable read!
Author | : George E. Hopkins |
Publisher | : Nicholson |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Air pilots |
ISBN | : 9780960970810 |
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Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Aeronautics, Military |
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Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Fighter pilots |
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