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Leland Shanle

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in Saint Louis, The United States

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Leland C Shanle Jr; Lieutenant Commander, USN (Ret).

Leland Shanle is a pilot, award winning author, and military/aviation technical adviser for the movie industry. His consulting projects include Pearl Harbor, Behind Enemy Lines, xXx, The Day After Tomorrow and Stealth. His production company--Broken Wing Productions--has worked on several aviation-based movies and series including the Discovery Curiosity Series; Plane Crash.

Shanle is the author of four books; Project Seven Alpha, Vengeance at Midway and Guadalcanal, ENDGAME in the Pacific--and CODE NAME: Infamy, available for pre-order now, slated for publication on July 21, 2015. He has also written for Aerospace Testing International Magazine and was a Contributing Editor for Airways Mag ...more

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	Vengeance; at Midway and Guadalcanal (Aviator #2) 4.18 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ENDGAME In The Pacific (Aviator Book 3) 4.38 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Project Seven Alpha: American Airlines in Burma 1942 4.30 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Code Name: Infamy (Aviator #4) 4.29 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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