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Chopper Pilot: A Wings Over Nam aviation thriller
The first book in a gripping military aviation series you won’t want to miss! Perfect for fans of Andrew Watts, L. T. Ryan, Don Keith and George Wallace.
A rookie helicopter pilot finds himself dodging bullets in the skies above Vietnam…
Vietnam, 1968
The Vietnam War is in full swing and nineteen-year-old David Anderson is ready to leap into the jaws of death and do battle with the enemy, just as the instructors in flight school had taught him.
Now he’s a raw pilot in an Assault Helicopter Company, flying combat missions in the skies above Vietnam and slamming straight into the strength of the VC.
But it doesn’t take Anderson long to discover that war is not the glamorous thing the Saturday matinees had led him to believe. Now he no longer thinks of war as something that covers the participants in glory. It is real and deadly and covers no one with anything except maybe a burial shroud.
With no support from behind and only death in front of him, Anderson knows that there's only one way to fight in Vietnam — and that’s to do it his own way.
Will he beat the odds to survive? Will the horrors or war prove too much to endure?
And will he survive a night mission into an area where the VC will be waiting?
CHOPPER PILOT is the first book in the Wings Over Nam action-packed, authentic military aviation thrillers following war-hardened airmen as they fight to survive during the brutal Vietnam War.
WINGS OVER NAM
BOOK 1: Chopper Pilot
BOOK 2: The Wild Weasels
BOOK 3: Linebacker
BOOK 4: Carrier War
BOOK 5: Bird Dog
BOOK 6: Eagle Eye
A rookie helicopter pilot finds himself dodging bullets in the skies above Vietnam…
Vietnam, 1968
The Vietnam War is in full swing and nineteen-year-old David Anderson is ready to leap into the jaws of death and do battle with the enemy, just as the instructors in flight school had taught him.
Now he’s a raw pilot in an Assault Helicopter Company, flying combat missions in the skies above Vietnam and slamming straight into the strength of the VC.
But it doesn’t take Anderson long to discover that war is not the glamorous thing the Saturday matinees had led him to believe. Now he no longer thinks of war as something that covers the participants in glory. It is real and deadly and covers no one with anything except maybe a burial shroud.
With no support from behind and only death in front of him, Anderson knows that there's only one way to fight in Vietnam — and that’s to do it his own way.
Will he beat the odds to survive? Will the horrors or war prove too much to endure?
And will he survive a night mission into an area where the VC will be waiting?
CHOPPER PILOT is the first book in the Wings Over Nam action-packed, authentic military aviation thrillers following war-hardened airmen as they fight to survive during the brutal Vietnam War.
WINGS OVER NAM
BOOK 1: Chopper Pilot
BOOK 2: The Wild Weasels
BOOK 3: Linebacker
BOOK 4: Carrier War
BOOK 5: Bird Dog
BOOK 6: Eagle Eye
198 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 20, 2023
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September 4, 2023
I was not a nineteen year old huey combat pilot
I was actually twenty years old by the time I found myself in the left seat of a Charlie model in combat and I can tell you that at least one of these authors spent some time in the seat. The remarks about flight school, generally stupid procedures, and petty politics of company grade officers were all dead on. But the icing on the cake was the description of the 540 rotor system and the flying characteristics of the underpowered gunship. Not many people know that loss of hydraulics completely locks flight controls when the small reservoir (accumulator) is used . I read this book in a much too quick afternoon and enjoyed every minute.
I was actually twenty years old by the time I found myself in the left seat of a Charlie model in combat and I can tell you that at least one of these authors spent some time in the seat. The remarks about flight school, generally stupid procedures, and petty politics of company grade officers were all dead on. But the icing on the cake was the description of the 540 rotor system and the flying characteristics of the underpowered gunship. Not many people know that loss of hydraulics completely locks flight controls when the small reservoir (accumulator) is used . I read this book in a much too quick afternoon and enjoyed every minute.
August 9, 2024
Chopper Pilot
Chopper Pilot is a great story about the things that went on in South Vietnam. Many of the things that were reported in the news about the Vietnam war were not true or edited to lead the American public and the world at large away from the truth. The story is interesting because it shows that many in the US Army served and were used to improve the living conditions in South Vietnam but never able to see the end result.
Chopper Pilot is a great story about the things that went on in South Vietnam. Many of the things that were reported in the news about the Vietnam war were not true or edited to lead the American public and the world at large away from the truth. The story is interesting because it shows that many in the US Army served and were used to improve the living conditions in South Vietnam but never able to see the end result.
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January 29, 2024Fun quick read.
If you like Vietnam era fiction you will enjoy this book. If you know the reality of the time the story is possible and the ending very improbable. What the heck, its fun to dream.
If you like Vietnam era fiction you will enjoy this book. If you know the reality of the time the story is possible and the ending very improbable. What the heck, its fun to dream.
August 16, 2024
Close to Real
Excellent story read, read, read, read read, read, read, read, read, read, reread, read, read, dumb 20 word requirement read
Excellent story read, read, read, read read, read, read, read, read, read, reread, read, read, dumb 20 word requirement read
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