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Prepare to launch aircraft! One can almost
hear the order booming from the islands loudspeaker. In FROM THE
FLIGHT DECK, the exhilarating and always dangerous world of
aircraft carrier aviation is covered in thirty-two excerpts of the
best fiction and nonfiction writing on the subject. Beginning with
the first success in 1910 by American aviator Eugene Ely, the
anthology then covers British operations during World War I and the
unique contributions to carrier warfare made by the U.S and British
navies during the 1920s and 1930s. World War II and the Korean War
are also well representedwith excerpts from such American classics
as Walter Lords DAY OF INFAMY, Ted Lawsons THIRTY SECONDS OVER
TOKYO, and James A. Micheners THE BRIDGES OF TOKO RIias the period
during which carriers and their crews matured into the
indispensable weapon systems we nearly take for granted today.
Experiments with larger and more capable aircraft as well as
advances in a vast array of carrier-related technology bring the
reader to the present day, with selections by such noted authors as
Norman Polmar (AIRCRAFT CARRIERS) and George Wilson (SUPERCARRIER).
The diverse experiences of U.S. and foreign naval aviators in the
Suez Operation in 1956, the French and American wars in Vietnam,
the Falklands War, the Persian Gulf War, and the Allied air
campaign in Bosnia are all covered, often through eyewitness
accounts. For example, in Peter B. Merskys book, RF-8 CRUSADER
UNITS OVER CUBA AND VIETNAM, he relates a chilling first-person
account of the fire on board the U.S.S. ORISKANY in 1966. In SHE'S
JUST ANOTHER NAVY PILOT, Laurie Hirschman describes the major
social changes caused by the arrival of women fighter pilots in the
Navy. From its primitive start during the earliest years of flight,
through its numerous tests in the crucible of war, and to the
high-tech operations of recent missions, all the thrills and risks
of nearly a century of carrier aviation are captured in FROM THE
FLIGHT DECK. |
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| ISBN-10: 1574884336 ISBN-13: 9781574884333 |
Hardback - May 2002 |
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