cwil7280 Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 You can't always fly low level.Not with that attitude. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
napoleonpp Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Not with that attitude.Lol trust me I wish I could 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dovq2011 Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 I wanted to be inverted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrashHauler Posted March 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 I wanted to be inverted. Que up Danger Zone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian101193 Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 I wanted to be inverted. His hand's have been stuck like this ever since 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharyouTree Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Not with that altitude.  Fixed that for you... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwil7280 Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Â Â Fixed that for you...Haha well played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
napoleonpp Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Anyone know of any good aviation books to read? I know Chickenhawk and Low Level Hell are pretty big but haven't decided if I think I would like them or not. I prefer military and nonfiction books. I've read In the Company of Heros and liked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsey Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Anyone know of any good aviation books to read? I know Chickenhawk and Low Level Hell are pretty big but haven't decided if I think I would like them or not. I prefer military and nonfiction books. I've read In the Company of Heros and liked it.Well those are both military and nonfiction. My favorites are Low Level Hell and Dustoff (by Mike Novosel, a friggin legend). If I had to choose any two books, those are the ones, and I have read every single Vietnam Helicopter memoir published. Â Robert's Ridge is a good one from Afghanistan. Â And for your Apache-self-love, "Apache" by Ed Macy is pretty damn legit, written by a British 'pache pilot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brackac Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Roberts Ridge is a very good read. I would add "Not a Good Day To Die" for another viewpoint on that event, along with the rest of Operation Anaconda. "The Battle of Britain: 5 months that changed history" is a great book about resiliency and what it means to fly in combat "at all costs". As far as the Ed Macy book. It's the equivalent of watching Firebirds with "that guy" from WOCS. I am absolutely astounded at how much BS he managed to fit in 400 pages. The drivel about his eyes moving independently was my favorite part. Only read this book if you have at minimum 5 Apache stickers on your Ford F-350 dually. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
napoleonpp Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 I have read "Roberts Ridge" and it was excellent. I will have to check out "Not a Good Day To Die" and "Dustoff." I tried reading "Apache Dawn" and could not bring myself to finish it. I got to a part of the story where he was making a big scene out of the bird popping flares while departing a FOB and I was done at that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creep0321 Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 "The Night Stalkers" is another good one. Not aviation related, but "Horse Soldiers" and "One Bullet Away" are also good military non-fiction from the early days of Afghanistan and Iraq respectively.  If you want abother good read on tactics, "The Bear went Over the Mountain". Also the "Devils Guard" is really good as well, WWII. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsey Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Roberts Ridge is a very good read. I would add "Not a Good Day To Die" for another viewpoint on that event, along with the rest of Operation Anaconda. "The Battle of Britain: 5 months that changed history" is a great book about resiliency and what it means to fly in combat "at all costs". As far as the Ed Macy book. It's the equivalent of watching Firebirds with "that guy" from WOCS. I am absolutely astounded at how much BS he managed to fit in 400 pages. The drivel about his eyes moving independently was my favorite part. Only read this book if you have at minimum 5 Apache stickers on your Ford F-350 dually.But I thought you guys love Firebirds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrashHauler Posted March 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Also not aviation related but is an excellent read is "With the Old Breed" by E.B. Sledge. He details his experiences of WWII in the Pacific. Conveniently enough the audio books are on YouTube so you can download it for that long-haul C-17 jump across the pond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Haha, Brackac. Ed Macy did seems to toot his own horn, quite a f*cking bit in that book. It was a fun read, but that is about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamer Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 But I thought you guys love Firebirds? Just as much as Navy pilots love TOP GUN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotdogs Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Just as much as Navy pilots love TOP GUN.Not quite. (Can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not) Nobody takes that movie seriously and laughs about it just as much you would any cheesy 80s movie. Getting awarded any call sign from that movie is generally a bad thing and probably means you're a douche rocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrashHauler Posted March 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Given the context, I'd say sarcasm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotdogs Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Sarcasm detector must be off today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamer Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Yes I was saying that like naval aviators and top gun, most of us hate and laugh at firebirds too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrashHauler Posted April 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 I feel like that could be a Shindig thread, "Do most Army Aviators like Firebirds?" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shindiggity Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 I feel like that could be a Shindig thread, "Do most Army Aviators like Firebirds?"That is true, doubt it would make it 100+ pages though. Would be a difficult topic to troll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twil Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Time to go watch firebirds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brackac Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 Time to go watch firebirds Hold a pencil in front of your right eye, and then throw yourself face first on to the floor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
napoleonpp Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 Hold a pencil in front of your right eye, and then throw yourself face first on to the floor.Haha I love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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