Vino Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Suggest me some good books! At the moment I’m reading K Millers Declaired Hostile. I’d like to read about french military aviation. Is there any books available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dali Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 this one comes first to my mind Boyd : The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ala13_ManOWar Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 (edited) What kind of books? Modern day stuff, or classics of aviation? For instance, there's this book by French (somewhat controversial) Ace in WWII, Piere Closterman. "The big show". S! Edited January 21, 2021 by Ala13_ManOWar "I went into the British Army believing that if you want peace you must prepare for war. I believe now that if you prepare for war, you get war." -- Major-General Frederick B. Maurice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=DROOPY= Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) I few of my favorites: Fiction: 'Flight Of The Intruder' and 'Final Flight' both by Stephen Coonts. Each reads like a detailed Tom Clancy novel. Both are very descriptive, and are written in a manner that puts the reader 'in-the-seat', so to speak. The actual movie 'Flight Of The Intruder' is.....well....just sad...when compared to the novel. Non-fiction: 'Top Gun' by George Hall. Published in the 1980's, it's still a solid read, includes amazing photography, and gives you a good idea of the requirements needed (during the 1980's) to qualify as a Naval Aviator. It also touched on why and how the actual NFWS began, how they operated (up to the mid- 1980's) and a few of the tactics employed, and how the training syllabus progressed for students. This book alone is what sparked my interest in pursuing military aviation photography, but also started an insatiable appetite to learn anything and everything about US military aircraft, their weapons and systems, and some of the tactics used to employ those weapons effectively. 'TOPGUN Days' by Dave BIO Baranek. Dave is a former F-14 RIO and TOPGUN instructor, and assisted in the creation of the brand new 'F-14A Zone-V' DCS campaign by Reflected Simulations, that was literally *just* released... Dave has authored several books, and although I personally have not read them myself yet, I'm sure that they are just as good. 'Grumman F-14 Tomcat: Bye-Bye Baby.....!' by Dave 'Hey Joe' Parsons, George Hall and Bob Lawson. Its more of a photographical book, but includes countless anecdotes, insights and short stories given by ground crews and Tomcat pilots and RIO's, of what it was like to maintain and fly the F-14. I have several other really good books that come to mind, that were all authored by fighter/attack jet pilots, giving the reader their first-hand account of what it was like to go into a post-Vietnam war combat theater/environment. Let me know if you are interested, and I will be glad to help. Edited February 7, 2021 by =DROOPY= 1 Unique aviation images for the passionate aviation enthusiast: Fb: FighterJetGeek Aviation Images - Home | Facebook IG: https://www.instagram.com/the_fighterjetgeek/ Aviation Photography Digest: AviationPhotoDigest.com/author/SMEEK9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vino Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 Thank you for tips! I would love to read a book written by a mirage pilot… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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