Cowboy10uk Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 A Classic Nate, although already owning a copy, just bought it on the kindle so I can read it anywhere. Has to be the best book on flying Hueys that there is. Although I'm sure many many more will turn up, I know I have several at home. Can't wait to see what others come up with. Cowboy10uk [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Fighter pilots make movies, Attack pilots make history, Helicopter pilots make heros. :pilotfly: Corsair 570x Crystal Case, Intel 8700K O/clocked to 4.8ghz, 32GB Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 3200 MHZ Ram, 2 x 1TB M2 drives, 2 x 4TB Hard Drives, Nvidia EVGA GTX 1080ti FTW, Maximus x Hero MB, H150i Cooler, 6 x Corsair LL120 RGB Fans And a bloody awful Pilot :doh:
Speed Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 In time for UH-1, get your copy of Dustoff, the Memoir of an Army Aviator by medal of honor recipient Mike Novosel: http://www.amazon.com/Dustoff-The-Memoir-Army-Aviator/dp/0891418024/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1350061487&sr=8-3&keywords=dustoff+in+books It's a very good read. Novosel chronicles his service career, starting with being a B-29 pilot in WWII to, after retiring from the USAF, joining the Army and becoming a UH-1 pilot during Vietnam. In Vietnam, he won the Congressional Medal of Honor, and, if memory serves me correctly, he ended up being a UH-1 pilot in the same unit as his son. Anyway, it's got a 4.5 star rating on Amazon, pretty much the highest rating anything ever gets, so it's not just me that thinks this is an excellent read. Intelligent discourse can only begin with the honest admission of your own fallibility. Member of the Virtual Tactical Air Group: http://vtacticalairgroup.com/ Lua scripts and mods: MIssion Scripting Tools (Mist): http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=98616 Slmod version 7.0 for DCS: World: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=80979 Now includes remote server administration tools for kicking, banning, loading missions, etc.
cichlidfan Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 In time for UH-1, get your copy of Dustoff, the Memoir of an Army Aviator by medal of honor recipient Mike Novosel: http://www.amazon.com/Dustoff-The-Memoir-Army-Aviator/dp/0891418024/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1350061487&sr=8-3&keywords=dustoff+in+books Too bad it is rather pricey for a book of that type. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
Speed Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 Too bad it is rather pricey for a book of that type. Don't use Amazon much? 7 new from $49.00 29 used from $1.99 As with cars, buy used :thumbup: I have a paperback version which has a price of $6.99 on the back. Intelligent discourse can only begin with the honest admission of your own fallibility. Member of the Virtual Tactical Air Group: http://vtacticalairgroup.com/ Lua scripts and mods: MIssion Scripting Tools (Mist): http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=98616 Slmod version 7.0 for DCS: World: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=80979 Now includes remote server administration tools for kicking, banning, loading missions, etc.
cichlidfan Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 Don't use Amazon much? As with cars, buy used :thumbup: I have a paperback version which has a price of $6.99 on the back. I use Amazon plenty (UPS, USPS or FedEx deliver here every week) ;). I also prefer new books. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
Cowboy10uk Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 Damn not avalible on Kindle..... Ah well at least I found another 7 books on Dustoff. ;) Only issue with living in uk, Vietnam books are bloody hard to come by [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Fighter pilots make movies, Attack pilots make history, Helicopter pilots make heros. :pilotfly: Corsair 570x Crystal Case, Intel 8700K O/clocked to 4.8ghz, 32GB Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 3200 MHZ Ram, 2 x 1TB M2 drives, 2 x 4TB Hard Drives, Nvidia EVGA GTX 1080ti FTW, Maximus x Hero MB, H150i Cooler, 6 x Corsair LL120 RGB Fans And a bloody awful Pilot :doh:
cichlidfan Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 Only issue with living in uk, Vietnam books are bloody hard to come by Yeah, I can imagine. I just paid as much in shipping as I did for the book to get a copy of Fire Strike 7/9. Had to order from a bookseller in the UK. :P ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
Cowboy10uk Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 :) guess it works both ways then. But Firestrike 7/9 is worth it. stunning book. I know last time I visited got hit with $150 excess weight fare flying home. Think it was the wife's new dress that pushed us over, rather than my case of Vietnam books though. ;) Cowboy10uk [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Fighter pilots make movies, Attack pilots make history, Helicopter pilots make heros. :pilotfly: Corsair 570x Crystal Case, Intel 8700K O/clocked to 4.8ghz, 32GB Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 3200 MHZ Ram, 2 x 1TB M2 drives, 2 x 4TB Hard Drives, Nvidia EVGA GTX 1080ti FTW, Maximus x Hero MB, H150i Cooler, 6 x Corsair LL120 RGB Fans And a bloody awful Pilot :doh:
Night Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 I am currently reading a book titled Plutocrats, by Chrystia Freeland. Pretty fascinating book so far. It is about the rise in global wealth disparity, but it is not as stuffy as it would appear. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Nvidia GTX Titan Pascal - i7 6700K - 960 Pro 512GB NVMe SSD - 32GB DDR4 Corsair - Corsair PSU - Saitek x52 Pro - Custom FreeTrack IR Setup - iControl for DCS
AtaliaA1 Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 Books I am reading a great book on the Iraq War. Title: Warthog Author: William L. Smallwood 30 Customer Reviews with 4 and 1/2 stars. Thud Ridge is next. I am retired and enjoy reading these books from those who were there. Anyone have others that they would suggest are good reads I would appreciate it. This was a Boutique Builder iBuypower rig. Until I got the tinker bug again i7 920 @3.6Mhz 12Gig Corsair XMS3 ram 1600 Nvidia 760 SLi w/4Gig DDR5 Ram Intel 310 SSD HDD 160 Gb + Western Digital 4Terabyte HDD Creative SB X-Fi HD Audio Logitech X-530 5.1 Surround Speaker System Dual Acer 32"Monitors. PSU 1200 w Thermaltake Win10 64Bit.
ZMEY-HS- Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=93077
cichlidfan Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=93077 Among others. His Strike Eagle book is quite good as well. <sniped> ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
badger66 Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 Thud Ridge is a brilliant book ..... try reading "chickenhawk" ..... Im reading it for the 2nd time . First read it in 1984 I think it was .
Griffin Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 NASA has many free and interesting looking e-books. Including the memoirs of Academician Boris Chertok about Russian space program. http://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/index.html
Togg Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 (edited) The Making of The Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes Awesome book. From the beginning of nuclear physics with Rutherford (atomic nucleus), Chadwick (neutron), Fermi...to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A very thorough history (800 pages). The next one on my bookshelves is Stages to Saturn : A Technical History of the Saturn/Apollo launch vehicles :) Edited December 26, 2012 by Togg [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] https://github.com/Togg-streamdeck/dcs
mmaruda Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 Some of the books I have read this month: Burning Chrome by William Gibson - a set of cyberpunk short stories. For all you air combat game nuts, I highly recommend Dogfight. Isaac Asimov - The Gods Themselves and End of Eternity. This is generally the thinking man's sci-fi fix, both very enjoyable reads. If you like some good crime novels, I'd like to recommend something from my own back yard - Death in Breslau by Marek Krajewski and the sequels - some great noir-like crime stories set in pre-WWII Wroclaw.
Jona33 Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 (edited) Has anyone else got Sea Harrier over the Falklands? I picked it up and though it's a good book I do disagree with some of what he says. Especially regarding how useless the Tornado is compared to the Harrier. (The harrier having been described as "Completely incompetent and utterly, utterly useless in protecting ground troops in Afghanistan") and considering the Harrier's short range and limited payload, as well as incapable of performing SEAD strikes. In addition claiming the FA2 is superior to the typhoon purely based on cost is incorrect I think. The typhoon being multirole (the only attacks the FA2 performing in were unsatisfactory), and having a better radar, longer range and better selection of munitions and improved avionics. I'm wondering about people's thoughts. Edited January 4, 2013 by Jona33 Always remember. I don't have a clue what I'm doing
Bodo Posted January 5, 2013 Posted January 5, 2013 Just read Philip K Dick's Ubik. Corsair 550D / Be Quiet 650W Pro 10 / ASUS P8Z77-V Pro / Intel i5 3570K / 16GB Kingston HyperX 1600 MHz / EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX2 4GB / 128GB Samsung 830 / RME HDSPe Multiface 2 / 1TB Samsung F3 / Prolimatech Megalames Rev. B / Windows 10 / BenQ XL2420T / Saitek X52 Pro / Kone Pure+ / Filco Majestouch 2 Ninja
104th_Cobra Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 (edited) Well, it isn't a specifically book about aviation but I recommend this upcoming publication, "Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present" by Max Boot. http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21569681-fighting-insurgency-requires-patience-restraint-and-good-public-relations http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0871404249/economistshop-21 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0871404249/theeconomists-20 I also have: "A History of Warfare", by John Keegan http://www.amazon.com/A-History-Warfare-John-Keegan/dp/0394588010/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1358475071&sr=1-1 "Stalingrad" and "The Fall of Berlin", by Antony Beevor http://www.amazon.com/Stalingrad-The-Fateful-Siege-1942-1943/dp/0670870951/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1358475111&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/Fall-Berlin-1945-Antony-Beevor/dp/0142002801/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358475111&sr=1-3&keywords=beevor+stalingrad Edited January 18, 2013 by Xpto 104th Cobra [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
4c Hajduk Veljko Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 How about this book, if you can afford it: Mikoyan MiG-29 (Famous Russian Aircraft) Thermaltake Kandalf LCS | Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R | Etasis ET750 (850W Max) | i7-920 OC to 4.0 GHz | Gigabyte HD5850 | OCZ Gold 6GB DDR3 2000 | 2 X 30GB OCZ Vertex SSD in RAID 0 | ASUS VW266H 25.5" | LG Blue Ray 10X burner | TIR 5 | Saitek X-52 Pro | Logitech G930 | Saitek Pro flight rudder pedals | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Cali Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 Currently reading "Viper Pilot" by Dan Hampton and I can tell that 300 pages is too short. I'm at about 130 pages now and hate to put it down. I'm sure he has many more stories that he could have put in there. Great book so far I highly recommend it! i7-4820k @ 3.7, Windows 7 64-bit, 16GB 1866mhz EVGA GTX 970 2GB, 256GB SSD, 500GB WD, TM Warthog, TM Cougar MFD's, Saitek Combat Pedals, TrackIR 5, G15 keyboard, 55" 4K LED
Einherjer Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 Someone knows a good book about the F/A18 in Action?
4c Hajduk Veljko Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 I am slowly building my Red Star library. Thermaltake Kandalf LCS | Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R | Etasis ET750 (850W Max) | i7-920 OC to 4.0 GHz | Gigabyte HD5850 | OCZ Gold 6GB DDR3 2000 | 2 X 30GB OCZ Vertex SSD in RAID 0 | ASUS VW266H 25.5" | LG Blue Ray 10X burner | TIR 5 | Saitek X-52 Pro | Logitech G930 | Saitek Pro flight rudder pedals | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Vampyre Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 I highly recommend the Flying Black Ponies by Kit Lavell to anyone with an interest in the Vietnam conflict and Naval Aviation. It's a great read... all I need now is a DCS:OV-10 Bronco:pilotfly: http://www.amazon.com/Flying-Black-Ponies-Support-Squadron/dp/159114468X Truly superior pilots are those that use their superior judgment to avoid those situations where they might have to use their superior skills. If you ever find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck! "If at first you don't succeed, Carrier Landings are not for you!"
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