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Rotary Wing Books
Many combat helicopter pilots have put their stories to print, for our reading pleasure:
Vietnam
| Vietnam (alphabetical) | ||
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| Title: | 19 Minutes to Live - Helicopter Combat in Vietnam: A Memoir by Lew Jennings | |
| Author: | Lew Jennings | |
| ISBN: | 1548484539 | |
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| Title: | Ace: The Story of Lt. Col. Ace Cozzalio | |
| Author: | Rex Gooch | |
| ISBN: | 150864246X | |
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| Title: | The Adventures of a Helicopter Pilot: Flying the H-34 Helicopter in Vietnam for the United States Marine Corps | |
| Author: | Bill Collier | |
| ISBN: | 1500936138 | |
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| Title: | Air Cav: History of the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam 1965-1969 | |
| Author: | J.D. Coleman | |
| ISBN: | 1596528176 | |
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| Title: | Angel's Wing: An Year in the Skies of Vietnam | |
| Author: | Joseph R. Finch | |
| ISBN: | 0910155453 | |
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| Title: | Black Cat 2-1: The True Story of a Vietnam Helicopter Pilot and His Crew | |
| Author: | Bob Ford | |
| ISBN: | 1612548962 | |
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| Title: | ChickenHawk | |
| Author: | Robert Mason | |
| ISBN: | 0143035711 | |
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| Title: | Chopper Heroes: Have Guns Will Travel | |
| Author: | William E. Peterson | |
| ISBN: | 1981656944 | |
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| Title: | CIA Super Pilot Spills the Beans: Flying Helicopters in Laos for Air America | |
| Author: | Bill Collier | |
| ISBN: | 1547225327 | |
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| Title: | A Cobra Pilot in Vietnam: True Tales and Otherwise | |
| Author: | Ira McComic | |
| ISBN: | 0988757443 | |
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| Title: | Dear Mom, I'm Alive: Letters Home From Blackwidow 25 | |
| Author: | Randolph P. Mains | |
| ISBN: | 1723390194 | |
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| Title: | Firebirds: The Best First Person Account of Helicopter Combat in Vietnam Ever Written | |
| Author: | Chuck Carlock | |
| ISBN: | 0553577050 | |
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| Title: | Gunship Pilot: An Attack Helicopter Warrior Remembers Vietnam | |
| Author: | Robert F. Hartley | |
| ISBN: | 1489703942 | |
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| Title: | Guts N' Gunships: What it was Really Like to Fly Combat Helicopters in Vietnam | |
| Author: | Mark Garrison | |
| ISBN: | 1629670537 | |
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| Title: | Hornet 33: Memoir of a Combat Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam | |
| Author: | Ed Denny | |
| ISBN: | 1476666091 | |
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| Title: | Looking for Flyboys: One G.I.'s Journey: Vietnam 1970-1971 | |
| Author: | Tom Messenger | |
| ISBN: | 155571806X | |
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| Title: | Low Level Hell | |
| Author: | Hugh L. Mills | |
| ISBN: | 9780891417194 | |
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| Title: | The Price of Exit: A True Story of Helicopter Pilots in Vietnam | |
| Author: | Tom Marshall | |
| ISBN: | 9780804117159 | |
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| Title: | Pucker Factor 10: Memoir of a U.S. Army Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam | |
| Author: | James Joyce | |
| ISBN: | 0786415576 | |
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| Title: | Rattler One-Seven: A Vietnam Helicopter Pilot’s War Story | |
| Author: | Chuck Gross | |
| ISBN: | 9781574412215 | |
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| Title: | Snake Pilot: Flying the Cobra Attack Helicopter in Vietnam | |
| Author: | Randy R. Zahn | |
| ISBN: | 1596528176 | |
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| Title: | Surprised at Being Alive: An Accidental Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam and Beyond | |
| Author: | Robert F. Curtis | |
| ISBN: | 1612002757 | |
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| Title: | Taking Fire: The True Story of a Decorated Chopper Pilot | |
| Author: | Ron Alexander & Charles W. Sasser | |
| ISBN: | 0312269846 | |
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| Title: | To the Limit: An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam | |
| Author: | Tom A Johnson | |
| ISBN: | 0451222180 | |
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| Title: | Ups and Downs: Recollections of a Vietnam Helicopter Pilot | |
| Author: | William Sharpe | |
| ISBN: | 1724796941 | |
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| Title: | Vietnam: A Tale Of Two Tours | |
| Author: | James C Mooney Jr | |
| ISBN: | 172417567X | |
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| Title: | Vietnam Helicopter Crew Member Stories: Volume 1 | |
| Author: | H. D. Graham | |
| ISBN: | 1469139871 | |
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| Title: | Vietnam Helicopter Crew Member Stories: Volume 2 | |
| Author: | H. D. Graham | |
| ISBN: | 1479763411 | |
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| Title: | Vietnam Helicopter Crew Member Stories: Volume 3 | |
| Author: | H. D. Graham | |
| ISBN: | 1493159925 | |
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| Title: | Vietnam Helicopter Crew Member Stories: Volume 4 | |
| Author: | H. D. Graham | |
| ISBN: | 1503540480 | |
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| Title: | Vietnam Helicopter Crew Member Stories: Volume 5 | |
| Author: | H. D. Graham | |
| ISBN: | 1984533908 | |
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| Title: | Without Parachutes: How I Survived 1,000 Attack Helicopter Combat Missions In Vietnam | |
| Author: | Colonel (Retired) Jerry W. Childers | |
| ISBN: | 1420882589 | |
Falklands
| Falklands | ||
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| Title: | Scram!: The Gripping First-hand Account of the Helicopter War in the Falklands | |
| Author: | Harry Benson | |
| ISBN: | ASIN: B00CF6EOY0 | |
Africa
| Africa (alphabetical) | ||
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| Title: | Gunship Ace: The Wars of Neal Ellis, Gunship Pilot and Mercenary | |
| Author: | Al Venter | |
| ISBN: | 1612000703 | |
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| Title: | In the Company of Heroes | |
| Author: | Michael J. Durant | |
| ISBN: | 9780451219930 | |
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| Title: | Spider Zero Seven: A Life in Combat | |
| Author: | Mike Borlace | |
| ISBN: | 1788038959 | |
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| Title: | The Chopper Boys: Helicopter War in Africa | |
| Author: | Al J. Venter | |
| ISBN: | 1909982687 | |
Middle East
| Middle East (alphabetical) | ||
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| Title: | Apache | |
| Author: | Ed Macy | |
| ISBN: | 0802144780 | |
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| Title: | Danger Close: My Epic Journey as a Combat Helicopter Pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan | |
| Author: | Amber Smith | |
| ISBN: | 1501116398 | |
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| Title: | GREEN FEET: Life in a Combat Search and Rescue Squadron | |
| Author: | Julio R. "Zorro" Lopez Jr. | |
| ISBN: | ??? | |
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| Title: | Hellfire | |
| Author: | Ed Macy | |
| ISBN: | 0007288204 | |
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| Title: | Sweating the Metal | |
| Author: | Alex Duncan | |
| ISBN: | 1444708007 | |
Rotary Wing Instruction
There are numerous reference texts available on rotary-wing aerodynamics, here is but a few:
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Cyclic and Collective |
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Principles of Helicopter Flight |
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Practical Helictoper Aerodynamics |
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Helicopter Flying Handbook |
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Rotorcraft Flying Handbook |
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Helicopters can take you anywhere |
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Fatal Traps for helicopter pilots |
Harrier Specific
| Harrier Specific (alphabetical) | ||
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| Title: | A Nightmares Prayer | |
| Author: | Michael Franzak | |
| ISBN: | ? | |
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| Title: | RAF Harrier: Ground Attack - Falklands | |
| Author: | SQN LDR Jerry Pook | |
| ISBN: | ? | |
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| Title: | Harrier 809 | |
| Author: | Rowland White | |
| ISBN: | ? | |
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| Title: | Sea Harrier FR1 vs Mirage III Daggger - South Atlantic 1982 | |
| Author: | Douglas C Dilby & Pablo Calcaterra | |
| ISBN: | ? | |
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| Title: | Joint Force Harrier | |
| Author: | CMDR Ade Orchard RN | |
| ISBN: | ? | |
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| Title: | Hostile Skies : the battle fdr the Falklands | |
| Author: | David Morgan | |
| ISBN: | ? | |
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| Title: | Sea Harrier over the Falklands | |
| Author: | CMDR 'Sharkey' Ward | |
| ISBN: | ? | |
Fixed Wing Books
Some other exceptional (fixed wing) reads:
| Fixed Wing - miscellaneous | ||
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| Title: | Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War | |
| Author: | William L. Smallwood | |
| ISBN: | ? | |
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| Title: | Angles of Attack: An A-6 Intruder Pilot's War | |
| Author: | Peter Hunt | |
| ISBN: | ? | |
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| Title: | Bogeys and Bandits: The making of a Fighter Pilot | |
| Author: | Robert Gandt | |
| ISBN: | ? | |
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| Title: | Hammer from Above: Marine Air Combat over Iraq | |
| Author: | Jay A. Stout | |
| ISBN: | ? | |
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| Title: | The Dream Machine: The untold history of the notorious V-22 Osprey | |
| Author: | Richard Whittle | |
| ISBN: | ? | |
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| Title: | Predator: Secret origins of the drone revolution | |
| Author: | Richard Whittle | |
| ISBN: | ? | |
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| Title: | Fighter Pilot: Misadventures beyond the sound barrier with an Australian Top Gun | |
| Author: | Mac 'Serge' Tucker | |
| ISBN: | ? | |
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| Title: | Fighter Combat: Tactics and Maneuvering | |
| Author: | Robert L. Shaw | |
| ISBN: | ? | |
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| Title: | Viper Pilot: A Memoir of Air Combat | |
| Author: | Dan Hampton | |
| ISBN: | ? | |
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| Title: | Vulcan 607 | |
| Author: | Rowland White | |
| ISBN: | ? | |
| Fixed Wing - Vietnam | ||
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| Title: | Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds | |
| Author: | Robin Olds | |
| ISBN: | 0312569513 | |
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| Title: | The Vietnam Air War: From The Cockpit | |
| Author: | Colonel Dennis M. (Mike) Ridnouer | |
| ISBN: | 1978476485 | |
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| Title: | One Trip Too Many: A pilot's memoirs of 38 months in combat over Laos and Vietnam | |
| Author: | Wayne A Warner | |
| ISBN: | 1467931551 | |
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| Title: | Tailhooker: Pre-Flight to Vietnam | |
| Author: | Willard G. Dellicker | |
| ISBN: | 150894234X | |
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| Title: | Sherman Lead: Flying the F-4D Phantom II in Vietnam | |
| Author: | Gaillard R. Peck Jr | |
| ISBN: | 1472829379 | |
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| Title: | Thud Ridge: Flying the F-105 Thunderchief in combat over Vietnam | |
| Author: | Colonal Jack Broughton | |
| ISBN: | ? | |
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| Title: | The Hunter Killers | |
| Author: | Dan Hampton | |
| ISBN: | ? | |
Miscellaneous
| Miscellaneous (alphabetical) | ||
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| Title: | We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam | |
| Author: | Harold G. Moore | |
| ISBN: | 034547581X | |
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| Title: | Danger Close: Tactical Air Controllers in Afghanistan and Iraq | |
| Author: | Steve Call | |
| ISBN: | 1603441425 | |
