Tales of a Helicopter Pilot

Tales of a Helicopter Pilot
- tales of a helicopter pilot's derring-do during WWII
Richard Kirkland is legendary for his P-38 Lightning missions in the South Pacific theater during WWII. After the war, he realized the potential of Igor Sikorskyâ€™s new flying machine, and he traded in his fighter-pilot wings for rotors. The nerve-racking chopper missions he has flown are the stuff of legend: scrambling to evacuate president Harry Truman after an unthinkable â€œcode red oneâ€ alert comes over his red phone; bantering with the real â€œHawkeyeâ€ at a MASH unit before flying into North Korea to rescue wounded soldiers. Equally riveting are his accounts of a medevac pilot in Vietnam who lands a ten ton CH-46 â€œFrogâ€ in the jungle at night, with no lights, under fire, with only a soldierâ€™s cigarette lighter for reference; and an aerial tour pilot who routinely pulls people out of the water above, below, and right before Niagara Falls.
Country USA
Brand Smithsonian Books
Manufacturer Smithsonian Books
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2002-01-17
EANs 9781560989523

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