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Summary: Not just another technothriller...
Review: I believe I have read this book at least ten times. It simply never gets old to me. Granted, the aviation geek in me loves all the technical details and the way Coonts put me right in the cockpit beside Jake Grafton, but what really keeps me coming back to this book is the amazing job of characterization done here. There is not a single cardboard character in this book- Cowboy Parker, Sammy Lundeen, Jake Grafton, Tiger Cole... the list goes on and on. I can't say enough in favor of this book.Too many other writers would have focused too much on the technical aspects of the writing and not spent enough time making the characters, and not just the machines, real. Coonts, on the other hand, has struck the perfect balance between technical accuracy and glorious storytelling. A must-read in my opinion.
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Summary: Second best Stephen Coonts Book
Review: I have just got done reading this book and it really touch me at the end. This book is a must for the aventure and naval story reader.
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Summary: Realistic account of flying and feelings-FANTASTIC!!
Review: I read this book within a week and enjoyed it thourghly. The content was a bit confusing with all the technical terms, but the development of characters and riveting storyline was irrestible. Reccomend it to plane-lovers, Grafton's love of flying is visible whenever he steps in the cockpit. GREAT NOVEL!!!!
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Summary: Top notch technical storytelling
Review: I think that this is quite possibly my favorite book. Jake Grafton's experiences are so vividly told that one believes that he were there over the skys of North Vietnam. Flight of the Intruder satisfied my expectations for technical flight information as well as being a seat of your pants action thriller. I have read many aviation style novels since reading Flight of the Intruder, but I always come back to it as an example of how this type of book should be written.
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Summary: ho-hum, but the theme added interest for me
Review: I'm interested in the Vietnam War and air operations, so the book had the right setting. I enjoyed the detaield description of the air planes, carrier, and air operations. The story was ok, nothing special. The movie was far better. The author didn't create interesting characters, nor was I riveted to the book. For those who are not particularly interested in air operations you will probably be bored with much of the detail and find yourself skimming many sections. Overall I though the book was fair, but you can save yourself some reading and see the movie instead. For a great book on the Vietnam Air war try either book by Marshall Michel : The Eleven days of Christmass Clashes: Air COmbat over North Vietnam for a book on naval air combat during Vietnam try On Yankee Station by Tillman
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Summary: One of my all time favorite books!
Review: If I had to choose only one book to have on a deserted island, Flight of the Intruder would certainly be a finalist.
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Summary: A Great Vietnam War Thriller
Review: In this great war thriller pilot Jake Grafton gets fed up qith bombing useless targets when his bomber Morgan McPherson is killed while they are bombing a suspected truck park. He and his new bomber, Tiger Cole, decide to bomb Hanoi itself in order to end the senseless war. They do so and are reprimanded. Then Grafton and Cole are sent on one more mission, but they are shot down...you'll love this one! If you like it I also recommend Under Siege.
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Summary: Fairly generic.
Review: Navy airplanes. Viet Nam. Minor love interest. This one stuck pretty close to form for the genre. It started off a little bit slow, and the technical details were overemphasized a bit. Overall it isn't a book I'll remember a month from now.
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Summary: Fictional account of a series of factual events
Review: Stephen Coonts manages to wrap up three years' of Vietnam experience into a very well-written novel. While the characters are fictitious, the mood is very real. Many pilots faced the same dangers as Coonts' Jake Grafton. Low-alt dangers from small arms fire, SAM's, explosive concussions, in-flight refueling (a very hazardous proposition in itself), carrier launches in pitch-black darkness, landing on a heaving deck on a storm-swept sea. All these are in this book. This was Coonts' break-out book, the first in a series. Hollywood turned it into a film, but as usual, the book is better (and has a different ending). A must-read for aviation fans.
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Summary: Stephen Coonts' Breakout First Novel is a classic.
Review: Stephen Coonts, a formal Naval Aviatior himself, out does just about everyone who has ever written on the subject in Flight Of The Intruder.
Grafton is a perfect character, you see his faults, love his nuances, and cry as he sees shipmates die. Kyle Harms
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