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Summary: Wilcox book is a Screaming success!
Review: For everyone who thinks they know what it takes to be a top gun pilot based on the film, Top Gun, run, don't walk to the store and get Bob Wilcox's "Scream of Eagles." Here's the real story of the creation of Top Gun during the Vietnam war and it's a hell of a good story as told by Wilcox. He really puts you in the cockpit with the best of the best. They should make this into a movie!
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Summary: Wilcox book is a Screaming success!
Review: For everyone who thinks they know what it takes to be a top gun pilot based on the film, Top Gun, run, don't walk to the store and get Bob Wilcox's "Scream of Eagles." Here's the real story of the creation of Top Gun during the Vietnam war and it's a hell of a good story as told by Wilcox. He really puts you in the cockpit with the best of the best. They should make this into a movie!
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Summary: I recommend this book to any military aviation enthusiast
Review: SCREAM OF EAGLES is a book that tells about the Navy's air war in Vietnam- the terrible losses of expensive aircraft to a peasent's air force, and the triumphant victory after the creation of the Navy's Fighter Weapon School (Top Gun). This book has accounts from such Navy pilots as Randy Cunningham and others, as well as detailed analysis of dogfights in Vietnam and in the Top Gun school. It's obvious that Robert Wilcox knows his stuff about Naval Aviation.
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Summary: This is gaining popularity on the Internet
Review: This book is becoming a buzzword in flight simulator forums around the Internet. Anyone who's 'flown' a flight simultor on their home computers should read this book. It'll really change the way you view PC 'flying'. I also recommend Wilcox's other book, "Wings of Fury", which is a collection of tales from Navy and Air Force pilots from Viet Nam to Tripoli to Desert Storm. "Scream of Eagles" is a must-read for aviation enthusiasts and Viet Nam historians, and a very good read for everyone else.
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Summary: The Big If
Review: This book makes it sound like until the creation of the Flight School as seen in the movie, TOP GUN, that Navy pilots weren't very good at all. This is far from the truth. There have always been outstanding pilots in the Navy, and now there is a cookie cutter system that claims that it can make aces out of any greenhorn who enlists. I'd recommend SCREAM OF EAGLES for its multiple stories of bravery and courage in a difficult time for the USA, but it's a little over the top when it comes to how great the school is.
There's a big IF attached to the story, and to sum it up in words even a NCO could understand, if the pilots of the US Navy were so awful during the VietNam conflict, why were they given the preponderance of medals issued for extraordinary service? That's a mighty big if, if you ask this flight fan.
You might well rent the film TOP GUN to go along with this, experience the hype from all angles.
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