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22) Dangerous prey
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Expert pilot Kelly Trayhern thrives on risk--and nothing's more exciting than fighting fires, dropping water from her helicopter onto the blazes below. But on one especially perilous mission, the furious flames change her life in a way she never expected. Raptor rehabilitator Sky McCoy had his own dreams of flying, dreams that were brutally crushed when he was a teenager, and only the quick actions of fearless Kelly Trayhern saved his life. He had...
23) Chickenhawk
Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
With more than half a million copies sold, Robert Mason's Chickenhawk is one of the best-selling books ever written about the Vietnam War. Critically acclaimed for its unflinching detail, the book is hailed by The New York Times as "a hypnotic narrative" and by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as "very simply the best book so far out of Vietnam." Fascinated with flying from a young age, Mason earned his private pilot's license even before graduating high...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Co
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Apache pilots fly the most demanding helicopter in the world, The Apache is so complex to operate it is known as "Riding the Dragon." Only three percent of army helicopter pilots qualify to fly this incredible machine. In this book, we meet the men and women who take the Apache helicopter into battle.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A memoir of active combat by an elite female helicopter pilot stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan vividly describes her division's high-risk battles and the ways they were challenged to perform under extreme duress, sharing additional insights into her experiences as a woman in a male-dominated unit,"--NoveList.
Author
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"His woman in command: Captain Nike Alexander is in Afghanistan to use her pilot skills. She doesn't have time for men, especially military men. Playing hard to get with Captain Gavin Jackson comes as naturally to Nike as flying one of her Apaches. But Gavin's sexy-as-sin smile makes it hard to say no. Then she gets into a dangerous situation, and his special ops skills could save her. -- Operation: forbidden: Helicopter pilot Captain Emma Cantrell...
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A billion dollar helicopter named Airwolf, equipped with a twin-turbine drum rotor system capable of propelling it to 300 knots, plus 14 firepower options, is purloined by Libyan mercenaries. A project director of the CIA enlists the help of a Vietnam veteran and his father's best friend in an attempt to recover it. The deadly mission takes them to the Middle East where they must battle the enemy to repossess the deadliest aerial weapon ever made....
Author
Publisher
B & H Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Brannon Callahan is a search and rescue helicopter pilot for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Strong faith and a decorated history of service have kept her one step ahead of on-the-job dangers, but there's no precedent for what's about to happen. After a blizzard takes down a small plane carrying U.S. Marshal Roark Holland, Brannon must save him in more ways than one and safeguard the donor heart he's transporting to a government witness on...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Natalia Sokoloff has nerves of steel, but when David "Mac" MacAllister proposes marriage, she breaks into a cold sweat. A wife is Mac's best chance at adopting the son he fathered while on active duty in Iraq. And Natalia is his buddy. Besides, she owes him for saving her life during combat"--P. [4] of cover.
37) Apache Warrior
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"It is a feature-length documentary that puts the viewer in the cockpit of an Apache helicopter during one of the most intense missions in aviation history. Telling the story of an elite U.S. Army Aviation Squadron, this film highlights the adaptability, courage and selflessness of Apache pilots and their crews as they launch an attack during the initial surge into Iraq in March, 2003. The mission unfolds in near real time as these heroic soldiers...
38) Inside Marine One: four U.S. Presidents, one proud Marine, and the world's most amazing helicopter
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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