- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Allen Lane (26 Jun 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0670867217
- ISBN-13: 978-0670867219
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,023,205 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Veteran Navy fighter pilot Bob Gandt takes the reader along in the cockpit when he revisits his own elite training program after almost thirty years. A class of eight men and women is learning to fly the incredible FA-18 Hornet- deadlier, sleeker, and far more advanced than even the Tomcat immortalized in the movie Top Gun. As Gandt follows these students through school, indelible characters emerge: swaggering cowboy fighter jocks, crusty old Navy salts, a pair of wholesome twins from Middle America, a computer nerd, and two women pilots dealing with the post-Tailhook world of the military.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Robert Gandt is a great Writer. Whilre I was reading this book I could truley undrstand hoew the pilots felt durring the various stages of their training. Gandt explains how the nuggets felt about the training the navey and their classmates.He writes with skill too, the book is easy to understand and fun to read. You wouldn't expect such good writing abillity from a naval aviator.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book really describes what it is like to learn the techniques of landing a high-tech Navy fighter--perhaps the toughest realm of aviation in all of the American armed forces. And Gandt's book describes the grueling ordeal of training, from study through the exasperating ordeal of landing on a carrier at night so perfectly. I am a BIG Tom Clancy fan--I have read most of his fiction and all of his nonfiction--but Gandt beat Clancy hands down with this book! As I write this, the chances of the United States taking military action against Iraq look very strong, and aircraft and pilots such as the ones depicted in this book might be involved. No matter what happens, however, I will be very appreciative of the aircraft, their pilots, and the U.S. Navy because of reading this book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
First the review: I found this a GREAT book documenting the trials and tribulations of training people who go into very high-tech fields. Though it describes the training of fighter pilots, it could as easily describe the making of surgeons or engineers. The same things that we see in medicine occur in this community: the sieve gets finer, the best get through it, and usually the unworthy don't. Tragedies can and do happen along the way--that happens in both fields as well--but in fighters, the loss is usually more personal than it is in medicine. What Gandt did was to bring enormous amounts of warmth and humor into the fray, and he managed not to be judgmental when he could easily have done so. It stands as one of the best books on or near the subject that I have read. META-REVIEW: Reading over the other reviews posted here is fascinating. All reviews are either raves or total pans, the former outnumbering the latter. Objections seem to be from the uninformed--or those who, for reasons of their own, want Gandt not to be correct. Alas, he is. But it remains a mark of a great book that it excites strong passions.
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Impossible to put down
This is a really great book. It was impossible to put down. A great mix of aviation, technical aspects, human aspects. Read more
Published on 3 Jun 1999
SWEET BOOK
As an aspiring Navy aviator and hopefully astronaut one day, this book has given me a great inside look at the world of Naval Aviation. Read more
Published on 8 April 1999
Don't read this at bed, boys!
It's stunning how close Gandt gets you into the cockpit of the trainees and their thoughts. It isn't very often I get the... Read more
Published on 23 Feb 1999
I WAS THERE FROM START TO FINISH.
For all you nay sayers, and well wishers alike you can contact me directly for my review. I can attest the the story is true. I have been attached to VFA-106 for the past 8 years. Read more
Published on 10 Feb 1999
One of the Best Fighter Pilot Books out there
After I read the book, Bogeys and Bandits:The Making of a Fighter Pilot, I felt very good. This novel deals with the life of a fighter pilot from many different perspectives. Read more
Published on 6 Dec 1998
An excellent account of life in the F/A-18 world
This book was a fascinating look at the state of Naval Aviation today. The nay-sayers who claim this book is fiction need to get their facts straight. Read more
Published on 13 Jun 1998
Well Worth the Read
A great read. Don't miss this book if you like to read factual accounts of interesting people. Very educational also.
Published on 28 Mar 1998
Compelling story
This is not a story about Tom Cruise in Top Gun. Mr. Gandt takes the reader on a compelling journey into the lives of intelligent and committed pilots learning to do an incredibly... Read more
Published on 15 Dec 1997
Sure would like "a reader, 7/1/97" to fill in the gaps.
OK "reader". You make serious allegations to Gandt's lack of research and his own own Navy background yet you choose to remain anonimous. Read more
Published on 7 Nov 1997
Heart-pounding action written with real style!
The Fighter Attack (F/A)-18, Hornet Class of 2-95 must have been shocked to see Bob Gandt sitting in their classroom on the first day. A Delta B767 Captain? Read more
Published on 18 Sep 1997
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