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Flight of the Old Dog (Paperback)

by Dale Brown (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 404 pages
  • Publisher: Berkley; Reissue edition (Oct 1993)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0425108937
  • ISBN-13: 978-0425108932
  • Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.9 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 602,623 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Flight of the Old Dog is the runaway best-seller that launched the phenomenal career of Dale Brown. It is the riveting story of America’s military superiority being surpassed as our greatest enemy masters space-to-Earth weapons technology - neutralizing the U. S. arsenal of nuclear missiles. America’s only hope: The Old Dog Zero One, a battle-scarred bomber fully renovated with modern hardware - and equipped with the deadliest state-of-the-art armaments known to man… --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome..Brillaint...Superlative...Etc, Etc..., 24 April 2008
By A. M. Morgan "Mr. Salem" (Swansea, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flight of the Old Dog (Paperback)
This is up there with 'Red Storm Rising'.

This book grabs you in the first few pages and keeps you on the edge of your seat from there on in, a technologicaly brilliant book.

I have read this book so many times and enjoy it every time,. about to buy my 'umteenth' copy as I have worn all the others out.

Trust me here, buy it and enjoy it, time and time again...also try please 'Red Storm Rising...
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Brown's first & best, 15 April 2004
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This review is from: Flight of the Old Dog (Paperback)
I first read this as a kid & loved it. 14 years later it still seems pretty good, if a touch dated. "Flight of the Old Dog" compares very favourably with Tom Clancy's better (& older) books. It shares some plot with "Cardinal of the Kremlin" and is very much of Reagan's "empire of evil" era.

The plot is fairly simple- the Soviets develop a very powerful laser on the Kamkatcha peninsula (very close to where in real life Korean airlines flight KAL007 was shot down) & use it to destroy america's "Star Wars" weapons platform. The US send bombers to destroy the site, but everything goes wrong leaving the "old dog" (a heavily up-armed & stealthy version of the 50 year old B-52 stratofortress) and her rag-tag crew of test-pilots & civilian contractors as the only force that can stop the Soviets from zapping every plane & satellite the US launches.

This book introduces Patrick MacLanahan & the "dreamland" complex in Nevada, both of which will be horribly overused by Dale Brown over the past 15 year. In this book at least the novelty of the high-tech weapons still feels fresh & interesting & despite it many advantages the old dog is still vunerable & dependent on the skill of its crew.

This certainly deserves 4-5 stars. If you like it try Harold Coyle's "Team Yankee" or Clancy's "Red storm rising". Both are Cold War classics and far superior to Brown's recent tepid efforts.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Blinding, 2 Oct 2001
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Quite simply cold war phobias at the very pinnacle of the profession. Clancy presents the more refined book overall, but this book is not about smoothness, this is about sheer power. This is my favourite book, and I also loved Red Storm Rising by Clancy
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