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Publication
Presidio Press (1997), Edition: Book Club Edition, 250 pages
Description
An ex-Marine Corps fighter pilot vividly recounts his twelve years with the Corps, detailing his many missions during two tours of duty in Vietnam where he experienced the many horrors of war, the adrenalin rush of combat, and the emotional drama of saving lives. Reissue.
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LibraryThing member lamour
Trotti served two tours in Vietnam flying Phantom fighters although he spent his trips using bombs and rockets on bridges, gun emplacements, SAM sites and enemy troops and never shot an enemy plane down. Much of the book is about the technology that made up the Phantom and what it was like to fly
He does describe combat and accidents but much of the book is about the technical details of the plane including the amount of maintenance in terms of time and knowledge to keep such a sophisticated plane in the air.
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it. He spends time describing the training that he experienced, detailed description of what the pilot did before and after launch. While Trotti did most of combat flying from a land runway, the Phantom was designed to be landed on a carrier so he was capable of doing that as well.He does describe combat and accidents but much of the book is about the technical details of the plane including the amount of maintenance in terms of time and knowledge to keep such a sophisticated plane in the air.
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Original language
English
Physical description
250 p.; 6 inches
ISBN
0891411887 / 9780891411888