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Fighter Pilot
Robin Olds
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Description for Fighter Pilot
Paperback. Robin Olds was a larger-than-life hero with a towering personality. A graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army, Olds was one of the toughest college football players at the time. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16 page b&w photo section. BIC Classification: HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 478.
Robin Olds was a larger-than-life hero with a towering personality. A graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army, Olds was one of the toughest college football players at the time. In WWII, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of 22 - and an ace with 12 aerial victories. But it was in Vietnam where the man became a legend. He arrived in 1966 to find a dejected group of pilots and motivated them by placing himself on the flight ... Read more
Robin Olds was a larger-than-life hero with a towering personality. A graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army, Olds was one of the toughest college football players at the time. In WWII, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of 22 - and an ace with 12 aerial victories. But it was in Vietnam where the man became a legend. He arrived in 1966 to find a dejected group of pilots and motivated them by placing himself on the flight ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Griffin Publishing United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
477g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780312569518
SKU
V9780312569518
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Ref
99-15
About Robin Olds
Robin Olds (1922-2007) was a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot. A triple ace, he achieved a combined total of 16 victories in the Second World War and the Vietnam War. Born into an army family in Honolulu and raised in Virginia, he was educated at West Point, where he was an All American football player. He fought in Europe during ... Read more
Reviews for Fighter Pilot
A gripping narrative...Compelling reading, likely to become a classic. Booklist Robin Olds is probably the greatest aerial warrior America ever produced. His autobiography tells it like it was...and provides written proof why the people who served with him made him a legend. This book will be an instant classic. Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author of The Assassin One ... Read more