Flying the SR-71 Blackbird
In the Cockpit on a Secret Operational Mission
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For anyone who has ever wondered what it's like to fly the SR-71 on a secret Mach 3 reconnaissance mission, this book has the answer. Completely redesigned and updated with photos from author Colonel Richard H. Graham's personal archive, as well as a new introduction, Flying the SR-71 Blackbird details what an SR-71 mission entailed, from planning to donning a pressure suit to returning to base.
The Lockheed SR-71, unofficially known as the Blackbird, was an advanced, long-range, Mach 3 strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed by Lockheed Skunk Works. The aircraft flew so fast and high that not one was ever shot down, even by a missile. SR-71 pilot and instructor Colonel Richard Graham offers a rare cockpit perspective on how regular Air Force pilots and navigators transformed themselves into SR-71 Blackbird crews, turning their unique aviation talents to account in an unprecedented way.
Arguably the world's foremost expert on piloting the Blackbird, Graham takes listeners along on an operational mission that only a few Air Force pilots have ever experienced.
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 82
Air Force navigators and bombardiers have long labored under the shadow of pilots - their contributions undervalued, misunderstood, or unknown to the general public. This was especially the case with the non-pilot officer aircrew in the Vietnam and Cold War-era B-52 Stratofortress. Of the six people who operated the bomber, three wore navigator wings - two of those men were also bombardiers, the other an electronic warfare officer. Without the navigator-bombardiers in particular, executing the nuclear war strike plan or flying Southeast Asian bombing sorties would have been impossible.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Today I learned something new.
- De Rob Wilson en 02-20-21
De: Robert O. Harder
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Silent Warriors, Incredible Courage
- The Declassified Stories of Cold War Reconnaissance Flights and the Men Who Flew Them
- De: Wolfgang W. E. Samuel
- Narrado por: Wayne M. Lane
- Duración: 10 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 52
Silent Warriors, Incredible Courage is a history of the Cold War overflights of the Soviet Union, its allies, and the People's Republic of China, based on extensive interviews with dozens of pilots who flew these dangerous missions. Through extensive research of existing literature on the overflights and interviews conducted by Wolfgang W. E. Samuel, this audiobook reveals the story of the entire overflight program through the eyes of the pilots and crew who flew the planes.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Worst Narration Ever
- De Nathan Hoag en 04-09-21
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Why Planes Crash Case Files: 2001-2003
- De: Sylvia Wrigley
- Narrado por: Charlie Boswell
- Duración: 13 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 83
Why Planes Crash offers an exciting and compelling look at the critical moments which define an aviation accident, explaining both the how and the why of catastrophic accidents in modern times. From disintegrating airliners to in-flight suicide to maintenance shortcuts, the author looks critically into each factor that might have lead to the crash. Her investigations and deep insight aim to make the listener into a witness to the investigation, and, yet, it is comprehensive enough for anyone with no aviation knowledge to understand.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exactly what I was looking for...
- De Narada en 01-08-19
De: Sylvia Wrigley
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Vulcan Boys
- From the Cold War to the Falklands: True Tales of the Iconic Delta V Bomber
- De: Tony Blackman
- Narrado por: Roger Davis
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 40
The Vulcan, the second of the three V bombers built to guard the UK during the Cold War, has become an aviation icon like the Spitfire, its delta shape instantly recognizable, as is the howling noise it makes when the engines are opened for takeoff. Vulcan Boys is the first Vulcan book recounted completely firsthand by the operators themselves.
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4 out of 5 stars
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a compelling work but slow to start
- De Josh Boyle en 08-06-16
De: Tony Blackman
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Before Topgun Days
- The Making of a Jet Fighter Instructor
- De: Dave Bio Baranek
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 4 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48
Before becoming an instructor in the Navy's Topgun program, Dave "Bio" Baranek was just another kid with a dream. Upon graduating from college, he joined the Navy with the goal of becoming a fighter pilot. But, his eyesight waning, he knew that he would never be able to reach that goal. Undaunted, he plowed ahead and found his niche as a radar intercept operator in the backseat of the sleek, new Grumman F-14 Tomcat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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SHB
- De Kindle Customer en 06-10-23
De: Dave Bio Baranek
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Into the Black
- The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her
- De: Rowland White, Richard Truly
- Narrado por: Eric Meyers
- Duración: 15 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 575
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 525
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 523
Using interviews, NASA oral histories, and recently declassified material, Into the Black pieces together the dramatic untold story of the Columbia mission and the brave people who dedicated themselves to help the United States succeed in the age of space exploration. On April 12, 1981, NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral. It was the most advanced, state-of-the-art flying machine ever built, challenging the minds and imagination of America's top engineers and pilots.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story About a Flawed Spacecraft
- De John en 12-04-16
De: Rowland White, y otros
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Turn and Burn
- A Fighter Pilot’s Memories and Confessions
- De: Darrell J. Ahrens
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 7 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
In Turn and Burn the author takes the readers with him in the cockpit as he shares the fulfillment of his boyhood dream and some of his most memorable adventures and misadventures during a 24-year flying career as a fighter pilot, both in combat and peacetime.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely Fantastic
- De Wayne Fannon en 05-11-21
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Vulcan 607
- De: Rowland White
- Narrado por: Roy McMillan
- Duración: 13 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 56
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 48
Shoulder to shoulder with Strategic Air Command B-52s throughout the Cold War, the big delta-winged Vulcans of the Britain's V-bomber force faced down the Soviet threat to the West. In 1982, they were just months from retirement when they flew in anger for the first time. It was to be a record-breaking mission of breathtaking audacity: a single bomber launched from a remote island airbase to carry out what would be the longest-range air attack in history. An 8,000-mile round-trip.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow, incredibly gripping and entertaining
- De MortonC en 09-10-24
De: Rowland White
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Landing Eagle: Inside the Cockpit During the First Moon Landing
- De: Michael Engle
- Narrado por: Sean Tivenan
- Duración: 1 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
In Landing Eagle: Inside the Cockpit During the First Moon Landing, author Mike Engle gives a minute by minute account of the events that occurred throughout Eagle’s descent and landing on the Moon. Engle, a retired NASA engineer and Mission Control flight controller, uses NASA audio files of actual voice recordings made inside Eagle’s cockpit during landing to give the listener an inside-the-cockpit perspective on the first Moon landing.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Wanted to like this
- De R. Winchester en 07-16-19
De: Michael Engle
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Rattler One-Seven: A Vietnam Helicopter Pilot's War Story
- North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series
- De: Chuck Gross
- Narrado por: Gerry Burke
- Duración: 7 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 378
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 335
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 334
Rattler One-Seven puts you in the helicopter seat, to see the war in Vietnam through the eyes of an inexperienced pilot as he transforms himself into a seasoned combat veteran. Soon after the war, Gross wrote down his adventures, while his memory was still fresh with the events. Rattler One-Seven (his call sign) is written as he experienced it, using these notes along with letters written home to accurately preserve the mindset he had while in Vietnam.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the Best Helicopter books I've listened to!
- De Chad en 02-12-14
De: Chuck Gross
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Harrier Boys, Volume 1
- From the Cold War Through the Falklands, 1969-1990
- De: Robert Marston
- Narrado por: Roger Davis
- Duración: 9 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 25
In Harrier Boys, Volume One: Cold War Through the Falklands, 1969-1990, Robert Marston, who flew Harriers for many years, draws together accounts from others who worked with this unique jet through its history. The excitement, camaraderie, and pride of Harrier operators shine through in the personal stories of those whose lives were changed by their experience of this iconic aircraft, both on land and at sea.
De: Robert Marston
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Surprised at Being Alive
- An Accidental Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam and Beyond
- De: Robert F. Curtis
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 106
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 94
Sometimes you do everything right, but it just isn't your day. A part fails and your helicopter comes apart in flight, or, another aircraft runs into you and the pieces of both fall to the ground below, or the enemy gunner pulls the trigger at just the right moment and his rounds find your aircraft in exactly the right spot to take it out of the sky. Whichever way it happens, it wasn't your day.
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2 out of 5 stars
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An Exciting Vietnam war history book it is not.
- De Peter Leo en 07-05-20
De: Robert F. Curtis
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Tanker Pilot
- Lessons from the Cockpit
- De: Mark Hasara, Rush Limbaugh - foreword
- Narrado por: Danny Campbell
- Duración: 11 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 120
Get a glimpse of life in the pilot's seat and experience modern air warfare directly from a true American hero. Lt. Col Mark Hasara - who has 24 years of experience in flying missions around the world - provides keen and eye-opening insights on success and failure and emphasizes the importance of always being willing to learn. He provides 12 essential lessons based on his wartime experience and his own personal photographs from his missions during the Cold War, Gulf War, and Iraq War.
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5 out of 5 stars
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NKAWTG! Nobody!
- De David Stefano en 11-10-17
De: Mark Hasara, y otros
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Last Days of the Concorde
- The Crash of Flight 4590 and the End of Supersonic Passenger Travel
- De: Samme Chittum
- Narrado por: Teri Schnaubelt
- Duración: 8 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 81
On July 25, 2000, a Concorde, the world's fastest passenger plane, was taking off from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris when it suddenly burst into flames. An airliner capable of flying at more than twice the speed of sound, the Concorde had completed 25 years of successful flights, whisking wealthy passengers - from diplomats to rock stars to corporate titans - between continents on brief and glamorous flights. Yet on this fateful day, the chartered Concorde jet, en route to America, crashed and killed all 109 passengers and crew onboard and four people on the ground.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Solid Introduction
- De Reggie en 03-03-19
De: Samme Chittum
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Air Battle Force
- De: Dale Brown
- Narrado por: William Dufris
- Duración: 15 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 306
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 213
On America's newest combat base, U.S. Air Force aerial warfare expert Major General Patrick McLanahan and his crew of daring engineers are devising the air combat unit of the future. Known as Air Battle Force, it can launch concentrated, stealthy, precision-guided firepower to any spot on the globe within hours. And soon McLanahan and his warriors will have their first target.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Spellbinding
- De KRC en 09-05-05
De: Dale Brown
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Razor 03
- A Night Stalker’s Wars
- De: Alan C. Mack
- Narrado por: Alan C. Mack
- Duración: 9 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 275
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 262
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 262
The attacks of September 11, 2001, prompted the creation of a robust and deadly special operations force—Task Force Dagger. Alan C. Mack, Callsign Razor 03, led a team of MH-47E helicopters and armed MH-60s. Their two-fold mission–Personnel Recovery (PR) and Unconventional Warfare (UW) involved flying in terrain and weather previously not thought possible. If that wasn’t enough, they pushed the flight envelope of their specially modified Chinooks to the limit and beyond.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The honesty of the author
- De Daniel en 06-10-24
De: Alan C. Mack
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Harnessing the Sky
- Frederick "Trap" Trapnell, the U.S. Navy's Aviation Pioneer, 1923-1952
- De: Frederick M. Trapnell Jr., Dana Trapnell Tibbitts
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 8 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 25
A pilot of calculated courage, "Trap" entered the Navy when test pilots were more like stuntmen than engineers. Airplanes had not yet come into their own as weapons of war, and they had an undeveloped role in the fleet. His vision and leadership shaped the evolution of naval aviation through its formative years and beyond. When the threat of war in 1940 raised an alarm over the Navy's deficiency in aircraft - especially fighters - Trap was appointed to lead the Flight Test Section to direct the development of all-new Navy airplanes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb Book
- De Peter H. Christensen en 09-27-19
De: Frederick M. Trapnell Jr., y otros
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Stealth
- The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft
- De: Peter Westwick
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 7 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 109
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 109
On a moonless night in January 1991, a dozen US aircraft appeared in the skies over Baghdad. To the Iraqi air defenses, the planes seemed to come from nowhere. Each aircraft was more than 60 feet in length and with a wingspan of 40 feet, yet its radar footprint was the size of a ball bearing. Here was the first extensive combat application of Stealth technology. And it was devastating.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Overview of the original development
- De Amazon Customer en 08-01-22
De: Peter Westwick
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SR-71, the Blackbird, Q&A
- De: Terry Pappas
- Narrado por: Chris Abell
- Duración: 4 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 129
Higher, farther, faster - what every real aviator aspires to. The SR-71 was the epitome of this dream for three decades. The only way to beat the SR-71 was to rocket into space, and every astronaut in the office with me in the 1960s would have loved to have flown the Blackbird. In many ways it placed greater demand on piloting proficiency than any spacecraft.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great in sight on life and times of Blackbird crew
- De J Bo en 11-11-15
De: Terry Pappas
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Hogs in the Sand
- A Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat Journal
- De: Buck Wyndham
- Narrado por: Jim Seybert
- Duración: 15 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 579
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 513
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 512
The mighty, iconic A-10 Warthog was first thrust into battle in Operation Desert Storm. The men who took it through walls of flak and surface-to-air missiles to help defeat the world's fourth-largest army were as untested as their airplanes, so they relied on personal determination and the amazing A-10 to accomplish their missions, despite the odds.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Weak
- De KL en 12-29-22
De: Buck Wyndham
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Kelly
- More Than My Share of It All
- De: Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson, Maggie Smith, Brig. Gen. Leo P. Geary USAF - ret. - foreword
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 6 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 778
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 684
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 681
Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, but he will be more remembered for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes. His extraordinary leadership of the Lockheed "Skunk Works" cemented his reputation as a legendary figure in American aerospace management.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Memoir of a Legend
- De Jean en 08-26-19
De: Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson, y otros
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Flying from the Black Hole
- The B-52 Navigator-Bombardiers of Vietnam
- De: Robert O. Harder
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 82
Air Force navigators and bombardiers have long labored under the shadow of pilots - their contributions undervalued, misunderstood, or unknown to the general public. This was especially the case with the non-pilot officer aircrew in the Vietnam and Cold War-era B-52 Stratofortress. Of the six people who operated the bomber, three wore navigator wings - two of those men were also bombardiers, the other an electronic warfare officer. Without the navigator-bombardiers in particular, executing the nuclear war strike plan or flying Southeast Asian bombing sorties would have been impossible.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Today I learned something new.
- De Rob Wilson en 02-20-21
De: Robert O. Harder
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Skunk Works
- A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed
- De: Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 10,192
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,939
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,921
From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies. Skunk Works is the true story of America's most secret and successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the operation's brilliant boss for nearly two decades, the chronicle of Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is a drama of Cold War confrontations and Gulf War air combat, of extraordinary feats of engineering and human achievement against fantastic odds.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Ben Rich's life story...but not in that order
- De Allstar en 11-05-16
De: Ben R. Rich, y otros
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Stealth
- The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft
- De: Peter Westwick
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 7 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 109
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 109
On a moonless night in January 1991, a dozen US aircraft appeared in the skies over Baghdad. To the Iraqi air defenses, the planes seemed to come from nowhere. Each aircraft was more than 60 feet in length and with a wingspan of 40 feet, yet its radar footprint was the size of a ball bearing. Here was the first extensive combat application of Stealth technology. And it was devastating.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Overview of the original development
- De Amazon Customer en 08-01-22
De: Peter Westwick
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SR-71, the Blackbird, Q&A
- De: Terry Pappas
- Narrado por: Chris Abell
- Duración: 4 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 129
Higher, farther, faster - what every real aviator aspires to. The SR-71 was the epitome of this dream for three decades. The only way to beat the SR-71 was to rocket into space, and every astronaut in the office with me in the 1960s would have loved to have flown the Blackbird. In many ways it placed greater demand on piloting proficiency than any spacecraft.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great in sight on life and times of Blackbird crew
- De J Bo en 11-11-15
De: Terry Pappas
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Hogs in the Sand
- A Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat Journal
- De: Buck Wyndham
- Narrado por: Jim Seybert
- Duración: 15 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 579
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 513
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 512
The mighty, iconic A-10 Warthog was first thrust into battle in Operation Desert Storm. The men who took it through walls of flak and surface-to-air missiles to help defeat the world's fourth-largest army were as untested as their airplanes, so they relied on personal determination and the amazing A-10 to accomplish their missions, despite the odds.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Weak
- De KL en 12-29-22
De: Buck Wyndham
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Kelly
- More Than My Share of It All
- De: Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson, Maggie Smith, Brig. Gen. Leo P. Geary USAF - ret. - foreword
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 6 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 778
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 684
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 681
Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, but he will be more remembered for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes. His extraordinary leadership of the Lockheed "Skunk Works" cemented his reputation as a legendary figure in American aerospace management.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Memoir of a Legend
- De Jean en 08-26-19
De: Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson, y otros
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Flying from the Black Hole
- The B-52 Navigator-Bombardiers of Vietnam
- De: Robert O. Harder
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 82
Air Force navigators and bombardiers have long labored under the shadow of pilots - their contributions undervalued, misunderstood, or unknown to the general public. This was especially the case with the non-pilot officer aircrew in the Vietnam and Cold War-era B-52 Stratofortress. Of the six people who operated the bomber, three wore navigator wings - two of those men were also bombardiers, the other an electronic warfare officer. Without the navigator-bombardiers in particular, executing the nuclear war strike plan or flying Southeast Asian bombing sorties would have been impossible.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Today I learned something new.
- De Rob Wilson en 02-20-21
De: Robert O. Harder
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Skunk Works
- A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed
- De: Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 10,192
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,939
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,921
From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies. Skunk Works is the true story of America's most secret and successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the operation's brilliant boss for nearly two decades, the chronicle of Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is a drama of Cold War confrontations and Gulf War air combat, of extraordinary feats of engineering and human achievement against fantastic odds.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Ben Rich's life story...but not in that order
- De Allstar en 11-05-16
De: Ben R. Rich, y otros
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F-35
- The Inside Story of the Lightning II
- De: Tom Burbage, Betsy Clark, Adrian Pitman, y otros
- Narrado por: Rob Reider
- Duración: 17 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 84
F-35 is the only inside look at the most advanced aircraft in the world and the historic project that built it, as told by those who were intimately involved in its design, testing, and production. Based on the authors' personal experience and over 100+ interviews, F-35 pulls back the curtain on one of the most heavily criticized government programs in history from start to finish.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Corporate Propaganda
- De Kindle Customer en 10-04-24
De: Tom Burbage, y otros
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War's End
- An Eyewitness Account of America's Last Atomic Mission
- De: Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney, James A. Antonucci - contributor, Marion K. Antonucci - contributor
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 9 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 36
On August 9, 1945, on the tiny island of Tinian in the South Pacific, a 25-year-old American Army Air Corps major named Charles W. Sweeney climbed aboard a B-29 Superfortress in command of his first combat mission, one devised specifically to bring a long and terrible war to a necessary conclusion.... The last military officer to command an atomic mission, Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney has the unique distinction of having been an integral part of both the Hiroshima and the Nagasaki bombing runs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent History
- De Bill en 02-19-25
De: Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney, y otros
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Combat Ready
- Lessons Learned in the Journey to Fighter Pilot
- De: Captain Taylor Fox
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 9 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 3
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3
Take an unparalleled look at the incredible journey from civilian to combat-ready through the eyes of an American Fighter Pilot. Author Captain Taylor Fox chronicles his experiences while training to fly the F-16 and F-22 fighter jets in the United States Air Force. From doing push-ups in the mud to flying the world’s most advanced warfighting machine, Fox weaves a remarkable tale of life as an airman, both on the ground and in the air. Uniquely honest and without prejudice, Captain Fox's story bears personal truths, incorporating humor, trepidation, reflection, and a firm dedication to ...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Get ready to consider the path not taken!
- De T. Petry en 11-12-24
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The Care and Feeding of the A-12/ SR-71 Blackbirds in Captivity/REVISED
- A Technical Directive for the Museum Preservation and Display of the A-12/SR-71 Blackbirds
- De: Jeannette Remak
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 1 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1
This book is a 2020 revised version of the 2017 issue. There have been updates, new photos and other material included. Ever wonder why when you go to Museums to see an A-12 or an SR-71 how they got in either that great condition or terrible condition? This directive was requested by the Roadrunners Internationale Organization. They are the group that is responsible for flying and maintaining the Lockheed A-12/ OXCART program and SENIOR CROWN. Lockheed built and helped maintain these very rare and elusive aircraft. The A-12 and the SR-71 are the backbone of Aerial Reconnaissance for the ...
De: Jeannette Remak
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One Trip Too Many - A Pilot's Memoirs of 38 Months in Combat Over Laos and Vietnam
- De: Wayne Warner
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 10 h y 12 m
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One Trip Too Many, A Pilot’s Memoirs of 38 Months in Combat over Laos and Vietnam, is an autobiography about my life as a pilot in Southeast Asia during the conflict in Vietnam. It is primarily a story to share with family and friends about my personal involvement in the conflict and the turbulent decade of the 60s and does not attempt to question the politics of the era. It begins with a brief description of my quest to gain admittance to the United States Air Force Academy, my four years at the Academy, and the subsequent year of pilot training. I flew three different types of aircraft ...
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Story was great.
- De Thomas Baylis en 02-20-25
De: Wayne Warner
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Vulcan 607
- De: Rowland White
- Narrado por: Roy McMillan
- Duración: 13 h y 30 m
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Shoulder to shoulder with Strategic Air Command B-52s throughout the Cold War, the big delta-winged Vulcans of the Britain's V-bomber force faced down the Soviet threat to the West. In 1982, they were just months from retirement when they flew in anger for the first time. It was to be a record-breaking mission of breathtaking audacity: a single bomber launched from a remote island airbase to carry out what would be the longest-range air attack in history. An 8,000-mile round-trip.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow, incredibly gripping and entertaining
- De MortonC en 09-10-24
De: Rowland White
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Viper Pilot
- The Autobiography of One of America's Most Decorated Combat Pilots
- De: Dan Hampton
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
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Sure to rank as one of the greatest aviation memoirs ever written, Viper Pilot is an Air Force legend's thrilling eyewitness account of modern air warfare. From 1986 to 2006, Lt. Col. Dan Hampton was a leading member of the Wild Weasels, the elite Air Force fighter squadrons whose mission is recognized as the most dangerous job in modern air combat. Weasels are the first planes sent into a war zone, flying deep behind enemy lines purposely seeking to draw fire from surface-to-air missiles and artillery. They must skillfully evade being shot down - and then return to destroy the threats, thereby making the skies safe for everyone else to follow.
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5 out of 5 stars
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FINALLY A Pilot Tells it Like it is!!
- De aaron en 10-26-12
De: Dan Hampton
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Floodpath
- The Deadliest Man-Made Disaster of 20th Century America and the Making of Modern Los Angeles
- De: Jon Wilkman
- Narrado por: Charles Constant
- Duración: 10 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Driven by eyewitness accounts and combining urban history with a life-and-death drama and a technological detective story, Floodpath grippingly reanimates the reality behind LA noir fictions like the classic film Chinatown. In an era of climate change, increasing demand on water resources, and a neglected American infrastructure, the tragedy of the St. Francis Dam has never been more relevant.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible story
- De C. Jackson en 04-07-21
De: Jon Wilkman
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Relativity
- The Special and the General Theory
- De: Albert Einstein
- Narrado por: Julian Lopez-Morillas
- Duración: 2 h y 14 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 194
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Albert Einstein described Relativity as a "popular explosion" of his famous theory. Written in 1916, it introduced the lay audience to the remarkable perspective which had overturned theoretical physics. Einstein's genius was to express this perspective in understandable terms.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Can't stand listening to the reader.
- De Xcoder en 04-20-11
De: Albert Einstein
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Riding Rockets
- The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut
- De: Mike Mullane
- Narrado por: Joel Richards
- Duración: 18 h y 32 m
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In 1978, the first group of space shuttle astronauts was introduced to the world - 29 men and six women who would carry NASA through the most tumultuous years of the space shuttle program. Among them was USAF Colonel Mike Mullane, who, in his memoir Riding Rockets, strips the heroic veneer from the astronaut corps and paints them as they are - human.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not for the young...
- De Collecting Warehouse en 11-14-18
De: Mike Mullane
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The Case for Mars
- The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
- De: Robert Zubrin, Richard Wagner, Arthur C. Clarke - Foreword
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 14 h y 31 m
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Since the beginning of human history Mars has been an alluring dream - the stuff of legends, gods, and mystery. The planet most like ours, it has still been thought impossible to reach, let alone explore and inhabit. Now with the advent of a revolutionary new plan, all this has changed. Leading space exploration authority Robert Zubrin has crafted a daring new blueprint, Mars Direct, presented here with engaging anecdotes. The Case for Mars is not a vision for the far future or one that will cost us impossible billions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling
- De Michael D. Busch en 04-16-18
De: Robert Zubrin, y otros
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Why Planes Crash
- An Accident Investigator's Fight for Safe Skies
- De: David Soucie, Ozzie Cheek
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 8 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 296
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Boarding an airplane strikes at least a small sense of fear into most people. Even though we all have heard that the odds of being struck by lightning are greater than the odds of perishing in a plane crash, it still doesn't feel that way. Airplane crashes might be rare, but they do happen, and they’re usually fatal. David Soucie insists that most of these deaths could be prevented. He’s worked as a pilot, a mechanic, an FAA inspector, and an aviation executive. He’s seen death up close and personal - deaths of colleagues and friends that might have been prevented if he had approved certain safety measures in the aircrafts they were handling.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Me, Me, Me
- De WakeNCAgent en 09-13-19
De: David Soucie, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Flying the SR-71 Blackbird
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- Richard Bayer
- 01-27-23
What an honor
What an honor to have this on audiobook thank you to everybody. A close friend was an F117 crew chief and we have always wanted to read this book and it’s always been out of reach until now. Read this along side of skunk Works documentary.
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- dyintx
- 09-03-23
Blackbird
Great perspective of flying the Blackbird! Thank you for sharing your amazing experiences. I agree it was a mistake to shut down the program.
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- AustinBob
- 07-24-21
A one of a kind aircraft that should be flying
The SR-71 was a genius machine. Nothing has ever been designed so perfect for it's mission. Everyone involved with this program is a hero.
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- Matt Van Oenen Paauw
- 05-18-22
History, aircraft, and espionage buffs READ THIS!
this book is hands down incredibly interesting to those that enjoy history, details, espionage, and the SR-71 Blackbird. this book does give an incredibly detailed view from the pilot and Cruz point of view that encompasses much more than just the cockpit. what made this book five stars for me Isn't it could have been an incredibly tedious and monotonous task going through what each gauge lever switch and button does but both the author and the narrator do and wizard job throwing in anecdotes or stories behind many of the switches Etc very interesting
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-20-23
Well written and informative
This is an amazing story of an irreplaceable aircraft. going through the checklists with the writer put the readers mind in the cockpit of the HABU. it is written in such a manner that you feel like you are flying and living the memories.
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- G. Rauch
- 01-17-23
The SR71 Blackbird - No equal!
The author presents a detailed view of SR71 operations by highly qualified pilots and companion flying officers. The aircraft was designed and fabricated by genius engineers and technicians. Eventually retired under questionable circumstances. No other jet engined aircraft comes close to matching the record setting performance of the blackbird! Records include 85,000 feet altitude operations, 2,100 mph speeds, 64 minutes flying time Los Angeles to Washington DC. Simply amazing!
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- N Minchin
- 06-20-22
Greatest aircraft ever
I was on the team that initiated the KC135 Q refueling operations at RAF
Mildenhall and this was a wonderfully written book about the Blackbird and it’s refueling support. Thank you Richard Graham. I have purchased this book in hardcover and it will have a special place in my personal library along with all the memories you ignited once more!
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- Anonymous User
- 05-27-23
Great book for all avid SR-71 fans and pilots in general!
It is a detailed and very technical description of the aircraft and its missions, coupled with stories of the writer.
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- Vince Carter
- 10-25-23
What a ride!
As a professional pilot, hearing the checklists was absolutely amazing. It takes the mystery of this beast and brings it to a relatable understanding, highly recommend!!!
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- David
- 03-14-24
Good story about an icon
Very technical and a bit dry but interesting. Would like to have had more mission details and stories.
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