Before Topgun Days (eBook)

The Making of a Jet Fighter Instructor

Dave Baranek (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
236 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-63450-656-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Becoming the best doesnt happen overnight; youve got to work for it.Before becoming an instructor in the Navys 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.Join Baranek in Before Topgun Days as he takes you along for this greatest, most exciting time of his young life: training to become a naval flight officer. Taking place before the events recounted in his previous memoir, Topgun Days, Baranek brings to life the anxieties and excitement of entering the fast-paced world of fighter jocks. From a green recruit to an experienced flyer, discover what it took to become a Topgun instructor.Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Autor

Dave “Bio” Baranek enjoyed a successful and satisfying twenty-year career in the United States Navy, starting with assignments to F-14 Tomcat squadrons and the elite Topgun training program, and followed later by assignments to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the US 7th Fleet. Baranek retired from the Navy in 1999 and now works as a defense contractor in the Washington, DC area. He lives in Burke, Virginia.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.3.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: adventure woven • Aerospace • aircraft carriers transportation system • Air Force • air force academy peter mersky • aluminum skin • Angola • Apollo missions • aspiring astronauts • aviators • Brandywine • Cockpit • Cold War • color photographs • combat-ready • Crippen • dark suits • declassified • dogfighting • ejecting • ejection • F-14 Tomcat • fighter jets • fighter jocks • fighter pilots • Filming • film top • flight officer • force base • Grumman • gun instructor • heatley • helo • Instructors • inter actions • intercept • Intrepid • Launch • Manned • military aviation • military history • Miramar • Motion picture • nasa engineer • Naval Aviation • naval aviator • naval fleet • naval flight • navy carrier • navy fighter • Navy Pilot • orbiters • orbiting • Pensacola • Planes • Radar • rear seat • reusable • rotc • rowland • satellite photo • Satellites • shuttle columbia • shuttle flight • shuttle mission • shuttle program • space enthusiast • space exploration • space plane • space program • space shuttle • Space transportation • spy satellite • squadron • technical specs • test pilots • Tiles • Tom Cruise • Tony Scott • Untold story
• ISBN-10: 1-63450-656-1 / 1634506561
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63450-656-4 / 9781634506564