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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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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Sully
- My Search for What Really Matters
- De: Chesley B. Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow
- Narrado por: Michael McConnohie, Chesley B. Sullenberger
- Duración: 8 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 763
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 694
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 691
On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed a remarkable emergency landing when Captain "Sully" Sullenberger skillfully glided US Airways flight 1549 onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers and crew. His cool actions not only averted tragedy but made him a hero and an inspiration worldwide. His story is now a major motion picture from director/producer Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks, Laura Linney, and Aaron Eckhart.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Really Dull.
- De Nick en 09-14-16
De: Chesley B. Sullenberger, y otros
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Wings on My Sleeve
- The World's Greatest Test Pilot Tells His Story
- De: Eric 'Winkle' Brown
- Narrado por: Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 9 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 101
The autobiography of one of the greatest pilots in history. In 1939 Eric Brown was on a University of Edinburgh exchange course in Germany, and the first he knew of the war was when the Gestapo came to arrest him. They released him, not realising he was a pilot in the RAF volunteer reserve - and the rest is history. Eric Brown joined the Fleet Air Arm and went on to be the greatest test pilot in history, flying more different aircraft types than anyone else.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating memoir
- De Jean en 07-05-16
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Who Was Amelia Earhart?
- De: Kate Boehm Jerome
- Narrado por: Kevin Pariseau
- Duración: 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 25
Amelia Earhart was a woman of many "firsts." In 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1935, she also became the first woman to fly across the Pacific. From her early years to her mysterious 1937 disappearance while attempting a flight around the world, listeners will find Amelia Earhart's life a fascinating story.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Who was Amelia
- De A. M. en 04-13-23
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Bomber Pilot: A Memoir of World War II
- De: Philip Ardery
- Narrado por: James Killavey
- Duración: 9 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 86
"The sky was full of dying airplanes" as American Liberator bombers struggled to return to North Africa after their daring low-level raid on the oil refineries of Ploesti. They lost 446 airmen and 53 planes, but Philip Ardery's plane came home. This pilot was to take part in many more raids on Hitler's Europe, including air cover for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. This vivid firsthand account records one man's experience of World War II air warfare.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating...and true story
- De Loretta en 06-24-15
De: Philip Ardery
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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
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 741
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 649
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 646
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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The Crash Detectives
- Investigating the World's Most Mysterious Air Disasters
- De: Christine Negroni
- Narrado por: Christine Negroni
- Duración: 7 h y 21 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 271
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 244
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 242
In The Crash Detectives, veteran aviation journalist and air safety investigator Christine Negroni takes us inside crash investigations from the early days of the jet age to the present, including the search for answers about what happened to the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. As Negroni dissects what happened and why, she explores their common themes and, most important, what has been learned from them to make planes safer.
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2 out of 5 stars
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MISSLEADING TITLE.
- De Daniel Schneider en 11-02-16
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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
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 39
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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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
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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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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
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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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Topgun Days
- Dogfighting, Cheating Death, and Hollywood Glory as One of America's Best Fighter Jocks
- De: Dave "Bio" Baranek
- Narrado por: Jeremy Arthur
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 341
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 297
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 295
Dave Baranek (callsign "Bio") was one of 451 young men to receive his Wings of Gold in 1980 as a naval flight officer. Four years later, seasoned by intense training and deployments in the tense confrontations of the Cold War, he became the only one of that initial group to rise to become an instructor at the navy's elite Fighter Weapons School. As a Topgun instructor, Bio was responsible for teaching the navy's and Marine Corps' best fighter pilots how to be even better. He schooled them in the classroom and then went head-to-head with them in the skies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Top Gun or Topgun
- De Randy en 02-19-13
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Tail-End Charley
- Stories from an American Fighter Pilot in World War II
- De: James E. Brown
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 11 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 235
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 207
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 207
On his 19th birthday, James E. Brown tries to fake to his flight instructor that he has flown before. On his 21st birthday, Brown is on his way home after logging 85 missions in a P-47 fighter over Italy, France, and Germany. Brown's stories surrounding his training and combat experiences in World War II reveal brushes with death, continuous peril and, ultimately, a coming of age for a young man whose freshman year in college becomes instead a heroic engagement with one of the fiercest enemies his country has ever encountered.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good read !
- De kevin en 06-19-18
De: James E. Brown
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Bogeys and Bandits
- The Making of a Fighter Pilot
- De: Robert Gandt
- Narrado por: Thomas Block
- Duración: 11 h y 26 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
Americans are fascinated by the undeniable mystique of the elite world of Navy fighter pilots. In Bogeys and Bandits, Robert Gandt takes listeners on a thrilling ride in the FA-18 Hornet, one of the fastest, sleekest, and deadliest aircraft in the world. Gandt lived and worked with several pilots learning to fly the Hornet: the identical twins from Middle America; the computer nerd with a penchant for speed; the grandson of a Tuskegee Airman, trying to live up to a proud legacy; and two women dealing with the post-Tailhook world of the Navy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book but the narrator...
- De AshliDF en 08-03-17
De: Robert Gandt
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War for the Hell of It
- A Fighter Pilot's View of Vietnam
- De: Ed Cobleigh
- Narrado por: Eric Martin
- Duración: 10 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 316
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 291
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 294
In War for the Hell of It, Cobleigh shares his perspectives in a deeply personal account of a fighter pilot's life, one filled with moral ambiguity and military absurdities offset by the undeniable thrill of flying a fighter plane. With well-crafted prose that puts you into his Phantom's cockpit, Cobleigh vividly recounts the unexplainable loss of his wingman, the useless missions he flew, the need to trust his reflexes, eyesight, aggressiveness, and his survival instincts in the heat of combat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best book on the USAF air war in Vietnam.
- De S. Mersereau en 08-26-16
De: Ed Cobleigh
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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
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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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