Tales of a Helicopter Pilot

Tales of a Helicopter Pilot

Richard Kirkland is legendary for his P-38 Lightning missions in the South Pacific theater during WWII. After the war, he realized the potential of Igor Sikorskyâ€™s new flying machine, and he traded in his fighter-pilot wings for rotors. The nerve-racking chopper missions he has flown are the stuff of legend: scrambling to evacuate president Harry Truman after an unthinkable â€œcode red oneâ€ alert comes over his red phone; bantering with the real â€œHawkeyeâ€ at a MASH unit before flying into North Korea to rescue wounded soldiers. Equally riveting are his accounts of a medevac pilot in Vietnam who lands a ten ton CH-46 â€œFrogâ€ in the jungle at night, with no lights, under fire, with only a soldierâ€™s cigarette lighter for reference; and an aerial tour pilot who routinely pulls people out of the water above, below, and right before Niagara Falls.

Country	USA
Author	Richard C. Kirkland
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Other
EAN	9781560989523
Edition	1st
Feature	tales of a helicopter pilot's derring-do during WWII
ISBN	1560989521
Label	Smithsonian Books
Manufacturer	Smithsonian Books
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	192
PublicationDate	2002-01-17
Publisher	Smithsonian Books
ReleaseDate	2002-01-17
Studio	Smithsonian Books

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