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When I first opened the book I felt I was going to get a bare bones honest look into Robin Olds life based on interviews I had seen of him. Fighter Pilot doesn't disappoint on this level in fact it exceeded my expectations. Usually a memoir like this will try to hide warts that the author doesn't want to the reader to see. I'm sure there are a few things that Olds didn't want to expose but he exposed more than I expected him to expose which made this book candid and refreshing.
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Robin Olds is someone whose name I had run across a number of times, but knew absolutely nothing about him. He certainly lived as a larger than life character and had quite an impact on the Air Force.
The memoir details his time in the UK during WWII through his time in Vietnam and stateside. My favorite story was from his time as the commandant of the Air Force Academy and witnessing a flyover that had horrible consequences. Having been on the terrazzo many times myself for events, I could easil ...more
The memoir details his time in the UK during WWII through his time in Vietnam and stateside. My favorite story was from his time as the commandant of the Air Force Academy and witnessing a flyover that had horrible consequences. Having been on the terrazzo many times myself for events, I could easil ...more
