McFarland
Runway Visions : An American C-130 Pilot's Memoir of Combat Airlift Operations in Southeast Asia, 1967-1968, 2d ed.
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9781476694689
ISBN13:
9781476694689
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$49.93
From February 1967 to April 1968, David Vaughan flew the Lockheed C-130 Hercules in Southeast Asia. Initially a co-pilot, he moved up to aircraft commander and then instructor pilot as he mastered the challenges of landing on very short, unimproved airstrips in difficult terrain and bad weather. He describes his progression from inexperienced novice to veteran flyer as he learned his trade under combat conditions. Vaughan's airlift missions took him to more than 50 fields in South Vietnam, from the Delta in the south to the DMZ in the north, carrying supplies, mail, food, ammunition, and soldiers alive, wounded, and dead. Among his most harrowing flights were resupply missions into the U.S. Marine base at Khe Sanh during the most intensive days of the 1968 Tet offensive. This expanded and revised edition of his memoir details several additional episodes and features more than twice as many photographs as appeared in the original edition.
| Author: David Kirk Vaughan |
| Publisher: McFarland |
| Publication Date: Aug 29, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: 219 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 1476694680 |
| ISBN-13: 9781476694689 |
Runway Visions : An American C-130 Pilot's Memoir of Combat Airlift Operations in Southeast Asia, 1967-1968, 2d ed.
$49.93
From February 1967 to April 1968, David Vaughan flew the Lockheed C-130 Hercules in Southeast Asia. Initially a co-pilot, he moved up to aircraft commander and then instructor pilot as he mastered the challenges of landing on very short, unimproved airstrips in difficult terrain and bad weather. He describes his progression from inexperienced novice to veteran flyer as he learned his trade under combat conditions. Vaughan's airlift missions took him to more than 50 fields in South Vietnam, from the Delta in the south to the DMZ in the north, carrying supplies, mail, food, ammunition, and soldiers alive, wounded, and dead. Among his most harrowing flights were resupply missions into the U.S. Marine base at Khe Sanh during the most intensive days of the 1968 Tet offensive. This expanded and revised edition of his memoir details several additional episodes and features more than twice as many photographs as appeared in the original edition.
| Author: David Kirk Vaughan |
| Publisher: McFarland |
| Publication Date: Aug 29, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: 219 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 1476694680 |
| ISBN-13: 9781476694689 |
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