uhhello Posted October 24, 2008 Posted October 24, 2008 Finished it the other night. Great stuff. Not a pilot but would have loved to be a fly on the wall out there during the years. Really wish the maintainers would have ponied up some info for the book. I'm sure some of the miracles they pulled off on a daily basis will be good fodder for another book :)
ACCBoomer Posted November 2, 2008 Posted November 2, 2008 It seems to be back ordered from every source and by luck I found a copy at a local book store. So far it is one of the best reads I have ever had! Great work on the book, I just can't seem to put it down. It will come in real handy burning holes in the sky during Mission Employment next month!
TacAirCoug Posted November 5, 2008 Posted November 5, 2008 The mailman dropped mine off today, I can't wait to start. Thanks, Steve!
Butters Posted November 5, 2008 Posted November 5, 2008 Steve, Thanks again for the great book. This book actually tied some very intersting things together for me. When I was at Safety School in Jan 01 on of the instructors there was the Flight Safety Officer for the F-117 program. Funny, the way he described the interview process and the trip to the hangar to see the aircraft (what the hell is that thing) was spot on from your book. He also hinted that his job included some other things that were still classified. Makes me wonder if they started brining safety officers out there after the Mig-17 crash.
MKopack Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 Nice write-up on Steve Davies' Red Eagles on the AirForceTimes website today: https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2009/01/...s_intro_010409/ Mike
BQZip01 Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 Picked up a copy at the BX and read it (before I knew there was a thread on it...). Excellent read if you want to know about this kind of history. It gets a little dry when it gets into who's in charge of what and who's the next guy who took over XYZ... Other than that, ya'll will enjoy!
Guest bunk22 Posted January 7, 2009 Posted January 7, 2009 IMO, very good book. Read it a few weeks ago.
brickhistory Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Related in that it's the same author, Steve Davies: In the current LOGBOOK Magazine, there is a good excerpt from Steve's "F-15 Eagle Engaged" book as well as a review of the book. I also recommend the magazine, started a few years ago by a former USN ASW pilot (helos, I think, but Dave might have driven P-3s) who now flies commercially. LOGBOOK puts out some pretty good "there I was" stories, some entertaining aviation historical stuff, and some good photos. Sorry to sound like a pimp for it, but I'd like to see a flyer make good at telling the stories.
Sim Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 pg 254, "moya zopa" is improperly translated. It's not "kiss by ass" but "my butt / ass ". Good book.
Guest Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 got my dad this book for Christmas...he loved it. Great read from the few pages I skimmed through.
Steve Davies Posted February 12, 2009 Author Posted February 12, 2009 pg 254, "moya zopa" is improperly translated. It's not "kiss by ass" but "my butt / ass ". Good book. Thanks. added to the list of errata. Thanks to all for the kind words, and to Brick for the SAFO plug.
DFRESH Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 In the process of reading the book now. So far it's great.
Guest Fuse Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 Sorry for thread necro... I was going through the May issue of Air & Space and saw a writeup for this in the Reviews and Previews section. It reminded me I have to pick this up! This book seems to have gotten a lot of attention; well done.
Steve Davies Posted June 10, 2009 Author Posted June 10, 2009 Sorry for thread necro... I was going through the May issue of Air & Space and saw a writeup for this in the Reviews and Previews section. It reminded me I have to pick this up! This book seems to have gotten a lot of attention; well done. Thanks, Fuse. Cheers Steve
Steve Davies Posted June 10, 2009 Author Posted June 10, 2009 Have read it twice now. Damn! That's 200% more than me!
Toro Posted June 11, 2009 Posted June 11, 2009 I finished this about a month ago, disappointed I didn't get through it sooner. Absolutely outstanding book.
Square Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Steve Davies is making the big time :-) https://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123239014
Skyclops Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 Congrats, sir! I've been told by several people to pick your book up and was planning on grabbing it this weekend. Looking forward to the read
Steve Davies Posted January 25, 2011 Author Posted January 25, 2011 Thanks, Gents. I've had a number of emails about the list from Red Eagles, all of whom echo the comments here; how typical of the men whose mantra was "be humble, you cool fucker". The truth is that I just wrote a book - these guys are the ones who made history. to them. 5
Guest Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 Who is laughing now? Congrat$, you cool fucker.
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