Eye of the Viper: The Making of an F-16 Pilot [VINTAGE 2004] [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
Language: English
Published by The Lyons Press, an imprint of The Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, Connecticut, 2004
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.Vero Beach Books
AbeBooks seller since March 20, 2019
Condition: Used - Fine
US$ 80.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Fine condition light silver gray boards, dark blue spine, and silver spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Prologue; Author's Note; Prologue: Dead Horses; Epilogue; Afterword: Turning Writers into Pukes and Bibliography. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates. "Take the best pilots. And the best teachers. Put them through a taut-nerve, adrenaline-infused training program where only a handful of mistakes will lead to dismissal. The stakes are high and few succeed. Hand-picked, pressure-tested, and astronaut gung ho, the young pilots of Eye Of the Viper are poised for the toughest assignment of their career: the exhaustive six-month training course at Arizona's Luke Air Force Base, at a cost aof $2 million each. Luke, the world's largest fighter wing, is the only F-16 fighter training base in the United States, and each year it produces one thousand pilots who will fly the F-16 from Korea to Afghanistan to Iraq. But being among the elite pilots who are selected for the course is by no means a guarantee that they will earn the right to fly the F-16, perhaps the most agile jet fighter ever sent into combat. Only a few select individuals have what it takes. Award-winning journalist Peter Aleshire, given unprecedented access to the pilots and teachers at Luke, provides a full blast of the rigors and intensity of the course - the personalities, the incredible machines, the irreverence, the bravado, and the toughness, not only of the hand-picked students seeking a place in the warrior subculture, but of the veteran pilots who must teach them how to stay alive. Readers will quickly come to understand the extraordinary mental and physical demands on a modern pilot - and the incredible joy and sense of freedom that makes most F-16 pilots describe their single-engine, weapons-laden, needle-nosed jet in terms that sound more like true love or helpless addiction. Eye of the Viper is a frank, ambitious, and eminently entertaining look at the ambitions, fears, frailties, and courage that make or break the young pilots at the exquisitely sensitive controls of a $35-million jet." - from the inner front jacket flap.…
Seller Inventory # 009835
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Eye of the Viper: The Making of an F-16 Pilot [VINTAGE 2004] [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
- Author
- Aleshire, Peter
- Publisher
- The Lyons Press, an imprint of The Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, Connecticut
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Doyle, Stephanie (book design); Blossom, Peter (jacket design); Thurby, Cherie A., Staff Sgt. (front cover and spine photos); Davis, III, Bernie J., Staff Sgt (rear cover top photo); Blevins, Terry L., Master Sgt. (rear cover bottom photo)
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Vero Beach Books
Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since March 20, 2019
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 7 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 0.00 | US$ 9.75 |
Payment methods
- Cash
- Paypal
Store description
Vero Beach Books is an antiquarian bookseller with a constantly updated inventory of rare out-of-print books, signed books, children's books, plus a large inventory of ephemeral items such as major U.S. city newspapers going back 100 years and more, golden and silver age fine condition comic books (soon to be added), and many other ephemeral items as well as much more recent popular volumes. We have been in business for 25 years, originally known as Emerson Books (named after one of our owner's favorite authors, to wit, Ralph Waldo Emerson) located back then in Westport, Connecticut. That said, we are here to serve you, to offer you fine quality items that are conservatively described so that you will always be pleasantly surprised and delighted with your purchase. Twenty-five years in the bookselling business has borne out our stellar service oriented reputation; the only difference is that now we are located in the almost always sunny and warm climate of Vero Beach, Florida. Again, we are here to serve you and, as was the case when we were previously known on ABEBooks.com as Emerson Books, we will continue to offer our very popular 100% free search service for those hard to find books rare and out of print books. Oftentimes we are also able to obtain these rare finds at very good discounts to our customers' so it is always worth contacting us in such cases! RECENT CUSTOMER ACCOLADES: "Hi Steve, just received the mega sized Atlas Shrugged. Great service, great packaging, and excellent book condition. Looking forward to reading it again. All the best, Gunter." "Thank you so much for my book! It was packaged so nicely! Great end to my day! Have a great day!" - Lisa. "Thanks for the great send. Well done!" - Valdo. "Steve, I received the book today. It is a very clean copy just like you described, and I am extremely happy to now own a first edition copy in such wonderful condition! Thank you very much". - Ray." "No questions or issues. I just wanted to thank Steve for doing such a nice job packaging the book and shipping it out. Everything is Great! Have a Merry Christmas!" - Brad S. "Dear Steve - I just received my book from you, Bob Dylan: Chronicles Vol. One and I am so impressed with your services. It came early, was a new copy just as advertised, and you packaged it just perfectly. It is a Christmas gift for my sister, who is a huge Bob Dylan fan. Thank you so much for your outstanding service, Steve! I will not hesitate to order from you again, and recommend you to others. Have a safe and joyous holiday season! Best Regards, Kathleen" "Greetings STEVE - Thank You for sending the COSMOS DVD set. It arrived in good condition last week. THANK YOU for your meticulous care in wrapping the DVD set package!!! This COSMOS Collector's Edition DVD set will be making a cherished Christmas gift for someone who grew up with COSMOS in 1981 era. Appreciate you offering it for sale at a reasonable price. Best wishes to you for a Christmas Holiday." - Alan C. "His Steve, no queries - just to say thank you. Book arrived in good condition and looking forward to reading what Mark Lane had to say about the Warren Commission's findings ...so long ago!" - Cheers, Nigel. "Just received my copy of Angle of Repose. Congratulations on both timely processing and the excellent copy of the book all at reasonable price. Well Done!!!!" - Beth B.…
Specialty
etc., historic newspaper and magazines of major news events, comics, postcards, rare ephemeral items such as letters, Easton Press signed books, biographies, children's books, rare and out-of-print books, Signed booksSeller's business information
Vero Beach Books
FL, U.S.A.
Shipping terms
Orders usually ship within 2 business days. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or over-sized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.