Wrong Stuff, Flying on the Edge of Disaster.

Moore USN, Cdr John.

ISBN 10: 188380910X / ISBN 13: 9781883809102

Published by Specialty Press, North Branch (Minnesota)., 1997

About this Item

First edition hardcover with dust jacket. The covers are clean, the jacket likewise. Clean internally, no inscriptions. Airlife UK publishing distribution label over the publishing details. Pages; 214. The memoirs of Moore, Navy Carrier Pilot, and experimental test pilot, he flew 104 aircraft types in military operations.

Seller Inventory # 016849

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wrong Stuff, Flying on the Edge of Disaster.
• Publisher: Specialty Press, North Branch (Minnesota).
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 188380910X
• ISBN 13: 9781883809102
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Aviation
  • Military

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Synopsis

Author John Moore is the "cat with nine lives" of the aviation fraternity. From his early days as a Naval Aviation Cadet he had a knack for flying but seemed to be in the neighborhood of disaster. Through two Korean combat tours, Navy test operations, his years as test pilot for North American Aviation, and the space program he was associated with many near and some real catastrophes.

Reviews

An aviation cadet during World War II, Moore finished training too late to see action then but made up for it with two tours of duty flying jets in Korea and a distinguished later career as a naval and civilian test pilot. He is eloquent on the number of things that can and, in the early days of jets, usually did go wrong in the air as well as on the virtues and vices of certain aircraft, the F7U Cutlass and the F8F Bearcat in particular, and he tells the story--one worthy of Monty Python--of experimentation in landing fighters with no landing gear on rubber flight decks and runways. His memoirs are breezy, anecdotal, and unrepentant about fighter pilots' traditional pursuit of wine, women, and song but also relay the story of mastering many suicidally dangerous skills and teaching them to others while remaining a loving husband and father--the story of a most deserving citizen of his country. Roland Green