Topgun Days - by Dave Baranek (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The fascinating history of one man s rise from naval flight officer toHollywood...<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Dave Baranek (callsign Bio) was one of 451 young men to receive his Wings of Gold in 1980 as a naval flight officer. Four years later, seasoned by intense training and deployments in the tense confrontations of the cold war, he became the only one of that initial group to rise to become an instructor at the navy's elite Fighter Weapons School. As a Topgun instructor, Bio was responsible for teaching the best fighter pilots of the Navy and Marine Corps how to be even better. He schooled them in the classroom and then went head-to-head with them in the skies. <p/>Then, in August 1985, Bio was assigned to combine his day-to-day flight duties with participation in a Pentagon-blessed project to film action footage for a major Hollywood movie focusing on the lives, loves, heartbreaks, and triumphs of young fighter pilots: <i>Top Gun</i>. <p/>Bio soon found himself riding in limousines to attend gala premieres, and being singled out by giggling teenagers and awed schoolboys who recognized the name Topgun on his T-shirts. The book ends with his reflections on his career as a skilled naval aviator and his enduring love of flight. <p/>The paperback and Kindle editions include more than fifty rare full color photographs of fighter jets in action.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><P> An engagingly written retrospective--Barrett Tillman, author of Victory and Clash of the Carriers<br><br><P> Dave Baranek isn't just an observer in this world; he has flown with and taught the best--Ed Ruggero, author of The First Men In<br><br><P>An engagingly written retrospective. --Barrett Tillman, author of Victory and Clash of the Carriers<br><br><P>Dave Baranek isn t just an observer in this world; he has flown with andtaught the best. --Ed Ruggero, author of The First Men In<br><br><P> An engagingly written retrospective. --Barrett Tillman, author of Victory and Clash of the Carriers<br><br><P> Dave Baranek isn t just an observer in this world; he has flown with and taught the best. --Ed Ruggero, author of The First Men In<br>
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