Originally Posted by
crewdawg
-Fate is the Hunter - If it hasn't been said already, I can't believe it. I've read it three times...A must read for any pilot.
-ChickenHawk - Helo pilots in Vietnam
-Flying Through Midnight - C-123 pilot doing the Candlestick mission in Vietnam
-I'll second anything by Bill Bryson...great stuff.
If you're interested in nerding out about Pan-Am in the early days...very interesting books. You'll learn that Pan-Am got to where they did essentially because of illegal backroom deals with the government.
-The Long Way Home (Dover) - Pan Am Clipper Crew on their own to get their clipper toe NYC after WW2 starts.
-China Clipper
-Pan-Am at War
Chickenhawk is excellent. Also in the PanAm genre Skygods was very good. Others that come to mind; for comedy Moondog’s Academy of the Air. The best WWII first person accounts I have read are The Wrong Stuff and Serenade to the Big Bird.