{"product_id":"ironclaw-a-navy-carrier-pilots-war-experience-on-the-uss-midway-paperback","title":"Ironclaw: A Navy Carrier Pilot's War Experience on the USS Midway - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSherman Baldwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Fast-paced, exciting and informative, with a realism and authenticity that this old carrier aviator has not seen in a long, long time.\" -Admiral J. L. Holloway III, USN (Ret.), Chief of Naval Operations, 1974-78 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"A fine Tom Clancy-style account...From the start, the reader is in the cockpit.\" -Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The book that straps you into the cockpit of one of the world's most exhilarating and dangerous occupations. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Slammed back into his ejection seat, catapulting from the heaving aircraft-carrier at 150 miles per hour in two seconds, he plunges into the darkness above the black waves. He is a rookie pilot on his first flight off the deck of the famed USS Midway, a \"nugget\" strapped in the electronics-crammed cockpit of one of the world's most expensive, sophisticated - and powerful - military machines. He is a member of the elite EA-6B Prowler squadron - call sign Ironclaw. And for Sherman Baldwin, a Yale grad turned navy carrier pilot on the eve of the Gulf War, the adventure has just begun. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Here is the real world of military aviation - a world far more exciting than the depiction in bestselling novels and popular Hollywood films. Baldwin records in white-knuckled prose what it's really like to make the grade as a navy carrier pilot: the high-stakes, high-pressure world of piloting multimillion-dollar aircraft, precision flying through enemy fire over hostile territory, and zero-tolerance aircraft landings in the dead of night, when one miscalculation could result in a fatal crash. He also offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at the humor and camaraderie that bind these special individuals together, characters with nicknames like \"Beast,\" \"Chief Rat,\" and \"Simba.\" From the mission-planning room to chaotic action of the carrier deck to emergency midair refuelings and the outbreak of the Gulf War, Baldwin captures the G forces of the world's steepest and most dangerous learning curve. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 14, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52450301608243,"sku":"9781450212588","price":31.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UW5BamxSVUl3VkhhRHpmUG1DSktXUT09.webp?v=1759060628","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/ironclaw-a-navy-carrier-pilots-war-experience-on-the-uss-midway-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}