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During the Vietnam War, attack pilot Jake Grafton, struggling with his conscience and trying to find meaning to all the senseless death and destruction, decides to plan an illegal bombing raid into the very heart of Hanoi. However. --Kirkus Reviews, "Kept me strapped in the cockpit of the author's imagination for a down-and-dirty novel." I must say that his writing definitely got better as it went along as far as style and character development. It's all here―the flying, the dying, the blood and bombs and bullets, and the sheer joy―and terror―of life at full throttle. He tells how it was and explains a few things about the Intruder, carriers and carrier life along the way plus it's a great read. The book is much better. Coonts knows what he was writing about. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. It feels like it's based on real experience, which makes the military and hardware side of things pretty good stuff and very convincing, but the background romance and self-examination are not well handled. He was an Intruder pilot in … However. The first in the hugely popular Jake Grafton series, it also marked the beginning of Stephen Coonts' career as a bestselling author. FOTI was the first Jake Grafton novel and got things off to a good start. The movie like all adoptions of novels was somewhat a change in storyline. He kept the interest throughout the story with totally believable characters and the duality of life for flight crews forced to play by political rules. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 14, 2020. If they had decided to publish Coonts' novel, then you KNOW - AUTOMATICALLY - that this is going to be one HELLUVA book!!
Navy aviator Jake 'Cool Hand' Grafton and his bombardier-navigator Morgan 'Morg' McPherson are only too aware that each flight could be their last. He kept the interest throughout the story with totally believable characters and the duality of life for flight crews forced to play by political rules. "GRIPPING...SMASHING."?
No one before or since ever captured the world of Navy carrier pilots with the gripping realism of Vietnam veteran Stephen Coonts, who lived the life he wrote about. During the air war over Vietnam, a U.S. Navy A-6 Intruder bomber pilot schemes with a hardened … Jake wonders what his friend died for-and why? One of the essential reasons that Coonts does so well with these types of stories is the fact that he LIVED the life for quite some time - flying A-6 Intruders in the US Navy off of an aircraft carrier.
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No one before or since ever captured the world of Navy carrier pilots with …
Coonts has always written great stuff, and this first of the "Grafton" novels is as close to Tom Clancy's writings as you're gonna find, I think. Very good book written by someone who's been there.
A smash bestseller that spent over six months on the New York Times bestseller list, Flight of the Intruder became an instant classic. He could of done a better job on the ending, and picked up closer in the intruders. Directed by John Milius. Grafton is next paired up with veteran bombardier Virgil 'Tiger' Cole, and it doesn't take long for the two to formulate a plan.
Yet he straps himself into a cockpit every day. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Gotta tie it all up. Not in context, but in story telling. Please try again. . The action, though, is realistically detailed and absorbing. Please try your request again later. No one before or since ever captured the world of Navy carrier pilots with the gripping realism of ""Vietnam"" veteran Stephen Coonts, who lived the life he wrote about. A former attorney, he resides with his wife and son in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Too bad the movie was nowhere near as good as the book. Jake wonders what his friend died for--and why? Not to spoil anything but they essentially ride off into the sunset and nothing is wrapped up.
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--このテキストは、, This is the riveting novel of America's powerful high-tech Intruder attack planes, and the men who flew them in Vietnam. If you haven't read the newer … --The Wall Street Journal, "Coont's pilots are the real McCoy and his compassion for them sustains his story from first page to last . The first in the hugely … It gave me a much better perspective of what our military went through in that thankless war. I must say that his writing definitely got better as it went along as far as style and character development. Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2020. It’s briefly hinted at in the intruders from what I remember in the beginning but still. With this well-crafted first novel, the publishers of The Hunt for Red October again demonstrate a sure eye for picking winners in the thriller genre. FOTI was the first Jake Grafton novel and got things off to a good start. Steven Coonts Obliterates the Target with Flight of the Intruder!
FOTI was the first Jake Grafton novel and got things off to a good start. The first edition of the novel was published in October 1st 1986, and was …
I read "Flight of the intruder" after an absence of decades. Once you start reading, you won't want to stop!” ―Tom Clancy, “Packed with action, emotion, suspense, and tragedy.” ―Clive Cussler, “Coonts makes us see, smell, hear, taste, and feel battle.” ―Cleveland PlainDealer, "A smash bestseller that spent over six months on the "New York Times" bestseller list, "FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER" became an instant classic.
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"[Coonts's] gripping, first-person narration of aerial combat is the best I've ever read. No feeling of anything at the last page aside from what the hell just happened.
We sit through all this action and craziness to be left with nothing. I read "Flight of the intruder" after an absence of decades. One of THE best books I've ever read! The Grafton Series is the whole package. a sometimes exhilarating, often nightmarish tale.” ―Kirkus Reviews, “Kept me strapped in the cockpit of the author's imagination for a down-and-dirty novel.” ―St. No one before or since ever … 商品詳細ページを閲覧すると、ここに履歴が表示されます。チェックした商品詳細ページに簡単に戻る事が出来ます。, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. So it stands to reason his "expertise" on the subject would flow naturally into the story line - which it does in spades! Along with "Cannibal Queen" (a non-fiction look at Coonts & his [then] 14-yr. old son on an aerial odyssey across America in an old restored Boeing PT-17 Stearman Kaydet biplane), this is one of his VERY best works - bar none...!! Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2017.
Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. “[Coonts's] gripping, first-person narration of aerial combat is the best I've ever read.
If you want read to about the experience of flying modern fleet arm aircraft - then Stephen Coonts is your man. So I read this series (the first 3) backwards. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. "- The Wall Street Journal Grazing the Vietnam treetops at night at just under the speed of sound, A-6 Intruder pilot Jake "Cool Hand" Grafton knows exactly how precarious life is. One of the finest Naval Aviation Combat novels about the Vietnam War. The ending is horrible. The book is much better.
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To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Par for the course for Stephen Coonts' work! Pocket; 7th Printing edition (February 15, 1990), Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2017. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2019. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Flight of the Intruder: A Jake Grafton Novel (Jake Grafton Novels), Mass Market Paperback – December 29, 2015. Hitting pointless targets selected by men piloting desks just doesn't make sense. He tells how it was and explains a few things about the Intruder, carriers and carrier life along the way plus it's a great read.
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They choose a new target: a Communist Party centre in Hanoi; an unauthorized mark that not only defies the American military's rules of engagement, but one that will require all the skill and nerve they can muster. SUPERB BOOK - EVEN BETTER THAN THE MOVIE!!
No feeling of anything at the last page aside from what the hell just happened.
Excellent story; my husband spent his career as an engineer supporting the A-6E Intruder as well as the F-14, F-8, A-7, P-3 and a few other aircraft. It really made me realise how difficult it is to fly these warbirds,how skilled and brave the flight crew are and especially in extreme weather and at night.I did not need to understand the technicalities to realise the stress involved for the flyers. a sometimes exhilarating, often nightmarish tale." Outstanding read and so well done!
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