Dave Baranek: 2 books
Topgun Days
Dogfighting, Cheating Death, and Hollywood Glory as One of America's Best Fighter Jocks
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
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...
Before Topgun Days
The Making of a Jet Fighter Instructor
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
The elite navy pilot and author of Topgun Days tells the thrilling story of his struggle to become one of the best to ever take the skies.
An instructor in the navy’s Topgun Program, Dave “Bio” Baranek had always dreamed of becoming a jet fighter. After graduating from college, he joined...