Robert Chappelear: 2 books
by Robert Chappelear
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Always wanting to be a fighter pilot, Bob Chappelear volunteered for a second tour of duty in Viet Nam. This is the story of that second tour. It is a telling of what it was like to fly the A-37 Close Air Support Fighter. This airplane was "the worlds smallest fighter, the fastest gun!" The airplane...
by Robert Chappelear
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2011
The author was assigned to Viet Nam on 4 October 1968 as a C-123 co-pilot. He was a 24 year old 2nd Lieutenant recent graduate of USAF pilot training and on his first duty assignment. While there he participated in passenger flights, cargo delivery missions, air drops, and emergency resupply missions....