Fifty Years Before the (Rotor) Mast

A Memoir of an Air America Helicopter Pilot

Nonfiction, History, Military, Vietnam War, Asian, Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Fifty Years Before the (Rotor) Mast by Ben Van Etten, Ben Van Etten
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Author: Ben Van Etten ISBN: 9781535612494
Publisher: Ben Van Etten Publication: January 8, 2019
Imprint: Ben Van Etten Language: English
Author: Ben Van Etten
ISBN: 9781535612494
Publisher: Ben Van Etten
Publication: January 8, 2019
Imprint: Ben Van Etten
Language: English

This book is a memoir of 50 years flying helicopters in a variety of situations. Included are rescues, combat operations, mountain and off-shore flying, medical evacuations, flight instruction and numerous flight missions that require pushing the flight envelope to the maximum. Highlighted are Ben Van Etten’s five years as a flight captain with Air America, Inc. in Thailand and the unpublicized war in Laos. During that period the author describes in detail his interaction with other pilots and his “customers,” primarily the CIA. The book also includes geographical and historical observations from a first person prospective. And a vivid description from inside the cockpit during many lifesaving missions. This book should tweak the interest of aviators and non-aviators alike.

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This book is a memoir of 50 years flying helicopters in a variety of situations. Included are rescues, combat operations, mountain and off-shore flying, medical evacuations, flight instruction and numerous flight missions that require pushing the flight envelope to the maximum. Highlighted are Ben Van Etten’s five years as a flight captain with Air America, Inc. in Thailand and the unpublicized war in Laos. During that period the author describes in detail his interaction with other pilots and his “customers,” primarily the CIA. The book also includes geographical and historical observations from a first person prospective. And a vivid description from inside the cockpit during many lifesaving missions. This book should tweak the interest of aviators and non-aviators alike.

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