80 Percent Luck, 20 Percent Skill: My Life as a WWII Navy Ferry Pilot
by Alshouse, Ralph T. | PB | VeryGood
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Publisher
Black Rose Writing
ISBN-10
168513341X
ISBN-13
9781685133412
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25062625382
Product Key Features
Book Title
80 Percent Luck, 20 Percent Skill : My Life As a WWII Navy Ferry Pilot
Number of Pages
154 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Historical, Military
Publication Year
2023
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
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0.3 in
Item Weight
7.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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"This is an exceptional book, sort of like a Forrest Gump story-a simple Iowa farm boy grew up to go to war to fly airplanes when those planes weren't being manufactured with safety in mind. Alshouse holds the record for the most forced landings in military aircraft. Remarkable just to be alive." -Jim Ledford, LtCol. Marine Corps, retired
Synopsis
The journey of an Iowa farm boy who overcame personal adversity to become a WWII U.S. Navy pilot. Lt. Ralph Alshouse was instrumental in getting naval aircraft from the factories in the US and Canada to the aircraft carriers., "My favorite part was when his wingmen told him he was trailing smoke, that somewhere in his airplane, there was a fire. 'Paul and Russ agreed to do the radio work just when my radio died. The receiver-transmitter is behind the pilot's seat. I knew where the fire was.' No fluff, no BS, no emotion. And he saved the airplane." -Mark A. Hewitt, bestselling author of the Duncan Hunter Thriller (aviation) series A post-Depression 11-year-old farm boy sees a Piper Cub for the first time and chases the dream of being a pilot. When war breaks out, Ralph T. Alshouse does the unthinkable-he leaves the family farm to enlist in the Navy and as one of a handful of high school graduates, was accepted as an Aviation Cadet and eventually won U.S. Navy Wings of Gold. After flight school, he was assigned to one of the most labor-intensive jobs in the Navy-to test and deliver Navy operational aircraft from the factories in the U.S. and Canada to destinations and ports of embarkation on the East and West coasts. Over a two-year period, Ensign Alshouse delivered 146 aircraft for the war effort and had a military record of 13 forced landings; from landing a Corsair on fire over Pittsburgh to getting hit by lightning in Douglas, Arizona. Two engines failed in flight resulting in two dead stick landings. He flew over 28 types of Naval Aircraft; from the smallest, a Piper Cub ambulance, to the biggest, a B-24; to the fastest, a Corsair. This is his remarkable story of luck and skill as a Naval Aviator.
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