I just started reading an old classic…. Nicholas Monserrat’s The Cruel Sea. I haven’t got too far into it yet. The Compass Rose is still being fitted out and the characters are being introduced. I’m thinking I might have to pick up Destroyer: U-Boat Hunter in the not too distant future.
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this could work too 
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Oh yeah that one’s right up my alley. Didn’t they make a documentary about that?
I read “Black Aces High” quite a while ago and I remember it to be an extraordinarily good book.
hmm have not seen that. They recently made a pretty good (entertaining if slightly changed) TV adaption of the first part of the book. Considering it was BBC it was more like Amazon/Netflix production.
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Just finished that one, again. That period should fit with DCS though I really don’t know how up-to-date the one we’re getting is (did I just admit I was buying it?).
And…I was flying a test mission yesterday where I had to go to a “Kill Box”, one that had no JTAC - think Easter Egg Hunt.
The Hornet ground RADAR just wasn’t cutting it (I never found the FROG) and, as I was leaning in (in VR), straining to see if that slightly brighter pixel than the rest might be something…I thought about the F-15E RADAR. Yes, that’s what I need. 
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here some must-read for F1 jockeys
also the paperback available here
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I have one of those plus a different book on Iraqi Mirages at War. Really nicely done. Tom Cooper is a phenomenal author and I have several of his books in my library. Great insight into the issue he’s writing about with a great balance of artwork and photographs.
The other book I have on Iraqi Mirages at War is done by another gentleman who does a nice job as well. Very detailed book with which I would highly recommend. Here are some pics of the book and what’s inside. Much detail in operations and use plus photos with graphics and some really nice artwork.
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sounds and looks interesting. unfortunately cant find ebook version of it. I stopped buying paper books long time ago (not really true; I buy good paper books, from time to time, on local bookstore sales).
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I am the exact opposite. I don’t have any ebooks and never will.
That does look good. I just bought it.
I felt the same way for a long time until my wife got me a kindle. I actually prefer digital now for books that I am on the fence about getting, reading PDF’s etc. I will get a paper copy of a book I like, even if I already own it digitally, but I’ve saved a lot of shelf space over the years on stuff I was “taking a chance” with. Also being able to throw my kindle in my bag on a long trip and have a couple hundred books to read versus being able to pack 2-3 at most is great.
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For me it’s about having something tangible in my hands, sitting and reading it comfortably in my favorite chair. When I was a kid, my mom always took me down to the public library every other weekend where I would pick out several books to read and just fell in love with books. I would go to bookstores as a kid and just browse for hours etc., my grandparents, when I would visit them always took me to book stores and let me pick out a couple of books to have. I just love books. I can see the utility of electronic versions of books like in a kindle and I do red pdfs obviously for stuff I’m researching online but I am so weary of having everything on a computer that I just need time and space to have some sort of privacy away from electronic devices.
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I like both methods, and I was reluctant to switch years ago but my eyes are aging - I’m not, just my eyes 
Got 200 analog books on the self next to me and twice that on my I-Pad now. Love the convivence.
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