Stick and Rudder was first published in 1944, so it has been used by flightsim enthusiasts for over seven decades now. Despite being an older book, it remains an incredibly useful resource for anyone who is interested in understanding the principles of flight and how to control an aircraft.
Really! That’s interesting to know…
Yes, indeed it is! Stick and Rudder is a timeless book that has stood the test of time and remained relevant for so many years. Its principles and teachings are still very valuable to many sim enthusiasts and real-world pilots alike, as it provides a deep understanding of the underlying concepts of flight control.
If any one is close to York, the British Heart Foundation shop has some excellent titles on its used shelves right now. If I had any suitcase room they’d be coming home with me.
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Completely by chance I stumbled across
It’s a graphic novel sequel to the classic 1980 hawk the slayer movie (one of my top ten cult movies and responsible for getting me into dungeons and dragons) it’s written by Garth Ennis of “the boys” and “preacher” fame aswell as numerous other classic comics
The classic movie … possibly a bit dated now but still great to me 
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I don’t believe it!
When I was 18 and had my first car after about 6 weeks I ran over and killed a man. You know what squaddies are like - for months after the lads were calling me “Hawk The Slayer”! 
Sick sods!
PS - no it wasn’t my fault, thank heavens.
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Wow, this thread took a turn quickly!
My current read is Babel by RF Kuang. It’s a fantastical alternative history where, in the early 19th century, England’s great empire is being fueled by tapping into the magical power that exists in bars of silver when etched with words and their translation into another language. Babel is the nickname for a tower at Oxford where the bars are made and where the highly educated makers (mostly foreign students) hone their craft.
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I have started reading Fate is the Hunter again. A great book that never fails to make me think on one hand that I should have been born in a different era so that I could have flown aircraft like the DC2 and DC3 walking shoulder to shoulder with such men, and on the other hand be really, really grateful to be flying at a time when we have GPS, GPWS, TCAS, reliable engines, radar, NEXRAD and CRM. 
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Another book on Yamamoto and the mission to Intercept him. This one was written in 1993.
Here is the dramatic story of the American mission to shoot Japan’s greatest admiral out of the sky, told by the award-winning author of the Doolittle Raid.On April 18, 1943, against overwhelming odds, Yamamoto’s plane was shot down. Following the mission, a controversy arose: Which pilot actually shot down Yamamoto’s plane? C.V. Glines turns his formidable research skills on this extraordinary tale of adventure and detection. This updated edition contains the official 1993 Air Force decision on this controversy.
Link to Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Attack-Yamamoto-Carroll-V-Glines/dp/0887405096
Links to other books on the subject I have posted in this thread:
Wheels
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When I was 16 my instructor loaned me his 1st edition. No other book has made more of an impression. Believe it or not, I haven’t read it since. It’s time! Thanks for the reminder.
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Reading Debt of Honor (ebook), started it a few weeks ago.
It bothers me a bit because I started getting to the good part when Red Storm Rising (physical) arrived and now I just can’t drop one book to start the other even if we’re talking about RSR. 
Alas, almost over… not too bad either, except for all the Econo-Hacker padding.
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Well at the risk of not being PC, I was remembering after the last time I read ‘RSR’ (the 4th time since it was published, I think) I spotted it on Amazon amongst some other stuff I was looking at and thought it would be fun to read the reviews.
Most were saying it was just gung-ho pro-USA stuff, but one I specifically remember was from a Russian reader protesting that Russian soldiers were portrayed as the bad guys (as in what they did to the civvies in occupied Iceland etc). I was wondering whether he would have withdrawn that comment now - though I doubt it. They sort of answered it for themselves.
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ROFLMAO…
Yeah, there’s a meme for that.
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I just finished reading this book. It was very good and some interesting insights into UK “operations.”
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Just started this one today. Became aware of it while listening to the interview with the author on NPR’s “Fresh Air” program which I link below if interested. In the pictures, I’ve included the jackets of the book so you can see what the book is about. So far it is extremely good, extremely interesting. I highly recommend.
‘The Wager’ chronicles shipwreck, mutiny and murder at the tip of South America : NPR
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Oooooh, I heard the interview about this one- I’m looking forward to picking this one up myself as well!
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@schurem sorry for pinging you but, I found out in another thread you read some Master & Commander books.
How did you find the English? Is it “ye Olde booketh” type of English or easily readable?
finished this one. hard cover this time.
very good account on WWII eastern front and Korea ‘northern front’. he had been involved also as foreign consultant in Iraq and Algeria.
top scoring MiG15 ace and probably the first ‘jet-vs-jet’ ace.
seems like top blocke. after the wars he was involved with local union of vets and met few times his past Korean opponents, then friends from USAF/USN.
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They are eminently readable. They were written in the late 20th century (1969 - 2004) so no, not in ye olden english lol.
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