The Pilot
Fighter Planes and Paris
Published on 22. July 2019
Book
Hardback
214 pages
978-1-62967-162-8 (ISBN)
Description
The Pilot, the USAF Attaché in Paris becomes involved with a beautiful French woman who may or may not be a spy. He is to fly the new F-35 fighter plane but to do so would require him to leave Paris and abandom his lover. He relives old love affairs and old combat engagments searching for answers. But who is The Pilot and how does he remember air combat and lovers from Operation Desert Storm back to The Great War? In his mental log book he recals flying everything from the Sopwith Camel to the F-16 Viper. This inconvential novel requires the reader to make his or her own decisions as to what is reality.
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Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
505 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62967-162-8 (9781629671628)
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Ed Cobleigh flew fighter planes with the US Air Force, US Navy, Royal Air Force, French Air Force and Imperial Iranian Air Force. He completed 375 combat missions in the Vietnam War. He trained fighter pilots and instructors at the USAF Fighter Weapons School, US Navy Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) and the RAF Qualified Weapons Instructor Course (Jaguar). Ed has flown the F-104, F-4, A-4, Jaguar, and F-16. War for the Hell of It has been a #1 bestseller.
Ed has also taught at the Central Coast Writer's Conference and at Cuesta College where he teaches a class in Raptor Aerodynamics. After his flying career, he served as an Air Intelligence Officer working with the CIA, FBI, and MI6. He has visited 50 countries in various capacities.
Ed has also taught at the Central Coast Writer's Conference and at Cuesta College where he teaches a class in Raptor Aerodynamics. After his flying career, he served as an Air Intelligence Officer working with the CIA, FBI, and MI6. He has visited 50 countries in various capacities.