Snake Pilot: Flying the Cobra Attack Helicopter in Vietnam Zahn RandyPaperback
Snake Pilot: Flying the Cobra Attack Helicopter in Vietnam Zahn RandyPaperback Based on audiotapes he recorded during the war and sent home to his family, Randy Zahn's Snake Pilot recounts his…
Specifikacia Snake Pilot: Flying the Cobra Attack Helicopter in Vietnam Zahn RandyPaperback
Snake Pilot: Flying the Cobra Attack Helicopter in Vietnam Zahn RandyPaperback
Based on audiotapes he recorded during the war and sent home to his family, Randy Zahn's Snake Pilot recounts his experiences flying AH-1 Cobra helicopters during the Vietnam War. It dramatically changed the nature of the war in Vietnam by offering the Army, for the first time, its own powerful and highly accurate weapons platform for close-air-support missions. First deployed in Vietnam in 1967 and loaded with a formidable arsenal of weaponry, the Cobra was the first helicopter designed from inception as an attack aircraft.
invasion of Cambodia, one of the most impressive demonstrations by the Cobra in the war. Randy Zahn arrived in Vietnam shortly before the 1970 U.S. He describes his stunning transformation from a naive, middle-class teenager from southern California to a hardened killer during his tour in Vietnam.
Unlike the pilots who flew the fast-moving strike
US Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam