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Americans are fascinated by the undeniable mystique of the elite world of Navy fighter pilots. In Bogeys and Bandits, Robert Gandt takes readers on a thrilling ride in the FA-18 Hornet, one of the fastest, sleekest, and deadliest aircraft in the world. Gandt lived and worked with several pilots learning to fly the Hornet: the identical twins from Middle America; the computer nerd with a penchant for speed; the grandson of a Tuskegee Airman, trying to live up to a proud legacy; and two women dealing with the post-Tailhook world of the Navy. Gandt weaves superb technological details of the Hornet and an insider's look at the highly demanding training program with portraits of the day-to-day lives of these very real people aspiring to fulfill a dream. Bogeys and Bandits will hold readers breathless as they soar through the skies in the cockpit of the fastest and deadliest fighter plane in the world.

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GREAT READING.......2005-08-18

Awesome read! I'm female and loved this book so guys would love it more. Read about would it takes to became a Naval Aviator!!
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Really great book - exciting and action-packed!.......2004-05-02

I loved this book and recommend it as the best in its category of books about Navy pilots. A lot happens to each of the pilots-in-training that are covered. I learned a lot about how pilots are trained and what their day-to-day life is like (very busy!). A lot of the parts were very interesting, such as when the author talks about pilots who quit the Navy after all the expensive and difficult training has been given to them, and about going in front of review boards in danger of losing your wings after a particularly scary performance in the air, or even giving up your wings voluntarily if you grow to fear the "smoking hole in the ground" too much (what you'll end up as if you crash your jet and can't eject safely.) Could easily be made into a great movie.

Shift your career into high gear.......2003-04-28

Bogeys and Bandits gives the real life accounts of the training of F/A-18 Navy fighter pilots. The book jumps around each of the characters as they progress through their training -- from accomplishing difficult missions to getting medically disqualified. To anyone that wants to be or dreams to be a pilot or astronaut, this is a must-read. Perhaps the only downfall is that the story begins with all the characters already set for jet training. Personally, I would have liked to know how the characters also got into the training program for jets. Overall, the book is very fast paced and will surely enthrall you with the unbelievably exciting training and manuevers that these men and women have to go through to become FIGHTER PILOTS.

very very good writing, on one of my favorite subjects.......2002-11-03

Really an enjoyable book! I have to confess I was actually in a squadron with two of the characters, though in one case the name was changed to protect the guilty party :) 'Nuff said, but I would like to thank the writer profusely for "rubbing it in" to her poor thin skin. She had it coming........ :) Actually Jugs (her REAL callsign) was kinda a nice gal in some ways, but the Gender Thang is something that is going to haunt the US Navy for a while to come. I don't know what the answer is, and I say that as a former WAVE. Hello to any of my shipmates reading, who shared those "best of times, worst of times" and "Have a Bandit Day".........

The Roar of the Hornet.......2002-09-26

It's got to be every kid's dream - to be one of those gods who fly the fast metal, the hot jets, the fighter planes that command the skies.

And then to go that Top Gun step beyond and be one of the two thousand pilots in the entire world who are qualified to land a jet on an aircraft carrier.

This book tells how it's done, and it's a collection of yarns and descriptions and portraits and moments, some poignant, some routine, some heart-stopping, some heart-pounding that puts the reader through the process.

The author is an old aviator and knows his stuff. He's not fooled. You or I would get a lot of tall stories if we tagged along with a notebook, but Robert Gandt knows what's going on, and he gives us the good guff as he follows a class of "nuggets" learning how to fly, fight, strike, and carrier qualify with the F/A-18 Hornet.

Along the way he looks at some if the issues facing the US Navy. Race, education, sex, safety. And warfighting. This is deadly serious stuff, and these people are the cream of America's crop just to have got to the stage where they are even considered for fighter training.

It's a hell of a lot of fun, to live that little boy dream, but also a hell of a lot of work, and I take my hat off to the aviators Gandt describes. I also took my shoes off and put my feet up for a day while I read the book, and though the world outside was calm and sunny, inside my head the windows were rattling and the floor shaking with the roar of these high performance aircraft flying off the pages of this most excellent book. Strap yourself in before you read it!

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Bogeys and Bandits: The Making of a Fighter Pilot

Manufacturer: Viking New York (1996)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000IB9YU8

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This resource volume, written especially for teachers of introductory chemistry courses, is in a ready-to-use format that will enable instructors to integrate materials chemistry into their curriculum. The book collects a critical mass of text, demonstrations, and laboratory experiments. The first ten chapters present a general introduction to solids; numerous easy-to-do teacher demonstrations are integrated into the material. The second part of the volume consists of fifteen laboratory experiments for students. Examples from cutting-edge research, as well as everyday life, spark student interest while illustrating the basic ideas that are important to an understanding of chemistry.

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A Material Science Companion.......2000-10-05

The authors have done a fantastic job of presenting general chemistry with a material science flavor. Each chapter clearly presents materials and their effects on our lives as well as demonstrations to help the educator present the material to their classes. We have the students use the text as a reference for a 'materials lab' in our general chemistry course and the students loved it. The text, if adopted for a class, has lab experiments containing clear lists of all parts and equipment needed as well as suggested sources. The experiments range for simple tests to complete property studies or synthetic processes. We found the text compliments experiments from other sources very well.

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Companion to Chemical Thermodynamics accompanies the newly published Chemical Thermodynamics, 6th Edition, a well-known upper-division undergraduate/graduate text on classical thermodynamics.

The Scientific Companion: Exploring the Physical World with Facts, Figures, and Formulas (Wiley Popular Science)

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The SCIENCE TEACHER's Companion

The Scientific Companion: Exploring the Physical World with Facts, Figures, and Formulas (Wiley Popular Science)
Cesare Emiliani
Manufacturer: Wiley
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ASIN: 0471133248

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". . . infuses into the reader the conviction that science is exciting and can be understood by everyone." —American Scientist

This new edition of the critically acclaimed Scientific Companion offers a comprehensive introduction to the physical sciences: physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology, meteorology, biology, atmospheric science, and oceanography. Emiliani traces the evolution of the universe from the Big Bang to the present, explaining the nature of the galaxy, the Earth, inorganic and organic matter, and the development of scientific thought.

More than 50 new illustrations appear throughout—from stunning aerial shots of Earth's topography to striking close-ups of the moon provided by NASA. Hundreds of additional photos, charts, maps, and diagrams, plus 35 tables of the most essential facts, figures, and formulas—from Planck's constant to the laws of thermodynamics, from quantum energy levels to Avogadro's number—make The Scientific Companion an ideal desktop reference. Written for the layperson, sufficiently detailed for students, it is the only book of its kind to bridge the gap between works of popular science and college textbooks.

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The SCIENCE TEACHER's Companion.......2001-05-22

The Scientific Companion by Cesare Emiliani is one of the most important reference works on the shelves in my high school science classroom. I wore out my copy of the first edition and snapped up a copy of the second edition when it came out in 1995. It is primarily a physical science reference, but I think it would prove useful as a reference for a life science teacher also. It has a lot of those physical science facts and equations that you need, but don't want to memorize: the mass of a proton and a neutron in atomic mass units, the masses and mass numbers of all the isotopes, the names of the quarks, conversion factors, a great periodic table, and lots of other basic stuff. Each chapter is a concise refresher course on a basic physical science subject. I think you'll find this book as indispensable as I do.

Contemporary Issues Companion - Battered Women (paperback edition) (Contemporary Issues Companion)

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Contemporary Issues Companion - Battered Women (paperback edition) (Contemporary Issues Companion)
Greenhaven Press
Manufacturer: Greenhaven Press
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ASIN: 0737716185

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Domestic violence affects women from all walks of life. Contributors to this newly revised anthology investigate the nature of domestic violence and examine various measures that can protect battered women. Personal profiles of individuals whose lives have been touched by domestic violence round out this look at a disturbing but important issue.

Angular Momentum: Understanding Spatial Aspects in Chemistry and Physics and Companion to Angular Momentum

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Angular Momentum: Understanding Spatial Aspects in Chemistry and Physics and Companion to Angular Momentum
Richard N. Zare , Valeria D. Kleiman , Hongkun Park , and Robert J. Gordon
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
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ASIN: 0471244783

Animals with Jobs - Canine Companions (Animals with Jobs)

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Animals with Jobs - Canine Companions (Animals with Jobs)
Judith Presnall
Manufacturer: KidHaven Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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Imagine not being able to pick up a dropped pencil, or open a refrigerator door, or reach a light switch. A trained assistant dog helps children and adults with disabilities to become more independent by aiding with these and other tasks.

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Chemical Bonding
Audrey L. Companion
Manufacturer: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx)
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A Companion to the Physical Sciences
David M. Knight
Manufacturer: Routledge
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ASIN: 0415009014

Contemporary Issues Companion - Battered Women (hardcover edition) (Contemporary Issues Companion)

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Contemporary Issues Companion - Battered Women (hardcover edition) (Contemporary Issues Companion)

Manufacturer: Greenhaven Press
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ASIN: 1565108973

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Domestic violence affects women from all walks of life. Contributors to this anthology investigate the pattern of domestic violence and examine legal and other measures that can protect battered women. Personal narratives by women who were victims of domestic violence illustrate the problem.

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