false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183161315m/1385540.jpg 1385540 1 PLUNGING INTO THE JAWS OF DEATH . . . EVERY DAY<br><br><br><br>After being mortared his first five nights in Vietnam during Tet, 1969, Richard D. Spalding was ready to fly Cobras with the Centaurs, Buffalo Bill Cody's old outfit as part of D Troop, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 25th Infantry Division.<br><br><br><br>The Cobra *an AH-IG gunship helicopter armed with rockets and machine guns and cannon *was the first U.S. Army helicopter designed as an attack helicopter, and Spalding soon found himself pitched into a fierce new kind of aerial warfare. When not providing support for dicey LRRP missions, the Cobra became the killer half of hunter-killer teams. Once the enemy was spotted by a low-and-slow-flying observation helicopter, Spalding used his Cobra to turn Victor Charlie into Ground Chuck.<br><br><br><br>But the VC were often ready with their deadly .51 caliber machine guns, and Spalding had plenty of wild rides in bullet-riddled gunships. This is his story--bloody, graphic, and raw *filled with all the fear and fearlessness, danger, tension, brotherhood, and sacrifice that comprised America's heroic hell in Vietnam. 1375580 29 1 1997 Centaur Flights total:4|4:2|3:2| 4 14 4 0 1385540 0804115605 9780804115605 4 0 3.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183161315m/1385540.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1385540.Centaur_Flights 3 0 false Mon Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Sep 26 14:55:41 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 14:55:49 -0700 2009 1385540 0804115605 9780804115605 4 0 3.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183161315m/1385540.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1385540.Centaur_Flights 3 0 false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 09:41:17 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 09:41:41 -0800 2008 1385540 0804115605 9780804115605 4 0 3.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183161315m/1385540.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1385540.Centaur_Flights 4 0 false Wed Feb 27 09:06:41 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 09:06:41 -0800 2008 1385540 0804115605 9780804115605 4 0 3.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183161315m/1385540.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1385540.Centaur_Flights 4 0 false Thu Sep 27 13:12:09 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 13:12:09 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1385540