best aerial adventures

[Feliks, Moderator]

Its easy to describe SEAL ops, if you only write about them in SCUBA gear. How many authors emphasize aerial warfare? Aerial mayhem? Toss out some names!

[Michel]

Tom Clancy did describe quite a few air battles or actions by combat aircraft in many of his novels, notably in Red Storm Rising and The Bear and the Dragon.

[Feliks, Moderator]

...that's for sure. that's for DANG sure

[Feliks, Moderator]

Craig Thomas's Firefox

(movie with Clint Eastwood as well!)

[Feliks, Moderator]

The Bridges of Toko-Ri

[Henry]

I can't recommend Rolling Thunder (Mark Berent) highly enough. The only reason I haven't read the rest of his Wings of War series is I have too many obligations and not nearly enough time.

Anyway, not only is the aerial warfare great, but there's a sneaky pete character, too, so you get a little bit of SpecOps on the ground, as well.

[Henry]

Feliks wrote: "that's for sure. that's for DANG sure"

I'm REALLY curious if I'm the only one nerd enough here to place that line.

[Feliks, Moderator]

heh heh

Just a charmer, a beaut of a film. I like when the kid goes:
"Sgt..?"
"Yeah, what?"
"My name's Layton. Jim Layton."
(funny look)
"I know it is--"

or:
"They don't care...they just don't care"

A lot of people scoff at 'Battle of the Bulge' too but the scenes with Telly Savalas are hilarious. And the tanks, and friggin scary-as-hell Robert Shaw and his theory of endless war

[Feliks, Moderator]

yup. know it well! there's also a radio version.

Biggles Flies East
Biggles Flies West
Biggles Defies the Swastika

[Feliks, Moderator]

in terms of nonfiction the best aerial writing I've found is this:

Phantom over Vietnam: Fighter Pilot, USMC


Overflowing with technical details of jet operation, yet a hugely gripping and engaging narrative. Amazing feat of authorship.

[Feliks, Moderator]

I'll add Mark Berents to our shelves. He's new/recent, I reckon?

[Henry]

No, I had that paperback collecting dust since the '80s, I think. Might never have got around to it if I hadn't got to know Jim Morris (War Stary, Above and Beyond, Devil's Secret Name, Fighting Men). The two of them are pals and Jim recommended his work after he shared a photo of those two, W.E.B. Griffin (can't remember his real name) and G Gordon Liddy at some convention and I asked "What's Mark Berent's claim to fame?"

He's got a webpage with some autobiographical details worth a look, plus he's got several free articles and short stories on Amazon.

[Roger]

You could alway try Stephen Coontz
Flight of the Intruder

Or Dale Brown
Flight of the Old Dog
Sky Masters
Night of the Hawk

I used to read a lot of Dale Browns.

[Henry]

Forgot about Flight of the Intruder!

[Feliks, Moderator]

already in our shelf! I don't read many (modern) aerial romps but I did, that one