Wow. I did not see this coming.

bob48 · October 23, 2012, 06:24:11 AM

Anyone read Chickenhawk by Bob Mason? He flew one of the Huey's that took supplies into X-Ray under fire. 'Tis a good book.

JudgeDredd · October 23, 2012, 06:33:39 AM

lol Bob - read reply #11 from moi :)

bob48 · October 23, 2012, 06:39:36 AM

Oops - trying to read too many posts too quickly...Doh!

JudgeDredd · October 23, 2012, 06:46:39 AM

On the nose though - awesome book. Read it several times and it's still fresh when you read it again.

I was (at one time) trying to get his follow up book...but it cost a fair whack and I couldn't get it in the UK

Actually - it's on Amazon and it's called Back in the World. In the UK (now) it's only £17 - buying now!

bob48 · October 23, 2012, 06:49:43 AM

Awesome JD, I have never read that either, although, like you, I have read Chickenhawk several times over the years.

I seem to remember once reading a book by a guy who flew Cobra's as well, but can I bugger-as-like recall the name of the the book.

MIGMaster · October 23, 2012, 10:17:50 AM

Was it:

http://www.amazon.ca/Snake-Pilot-Flying-Helicopter-Vietnam/dp/1574885650/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351005421&sr=1-2

this one is good too!

http://www.amazon.ca/Centaur-Flights-Richard-D-Spalding/dp/0804115605/ref=sr_1_21?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351005529&sr=1-21

I luv Cobras

bob48 · October 23, 2012, 10:32:31 AM

Hmm, it could have been. The one I do remember though is 'Low level hell'

Jack Nastyface · October 24, 2012, 11:51:03 PM

FWIW...I actually liked Vietnam Medevac. It was done by the same guys who did the Search and Rescue / Coastal Heroes games. The flight model is neither arcade-ish nor is it hi-fi...it's sort of "tricky" (means...you gotta spend a bit of time to figure out how to fly, hover and land) and things like weather conditions (wind, rain) landing conditions (narrow landing areas, heaving decks on ships) make rescues a little bit more challenging than "land - recover - rinse - repeat".

It also (a-historically for a med-evac copter, I believe) has a door-gunner position which allows you to blast away at vietcong. I can't remember if ground fire is at all effective, but it's still kinda fun to hover your bird on the edge of a ville, and blast away.

Also IIRC there were a variety of missions ("ass and trash", rescue downed pilots / stranded units, and med-evac) that added a least some variety...but some of the missions were impossible to finish. I recall doing one "rescue the sailors from the sinking ship in the tropical storm" missions a few dozen times until I finally got it right.

Not bad for $7 but don't be expecting great shakes, either.

Jack Nastyface