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SeattleVet

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20. 'Chained Eagle', by Edward 'Otto' Pernotto.

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun Mar 31, 2024, 04:09 PM

Mar 2024

Decent war-rescue mission action novel. He brings in some actual (failed) experimental aircraft for this rescue from an Iranian prison. Not bad for a first novel, but it took a bit before the flow got going.

My attraction to is was that the author was the Weapons System Officer (co-pilot) on FB-111A aircraft that I worked on when I was stationed at Plattsburgh. I also know a relative of his here in the Pacific Northwest.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, March 31, 2024? [View all] hermetic Mar 2024 OP

I finally finished Desparate Justice by Dennis Karstens (vol 2 of a 20 book series) yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #1

I'm reading Void Moon by Michael Connelly written in 2000. brer cat Mar 2024 #2

I guess I missed that one hermetic Mar 2024 #3

I had missed it also. I ran across it at the library and it was not familiar to me. brer cat Mar 2024 #5

I vaguely remember that one NanaCat Mar 2024 #13

Waiting for library holds, rereading cbabe Mar 2024 #4

Excellent little list there hermetic Mar 2024 #8

Occurred to me we listen to songs over and over. But cbabe Mar 2024 #10

I had no choice about becoming an avid re-reader NanaCat Mar 2024 #15

Nice story hermetic Mar 2024 #18

The free little libraries in my neighborhood saved me cbabe Mar 2024 #19

Free libraries are a recent thing; I was talking about the 70s. NanaCat Apr 2024 #32

I was also that kid. Of course my mom was also going to visit the bookstore so yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #24

We didn't have bookmobiles :( NanaCat Apr 2024 #31

Thank you for the weekly thread, hermetic. I'm reading Percival Everett's The Trees japple Mar 2024 #6

Oh my... hermetic Mar 2024 #7

that sounds so good! I went over to Amazon and put it on my wish list nt yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #9

Trees and James now on my library list. I also cbabe Mar 2024 #11

That sounds like one I'll be looking for Bayard Apr 2024 #29

Two books about the toxic effects of religion NanaCat Mar 2024 #12

Yes, sounds like... hermetic Mar 2024 #14

Just finished "Centurion" by Simon Scarrow Number9Dream Mar 2024 #16

Good find hermetic Mar 2024 #17

'Chained Eagle', by Edward 'Otto' Pernotto. SeattleVet Mar 2024 #20

That's pretty cool hermetic Mar 2024 #22

Unfortunately, the book has nothing to do with the aircraft he flew. SeattleVet Apr 2024 #33

"Hoppy" day to you too, Hermetic. Sadly, I am about #300 on library list waiting to read txwhitedove Mar 2024 #21

Love Chet and Bernie stories hermetic Mar 2024 #23

Thank you hermetic for the weekly thread! mentalsolstice Mar 2024 #25

The Secret Life of John Le Carre & The Spy Who Came In From The Cold bucolic_frolic Mar 2024 #26

The North Woods by Douglass Hoover Midnight Writer Mar 2024 #27

Thee Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks. lynintenn Mar 2024 #28

I finished, "Touch & Go," by Lisa Gardener Bayard Apr 2024 #30