Electronic Publishing Experiment (1 year later); a Great Success!

by Leland Shanle

It has been a great year for sales of my second novel Vengeance at Midway and Guadalcanal; closing in on 1,400 copies sold. I am told for an Independent publication that is a very strong sales record. A year ago I decided to pursue an Independent route for my second novel. I knew it was [...]

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The Dichotomy of Flight

February 20, 2012

I have written of the dichotomy of flight in my novels; in a single day, even a single flight all can and will change. It is the very nature of flight. In a wisp of time things can change dramatically: combat, aircraft integrity, weather. Weather is an entity dealt with every day, on every flight. [...]

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Red Tails; the movie

February 7, 2012

Aviation movies have always been my favorite; to get the proper sensation of flight you have to participate by seeing them on the wide screen. I come from a four generation aviation family (I’m the third) and certainly was pointed in the direction of the family business. However, what cemented it for me, was sitting [...]

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VENGEANCE on Kindle Prime; get it FREE!

January 31, 2012

VENGEANCE at Midway and Guadalcanal, is now on Kindle Prime! That means you can now get it for FREE. If you are a Amazon Prime member and have a Kindle you can get it now. You can also try a FREE thirty day trial of Prime. Either way you can read a great novel for [...]

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Flying the F-15 Eagle

January 27, 2012

When I was flying F-4 Phantom II’s as an instructor in VX-30; we had Test Pilot Candidates come over the hill from Edwards Air Force Base from time to time. They would do whats called a Qualitative Evaluation on the F-4. Basically after just a couple hour brief and a half hour sitting in the [...]

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F-35B Ship Suitability Test

January 25, 2012

I debunked a bogus video of the F-35B doing Flight Test on a ship. Here is the real thing: a F-35B Lightening II performing Flight Tests on the USS Wasp. Here is the bogus CGI (computer generated imagery) version.

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American Idol on the USS Midway

January 24, 2012

After watching the game on Sunday night, I was surfing the net when I looked up to see my first ship the USS Midway CV-41, on the tube. It definitely caught my eye; I was riveted momentarily when I saw an F-4N Phantom II in the background. I admit to being amused realizing it was [...]

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Going fast; REAL fast!

January 20, 2012

Many of my friends have asked me over the years what its like to go fast; really fast. Mach 2.0 at 35,000 feet makes the numbers fly by, but to be honest, besides the noise and vibration you can hardly tell. Speed is relative; 1.1 mach or 870 miles an hour (1390 KPH) at 100 [...]

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