VENGEANCE on Kindle Prime; get it FREE!

by Leland Shanle

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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Why I write about Flight

January 17, 2012

I’m one of the lucky few; my occupation is my passion. A few years ago I was flying a training mission at twilight off the coast of Southern California. The Hale-Bopp comet was blazing overhead. I decided to get a better look; dumping the nose of my F-4N Phantom II, I held it at zero [...]

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2012 off to a great start for VENGEANCE: #5 and #44 on Amazon Best Sellers Lists.

January 13, 2012

2012 already a great year for Vengeance, at Midway and Guadalcanal that is! Pun intended; my novel was as high as #5 on the Kindle Aviation BSL and #44 on the Amazon book BSL also for aviation. As always life is Yin and Yang; my computer dumped last night and I lost a chapter of [...]

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VENGEANCE hits number 17 on Amazon Best Seller List for Aviation!

January 11, 2012

Vengeance at Midway and Guadalcanal hits number 17 on Amazon Kindle Best Seller list for Aviation; that is the highest it has been. Thanks to my readers!

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