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Flight of the Intruder
Flight of the Intruder
Author: Stephen Coonts
Stephen Coonts flew A-6's in Vietnam. He has the credentials to write this story, which helps explain its long stay on the best seller list. A-6's were called Intruders. Their pilots tackled assignments of dazzling complexity and flew them with daring and dispatch. But they paid a price...in lost lives, disillusion, incredible tension. They ha...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780870212000
ISBN-10: 0870212001
Publication Date: 10/1986
Pages: 329
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4 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Naval Inst Pr
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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"National Best Selling Author" who wrote "Cuba" and "Under Siege".

"A unique novel that opens the world of the naval aviator as no book has before."-Tom Clancy,Author of "The Hunt for Red October"

"A vivid, extraordinary story that puts you into the cockpit of the A-6 and into the heart of the pilot who flies it."-Frederick Downs,Jr.Author of "The Killing Zone"

This is the riveting novel of America's powerful, high-tech Intruder attack planes, and the men who flew them in Vietnam. It's all here: the terror and exhilaration of wartime flying, and the frustrated rage at sudden death. It's a story that could only be told by a pilot who lived through it and finally decides to do things his way, on the riskiest mission of all.
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gourdhedd avatar reviewed Flight of the Intruder on + 9 more book reviews
The first of the Jake Grafton series, this story finds Jake on a carrier off the coast of Vietnam. Jake begins to question the ethics and morals of the war, is frustrated with the tasks he is assigned.

Lots of action about carrier based aviation and a close look at the workings of a US Navy carrier operation.

Jake also meets Callie, his future wife, while on leave, but the book ends inconclusively about his future with her. Stephen Coontz really knows how to set the hook.
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Very good. I enjoyed the small details and facts that were worked into th novel and found it very entertaining.
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So much better than the movie!
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"FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER is to the Vietnam war what the Bridges of Toko-Ri was to the Korean war. Stephens Coonts puts his readers into the cockpit of the A-6 and into the heart of the pilot in a vivid, extraordinary story of courage and determination.
Grnemae avatar reviewed Flight of the Intruder on + 451 more book reviews
After too many senseless missions Jake Grafton is an A-6 Intruder pilot ready to explode. With a renegade bombardier, he is set to fly deep into North Vietnam on a hell-bent strike for honor and victory.
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Strong, vivid writing
MELNELYNN avatar reviewed Flight of the Intruder on + 669 more book reviews
This was an interesting read. Coonts really got into the emotions of the pilot. But dont think this is a touchy-feely book, there is enough action to rival Ludlum. Instead of just the hero side, the author gives you the whole picture.
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I liked the book. The movie was lacking.
Maya33 avatar reviewed Flight of the Intruder on + 225 more book reviews
A riveting story of America's powerful high-tech Intruder planes and the men who flew them in Vietnam. It is a story told by a pilot who lived thru the riskiest mission and decides to do things his way.

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