Fighter Pilot

Pilot Robin Olds served 30 years in the Army and Air Force, at West Point, in WWII, and in Vietnam. His action stories of combat flying place listeners right in the cockpit next to him, with flak exploding just outside the plane's canopy. His exemplary principles of leadership rank him with history's finest at inspiring cohesiveness in military teams. Narrator Robertson Dean's booming voice takes a stoic approach to both the serious and amusing escapades. During Olds's duty at a British base, Dean delivers the Etonian accents of fellow flyers like a native. The author's story covers a long life, so Dean keeps his first-person voice constant and ageless. With appropriate restraint he portrays this Air Force officer's anger, nostalgia, and patriotism. J.A.H. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine