On this week’s podcast episode SOFREP Senior Editor and SOFREP Radio host Steve Balestrieri talks with writer and helicopter pilot veteran Colin P. Cahoon.
Earlier than changing into an writer, Colin was an Army officer and pilot of UH-1 and OH-58 helicopters wherein he gathered greater than 1,000 flight hours.
Steve talks with Colin Cahoon about his newest e book Mended Wings: The Vietnam Conflict Expertise By means of the Eyes of Ten American Purple Coronary heart Helicopter Pilots.
Colin talks about his inspiration behind Mended Wings and his want to honor the Vietnam Conflict period helicopter pilots and all that they gave to the subsequent technology of helicopter pilots.
This was Colin’s first non-fiction e book, nonetheless, the soar from fiction to non-fiction was made simpler by means of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots’ Affiliation (VHPA). By means of VHPA, Colin was in a position to find Vietnam-era Purple Coronary heart pilots and inform their tales for posterity.
Colin additionally talks in regards to the sturdy cohesion of the aviation items and the actual expertise of Vietnam veterans that set them aside from others.
Mended Wings is an unbelievable page-turner a couple of heroic group of aviators and their accomplishments. You possibly can order the e book right here:
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