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Flight Of The Old Dog (2003)

Flight of the Old Dog (2003)

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042519518X (ISBN13: 9780425195185)
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Finished reading the debut novel of Dale Brown early in the morning. Very exciting action scenes, and because it is set in the cold war era, you can't help but do a little stroll down memory lane with the Americans taking on the evil Ruskies!!!I know for a fact that I would have enjoyed reading this novel so much more 25 yeara ago. But, it still stands up nowadays. The one unique aspect of this book is that Brown literally places his readers square in the cockpit of a B-52 bomber. By the end of the book the reader has enough knowledge to know where all the instruments are, and what they are used for. But, this education of the B-52 bomber is done in a great style. Through the characters: because they have to be taught all the new technology attached to the veteran piece of aviation.There is a lot of techno babble, but, if you are a fan of Tom Clancy then this will be a walk in the park for you. And, the characters are all three dimensional and so real that you'd love to sit down and have a beer with 'em all.Enjoyed the book. But, it is a little dated. But, I shall be reading more in the series.Recommended? Yes4 stars

It's interesting to me to read books set in the cold war, now that my kids are old enough that I have tried to explain the cold war.This is a band-of-misfits book with a healthy dose of improbable circumstances, but for all that, it's exactly the kind of book I keep going back to, because it is exactly what it claims to be. It's about men and women working together to accomplish an impossible mission.Read if: you like can-do, derring-do, and awesome little character moments, like the Soviet base caretaker who loves chinese food.Skip if: your eyes glaze over when people talk about military technology, you don't want jingoism in your escapism.

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Fair, just fair. The plot is decent, as is the storyline, but there are many improbable or even impossible situations. Weapons, locations, etc. are mostly fictitious but use some real elements to portray an air of realism for those who don't know any better.For readers that value realism and accuracy, this book will be lacking. If you just want a read which entertains with much artistic license, you will probably enjoy it.Proofing of this book is some of the poorest I have ever seen, with many errors peppering the book. Apparently the author and publisher think "immersement" is a word. Others are also entertaining, such as "Intellitence".
—Paul

The story of a stealth B-52. Yeah. It's exactly that stupid.What begins as just this author's pet "what if..." scenario just slides off a cliff as the book progresses. Apparently Dale Brown decided that anyone addled enough to accept the books premise would accept anything he threw at them.Brown throws plenty.For reasons known only to the author - a government project makes a stealth aircraft out of an airframe designed and built in the 1950's.Then the entire universe conspires to create a scenario that requires just such an aircraft.Against all odds, the book goes downhill after that.
—murph

I believe I read this book while I was in 7th grade, after I had finished up with everything that Clancy had put out at that point, and was looking for something to fill the void. Well, Flight Of The Old Dog was it. Absolutely blew me away. I am pretty sure that I recommended this book through high school to anyone who would listen, and I doubt many did, about how fantastic this book is. The story was written and still takes place during the cold war, which unfortunately, I am JUST old enough to remember. And the adventurous plot and the tenacity of the characters to do something so insane that it actually might work was brilliant. Brown made you believe in all the technology that was being incorporated into an old B-52, and retro-fitted for one mission to potentially save America. The story, once it gets cooking, is virtually impossible to put down. BY FAR, my favorite book of Dale Brown's, although he has some other fairly good ones as well. Fantastic Read!!
—John Boettcher

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