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Title: Tells it like it is - but more so.
Review: Being a veteran of two WestPac cruises on an aircraft carrier during peace time, I found this book to reflect my experiences aboard ship, albeit with a LOT more spice. Stephen Coonts tells it like it really is during flight operations and doesn't leave much out. The only difference is that he relates just about every mishap that could ever happen to a naval pilot and his BN all happening within an eight month deployment - quite unrealistic, but definitely an engaging read. If everything in this book happened to a real pilot during a twenty year career, much less one eight month deployment, he'd likely lose his mind. If this is what peacetime is like on a carrier, I'd say bring back the war. It was much less dangerous in "Flight of the Intruder".
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