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Loveless, Antony.
Apache helicopter pilots /
Antony Loveless.
St. Catharines, Ont. :
Crabtree Publishing Co.,
2010.
32 p. :
col. ill. ;
26 cm.
world's most dangerous jobs, The
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 30) and index.
Riding the dragon -- The dangers -- The AH-64 Apache -- The Longbow Apache -- Training -- The crew -- Flying the Apache -- Pilot's eye -- The forward air controller -- View from the ground -- A pilot's life -- Fighting the Apache -- The Battle of Donkey Island -- It's a fact! -- Glossary.
Apache pilots fly the most demanding helicopter in the world, The Apache is so complex to operate it is known as "Riding the Dragon." Only three percent of army helicopter pilots qualify to fly this incredible machine. In this book, we meet the men and women who take the Apache helicopter into battle.
20100504.
United States
Army
Aviation
Juvenile literature.
United States
Army
Aviation.
Apache (Attack helicopter)
Juvenile literature.
Apache (Attack helicopter.)
Helicopter pilots
United States
Juvenile literature.
Helicopter pilots
United States.
Pilotes d'hľicoptr̈e
Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Apache (Hľicoptr̈e de combat)
Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
The world's most dangerous jobs.