You can listen to some good books for free. Get yourself an Audible account (an Amazon property). If you don't have one, be sure to sign up for the first month free, just be sure to cancel later to the non-subscription account. You get to keep your free book.

Anyway, look at the bottom of the Audible screen in your app. Look for "Channels". Go there, and scroll down to "Included with Prime." Go there, and then to "Dramatic History." There you will find the memoirs of Robyn Olds, a WWII ace, and an interesting listen. You will also find A Higher Call. This is the story of Lt Charlie Brown (really) and German pilot Franz Stigler.

Both of these books are great reading, and best of all, free. There's also a bunch of others.

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Thanks for the info about the audio books.

Over on the Prime Video side, I've been watching the "First Flight" series featuring Neil Armstrong as he explores and flies many aircraft.

www.Amazon.com/First-Flights/dp/B01LDXKXVI/ref=pd_ybh_a_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=RAYWQ2HMPFGPZXEBVGP2

Also included with Prime Membership are thise videos that I have lined up to watch...
Total Combat Blue Angels
Total Combat Thunderbirds
The Flighline Canadian Air Force Snowbirds
Extreme Air Manuvering
The Best Pilot in the World
Sky Wars
Fighter Aircraft the Quest for Speed
Angle of Attack
Elite Choppers Birds of Prey
At the Edge
A Century of Flight

Thanks for the heads up. I am always looking for good audio books for my commute.

Looks like these are streaming only or to download you have to buy them. I'm very interested in listening to the fighter pilot, we'll see how the streaming works driving around. I'll have to see what type of data usage that requires too.

Thanks for the tip. Been an audible member for years and a prime member go a couple years. The prime membership is one of the best deals going. Perks and features abound.

I just watched the attack aircraft episode. I enjoyed it but wish it was twice as long.
I never realized just how big the Skyraider was. And it carried more ordinance than a WWII B-17 .

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Originally posted by BRL:
Looks like these are streaming only or to download you have to buy them. I'm very interested in listening to the fighter pilot, we'll see how the streaming works driving around. I'll have to see what type of data usage that requires too.

I just finished one while driving across I80 in Nevada on T-Mobile. A few times it started repeating, but for the most part it was fine. Nevada can be remote. As far as data goes, I figure it can't be more than the full book download. Most books seem to be in the 350Mb range.

As I've said before on these threads, if you like Audible, you also need to check out the Overdrive app.

It lets you borrow audiobooks and ebooks from public libraries for free. You will have to visit the library one time to get a library card, if you don't already have one, but after that you never need to physically visit the library. You download the books to your device, so no need to stream.

I used to use two credits a month on Audible, but now only use 6 credits a year. If you contact customer service they will put you on a plan to get one credit every other month, instead of one each month.

It's very rare that I can't get the books I want through the libraries I belong to, and I'm saving $186 each year.

In addition to Fighter Pilot, which is excellent, here are a couple more you might enjoy:

- The Hunter Killers by Dan Hampton, which is about the development of the surface to air missile hunting mission known as the "Wild Weasels." Hampton is a former F-16 pilot who flew the modern version of the Weasel mission.

- The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight by Winston Groom (of Forest Gump fame).

- Lords of the Sky: Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, from the Red Baron to the F-16, by Dan Hampton

- I Always Wanted to Fly: America's Cold War Airmen by Colonel Wolfgang WE Samuel