Robert W Duncan

I Flew Into the Heart of Hell Robert W Duncan

A posthumous collection of stories published in REAL, REDBOOK, and AIRFACTS magazines between 1943 and 1968 by WWII fighter pilot, teacher and writer Robert W. DuncanA flight on a two-engine military hurricane tracking plane into a hurricane in 1954. Two fighter pilots on a carrier off the coast of post WWII Italy commit a risky and desperate (and very unauthorized) flight to Naples to rescue a fellow pilot from himself, and a harrowing flight back to the carrier. An account of the carrier training in WWII in Lake Michigan landing on an old converted tourist paddlewheel ship. An article on the qualities and characteristics of the F4F Wildcat in WWII, and some notes on dogfight tactics. The widely published "Grow Old Along With Me," words of wisdom on flight safety and survival as a pilot (or driving a car for that matter). And other flight instruction articles and stories.