Fighter Pilot

By Ed Rasimus, Christina Olds, Robin Olds

Book cover of Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds

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Robin Olds was a larger-than-life hero with a towering personality. A graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army, Olds was one of the toughest college football players at the time. In WWII, Olds quickly became a…

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1 author picked Fighter Pilot as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I knew and interviewed General Robin Olds (he is in my next book out June 8th, 2021), and his daughter Christina. His story is a wonderful addition to the history of American airpower, leadership, and the character of a great man who defied the odds, and even his superiors rather than back down from what he knew was right.

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