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  • Tomcat Rio

    A Topgun Instructor on the F-14 Tomcat and the Heroic Naval Aviators Who Flew It

    by Dave Baranek ...
    From Topgun to Squadron CommandYou’re in the cockpit of the legendary F-14 Tomcat fighter, blazing along at twice the speed of sound seven miles above the ocean and the carrier that hurled you off its deck. You’re practicing dogfighting with “aggressors,” guys on your side flying F-16s. You’re patrolling the tense skies above Iraq, and with the push of a button you can launch the 100-mile Phoenix ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Topgun Days

    Dogfighting, Cheating Death, and Hollywood Glory as One of America's Best Fighter Jocks

    by Dave Baranek ...
    Dave Baranek (callsign "Bio") was one of 451 young men to receive his Wings of Gold in 1980 as a naval flight officer. Four years later, seasoned by intense training and deployments in the tense confrontations of the cold war, he became the only one of that initial group to rise to become an instructor at the navy's elite Fighter Weapons School. As a Topgun instructor, Bio was responsible for ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Before Topgun Days

    The Making of a Jet Fighter Instructor

    by Dave Baranek ...
    Becoming the best doesn’t happen overnight; you’ve got to work for it.Before becoming an instructor in the Navy’s Topgun program, Dave Bio” Baranek was just another kid with a dream. Upon graduating from college, he joined the Navy with the goal of becoming a fighter pilot. But, his eyesight waning, he knew that he would never be able to reach that goal. Undaunted, he plowed ahead and found his ... Read more

    $14.99 USD