Interesting

I found this book to be interesting and informative. I will definitely listen to it again.

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A magnificent insight into the minder of a fighter pilot.

An interesting historical analysis of the fighter pilot and how air warfare has changed since its inception during the Great War. A masterful, educational study of how a pilot has adapt I'd to the new threats and differing methodology of dealing with these threats. I found this book informative and entertaining.

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Bandits at 6 o'clock

I really liked this book and would recommend it but in-line with some other reviews the content of the book was slightly different to what i anticipated. I expected a book purely concerned with fighters and the pilots who flew them but large chunks of text are taken up with historical notes on the campaigns behind the fights. While these are done well anyone will a good understand of the conflicts may find these sections frustrating.

The core material focusing on the planes and pilots was done very well with the admiration the author has for all the aviators shining through.

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Fascinating and a brilliant story

A well written 'book' which is both informative and entertaining. The battle descriptions really put you in the cockpit with the pilots.

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The real top guns

Would you consider the audio edition of Lords of the Sky Unabridged to be better than the print version?

Some books are better listened to than read. And this is one of those

What was one of the most memorable moments of Lords of the Sky Unabridged?

Wild weasels over Vietnam

What about John Pruden’s performance did you like?

A very good narrator

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

The very best of the best

Any additional comments?

A wonderful book

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Gripping tales of 100 years of fighter aviation

What did you like most about Lords of the Sky Unabridged?

After reading Viper Pilot I was keen to once more hear Dan Hampton's wonderfully worded proles on the ballet of air combat, to on non-flyer he really brings to life the excitement, terror and also the unbelievable complexity of dogfighting, so much more than point and shoot.

What did you like best about this story?

The historical background provided was at just the right level and in fact is quite excellently written. Hampton is quite opinionated and makes no apologies for it.

What about John Pruden’s performance did you like?

The performers' tone and accent fits perfectly with I'd imagine from a seasoned USAF pilot, not to mention the sound effects!

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An interesting story if you can overlook.......

..... the American "we're the greatest and best at everything!!" that creeps in here and there.
Once.past that occasional attitude the story is thoroughly engrossing.

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Air combat from the start, a brilliant insight.

If you love Combat Aircraft & your history this book abyss of Knowledge you must read!

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Great listen great narrator

This is my second book from this writer and just as good as the last the narrator is great well worth buying

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How American fighters won pretty much every war.

Would you try another book written by Dan Hampton or narrated by John Pruden?

No. The writer left some glaring errors. No mention at all of German night fighters in WW2 for instance, nothing on the Falklands War, which was unique and very interesting. No mention of one of the best fighters of WW2, the Mosquito. None of these events involved the US and that may be the reason, yet there is reference to the Yom Kippur War. The reader mis-pronounced many names and places.

What was most disappointing about Dan Hampton’s story?

The very American standpoint of the book made me wonder if Britain was ever involved in Korea for example. The writer describes in detail the success of the few US pilots that got airborne at Pearl Harbour when in fact the day was a big defeat for America. The writer is very partizan.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The reader mangled many English words (he pronounced "Blenheim" as "Blen-hime" instead of "Blen-im" for instance) and I cringed as he said French and German names and places in neither the way they are said in their language or how English speakers commonly say them. He also has a strange, halting way of reading which isn't very fluent or comfortable to hear.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Lords of the Sky Unabridged?

There's a lot of blow-by-blow description of Vietnamese and Gulf war air-to-ground bombing missions with transcripts of radio calls. This is irrelevant in a book about fighters and quite boring too.

Any additional comments?

If you know nothing about the history of fighters, this will give you some insights but it's incomplete and written from a very American point of view and therefore suitable for non-US audiences.

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