helicopter pilots

The true story of four unlikely heroes. Complete opposites thrown together, cut-off and outnumbered. For three days straight they answered the call in a race against time, not to take lives... but to save them. Chief Warrant Officer Erik Sabiston tells the story of his four-man flight crew's experiences evacuating wounded soldiers from the mountains of Afghanistan in their unarmed medevac helicopter, known as Dustoff 7-3.

The author had always loved flying and growing up he dreamed about becoming a pilot. After he joined the Marines and completing officer training school he encountered HMX1, the squadron that flies the president in Marine One. The rest as they say, is history. He flew four U.S. presidents: George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

Provides a brief overview of the training requirements, dangers, and day-to-day experiences associated with being an Apache helicopter pilot.

The author's memoir of his tour of duty in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot beginning in 1965.

Describes the work of a rescue helicopter pilot as he spends his day saving people caught in dangerous situations such as fires, floods, and hurricanes.

Introduces the often dangerous and risky job of helicopter pilots, including police, test, emergency medical, and firefighter pilots.

The author chronicles his heroic days as a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War, describing his training and his twelve-month stint of rescuing during which he amazingly went untouched by enemy fire.