A little Feedback
I've received several quick "book reviews" via Amazon following the release of No Need to Know. You have to love, "Need to Know" is a "Yes Need to Read!" as well as "A page turner from start to finish." Please know "thank you" for the five star ratings and kind words.
After reading Special Access, one of my friends (who is also a very successful businessman who runs a top aviation company) commented that the book and the use of quiet airplanes was "a business case." I suppose that was the MBA in me coming out. But the observation is probably valid, too. Maybe I wasn't as subtle as I tried to be. I'm trying to convey that my books are "real world" as possible and not just a story with characters and plots and such. But there is "a little something extra" for those "in the know."
Those in "the business" know of the CIA's history when it comes to manned airplanes. Gary Powers gets shot down over the USSR and the intelligence gathering paradigm shifted overnight. Manned aircraft over hostile territory was instantly deemed "not acceptable." Thus the Powers incident provided a major spark for the CIA to develop unmanned surveillance aircraft when satellites weren't a very good solution either. Only makes sense. This is not a secret.
In the beginning, the Hunter & Lynche team "provide a stopgap" for the intelligence community until such time they are able to develop a more robust unmanned capability. So long as they are working on that solution, the YO-3A and Hunter have work to do. And because of the success of the YO-3A manned flights, the new President in my book has some other ideas on finding and eliminating terrorists before they can turn into the next bin Laden.
And I get a little feedback on my blog. This one was in response to the UAV topic: "I loved your post on what UAVs are and what they aren’t. Too true. I laughed out loud. It’s hard to explain the nuances to a neophyte in 140 characters." Again, the causal reader may not get the nuances on what UAVs are and what they aren’t but the big brain guys that fly (or flew) high performance aircraft or even fly unmanned systems as a remote pilot know of the (obvious) limitations of the aircraft. This is not a secret either. Some aircraft are perfectly suited for specific mission; other aircraft are often "shoehorned" into trying to make a program work. Such is the problem with the Customs and Border Protection Guardian unmanned aircraft, purchased to patrol the border. They are so effective they increased the cost of "air assistance" when detecting and apprehending an illegal alien from a couple of Hamiltons per illegal alien to a few 1934 Salmon P. Chases, per illegal alien.
Yes, that is a sarcasm.
Maverick out!
I've received several quick "book reviews" via Amazon following the release of No Need to Know. You have to love, "Need to Know" is a "Yes Need to Read!" as well as "A page turner from start to finish." Please know "thank you" for the five star ratings and kind words.
After reading Special Access, one of my friends (who is also a very successful businessman who runs a top aviation company) commented that the book and the use of quiet airplanes was "a business case." I suppose that was the MBA in me coming out. But the observation is probably valid, too. Maybe I wasn't as subtle as I tried to be. I'm trying to convey that my books are "real world" as possible and not just a story with characters and plots and such. But there is "a little something extra" for those "in the know."
Those in "the business" know of the CIA's history when it comes to manned airplanes. Gary Powers gets shot down over the USSR and the intelligence gathering paradigm shifted overnight. Manned aircraft over hostile territory was instantly deemed "not acceptable." Thus the Powers incident provided a major spark for the CIA to develop unmanned surveillance aircraft when satellites weren't a very good solution either. Only makes sense. This is not a secret.
In the beginning, the Hunter & Lynche team "provide a stopgap" for the intelligence community until such time they are able to develop a more robust unmanned capability. So long as they are working on that solution, the YO-3A and Hunter have work to do. And because of the success of the YO-3A manned flights, the new President in my book has some other ideas on finding and eliminating terrorists before they can turn into the next bin Laden.
And I get a little feedback on my blog. This one was in response to the UAV topic: "I loved your post on what UAVs are and what they aren’t. Too true. I laughed out loud. It’s hard to explain the nuances to a neophyte in 140 characters." Again, the causal reader may not get the nuances on what UAVs are and what they aren’t but the big brain guys that fly (or flew) high performance aircraft or even fly unmanned systems as a remote pilot know of the (obvious) limitations of the aircraft. This is not a secret either. Some aircraft are perfectly suited for specific mission; other aircraft are often "shoehorned" into trying to make a program work. Such is the problem with the Customs and Border Protection Guardian unmanned aircraft, purchased to patrol the border. They are so effective they increased the cost of "air assistance" when detecting and apprehending an illegal alien from a couple of Hamiltons per illegal alien to a few 1934 Salmon P. Chases, per illegal alien.
Yes, that is a sarcasm.
Maverick out!
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