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The AWARD WINNING Aviator Series (MWSA 2012) catapults the reader into WWII. Action explodes from the pages of novelist LC Shanle's series set in World War II. Experience the battles from the cockpits of fighter aircraft, dangling from parachutes with the Army’s Airborne over France and through the eyes of men trapped in island tropical hells. Written by a retired Naval Aviator and former Paratrooper; the author puts the reader there, as warriors engage in a titanic struggle around the globe.

This series offers a rare perspective written by an author that flew modern fighters over the historic battlefields, even from the decks of aircraft carriers that fought in the Pacific.

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WWII flight lesson

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Leland Shanle

Relearned the hard way! Pilots in WWII did not wear goggles for the wind. They wore them to protect their eyes from other foreign objects that might enter the cockpit in combat: oil, shattered wind screen, shrapnel, etc. Who can…

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Hybrid Publishing

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Leland Shanle

What is it? There are five definitions of the word hybrid. Essentially, it means mixing two separate things. Obviously, the goal of any hybrid is to take the good qualities of two or more separate entities and combine them into…

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The Battle of Midway: 71 years ago today

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Leland Shanle

Buy the trilogy now: 1:Project 7 Alpha 2:Vengeance 3:End Game (soon) My second book (Vengeance at Midway and Guadalcanal) begins with the Battle of Midway. Seventy one years ago today this titanic struggle changed the course of World War II.…

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End Game in the Pacific: edit complete.

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Leland Shanle

Buy the trilogy now: 1:Project 7 Alpha 2:Vengeance 3:End Game (soon) My editor (LaVonne Ellis) and I wrapped up the final edit of End Game this past weekend. We will now format it and ready it for print. Cover design…

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The Red Barron

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Leland Shanle

Buy the trilogy now: 1:Project 7 Alpha 2:Vengeance 3:End Game (soon) The Red Barron: for many aviation buffs he was the first legend of airborne combat. For myself; sitting in the front row of a movie theater in 1966, at…

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Pilot FREE AGENCY right around the corner as Pilot Shortage reaches critical mass

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Leland Shanle

As I wrote in an article almost 6 years ago FREE AGENCY for pilots was close. The cratering of the economy delayed the process but it is back. In fact, it will be much worse than I initially predicted. Remember,…

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A-1 Skyraider

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Leland Shanle

AD-1, A-1, Able Dog, the Spad: different designations and nicknames for the venerable Skyraider. Designed on a cocktail napkin at happy hour by Ed Heineman, it proved to be one of the best aircraft with a long history of combat…

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The career of the average Airline Pilot has become a bad joke

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Leland Shanle

Here is an old airline joke about your probationary year at a major airline. Question: “Why don’t you ever eat a crew meal on your last leg?” Answer: “Because your family will smell food on your breath when you get…

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