With Flying Colors: Confessions of a NavCad

By R.L. Upchurch

Barely escaping death in a light airplane when he was 10 years old, Tom Fitzgerald spends the next eight years avoiding all things challenging and adventurous. During his second year of college he is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 073881427X
• ISBN13: 9780738814278
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Xlibris
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Adventure, humor, drama in NavCad training

This book gives good insight into the life of a NavCad (Naval Cadet) in the fifties. It recounts many humorous, dramatic, and tragic events that, although labeled as fiction, have to be based on the author's personal experience while in training to become a jet fighter pilot. I found myself tensing while reading of some of Tom Fitzgerald's near misses, as he learned such things as instrument flying, and laughed out loud at the antics of some of his friends. In addition to lots of good entertainment, I've learned some jargon that gives greater understanding of today's news reports.