Dark Flight
A Cold War Thriller

This was a fast read. Written competently but almost all the twists are easily figured out well ahead of the text. And while the writing about Edwards AFB is accurate in some senses, in others it's rather stretching credulity about how test pilots and test programs actually behaved, even in the more......more

Entertaining, although somewhat predictable This is a good story and loaded with detailed aviation technology that kept me interested. The hero is a bit too soft and needy to be a believable test pilot of the 1960's, though. This book is a prequel to Blatch's debut novel, and the Red Brunson in this......more

A Youg Test Pilot Redeems Himself A truly fabulous story with lots of surprises. This was a plausible story. A human tragedy created a believable need that a clever enemy agent exploited. In the end, Red's input led to fixing the problem. I'm impressed that a British writer got the Americanisms right......more

Another winner by Blatch Never saw the twist coming in this book. I read it after Blatch’s first one and I am not disappointed. Again, Blatch’s characters are so real and easy to like. I never picked up on the innuendo’s and suspect a sinister being so the ending was a nice surprise. I could not put......more

Piloto de pruebas algo miedoso de proyecto supersecreto en la Guerra Fría recibe la ayuda de un granjero expiloto en Corea y un maestro de la aeronáutica. Está bien, aunque me gustó más el primero del autor. En este hay decisiones de los personajes que no me cuadran mucho y no termina de enganchar ig......more