Sabre Pilot

With thirty highly successful books to his credit Stephen W. Meader one of the most noted and popular writers of books for young people has covered many aspects of American life both modern and historical. Now in Sabre Pilot he adds a new dimension---the air. Seventeen-year-old Kirk Owen turns from hot-rod racing to enlist in the Air Force just as the Korean fighting starts. At A&E school in Texas Kirk begins to realize that hed give anything for a chance to become a pilot. With a lot of extra study he is able to complete his second year of college credits left unfinished when his father had a heart attack and he qualifies as an Aviation Cadet and wins his wings. Advance training as a jet fighter pilot follows and under accelerated wartime conditions he is sent to Korea at once where through grim but exciting missions he becomes a full-fledged jet tiger. The background of this fast moving story is as authentic as Air Force cooperation and the authors own research can make it. For young men who are looking ahead to military service it will be a rewarding book. But more than that Sabre Pilot is a book that everyone who is interested n flying and anyone who is looking for a dramatic and action-packed narrative will welcome and enjoy.