Research Catalog

Title

Born to fly : the untold story of the downed American reconnaissance plane / Shane Osborn with Malcolm McConnell.

Author

Osborn, Shane

Publication

New York : Broadway Books, 2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

McConnell, Malcolm

Description

vi, 262 pages, 8 plates : illustrations, photographs; 25 cm

Summary

Osborn was the pilot of a Navy EP-3 ARIES II reconnaissance aircraft that was forced into an emergency landing on Hainan after a mid-air collision with a Chinese fighter.

Alternative Title

Untold story of the downed American reconnaissance plane

Subject

• Osborn, Shane
• United States. Navy > Officers > Biography
• United States. Navy
• Aerial reconnaissance, American > South China Sea
• Reconnaissance aircraft > Accidents > South China Sea
• EP-3E ARIES II (Reconnaissance aircraft)
• Air pilots, Military > United States > Biography
• Aerial reconnaissance, American
• Air pilots, Military
• Armed Forces > Officers
• Aufklärungsflugzeug
• Reconnaissance aircraft > United States
• Reconnaissance aircraft > Accidents
• United States, Navy > Officers > Biography
• Geschichte 1995-2001
• South China Sea
• United States
• Südchinesisches Meer
• USA

Genre/Form

• Autobiography
• Autobiographies.
• Biographies.

Contents

Kadena Air Base, Okinawa -- 1 April 2001, 0430 Hours -- Luzoi Strait -- 1 April 2001, 0800 Hours -- South China Sea -- 1 April 2001, 0830 Hours -- South China Sea -- 1 April 2001, 0940 Hours -- Lingshui Air Base, Hainan -- 1 April 2001,1038 Hours -- Lingshui Air Base -- 3 April 2001, 0830 Hours -- Haikou, Hainan -- 4 April 2001, 0850 Hours -- Haikou, Hainan -- 8 April 2001, 0930 Hours -- Washington, D.C. -- The White House -- 18 May 2001 0840 hours.

ISBN

• 0767911113
• 9780767911115

LCCN

2001049963

OCLC

• ocm48401438
• 48401438
• SCSB-1233013

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library