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Rotorboys Kindle Edition

by Larry Carello (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 33 ratings
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SOMETIMES THE PAST REFUSES TO DIE...


U.S. Navy helicopter pilot Bud Lammers was on the fast track to promotion when a botched raid in Vietnam tainted his career and threw his marriage into a tailspin. Now, a decade after the war, he and his men are on the verge of wrapping up a successful peacetime mission, or so they think.


Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos have entrenched themselves as President and First Lady of the Philippines. The charismatic couple has vowed to bring peace and prosperity to a country that's labored nearly four hundred years under the yoke of colonial rule.


But there’s growing unrest on the archipelago as survivors of the infamous Huk Rebellion regroup to challenge the Marcos regime. Amid the stirrings of chaos, Filipino Muslims are demanding autonomy in the predominantly Christian country, and they’re not afraid to get aggressive.


Caught in a crossfire of deadly forces, Lammers must face the ghosts of his wartime mistakes.


One wrong move, and his career, his life, and the hope of international peace will go down in flames.

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LARRY CARELLO hails from the town of Sylvan Beach in central New York state. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy, he embarked on a four-decade adventure in aviation. He has flown a wide variety of military and commercial aircraft, and he spent five years attached to a San Diego-based H-46 squadron, during which he made two shipboard deployments to the Western Pacific. His first book, A Golden Weekend, received first runner-up honors from the Military Writers Society of America in the category of Best Literary Novel of 2012. He followed that work with Rotorboys and Verbal Orders, two fast-paced novels of men, ships, and helicopters at sea. Larry retired from commercial flying in 2016 as an international captain for a major U.S. airline. He lives with his wife in Michigan, where he continues to write white-knuckle thrillers about helicopters and the pilots who fly them.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07J5V8B3J
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Braveship Books (October 7, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 7, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1535 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1640620516
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Larry Carello, author of "Verbal Orders," hails from the town of Sylvan Beach in central New York state. After graduation from the United States Naval Academy he embarked on a four-decade adventure in aviation, and has flown a wide variety of military and commercial aircraft. He spent five years attached to a San Diego based H-46 helicopter squadron, during which he made two shipboard deployments to the Western Pacific.

His first novel, "A Golden Weekend," received first runner-up honors from the Military Writers Society of America in the category of Best Literary Novel for 2012. He followed that with "Rotorboys," a fast-paced novel of men, ships, and helicopters at sea; and "Verbal Orders," the story of two ex-Navy pilots that track down an American oil heiress held captive by Muslim terrorists in the Southern Philippines.

Larry retired from commercial flying in 2016 as an international captain for a major U.S. airline. He lives with his wife in Florida, where he continues to write white-knuckle thrillers about helicopters and the pilots who fly them.

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Lazy Man 1973
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully written! A great read!
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2014
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Overall, an excellent book. Buy and read it. You’ll enjoy it.

A long time ago I was taught the basic difference between drama and melodrama. In melodrama the characters are there to advance the story; in drama the story is used to illuminate and develop the characters. Rotorboys is a drama. Expect John Steinbeck and not Tom Clancy. Mr. Carello does a wonderful job using an exciting tale to share with the reader the very interesting characters that populate the helicopter Navy and the streets and slums of the Philippines.

Writing teachers always advise new authors to write what they know about. Mr. Carello did just that in Rotorboys. Only in the movies can writers get away with bogus procedures and inane twists of logic and reality in their attempts to show what it is like in the military. Mr. Carello never strays from the truth. His descriptions of helicopter operations and life at Cubi Point Naval Air Station are spot on—obviously the product of a Naval aviator who has been there, done that and was sober enough to remember the details. (I was chased by the monkeys who “owned” the dumpsters behind the BOQ and survived nights at the O’Club, so his descriptions of these brought back old memories.)

All good drama, at its core, is about redemption. Rotorboys is a wonderfully written, tightly constructed drama that, in the end, redeems it central characters’ lives. I highly recommend it to anyone who has served in Navy Air, or in the Philippines, or wants to gain an accurate understanding of what sailors experience day-in and day-out.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not the best story on military life
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2019
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This was not the best story I've ever read on military life but it is a good read. I liked the conflict in the the Philippines. It was too slow in development making the first halve of the story rather disjointed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very accurate depiction of H46 community
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2019
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This book took me back to a time and place that I thought was lost. I made two detachments with what was then the HC-3 Packrats. Having been a rotor head on on the USS BENNINGTON for two previous cruises, it was an almost different world only two helicopters and an 18 person detachment. This book told a story that matches my two dets to a T. While it is told mostly from the pilots point of view, it mixes in the crewmembers life to boot. Hard workers and hard partiers, but willing to do whatever it took to get the job done.

There is no need for improvement except it ended too soon. Thank you Larry Carello for a great read and a trip back to a time when our best was all we had to give so we could survive to get back home.

I am looking forward to reading your next one.

PS: Do you need any proof readers?
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Ed
5.0 out of 5 stars Aircraft mechanical descriptions are accurate.
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2019
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Great story about my first squadron. I really got to know that aircraft as a power plant mechanic (ADJ-2). The story is absolutely correct regarding the mechanical aspects of the bird. CDR Reber was my Skipper and Lonnie Kinderson was a top mechanic and someone I looked up to.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good read
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2019
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Worthwhile reading, good story and good characters. Recommend this one and looks like a sequel is already out. First one from this author i have read.
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Norby
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book about WESTPAC H-46 detachment flying during the 1970's
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2013
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This book is obviously written by an author who is very familiar with det life during WESTPAC deployments in the 1970's. It's an easy read; the story never stalls, the premise is very possible, the terminology is just like I remember it, the depiction of shipboard life is right on, and it made me want to go cruising again! I could relate to many of the characters that were developed. Thank you for a terrific book, Larry! Norby
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Flash
5.0 out of 5 stars A great read; accurate insights
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2013
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Interesting and fast moving novel. Excellent character development. Whether you were a former Naval aviator flying helicopters off supply ships; have ever lived in or visited the Republic of the Philippines, or just like a good read, you will find this book hard to put down.
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Paul Benfield
4.0 out of 5 stars Pull Pitch!
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2015
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I enjoyed the book very much. I am an aviator from my military days in Vietnam and found the book solid on technical issues. Especially, I found the conclusion exciting and liked the way the author tied everything together in the end. Over all, a very good read!
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Sally G.
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 17, 2021
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Bought for helicopter pilot who did not rate this book - sorry
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