Was the Robin Olds book ever published?

Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:48 am

Did the book that Gen. Robin Olds was working on ever get published?What is the status, does anybody know? There are quite a few talented authors on this forum, somebody needs to take the bull by the horns and offer to get things moving if the project is stalled.
There was a great Wailing and Gnashing of teeth after his death about the indebtedness of his estate, how his mementos were going to have to be auctioned off etc. etc.
Sooo, does anybody have an update on the situation?

Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:09 am

Looks like they are wrapping up the book and getting ready to blitz the market, out in April of 2010. Too bad they couldn't have it out for the Christmas rush, but perhaps the economy will have picked up better by then and be a better market. Here is a link to some info on the book

http://thundertales.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... -olds.html

Mon Nov 09, 2009 6:18 am

Can't wait to read this one...

Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:24 am

i'll buy one. i was at the NMUSAF and saw him in the hall of fame, then went over and saw his F-105 and read the stuff he did .[ also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Olds ] what a great man! it would have to be a great book! i hope his family are all doing good!

Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:57 pm

tex-fan wrote:i'll buy one. i was at the NMUSAF and saw him in the hall of fame, then went over and saw his F-105 and read the stuff he did .[ also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Olds ] what a great man! it would have to be a great book! i hope his family are all doing good!

Isn't it his F-4?

I don't recall him being a Thud pilot.

Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:48 pm

I know he pretended to be an F-105 by hanging 105 counter-measure pods, flew in the same formation style and used their type call signs....to get the Migs to come up and play.

Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:43 am

Randy Haskin wrote:
Isn't it his F-4?

I don't recall him being a Thud pilot.

Randy-

Robin was an F-4 Wing Commander (jeez think about a wing king getting anywhere near shooting these days, much less leading the gaggle) when he proposed and ran Operation Bolo... simulating F-105 strikers.... got a lot of Migs that day!

gunny

Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:37 am

yep, F-4,, i just ran out of brains [for a bit]